Chumbak is a 2026 Hindi-language comedy drama television series written and directed by Aatish Kapadia and produced by Jamnadas Majethia for Netflix. The series stars Neena Gupta, Sandeepa Dhar, Manasi Parekh, Helly Shah, Amyra Dastur, Sumeet Vyas, Anant Joshi, Arjun Bijlani, Deven Bhojani, Delnaaz Irani, Sumeet Raghavan, and Atul Kumar.
Chumbak premiered on 10 September 2026 on Netflix. Season 1 was released in two parts, with Part 2 premiered on 1 October 2026 on Netflix.
Cast Neena Gupta as Rajni Desai (formerly Merchant), Kuku's wife Deven Bhojani as Kuku Merchant, Rajni's ex-husband Sumeet Vyas as Aditya Khanna, Priyanka's husband Manasi Parekh as Priyanka Khanna, Aditya's wife Arjun Bijlani as Dr. Mikhael Oberoi (Mickey), Twinkle's husband Helly Shah as Twinkle Ravjiani Oberoi, Mickey's wife Sumeet Raghavan as Dharmendra Kejriwal, Kiran's husband Sandeepa Dhar as Kiran Kejriwal, Dharmendra's wife Anant Joshi as Freddy Taraporewala, Gulshan's son and Hutoxi's husband Amyra Dastur as Hutoxi Taraporewala, Freddy's wife and Gulshan's daughter-in-law Delnaaz Irani as Gulshan Taraporewala, Freddy's mother Ravee Gupta as Munmun Vidhaan Sharma as Ruhaan Khanna Vidvaan Sharma as Vedant Khanna Atul Kumar as Nari Ravjiani Bhoomi Ramola as Piya Kejriwal Rohit Roy as Ronit Roy chaudhary Shruti Bapna as Sarika Bhalchandra kadam as vishnusharman
Production Development Sumeet Raghavan announced the series with a teaser in February 2026.
Casting Helly Shah re-united with Anant Joshi after Gullak 5 in this series.
Filming Filming of the series wrapped in March 2026.
Release The series was initially set for release on 28 August 2026 on Netflix, but on 26 August 2026 Netflix announced a new release date on 10 September 2026.
Critical reception Deepa Gahlot for Rediff.com stated that the series is "an old style sitcom, which has its own charms." Anisha Rao of India Today opined "this characters may be irritating, intrusive and occasionally ridiculous, but the show never seems to dislike them."
Tanisha Bhattacharya for NDTV stated "But to put it in a nutshell, Chumbak makes you laugh effortlessly." Mudit Bhatnagar for Times Now opined "There is a clear old-school flavour to the writing."
Troy Ribeiro of The Free Press Journal stated "There are moments of amusement, but little that qualifies as exceptional."
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