Veteran actor Anang Desai, who played the character 'Tulsidas Parekh' aka Babuji in television show 'Khichdi', said that the show gave him a "new identity". Anang said, "We hadn't seen such...a show ever. Even if it was about...idiosyncrasies of a dysfunctional family, it had...logic." "The popularity of the...show was the reason...we got the idea of making the film," he added.