Best of Luck Nikki
| Best of Luck Nikki | |
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 Official logo of Best Of Luck Nikki | |
| Created by | |
| Directed by | David Polycarp , Vasant Valsan |
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| Opening theme | "Aaja Sang, Baby" |
| Composer(s) | Stephen R. Phillips & Tim P. |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language(s) | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 104 episodes + 3 Special as of April 16, 2016 |
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| Running time | 20–30 minutes (approx.) |
| Production company(s) | The Company |
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| Original network | Disney Channel (India) |
| Picture format | HDTV 720p (since Season 3) |
| Original release | April 3, 2011 – April 16, 2016 |
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Best of Luck Nikki is a Disney Channel India sitcom, which premiered 3 April 2011.[1] The series is an Indian adaptation of the American teen show Good Luck Charlie. The plot is similar to the American one, with some exceptions.
The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, as opposed to kids and teens only. It revolves around a family, the Singhs, as they try to adjust to the birth of their fourth child, Nikki Singh.[2] In each episode, Dolly Singh creates a video diary containing advice for Nikki about their family and life as a teenager. Dolly tries to show Nikki what she might go through in the video diary so she can always know how to figure things out when she gets older, when she wouldn't be around. In the third season Nikki's younger sibling Bobby was born. The show went on hiatus on 8 November 2015 and later showed the left episodes at 9:00pm every on Disney Channel (India). The show went on hiatus to give space to Vicky and Vetaal Season 2 which aired on 15 November 2015. Possibly all the episodes are over.
Best of Luck Nikki Season 4 was cut off short due to extremely low TRPs. There are possibilities of a film, Best of Luck Dolly, which may air on 2017 but this is not confirmed.
Plot
The series revolves around the Singh family, who are still adjusting to the birth of their fourth child, Nikita (Nikki) Singh. When parents Himani, a nurse, and Avatar Singh, an electrician, return to work, they ask their three older children, Rohan, Dolly and Sunny for help raising their little sister. At the same time, Dolly, Rohan, and Sunny try to deal with school and typical teen-aged social challenges in their life.
The events of each episode become material for a video diary Dolly is making for her younger sister. Dolly hopes the videos will provide useful advice for Nikki after they have both grown up and Dolly has moved out. Also at the end of each video, she states, "Best of luck, Nikki".
Season 1 revolves around a 15-year-old Dolly who is a studious girl, with her best friend Pam, and has a crush on her classmate Ritesh, a 9-year-old Sunny who is notorious both in school, the neighbourhood and at home, and an 18-year-old Rohan who is hy and lags behind academically. His best friend is the equally lazy Popi who has a crush on Dolly. Himani is temporarily on leave from work due to Nikki's birth and Avtar is busy with his electrical business.Himani is reaveled to be with 5th child.
Season 2 jumps to a 16-year-old Dolly who has now broken up with Ritesh and is dating Rahul, her former enemy, and Pam who is dating Jatin. Himani is active at work and struggles to manage her lazy and troublesome family while Avtar deals with his business. Sunny has to cope with hiding his school pranks from his parents and Rohan is shown to attend college with Popi.
In Season 3, Avtar is going on with his business, while Dolly is in Rohan's college with Pam and is dating college jock, Ayaan. Rohan and Popi move out and live in a one-room apartment while Sunny is now 12 years old and repeatedly getting caught with their neighbour Roli Aunty, and his teachers. At the end of the season, Avtar's mistake demolishes their house and they are seen to be living in a hotel room while searching for a new house.
In Season 4 which has recently been released, there is a new addition in the family, Bobby. Dolly is successfully interning with several companies and has broken up with Ayaan, and started dating Aavishkar, while Rohan has taken up culinary education. Sunny is now grown up and shortly romantically involved with neighbour Roli Aunty's granddaughter Riya, while Himani is revealed to be pregnant again.
Opening sequence
The opening sequence is similar to Good Luck Charlie, but with Hindi lyrics and characters. The credits are given in the order as follows- Sheena Bajaj, Gurdip Punjj, Anannya, Aakash Nair, Gireesh Sahedev and Murtuza Kutianawala.
A completely new opening sequence is used for Season 4 of Best of Luck Nikki where the entire cast is seen taking selfies together and the background music used is "Aaja Sang, Baby". The main cast characters shown in the opening sequence are the same as shown in previous seasons, with the addition of Bobby.
Characters and cast
Main characters
- Dolly Singh is played by Sheena Bajaj. Dolly, Nikki's only sister, is the second-oldest Singh sibling. Feeling that she will not be around as much when Nikki is grown, she produces and directs video diaries for her, hoping they will give her advice that will help her be successful as a teenager. She produces these video diaries at the end of every episode, and at the end of every video diary she says "Best of Luck Nikki". Her best friend is Pam. She dated Ritesh in season one, but they broke up after she caught him two-timing both her and a pretty, dim-witted brunette named Maya, breaking her heart. She and Maya later become friends. She and Rahul get together in season two. Throughout the show Dolly has had numerous boyfriends. Dolly shows much care towards her brothers, such as saving Rohan from falling out of the treehouse window, or offering to help Sunny deal with Guri, who has given him a black eye. She and Rahul get together in "Can You Keep A Secret?". In Good Luck Charlie, Dolly is the equivalent of Teddy Duncan who is played by Bridgit Mendler.
- Himani Singh is played by Gurdip Punjj. She is Avatar's wife and the mother of Rohan, Dolly, Sunny, Nikki and Bobby. She worked as a hospital nurse and is often portrayed as dutiful, protective and comedic. She loves her family and does everything to care for and protect them. She appears out-of-her-element when she isn't nurturing them, especially Nikki, but as the series progresses, she begins to feel assured that her youngest children are in good hands and trusts that her husband and 3 eldest children can look after Nikki and Bobby. She is notoriously conceited and enjoys bragging about her accomplishments, be they admirable, real, or otherwise. Himani used to be on the local news team and was also a poet in her high-school days. A running gag on the show is that she was involved in virtually every extracurricular activity at Arya Collge of Arts and Science but still earned a nursing degree. She lets special opportunities, such as being on TV or singing in front of a group, go to her head. She has a habit of taking any chance of any publicity that may shine on her family to focus onto her, but this never works out well; usually she ends up being cut from the project or tossed out of certain groups. Himani seldom accepts her children's misbehavior. It is revealed in the special No. 3, that she is pregnant again with her fifth child. In the middle of the third season, Himani quit her nursing job to be a stay-at-home mother to Nikki and Bobby. In Good Luck Charlie, Himani is the equivalent of Amy Duncan who is played by Leigh-Allyn Baker.
