Oye Jassie

Oye Jassie is an Indian television series, on Disney Channel India, that premiered on 13 October 2013.^[1] It is an Indian adaptation of an American sitcom Jessie. It premiered with the episode New Mumbai, New Nanny.

The first season began airing on October 13, 2013. The first 16 episodes of the season were aired one after the other every week until the series suddenly went on hiatus starting from February 23, 2014. The remaining 10 episodes of Season 1 were aired during the month of August 2014 (without any promos) on a different timeslot on Disney Channel (India). The series' current status is unknown as there have been no official announcements by the channel or the production company as to when the next season is going to start. The series is currently on hiatus where no predictions about any upcoming season can be made. The Best of Luck Nikki show was the premiere of Oye Jassie but it went on a hiatus and that episode was not shown.

Cast

• Tara Sutaria as Jaspreet "Jassie" Singh
• Simran Natekar as Minnie Roy
• Simple Kaul as Reisha Malhotra
• Harsh Vashisht as Rahul Malhotra
• Ahsaas Channa as Ayesha Malhotra
• Kenneth Desai as Tony
• Mohit Bagri as Rocky Malhotra
• Ved Tarde as Subramaniam "Subbu" Malhotra
• Diya Chalwad as Tiya Malhotra
• Devansh Doshi as Lucky Luckendra Singh
• Jhumma Mitra as Ms Raheja, Building secretary

Characters

Main characters

• Jassie is the protagonist of the series and she has been brought-up in a military family. She comes to Mumbai to pursue her dreams but ends up as a nanny to Malhotra family. She is usually sweet, believes everyone easily, also knows many self-defence techniques. She always tries to manage the kids but always fails. She has many break-up's and always feels sad about it. As soon as she becomes nanny, she starts liking Lucky and tells it lately but their date misses 3 times and finally they get together. She is sometimes jealous if the children likes others.She is always troubled by Mrs Raheja and Sundari but eventually comes out of it. She is closest to Tiya. She is based on the character of Jessie Prescott, originally portrayed by Debby Ryan.
• Ayesha Malhotra is the eldest of all her siblings and is a highly fashionable girl who always has less knowledge but has great common sense. She loves to read magazines for teenage girls. Her liking is of typical teenage girl. Although she tells everyone that she does not like Rocky, she loves all of them and takes great care of them always. Ayesha always fights with Rocky. She is based on the character of Emma Ross, originally portrayed by Peyton List.
• Rocky Malhotra is the 12 year old adopted highly stylish but very unhygienic boy. He likes Jassie and tries to impress her all the time. He is very weird but also very helpful. His appearance is like a rich spoiled brat who is naughty and childish, but also very warm hearted and kind from outside. He was adopted from Kolkata. He is based on the character of Luke Ross, originally portrayed by Cameron Boyce.
• Subramaniam (Subbu) Malhotra is also the adopted child and most intelligent of all his siblings and likes Indian culture. He mostly uses Hindi and rarely uses English. His best friend is Sri Premchand (later revealed as Shreemati Premchand) which he brought from Sri Lanka, he speaks to him all the time. He is based on the character of Ravi Ross, originally portrayed by Karan Brar.
• Tiya Malhotra is the youngest of all her siblings. She is very clever. She has an imaginary friends like 'Sunny the Bear' and 'Goldie the Mermaid' and always speaks to them. She has very few friends who are weird. She is more closer to Jassie and Tony. She is the most clever among her siblings. She is based on the character of Zuri Ross, originally portrayed by Skai Jackson.
• Tony is butler who is very lazy and does no work. He likes to sleep and watch cooking shows. He often tells that he does not like the children, but ends up helping them. He is more closer to Tiya and all the others, and especially Rocky is very mean to him. He is based on the character of Bertram, originally portrayed by Kevin Chamberlin.

Recurring characters

• Reisha Malhotra is the supermodel actress who is the mother of Ayesha, Rocky, Subbu and Tiya. She is very protective of her children. She is based on the character of Christina Ross, originally portrayed by Christina Moore.
• Rahul Malhotra is a famous director who is the father of all the four children. He is based on the character of Morgan Ross, originally portrayed by Charles Esten.
• Shree Premchand (Shreemati Premchand) is the monitor lizard who is the best friend of Subbu. It is loved by Subbu. It is based on the character of Mrs. Kipling.
• Lucky Singh is the manager of the apartment 'Ten Juhu Beach'. He likes Jassie but is shy to tell her. Finally, they came to know they like each other but they missed their dates. He is based on the character of Tony Chiccolini, originally portrayed by Chris Galya.
• Mrs Raheja is the secretary of the apartment. She is very rude haughty and dominating. She does not like Tiya and calls her 'Ajeebsi Ladki'. She likes Tony and tries to impress him.
• Sundari is the nanny who hates Jassie and tries to give problems to her. She usually troubles Jassie, but also had helped her sometimes. She is based on the character of Agatha, oringally portrayed by Jennifer Veal.

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