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The famous family drama web series ‘Gullak’ is once again coming to fill the hearts of the audience with tales of its piggy bank with its fifth season. This superhit series of TVF is all set to stream on OTT platform SonyLIV from 5th June 2026.
As much as the fans are excited about this season, many questions are also arising in their minds regarding a big change. Everyone wants to know why Vaibhav Raj Gupta, who played the role of ‘Annu Bhaiya’, the elder son of the Mishra family, was replaced by Anant Joshi this time? Now the new Annu Bhaiya i.e. Anant Joshi himself has revealed this secret in an interview.
What did Anant Joshi say on replacing Vaibhav Raj Gupta?
Talented actor Anant Joshi, who is seen as Annu Mishra in ‘Gullak 5’, revealed the real reason for this replacement in his recent interview:
Anant Joshi said: “The exact answer to the question of why Vaibhav did not do Season 5 can only be given to you by Vaibhav himself. But, according to the information given to me by the makers, Vaibhav’s dates were not available during the shooting of this season. He was busy shooting for another big project at that time, due to which due to lack of time, I was cast for this role in his place.”
With whom did you have the strongest bond on the set?
While sharing his experience with the rest of the cast of the show, Anant said that although his bonding with everyone on the set was excellent, but his most Jameel Khan Sat with, who is playing the character of her father ‘Santosh Mishra’ in the show.
Ananth said, “I have worked with other stars of the show in some projects before, but on the set of ‘Gullak’ I shared the screen with Jamil Khan for the first time. The amazing thing is that my strongest and strongest bonding was also formed with him.”
7 years of struggle and pamphlets at the railway station: Such was the story of Vaibhav becoming ‘Annu Bhaiya’
Even though Vaibhav Raj Gupta is not a part of this season, his long and hard struggle is hidden behind making the character of ‘Annu Bhaiya’ popular in every household:
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Initial journey: Born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Vaibhav came to Mumbai after completing his studies with the dream of becoming an actor.
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₹8,000 job: To survive in Mumbai, Vaibhav initially worked for an NGO distributing pamphlets at railway stations, from which he earned only Rs 8,000 a month.
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Constant Rejections: Along with this work, he also kept giving auditions continuously, where he had to face rejection again and again.
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Success achieved: After 7 years of continuous hard struggle and failures, his luck finally shined and he got the ‘piggy bank’ of TVF, which changed his career forever.
Who is Anant Joshi? (Anant V Joshi Projects & Career)
Anant Joshi, who replaced Vaibhav, is also a very big and well-known name in the world of OTT. Before this, he has proved his acting prowess in many superhit films and series:
Now it is going to be very interesting to see that when ‘Gullak 5’ releases on June 5, how much love the audience gives to Anant Joshi as the new ‘Annu Bhaiya’ and whether he is able to recreate the magic like Vaibhav Raj Gupta.