- Sunny Singh is played by Aakash Nair. He is the middle Singh sibling, being both the younger brother of Rohan and Dolly and the older brother of Nikki and Bobby till Season 3. From the beginning Sunny doesn't approve of Nikki's arrival and is the last one of the family to get used to her, but finally he reaches the point of reluctantly assisting in her care and demonstrating some fondness of her. He is a prankster and troublemaker, often sarcastic and lazy, but can also be dutiful and determined at times. He is front-man when it comes to the Singhs' running rivalry with their neighbor Roli Aunty, who is often the target of Sunny's pranks and stunts—which is the only time the family doesn't mind them. Although he doesn't like Roli Aunty, he ends up dating a relative of Roli Aunty, Riya. A running gag in the show is that he insults Avatar's weight, Himani's cooking, Rohan being a goofball, Dolly being a "goody-goody," and occasionally Nikki. He also likes to harass and tease Roli Aunty, whom he finds annoying. He also won the right to name his baby brother Bobby; in one episode, he tried to impress a girl by making video diaries for Bobby, ending them with "Good Luck, Bobby!". It has been revealed that Sunny was a calm and docile baby. In Good Luck Charlie, Sunny is the equivalent of Gabe Duncan who is played by Bradley Steven Perry.
- Nikki Singh is played by Anannya Kolvankar. Nikita "Nikki" Singh is the title character and the second-youngest Singh sibling. She is generally portrayed as being happy. It sometimes takes a few tries to get her to do the right thing. Nikki can also be mischievous at times. Many of the Singh family's adventures revolve around Nikki. Both her older brothers, Rohan and Sunny, are often seen using Nikki for their own benefit, although Rohan shows that he cares about her deeply. Sunny seems to dislike Nikki the most although, in some episodes, he is seen being quite fond of her. Himani thinks of Nikki as the perfect baby. It was revealed in "Nikki is 1", that it was Dolly's idea to nickname her Nikki. Nikki speaks more often in later episodes of seasons two and three. Bobby was born on her birthday; she responded to this by "I like this present." In season three, her personality begins to develop, as she is seen as sneaky and mischievous, such as pretending to like a doll Himani bought for her to like Bobby, then throwing it away when she was not looking; and also telling Himani's "friends" what she really thinks of them, causing her to lose them all. Also, she can be seen as not liking Bobby as in the episode "The Extravagant Couch" when she asks Avatar if Bobby is going to stay at the hotel and he says no and Nikki asks if they can talk about it. In Good Luck Charlie, Nikki is the equivalent of Charlie Duncan who is played by Mia Talerico.
- Avatar Singh is played by Gireesh Sahedev. He is the father of Dolly, Rohan, Sunny, Nikki, Bobby and husband of Himani. He owns an electrical company, "Avatar Bijlee Company". He sometimes refers to his business as the best one in the city. He loves Electricity and attends the Electrical Convention every year. Avatar is the coach of Sunny's basketball team, but he was temporarily replaced by his wife. It is also mentioned in "Winter Vacation (Part 1)" that Avatar and Himani are not religiously married because they were scammed by a person who impersonated a Pandit; they have a religious marriage with all 4 children present. His childhood dream was to be a professional boxer, which he showed in his company's commercial. Avatar gets made fun of a lot throughout the series because of his weight, usually by Sunny. He is barely more intelligent than the Electrical appliances he uses, and breeds much resentment among his kids by being very "cheap" and "tight" with his money. He wants his family to know him as a "fix-it" man, though his projects never seem to work out. He is slightly afraid of Himani, but he calls it a "strong respect". He has two positions of authority when it comes to the children: going outings and barbecuing. He can be lazy but is determined to spend quality time with his wife and children. He has issues with his mother-in-law. It is revealed he has apologized to Himani at least 100 to 200 times, while Amy just soaks it up. In "Baby in Air," it is revealed that he dropped all of his kids including Bobby. In multiple episodes Avatar brags about having his own band in high school, "Avatar Beats", which made a grand total of one record (an LP, no copies). He can still play bass guitar and occasionally sits in with Rohan and Popi. Late in the third season, Avatar began exercising and dropped a massive amount of fat, replacing most of it with muscle. After Amy and the kids staged an intervention to stop his more-revealing wardrobe choices, he admits the catalyst for his getting back in shape was someone in the park mistaking him for Bobby's grandfather. In Good Luck Charlie, Avatar is the equivalent of Bob Duncan who is played by Eric Allan Kramer.
- Rohan Singh is played by Murtuza Kutianawala. He is the eldest Singh sibling. He and Dolly often fight, although they care about each other, and he usually gets along well with his younger brother Sunny. He often appears awkward, somewhat careless, and childish, but on numerous occasions has been known to be resourceful, creative, and intelligent. He has also been shown to be a good cook, and Avatar once tricked Himani (who isn't a very good cook) into working later so that Rohan would cook. He and his best friend Popi have their own band. Rohan occasionally uses his younger sister Nikki for his personal gain, like when he uses her to make big tips while working for Kukkad Nukkad by saying that his mother was in the hospital when she actually worked there (customers just assumed she was ill). He dated Dolly's friend Maya, who has his type of scatterbrain, but they broke up in "Rohan in the City", when Maya had to move to Mumbai because of her father's new job. He was originally intended to be named Rohan Singh, but Bob was nervous as he was writing on his birth certificate, resulting in the legal name of "Rona Ping" instead of the intended "Rohan Singh". Despite Avatar trying to correct this in the season two episode "Can You Keep a Secret?", he accidentally changed the intended name to "Rohini Singh". In season three, Rohan moves into an apartment shared with Popi, but is still in the Singh house a lot. In Good Luck Charlie, Rohan is the equivalent of PJ Duncan who is played by Jason Dolley.
- Bobby Singh is played by Lakshay Dhamija in Season 4 but is uncredited in Season 3. He is the fifth Singh sibling. He was born in the back of an ice-cream truck Avatar and Himani were riding in on the way to the hospital and Dolly helped deliver him. He and Nikki share the same birthday but she is three years older. Sunny came up with his name, and Sunny started to make a video diary for him to impress a girl. At the end he says "Good Luck, Bobby". Lakshay Dhamija was selected for the role in season four. In Good Luck Charlie, Bobby is the equivalent of Toby Duncan who is played by Logan Moreau.
Mostly recurring characters
- Parminder Kaur Dhillon (Pam) is played by Tanya Abrol. She is Dolly's best friend, and is one of the major recurring characters in the series. She is seen spending most of her time with Dolly at the Singh's residence and often accompanies her on her dutiful, or personal, excursions. Pam is energetic and witty and has proven to be quite intuitive; although she does not receive the best grades in school. She is passionate, if not obsessed, about clothes, money, popularity, boys, and texting; but on numerous occasions has proven to be a loyal and comforting friend. She briefly dated Popi when they were younger, and now never misses a chance to insult him, but went to the school dance with him so she and Dolly could have a ride in "Dance Off". It is revealed that she loves country music and animal-print clothes. At one point, it is implied that Pam has (or had) an addiction to chocolate. In Good Luck Charlie, Pam is the equivalent of Ivy Wentz who is played by Raven Goodwin.
- Popi is played by Yash Mittal. He is Rohan's best friend. He is slender, comedic, and has a desperate, misguided & very one-sided attraction to Dolly, though Dolly constantly rejects him. Popi accompanies Rohan on the drums in his band, and sometimes assists Rohan on his problematic excursions. He has a nephew named Himen, he claimed, was better than Nikki, until Nikki beat Himen in a "baby basketball game" by winning. He is also an incredible dancer, with skills matched only by Ritesh. He once went out with Pam when they were younger. In his mind, he sees himself as being suave, sophisticated, and very attractive to girls. In season three, Popi and Rohan get an apartment together. In Good Luck Charlie, Popi is the equivalent of Emmett who is played by Micah Stephen Williams.
