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He became a household name with his portrayal of Mohit in Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin. However, not many that Vihan once auditioned for the role of Tappu in the iconic sitcom Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah ...

This practice was later denigrated during the Vijayanagara rule of Tamil Nadu in the 14th century AD, when the instrument was disparagingly renamed “Thappu,” a term associated with inauspiciousness.

“For my funeral, I know my son will play a parai that I crafted,” says K Dhandapani, seated in his house off the narrow Canal Street in Pulianthope’s Gurusamy Nagar. “But I don’t ...