About Gullak
Gullak is an Indian Hindi-language slice-of-life series produced by The Viral Fever (TVF) for the streaming platform SonyLIV. It chronicles the everyday life of the Mishra family, a middle-class household living in a small town in North India. The stories are not built around grand plots or dramatic twists but around the small, relatable moments that define ordinary family life, such as arguments over money, fixing a broken appliance, sibling rivalry, and the quiet warmth that holds a family together.
A distinctive narrative device frames the show: the story is told from the perspective of a gullak, the traditional clay or metal piggy bank that sits in the family home and silently collects coins and small secrets. The gullak serves as a gentle, observant narrator, describing the Mishras as a collection of small stories rather than a single sweeping tale, an idea captured in its recurring refrain that the family is not a story but a bundle of little stories.
Set against the texture of small-town North India, the series is celebrated for its understated realism, naturalistic dialogue, and authentic depiction of lower-middle-class aspirations and anxieties. Across its seasons the central quartet of patriarch Santosh, homemaker Shanti, and their sons Annu and Aman navigate jobs, exams, neighbours, and household budgets, with humor and tenderness emerging from the most mundane situations. Gullak has been widely praised by critics and audiences for its warmth, writing, and grounded performances.