- Roli Aunty is played by Sulakshana Rohini Khatri. She is the Singhs' strict and easily annoyed neighbor. In "The Curious Case of Mr. Surinder", she was mistakenly accused of killing her husband. She wanted the Singhs' tree, which housed Rohan and Dolly's tree house, cut down; but the family fought back. Roli Aunty is often suspicious of Sunny, because his pranks and troublemaking are often directed towards her. She is often antagonistic towards the Singhs but is fairly tolerant of Nikki. She was also a big fan of the fictional television show when she was younger. She loves her son and her cat more than her husband, and some wonder why she married Mr. Surinder if she hated him so much. It is also revealed that she has a granddaughter named Riya who ends up dating Sunny. In "It's an Avatar Singh's Birthday", it is revealed that she and Mr. Surinder had recently divorced. In the same episode, she flirted with the Singh kids' grandfather, but broke up with him not much later. It is revealed that in "Make Room for Baby" that she does not know about the Internet. In Good Luck Charlie, Roli Aunty is the equivalent of Mrs. Dabney who is played by Patricia Belcher.
- Ayaan is played by Abhishek Sharma. He is Dolly's ex-boyfriend. At first, they started dating after they met each other in the same college. It is revealed in "Singh's Dream House", that he and Dolly broke up when Ayaan moves out to go to college in Mumbai. In Good Luck Charlie, Ayaan, Rahul and Ritesh are the equivalent of Spencer (Shane Harper) with whom Teddy (Bridgit Mendler) had on and off relationship. He is the equivalent of Spencer Walsh who is played by Shane Harper.
- Aavishkaar is the newest employee at Avatar's company Avatar Bijlee Company. He moved from Ahmedabad and was first seen in "Rat-A-Dolly". In "Nikki 5, Bobby 2" Dolly helped him break up with his girlfriend in Ahmedabad. In Good Luck Charlie Aavishkaar is the equivalent of Beau Landry who is played by Luke Benward.
- Riya Gill is played by Ahsaas Channa. Riya Gill is Roli Aunty's grand daughter and later Sunny's girlfriend. They went on a date, but it did not go so well. Roli Aunty did not like them being together, but later approved. In Good Luck Charlie Riya is the equivalent of Lauren Dabney who is played by Jaylen Barron.
- Guri Malhotra is played by Saniya Anklesaria. She is Sunny's tomboyish bully-turned-friend. She was introduced in "Boys Meets Girls", bullying Sunny before revealing she has a crush on him. Since that episode, she appears friendly with Sunny, assisting him with certain situations with an occasional wise-crack and insult at his expense. In Good Luck Charlie Guri is the equivalent of Jo Keener who is played by G. Hannelius.
- Ritesh is played by Shaheer Sheikh. He was Dolly's ex-boyfriend. At first, they started dating after they begin studying together. He cheated on her in the episode "Girl Bites Dog", and Dolly broke up with him. In Good Luck Charlie, Ayaan, Rahul and Ritesh are the equivalent of Spencer (Shane Harper) with whom Teddy (Bridgit Mendler) had on and off relationship. He is the equivalent of Spencer Walsh who is played by Shane Harper.
- Rahul is played by Kishan Savjani. He was Dolly's ex-boyfriend. At first, she didn't like him and used to call him "Rakshas Rahul" but they eventually start dating in "Can You Keep A Secret?" and are not seen together in the Season 3 premiere "Make Room for Baby" indirectly shown broke up. In Good Luck Charlie, Ayaan, Rahul and Ritesh are the equivalent of Spencer (Shane Harper) with whom Teddy (Bridgit Mendler) had on and off relationship. He is the equivalent of Spencer Walsh who is played by Shane Harper.
Seasons
See also: List of Good Luck Charlie episodes
Best of Luck Nikki episodes are similar to the Good Luck Charlie episodes for the first two seasons but are not fully shown on TV whereas are uploaded fully on YouTube. The episodes on TV are aired just for 20 to 25 minutes whereas the episodes on YouTube are of 30 to 35 minutes duration. Because of this time slot adjustment problems Best of Luck Nikki Season 3 and 4 episodes are already edited and made, avoiding certain parts which are then clubbed up to form a new episode, that is the reason why Best of Luck Nikki has more episodes and an extra season, unlike Good Luck Charlie, which has just 97 episodes, 1 movie and 4 seasons. For example, episode 86 of Best of Luck Nikki has parts from three different episodes of Good Luck Charlie, namely, "Study Buddy" (when PJ reads a book to Charlie), "Doppel Date" (when Teddy decides to date a new guy post-Spencer) and "Teddy's Choice" (where Bob accidentally buys Gabe a girl's shirt).
Series overview
| Season | Start and End Episode | Number of Episodes | Originally Indian Aired Dates | ||
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| 1 | Study Date - Happy Holi | 26 + 2 Special | April 3, 2011 | March 8, 2012 | |
| 2 | Lets Potty - Happy New Year | 30 + 1 Special | June 3, 2012 | January 1, 2013 | |
| 3 | Make Room for Baby- All Fall Down | 23 | July 7, 2013 | December 8, 2013 | |
| 4 | Singh's Dream Home - Final Project | 26 (Part 1 & Part 2) | August 2, 2015 + February, 2016 | November 8, 2015 + April 16, 2016 | |
Episodes
Season 1 (2011)
Season 1 of Best of Luck Nikki started airing on Disney Channel India on April 3, 2011 with the episode "Study Date". The season ended with the airing of "Happy Holi!" (Special) on March 8, 2012.
