Gullak Season 5 Review: Anant Vijay Joshi & Helly Shah's Series Brings Same Warmth With New Flavours

Gullak returns with Season 5 and again chooses quiet comfort over spectacle. The new chapters stay with the Mishra family as they balance small upgrades, private worries and slow change. There are no big twists or heavy shocks here. Instead, the show leans on familiar chaos, gentle humour and small hurts that feel close to many middle-class homes.

The season opens with renovation clutter scattered across Mishra Niwas. Paint tubs, rollers and scrapers fill the front ledge, signalling a long-delayed whitewash. A Wi-Fi router arrives too, installed because Annu now attends frequent online meetings. That small device pushes the beloved earthen narrator gullak from its old position, hinting that technology and tradition must negotiate space again.

Gullak Season 5 and the changing Mishra family home

Home improvement becomes a simple but sharp symbol for the Mishras. The walls get a new coat while fragile routines adjust around dust, noise and workers. As many viewers know, renovation brings irritation and optimism together. Gullak Season 5 uses this mood well, showing how middle-class families accept minor discomfort for a promise of comfort, stability and progress.

The core remains Shreyansh Pandey’s creation, written this time by Vidit Tripathi, and still produced by TVF. The writing again avoids grand drama. The episodes look at unspoken sacrifices, stalled dreams and daily irritations. The narrative keeps returning to ordinary family rituals, where love often hides under scolding, silence, stubbornness and tired jokes after long working days.

Gullak Season 5 characters, cast and performances

Santosh Mishra, played by Jameel Khan, and Shanti, played by Geetanjali Kulkarni, still carry the show. Their mix of quiet pride, constant budgeting and low-key frustration feels sharply observed. The couple’s rhythm appears so lived-in that their scenes resemble real family moments. Harsh Mayar’s Aman comes back from hostel life, holding new experiences and a secret that the others do not yet suspect.

Here is a quick look at the main cast in Gullak Season 5:

The season’s riskiest shift is recasting Annu. Vaibhav Raj Gupta exits and Anant V Joshi steps into the part of Anand Mishra. Viewers who followed earlier seasons may initially struggle with the change. Over time, Anant V Joshi shapes a version of Annu who still carries ambition, insecurity and pressure, while keeping mannerisms that fit within the existing family chemistry.

Gullak Season 5, neighbours and digital ambitions

Bittu Ki Mummy, Shalini, returns as the neighbour who knows everything and comments on most things. For four seasons, Sunita Rajwar played her as loud, nosy and half-comic. Gullak Season 5 lets viewers see more of Shalini’s inner life. Shalini chases visibility online, and social media quickly rewards this hunger for notice, sometimes pushing her towards awkward and upsetting choices.

Her decisions this time may annoy many viewers and even shock some neighbours on screen. Yet the writing and Sunita Rajwar avoid turning Shalini into mere mockery. The character’s small missteps and exaggerated performances say something direct about attention, loneliness and aspiration in crowded neighbourhoods. Her journey becomes one of the season’s most thought-provoking strands.

Gullak Season 5 writing, narration and emotions

Gullak has long been known for its narration, and Season 5 keeps that strength. The earthen gullak, voiced by Shivankit Singh Parihar, returns with lines that sound like thoughts overheard at family gatherings. The reflections touch on nostalgia, choice, guilt, hope and the quiet dreams that parents hold for children while adjusting their own expectations with passing years.

The dialogues rarely feel like speeches. Instead, they resemble everyday comments that stay with you. Whether mentioning unfinished goals or explaining why a small argument stings so much, the lines stay rooted in ordinary behaviour. The show continues to treat the Mishras with affection, yet it does not hide their flaws. It leaves space for viewers to judge and forgive.

Gullak Season 5 love story and new arrival

Annu’s feelings for Dr. Priti still hang in the air, unresolved as before. The season tracks this through simple acts, not declarations. Annu helps with a dental camp, finds excuses to meet her and struggles to say anything direct. Their scenes unfold through pauses, small smiles and slight awkwardness, adding tenderness without overwhelming the main family narrative.

Another source of energy in Gullak Season 5 is Gopal Dutt as Pinky Mama, Shanti’s brother. Pinky Mama lands at Mishra Niwas carrying bags, gifts and many plans. The character wears a T-shirt printed with "Kaleshi Aadmi" and lives up to that description with cheerful interference. Pinky Mama shakes up routines but never erases the home’s existing warmth and humour.

Gullak Season 5 direction, pace and everyday moments

Directed by Abhay Raut and Shreyansh Pandey, Gullak Season 5 keeps a steady, modest tone. There are no huge emotional breakdowns or viral comedy stretches built for quick clips. Instead, the show gathers many quiet scenes. Parents discussing worries at night, siblings bickering, a delayed dream, a shared cup of tea; these add up gently across the season.

Across five seasons, Gullak keeps returning to a basic idea. For families like the Mishras, life is less about turning points and more about small adjustments. Repainting walls, fitting a router, moving a gullak and accepting new responsibilities show how change arrives. Gullak Season 5 does not try to redesign itself; it simply opens the "yaadon ki gullak" again and lets the memories speak.