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No. in season |
Episode Title |
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| 1 | 1 | "Study Date" |
| Dolly moves her study date with a cute boy, Ritesh from the library to home because she has to help Avtaar take care of Nikki when Himani goes back to work. Avtaar injures himself falling down the stairs, so Rohan has to take him to the hospital where Himani works, leaving Dolly to watch Nikki. | ||
| 2 | 2 | "Baby Come Back!" |
| Dolly encourages Himani and Avtaar to go on an outing together while the kids take care of the baby. Rohan takes Nikki to a coffee shop, flirts with a cute girl, punam , then accidentally brings the wrong stroller and baby home. After a brief search, Dolly, Rohan and Sunny head off to tell Avtaar and Himani, but find Nikki sitting with the cute girl's family a few tables over at the same restaurant. | ||
| 3 | 3 | "Narendra Tauji- A Cricket Freak" |
| When Dolly discovers she has a Narendra Tauji that Avtaar never told her about and refuses to talk about, she and Pam visit the sath sang institution where Narendra Tauji lives and take him to a cricket game. At the game, Narendra Tauji’s obnoxious side comes out and the girls learn why Avtaar and Narendra Tauji never got along. Sunny and Rohan try to make money by letting a photographer take pictures of Nikki for a baby store ad, against Himani's wishes. | ||
| 4 | 4 | "Dinku the Donkey" |
| Himani reveals that she was the famous school play 'Dinku the Donkey' which is the same school Dolly goes to and pressures Dolly into trying out. Dolly tries to blow the audition, but gets the role anyway- just in time for the big rivalry game. Popi, sick of hearing Rohan go on about Nikki, claims his baby nephew is faster than Nikki, so Rohan challenges Popi to a baby basketball . | ||
| 5 | 5 | "Up a Tree!" |
| Avtaar cuts a deal with Roli aunty - that she will put her dog inside home if he will cut down the tree that blocks her sunlight. Dolly and Rohan stage a sit-in to protest (as the tree holds their childhood tree house ). Avtaar wages war to get them out of the tree house while Himani decides to throw her support in favor of the kids. | ||
| 6 | 6 | "The Curious Case of Mr. Surinder" |
| Dolly is annoyed that her best friend Pam has become "texting buddies" with Himani, so she attempts to bond with Pam’s boring mother. Sunny and Rohan mistakenly believe that Roli aunty has killed her husband, so they go to Roli aunty's house to investigate. | ||
| 7 | 7 | "Nikki Did It!" |
| Nikki grabs a pair of baby sunglasses setting off the shoplifting alarm at a drugstore, so the manager, Sandhu puts Dolly, Sunny, and Nikki in holding until Sunny can devise a plan to bust them out. Neeti, an awkward girl from Dolly's school, works at the store, and aids their escape. Rohan and Popi try to come up with a jingle for the new Avtaar Bijlee commercial, but they aren't quite on the same page as Avtaar. | ||
| 8 | 8 | "Dance Off" |
| Dolly asks Ritesh to the school dance, and they double with Pam and Popi (who likes Dolly). The boys wind up in a "dance-off" over Dolly but end up bonding, leading Dolly to feel Popi has stolen her dance partner and chances of Ritesh asking her out for a movie which she has been waiting for. Sunny tries to get Himani and Avtaar to fight at his PTA meeting and keep them away from his teacher in order to protect the lie he has been telling her- that his parents fight a lot- in order to get out of doing homework. | ||
| 9 | 9 | "Boys Meets Girls" |
| Rohan gets a job delivering food for Kukkad Nukkad (a chicken restaurant) and falls in love with a customer, Richa, who he starts spending all his time with, causing friction with Popi. Also, we learn that Avtaar used to date Richa’s mom, which causes trouble with Himani. Dolly tries to help out when Sunny is having trouble with Guri, a bully at school, but learns that Guri is actually a girl who has been beating up Sunny because she has a crush on him. | ||
| 10 | 10 | "It's Nikki's 1 Birthday!" |
| It’s Nikki’s first birthday and the family reminisces about the day she was born, when Himani's water broke three weeks early and everyone had to get to the hospital. Avtaar and Rohan, who were fishing, find they have a bear sleeping in their car and must befriend two scary farmers to get a ride. Meanwhile, Sunny, who was accidentally left at home, has the best unsupervised day of his life, until Roli arrives to bring him to the hospital. Dolly and Pam, in full costume and makeup as Dracula and Avtaar, were performing a kids play Dolly wrote. They must track down Himani's doctor, who is at his son's birthday party, so he can come to the hospital to deliver Himani's baby. | ||
| 11 | 11 | "Billi Butterfly The Cat" |
| Roli aunty pays Dolly to watch her beloved cat, Butterfly, while she goes out of town. When Roli aunty's twin sister Pinky aunty shows up, she worries Dolly that Butterfly isn't doing well, and they call in Dr. Tushi, the cat therapist, to try to make the cat feel better. Sunny misunderstands advice he gets from Himani and tells the girl he has a crush on Nidhi that his parents are separated and he's an only child living with his mom (in an effort to find things in common with her). When she shows up at the house, Sunny ropes Dolly into helping him keep up the facade, with Rohan, Avtaar, and Himani all arriving home at inopportune moments. | ||
| 12 | 12 | "Dolly's Little Helper" |
| In an effort to win over her Hindi teacher and raise her grade, Dolly brings Nikki to class and dresses her up in various adorable costumes for a presentation. Unfortunately, Nikki has an upset tummy and throws up on Dolly's teacher- making everyone else in the class sick as well. Himani subs for Avtaar as Sunny's football coach, and they win their first game ever. Sunny and his team decide to fire Avtaar and hire Himani fulltime, but her positive, "do your best and have fun" approach doesn't work quite as well the second time around. Meanwhile, Rohan takes Nikki to Nani ghar and bonds with the Nani moms. | ||
| 13 | 13 | "Chunni Go Bye-Bye" |
| Dolly gets Rohan and Sunny help her to throw Himani and Avtaar a surprise dinner for their anniversary, but Nikki loses her favorite blankie and won't stop crying. Chaos ensues as Dolly tries to track down the blanket, and Rohan gets locked out of the house with Nikki inside. Sunny takes Avtaar and Himani to the movies to get them out of the house, but Hemani gets stuck watching a movie she hates, "Robot No.1". | ||
| 14 | 14 | "Nikki goes Viral" |
| Rohan makes a funny video of Nikki farting, which becomes an overnight success on the internet, leading the local news to come for an interview. When interviewed, Himani absurdly tries to re-live her community college news casting days, and Avtaar's tries to advertise Avtaar Bijlee Company but freezes on camera, leading the entire segment to spin into chaos. Dolly meets Ritesh's parents and loves everything about them and their neat, quiet house; especially as it contrasts to her crazy family. When Dolly is over, Ritesh's parents catch the Farty Nikki newscast on TV. | ||
| 15 | 15 | "Singhs's Got Talent" |
| Ritesh agrees to do a dance routine with Dolly for the Community talent show, but when he realizes how bad of a dancer she is, he tries to fake an injury to get out of it. Dolly instead dances with Popi (who ditches Rohan and their planned ventriloquist act), and causes chaos at the show with her bad dancing. Guri convinces Sunny she wants to help him run for class monitor, but instead creates a video smearing him to help bolster her own campaign. | ||
| 16 | 16 | "Kukkad Nukkad" |
| Dolly takes a job walking dogs to earn some extra money, but winds up stealing Rohan's role as the new spokesmodel for Kukkad Nukkad when she stops by. It seems like the perfect gig, until she realizes how much it hurts her brother that she got it. A mouse has invaded the Singh house, and Avtaar is confident he'll capture it quickly. Sunny seizes the opportunity to play a trick on Bob but winds up getting the tables turned on him, for once. Himani takes Nikki to a Music & Me class and gets competitive with a snooty mom, thus getting carried away on her and Nikki's big music performance. | ||
| 17 | 17 | "Girl Bites Dog" |
| Nikki bites Ritesh, and Dolly begins to worry that her baby sister is affecting their relationship. Leaving Pam to babysit, she decides to surprise Ritesh at work - only to discover a surprise of her own - Ritesh with another girl. He tells Dolly that the other girl, Maya, is just his cousin, but she later finds that he is lying and has been dating Ritesh on the side. Dolly, heartbroken, dumps Ritesh. Rohan needs money in order to afford an old used car. Sunny offers to lend it to him, and tricks Rohan into a contract that ties him into driving Sunny wherever he wants or he must forfeit the car. In order to teach Sunny a lesson, Himani and Avtaar team up with Rohan to scare Sunny into thinking that the former owner's ghost haunts the car. | ||
| 18 | 18 | "Butt-Dialing Singhs" |
| Pam convinces Dolly to butter Himani up and pretend she is cool in order to get her to say yes to the girls attending a midnight movie. The plan works great until Dolly butt-dials Himani (accidentally dialing by pushing buttons while a phone is in a pocket) from her new smartphone, allowing Himani to hear that Dolly was just pretending she thinks Himani is a "cool mom". Himani decides to get revenge, and she and Pam's mom show up at the movie in order to embarrass the girls. Rohan also gets into trouble with his new smartphone, accidentally leaving a message for his intimidating lab partner Sandy, discussing with Popi how stupid Sandy is. Meanwhile, Sunny and Avtaar put together Sunny's new toy helicopter, while Sunny is driven crazy by Nikki's new toy "Bak Bak Bandar". | ||
| 19 | 19 | "Dolly's Broken Heart Band" |
| Dolly is having a hard time recovering from her breakup with Ritesh, so Pam brings Maya (the other girl) over to commiserate. To make themselves feel better, the girls make a mean music video about Ritesh. But after Ritesh stops by to apologize again, Dolly ultimately decides not to upload the video to the internet. Rohan and Sunny are at each others' throats, officially sick of sharing a room. When Sunny discovers that Roli aunty has kept her son's room intact, he decides that sneaking in to stay there every night is the perfect solution. Meanwhile, Himani joins a gym with free babysitting and ends up spending her time at the spa down the street. | ||
| 20 | 20 | "Dolly Rebounds" |
| An 11 year old named Kaustub moves in near the Singhs, and he's the opposite of Sunny (polite, thoughtful, eloquent). He develops a huge crush on Dolly, and convinces her to spend time with him, or else he won't go away. He takes her on a "date" for ice cream- at his cousin's 6th birthday party. Meanwhile, Dolly finds out that Ritesh is spending time someone new. Caught off guard, she lies and says she too is has someone - a boy named Kaustub. Of course, she then runs into Ritesh and his new girl Sheena while out with the real Kaustub at the ice cream parlor. Rohan and Popi decide to add a 3rd member to their band, but when Nikki gets him sick, Avtaar steps in to perform - and ends up taking it overboard. | ||
| 21 | 21 | "Winter Vacation (Part 1)" |
| On the family holiday trip, Dolly meets a psychic who tells her she will become a star in a film during the vacation. She meets a film unit and she thinks that maybe the prediction is true. Himani and Avtaar discover that they were never officially married (the Judge was a fraud), and get into a huge fight when Avtaar would rather ski than take the time away from vacation to get officially married. Meanwhile, Rohan tumbles down the wrong side of a Hill, only to end up in a cabin with two beautiful teen girls who don't see a lot of boys. It seems like heaven - until their 7ft Dad comes home. | ||
| 22 | 22 | "Winter Vacation (Part 2)" |
| Dolly, is desperate to audition for the role of the main heroine in the movie being shot, and has Pam meet her at the resort. She goes skiing to clear her head, and unfortunately gets stuck with Popi who is part of the unit. Sunny and Rohan enter a Tango dance competition to make money, and end up with a mess of the routine. Meanwhile, Avtaar tries to make up with Himani by planning a surprise wedding for her. | ||
| 23 | 23 | "Nikki In Charge" |
| Sunny is left in charge of Nikki while working on a school project with his nemesis Guri. The two must work together not only to complete their assignment, but also to take care of Nikki, who causes chaos all day - needing food, diaper changes, and constant supervision. Rohan is afraid of the dentist, and Dolly must trick him into going. Dolly ends up breaking her tooth in the process, and then has to attend her school debate - drooling and swollen. Meanwhile, Avtaar tries to surprise Himani with a nice day at the spa, but instead has to answer an emergency extermination call - one that he'll need Himani's help with. | ||
| 24 | 24 | "Stolen Bike" |
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When Nikki develops a new bad habit of pushing buttons (car alarms, etc) Sunny uses it to his advantage, and blames Nikki for leaving the garage door open, allowing his bike to be "stolen" - when he actually sold it to his friend Shibu. It's up to Avtaar discover the truth, and catch Sunny in his lie. Meanwhile, Dolly has to shoot a scene of an important moment in her life for film class, and chooses when Himani and Avtaar told her they were expecting a new baby. Himani gets involved and overdoes it, driving Dolly crazy - to the point that she lets it slip how she REALLY felt the day they gave her the news. Also, Popi gets a new girlfriend who seems to be hitting on Rohan - but it turns out she has an identical twin! Tara Sutaria as Nina and Tina | ||
| 25 | 25 | "Sleepless in Delhi" |
| Dolly prepares to try out for the school play with some help from her friend . But things go wrong when Nikki draws in ink all over her face right before the audition. Nikki gets her first "big girl" bed and refuses to sleep in it. Sunny has his first sleepover in a tent in the backyard and the sprinklers go off underneath it. Rohan eats too much bacon and has nightmares that he’s become too fat. | ||
| 26 | 26 | "Dolly's Birthday" |
| Avtaar is acting unfairly stubborn and won't let his "little girl" practice driving, so Dolly goes behind his back and offers to drive Roli aunty around to get in more hours behind the wheel. They first run out of gas then get stuck in the mud, so Dolly comes home a muddy mess - and walks into a surprise 16th birthday party that her family is throwing her. Meanwhile, Sunny brings home a huge dog that Himani does not want in the house - until she realizes just how sweet he is. When the dog's rightful owner shows up to take him home, Himani is left heartbroken. | ||
| Special No. 1 | Special No. 1 | "Happy Diwali!" |
| The Singhs decide to go for a Diwali Vacation to Udaipur. Avatar brings a milk man's van to reach the station. But they miss their train and decide to go by plane but they didn't reach their destination. then they decide to go back to their home again. Himani is upset with Avatar and as they go closer to their home they discover their house was decorated with lights. Pam and Popi did those arrangements to surprise them since Dolly was upset for the cancellation of their Udaipur trip. Then they together celebrate Diwali at their home. | ||
| Special No. 2 | Special No. 2 | "Happy Holi!" |
| On the day of Holi, Avtaar gets to know that a very special business person is visiting their house to fix up a business deal. So, he tells Himani to send kids out of the house so that his deal won't get affected due to Kids. But everything turns out to be opposite. | ||
Season 2 (2012)
Season 2 of Best of Luck Nikki started airing on Disney Channel India on June 3, 2012, with the episode "Let's Potty". The season ended with the airing of "Happy New Year!" (Special) on January 1, 2013.
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| 27 | 1 | "Let's Potty" |
| Himani is desperately trying to potty train Nikki in advance of her big interview with an exclusive preschool. As the Singhs try to cope without power and water, Rohan and Sunny create a haven in their bedroom by hooking up all their electronics to an extension cord - from Roli Aunty's house. Meanwhile, Dolly helps Pam prepare for an online chat with Jatin, a cute boy she likes – but when the power goes out, Pam can't get on video chat, so Dolly decides to invite Jatin in her home and Pam does not feel comfortable as she feels that if she sees Jatin's face she may tell something wrong. | ||
| 28 | 2 | "Nikki is 2!" |
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The whole Singh family ends up in jail for Nikki's 2nd birthday after a series of mishaps and misunderstandings. Dolly, Sunny, and Nikki try to sneak into The Super Subzi concert after being unable to buy or win tickets, but get caught. Rohan tries to play one of the Super Subzi some of his songs, but gets arrested when he won't leave him alone. Meanwhile, Avtaar gets a miniature Donkey for Nikki's birthday party but turns out it's stolen, landing himself and Himani in jail as well. [Note: This episode shows the Season 1 opening sequence even though it is a Season 2 episode.] | ||
| 29 | 3 | "The Sea World" |
| When Avtaar won't help her out with her cell phone bill, Dolly takes a miserable job working an ocean-themed children's party place, in order to pay it off. The job gets worse when Dolly gets stuck in a big crawl tube, and Avtaar gets stuck as well when he tries to get her out. Rohan uses Nikki to get cute girls, but his plan backfires when his new interest Kiran only cares about Nikki. Meanwhile, Himani gets addicted to trying to master a Wii-like tennis video game so Sunny decides to throw a match and let her win in order to make her stop playing. | ||
| 30 | 4 | "Singh vs Singh" |
| When Avtaar and Himani plan to go away for a night, Dolly and Rohan decide to throw a house party. However, the party is compromised when Avtaar and Himani get into a huge fight. Dolly desperately tries to get them to reconcile by teaching Nikki how to say "I sad", but Nikki won't say it on cue. Avtaar and Himani cancel their night away and stay home - leaving Dolly and Rohan to sneak their friends in and out of the basement and try to keep them quiet. When Goori invites Sunny to take "stupid" Table Manners classes with her, Himani forces him to say yes, much to his misery. | ||
| 31 | 5 | "Dancing Singhs" |
| Himani plans a big musical song and dance performance for the annual hospital charity gala. She tries to get the rest of the family to perform with her, starring Nikki in a spangley top hat and tails. When the rest of the Singhs (except Nikki) prove uncooperative, Himani replaces them all. Meanwhile, Dolly suspects Pam went to a popular girls' party that Dolly wasn't invited to. During a mock trial in class, Dolly puts Pam on the stand and finds out that she was lying, but not about the party. Instead, she was on out with her new boyfriend Jatin - and his good friend Rahul who Dolly hates since childhood. Also, Sunny discovers he can make extra money selling random junk online, and ropes Rohan into helping him. | ||
| 32 | 6 | "Aliens vs Animals" |
| Dolly has to bring a date with a new cute boy she likes. He offers to take them to the park for what she assumes it a picnic - but turns out the new boy is into LARPing (live action role playing) connected with Alien vs Animals, and Dolly and Nikki have to put on costumes and play along. Meanwhile, Avtaar wins a highly coveted Electrician award but forgets to thank Himani in his speech (who was not present at the ceremony). Rohan helps Avtaar try to recreate the moment on video with a speech dedicated to Himani. Himani gets poked in the eye by Nikki and visits the hospital. She ends up so relaxed that she starts faking eye pain so she won't have to leave. | ||
| 33 | 7 | "News Reporter Dolly" |
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Dolly joins the news team at school and finds out that the best news piece will be submitted for an internship with the local news. She enlists Sunny and Nikhil to help pull an undercover job, in order to get a hard-hitting piece exposing corruption at the movie theater (an employee who will let kids into PG-13 movies for money). Meanwhile, Sanju, a kid from Rohan’s kindergarten class, transfers into school. Rohan regrets having cut off Sanju's ponytail when they were 5, and decides to try to make peace. Also, Nikki ruins an expensive pair of shoes that Himani was supposed to return. [Note- This episode also shows Season 1 Opening Sequence even though it is a Season 2 episode] | ||
| 34 | 8 | "Fake Phone Call" |
| Dolly and Pam use a "fake phone call" app to convince Himani and Pam’s mom that the other one gave permission for the girls to go to a party. When Sunny blows their plan, the girls have to think fast to try and avoid getting caught. Meanwhile, Rohan fills in for Avtaar at work when Avtaar is bitten by a spider. Rohan is hurt to discover that Avtaar simply describes him as "nice" when talking about his kids at work. Also, Nikki wants to play baby and won’t leave Sunny alone until he’ll play with her. | ||
| 35 | 9 | "Battle of the Bands" |
| Dolly and Maya decide to compete against Rohan and Popi in a battle of the bands competition at the mall in which Rahul is also competing, and is favored to win. Rohan and Maya end up falling for each other and refuse to compete so Dolly and Rohan decide to combine their bands in order to try and take the prize. Meanwhile, Sunny gets a new friend who is really wealthy and gives him an old MyTab. Avtaar goes to the kids house to return it, and winds up hanging out with the dad and fully enjoying the benefits of wealth himself. Also, Himani joins an art class and is considered terrible - until she submits one of Nikki's paintings. | ||
| 36 | 10 | "Himani vs Paghmare Sir" |
| Dolly's teacher, Mr. Paghmare, unfairly marks her test wrong and refuses to correct it, and Dolly winds up getting detention by snapping the point on his pencil out of frustration. Things get even worse when Himani takes matters into her own hands. Meanwhile, Avtaar Singh takes Nikki to a ballet class and winds up participating and Popi helps Rohan prepare to tell Maya's old boyfriend (who happens to be captain of the wrestling team) to stop texting her. | ||
| 37 | 11 | "Meet the Parents" |
| Sunny blackmails Dolly and Rohan to pose as his parents in order to get him out of trouble in class with his older, nearsighted teacher. All goes well until the teacher sees Dolly out on a date with her new boyfriend Kunal at the movie theatre and Sunny's teacher sees them and goes to their house to let "Mr. Singh" know his wife isn't being faithful - only to find Rohan there, on a date with Maya. Meanwhile, Avtaar bets Himani she can't build a playhouse for Nikki on her own. | ||
| 38 | 12 | "Sunny's 12 1/2 Birthday" |
| Sunny promises to be good for a whole week so that Himani and Avtaar will throw him a birthday party (his 12th birthday party has been continually cancelled for months). He pulls it off but the day of his party there is a huge rain storm, leaving the Singhs locked in the house due to heavy rain and Sunny devastated. The family pulls together to create a fun birthday party at home for Sunny instead. Meanwhile, Dolly and Pam get into a huge fight because Ivy doesn't like Kunal. Regretting the fight, Dolly heads over to Pam's just as Pam heads to Dolly's – and both get stuck at each other's houses when the snow storm hits. Also, Rohan decides to help Avtaar get in shape. | ||
| 39 | 13 | "The Break Up" |
| Dolly is losing interest in Kunal but has a hard time breaking up with him because he keeps doing really nice things for her. Meanwhile, Himani volunteers to coach Sunny's new Pee-Wee Hockey team. She is overly competitive and forces Sunny to work harder and harder - until he scores a great shot and knocks out a few of her teeth. Also, Avtaar accidentally gets Rohan fired from Kukkad Nukkad and has to help figure out how to get him his job back. | ||
| 40 | 14 | "Bear Banao Workshop" |
| Dolly and Pam babysit for the new neighbors, who have a girl Nikki's age. When Pam convinces Dolly to try on some of the mom's earrings, Dolly loses one in a build-a-bear stuffed animal and must try to get it back before the mom finds out. Meanwhile, Sunny gives Avtaar a fake lottery ticket so that Bob will think he won and spend the money to take Sunny to Super Adventure Land. It spins out of Sunny's control when Himani, thinking they are now rich, seizes the moment and quits her job. Also, Rohan meets Maya's father, who is very intimidating. | ||
| 41 | 15 | "The Suite Life of Singh Sisters crossover episode with The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir" |
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Dolly, Himani and Nikki plan a trip to Mumbai to visit their rich great-aunt, where they are instead mistaken for the Singh Sisters, a famous dance duo and are taken to the 'Hotel Raj Mahal' of Mumbai. Himani pretends that she, Dolly and Nikki are sisters in order to accomplish her dreams of being on TV, but since they do not know how to dance, they enlist the help of Kabir, Karan and Vinni and at the last moment the real singh sisters came . Back at home, Sunny and Rohan hold a yard sale in hopes of raising money while cleaning out the house, but wind up selling a cookie jar with money in it to Roli Aunty; Bob is obsessed with a TV show. [Note: This episode is a crossover episode with The Suite Life of Karan & Kabir but is considered only to be a Best of luck Nikki episode.] | ||
| 42 | 16 | "Ditch Day" |
| When Dolly finds out she has a reputation as a goody-goody, she ditches school with Pam to earn a bad reputation. Dolly is nervous because she has never ditched before. Meanwhile, Rohan tries to make a dress for Nikki for a Home EC class. Also, Sunny tries to get himself ungrounded by bringing an old love poem from Himani's high school days back to light, which he thought had been written by his father. It turns out it was actually written by someone else. Himani has kept it for years because it is the only love poem she ever received. In the end, Avtaar writes her a love poem as well and they reconcile. | ||
| 43 | 17 | "Amazing Julie" |
| Dolly buys a used scooty from Pam's dad—a scooty he loves (named "Julie"), but has to get rid of. Unfortunately, it gets wrecked almost immediately, and Pam’s dad is devastated. To make amends, Dolly hosts a "car funeral" so they can celebrate the life of Julie, to give Pam’s Dad closure so he can move on. Also, it os Nikki's first day of preschool, and Himani expects the separation will be hard for Nikki, but when Nikki happily runs off to play, Himani is stunned, and completely offended that Nikki isn't sad. She plans a "Nikki and Mommy Day" to give Nikki the best day of her life, in hopes that she'll be REALLY sad next time Himani says goodbye. Meanwhile, Sunny and Rohan set out to find Avtaar a friend to go fishing with, so they won't have to go on the yearly trip. | ||
| 44 | 18 | "Avatar Beats" |
| Sunny and his friend Shibu start a lemonade stand, but when they start to fight about the details, they go their separate ways and wind up in an intense competition to see who can get the most customers with the coolest lemonade stand. Meanwhile, Dolly offers to help Popi get a date for the upcoming dance, in hopes that he will release her from a 7-year-old promise to go with him. Also, Rohan decides to get Avtaar’s high school band back together for old times’ sake, but discovers there is a reason they broke up in the first place: Himani. | ||
| 45 | 19 | "Rohan in the City" |
| Dolly applies for a job at an Abercrombie type store where Popey works so she can get a discount of cute clothes for her school picture. The Rahul, whose uncle owns the store, tells her that if she can get a tan, she can have the job, so Dolly decides to try an at-home spray-on tanner. When Nikki plays with the timer, however, Dolly ends up quite a few shades darker – and more orange – than intended. Meanwhile, Maya leaves Rohan a note that her family has moved to Mumbai and he decides to go after her. Avtaar tracks him down, and finds Rohan trying to earn a living playing music in the train Station. Avtaar has to try to convince Rohan to come home, and break up with Tina – for now. Also, Himani gets over-involved in Sunny's life and invites over a girl she thinks he likes – who turns out to be the wrong girl (and an incredibly annoying one, at that). | ||
| 46 | 20 | "Rat King" |
| Dolly agrees to go with Avtaar to the big Electrical convention, in hopes that she can make him happy enough that he'll agree to help her buy a new scooty (since she wrecked the last one). Avtaar has big plans at the convention to bring down his rival, Sharma, and asks Dolly to dress up like a huge Rat for his presentation - which she does, to keep him happy. Meanwhile, Popi crashes with the Singhs - and drives Himani crazy with all his disgusting habits. Also, Sunny and Vindoo use Vindoo's new cool camera to try to make a monster movie, with Nikki as the star. | ||
| 47 | 21 | "Summer Vacation (Part 1)" |
| The Singh family goes on a trip in celebration of Avtaar and Himani's wedding anniversary. After wandering onto sacred ground, Himani gets the entire family cursed, but refuses to believe it, until she is trapped in an elevator with a claustrophobic woman. Soon after, Dolly gets knocked out during her surfing lesson; Rohan and Sunny's aerial tour pilot falls unconscious during the flight; Avtaar gets knocked out with a golf ball; and Nikki goes missing. Meanwhile, Avtaar faces continuous hour-long timeshare seminars. | ||
| 48 | 22 | "Summer Vacation (Part 2)" |
| Still thinking that they are cursed, Himani encounters plumeria numerous times and gets severe allergic reactions. Dolly finally finds Nikki seeing her playing with a group of other children. Avtaar asks Dolly to pretend to be Himani for the time-share seminar. After making a promise to God during his and Rohan's near-death experience on an aerial tour, Sunny coaches Rohan to face his fears. | ||
| 49 | 23 | "Oops" |
| Mrs. Dhillon wins an audition to sing the national anthem at a game, but Dolly is forced to lip sync for Mrs. Dhillon when she gets stage fright at the last minute. Meanwhile, Himani joins a social networking site and is upset when her kids will not accept her friend requests. Also Avtaar is trying to win a bowling tournament but Sunny's hand gets stuck in a toy claw machine and they use Nikki to win. | ||
| 50 | 24 | "Bye Bye Video Diary" |
| While Dolly does the dishes, Nikki puts a laptop inside the dishwasher. Himani finds it inside the bucket, thinking it is Dolly's and all of the video diaries have been deleted. Himani and Dolly stay up all night, re-recording the video diaries. However, when Rohan arrives back from Kukkad Nukkad college, he tells Dolly that he accidentally took her laptop, meaning that Roahn's laptop was in the bucket. Meanwhile, because Rohan has been going to college, Sunny takes over his place. But when he watches a horror movie, he is terrified and refuses to let Nikki sleep in her own room. | ||
| 51 | 25 | "Scary Dolly" |
| When Nikki gets scared by a boy next door, Dolly decides to give him a taste of his own medicine with Pam's help. Meanwhile, Sunny agrees to protect Roli Aunty's house, but when her house gets trashed, Sunny has to do what ever she says. Also, Rohan becomes a Goth because of his new girlfriend. Avtaar and Himani dress as each other for Halloween. | ||
| 52 | 26 | "Story Time" |
| When Dolly and Himani discover that a mom at Nikki's book club is a publisher of Children's books looking for new projects, they get overly competitive trying to prove to the woman that they each could write the next big hit. Meanwhile, Avtaar goes to Sunny's school for career day, and is a big smash until a Snake gets loose. Also, Rohan starts giving out relationship advice to his Kukkad Nukkad customers. | ||
| 53 | 27 | "Return to Super Adventure Land" |
| While on a family trip to Super Adventure Land, Sunny and Himani are approached about being in a commercial for the park. Himani takes the role way too seriously and tries to rewrite so she gets a bigger part, and ends up getting recast. Meanwhile, Dolly has Popi get her a job at the park. He gets her a gig as a princess - to his frog prince, which means she'll have to hug him and turn him into a prince every show. At first Dolly is disgusted, but starts to think she may be more interested than she realized. Also, Rohan gets interested in cooking and Avtaar encourages the hobby, at the expense of Rohan's schoolwork. | ||
| 54 | 28 | "It's Avatar Singh's Birthday" |
| Himani finally gets to stay home and cook Avtaar’s Birthday dinner this year, but Avtaar convinces Rohan he needs to take away as much cooking as possible from Amy so that the meal is edible. Meanwhile, Dolly and Pam devise a plan to stand in line at the Gizmo Hut so they can get cheap MyTabs at a 10pm sale. Unfortunately, Dolly's dinner starts later than expected, and when she tries to sneak out to meet Pam in line, she gets hit in the head by a deep fried turkey that goes flying when Himani tries to cook it faster. Also, Avtaar's dad is in town and falls for Roli Aunty, who is joining the Singhs for Avtaar’s Birthday dinner this year after announcing her divorce from her husband. Avtaar and Sunny panic and try their hardest to break them up. | ||
| 55 | 29 | "Dolly on Hill" |
| Himani and Avtaar try to investigate where Nikki learned a bad word. Meanwhile, Dolly goes with Pam to her family's cabin on the lake - only to discover it's really just a small room where the whole family is cramped in for the weekend. Also, Rohan and Sunny break Roli Aunty’s dish antenna and have to invite her over to watch her daily soaps until it gets fixed. | ||
| 56 | 30 | "Can You Keep A Secret?" |
| Now that Dolly and Rahul have to work together at Super Adventure Land, Dolly discovers that she has feelings for him again. However, Himani and Avtaar buy Dolly a scooty so she won't have to work there anymore, because they feel bad that she's stuck with Rahull. Meanwhile, Rohan asks for his birth cerficate for a class trip to Pondicherry, so Himani and Avtaar finally have to reveal the truth to him - that Rohan’s actual name is Rohini in his birth certificate, but Avtaar's handwriting was so bad that it came back as Rohini on the birth certificate, and Avtaar never got around to changing it. Also, Sunny is mysteriously collecting cans for money, and Avtaar isn't buying it when he says it's for a new video game system. | ||
| Special No. 3 | Special No. 1 | "Happy New Year!" |
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Himani and Dolly get stuck at Jaipur when they go for Dolly's audition in a competition in Jaipur because of curfew. Himani's parents come to the Singh House to meet them but since Himani was out of the town, the house was made a trash by rest of the Singhs. When Himani's parents arrive they do not find Nikki and they inform Himani that she is gone missing. Himani gets stressed and tries to escape from the hotel to find Taxi to get home but due to curfew they cannot hire taxi so they see a man standing near a car and asks him to drop them but he turns out to be a thief. Police arrests Himani, Dolly and the thief on account of stealing a car. Himani and Dolly try to get into a police van wearing a Police uniform to reach Delhi. Singhs find Nikki before Himani arrives. When Himani and Dolly arrive they are happy to see Nikki. Soon after that, Police arrives to arrest Himani on account of stealing a police van. Himani explains the reason to them and also tells them that she is pregnant. Singhs think that she made an excuse of pregnancy just to get out of Police's hands but she reveals that in the morning her Doctor called her and gave her that good news and she tried to tell Avtaar about it but he didn't gave her a chance to say. Avtaar is all tensed about 5 kids and at the end Dolly tells Nikki to wish her 'Best of Luck Nikki'. [Note- This Special was telecast on Disney Channel (India) on January 1, 2013 (Tuesday) at 10 a.m. and it marked the end of Season 2. The series then continues to the episode 1 of Season 3 called 'Make Room for Baby'. Also, This special is shown to be a part of Season 1 on YouTube by mistake] | ||
Season 3 (2013)
Season 3 of Best of Luck Nikki started airing on Disney Channel India on July 7, 2013 with the episode "Make Room for Baby". The season ended with the airing of "All Fall Down" (a double episode) on December 8, 2013.
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Title |
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| 57 | 1 | "Make Room for Baby" |
| With the fifth Singh child on its way, Himani demands that they need a larger house in order to have more room and not be so crowded. The entire family does not like the idea, especially Avtaar. Meanwhile, Dolly and Ayaan audition to have the opportunity to work in an indoor show at their college, so they audition for the Romeo and Juliet show. Unfortunately, only Ayaan got the role, and it was said to be really hot the next week, and Juliet was some other girl, the cute, smart daughter of a trustee who had a crush on Ayaan and always thought Dolly didn't exist. Since Sunny is finally leaving, he and Roli Aunty pull ultimate pranks on each other to see who gets the last laugh. In the end when the family is almost done packing, Himani goes back inside because she thought she had forgot something. When she goes inside, she remembers all of the memories that her and the family had at the house. Then she tells Avtaar that she wants the family to stay at the house. | ||
| 58 | 2 | "Bad Luck Dolly" |
| Ever since Dolly and Ayaan got back together, the basketball team has not been able to win a game. This leads to everybody thinking that Dolly is a jinx. So they fake breakup, which will help the team relax, thinking the curse has been lifted, they will win and then get back together. Meanwhile, overhearing that Himani and Avtaar were talking about how the son of Himani's friend was going to be sent to a boarding school, but Sunny thinks they were talking about him so he starts acting on his best behavior. When Himani and Avtaar found out they continue to let him believe he's being sent to a boarding school. | ||
| 59 | 3 | "Hemani Needs a Shower" |
| Himani convinces Mrs. Dhillon to throw her a baby shower, but the shower takes an unexpected twist when Nikki blurts out all the horrible things Himani said about her guests. Innocent Nikki makes them angry and causes them to leave. Furthermore, Rohan and Sunny compete to go to a cricket match with Avtaar. | ||
| 60 | 4 | "Triplet Trouble" |
| Since Dolly wanted to go to graduation party with Ayaan, she makes an excuse to go with him. On the night of the party, she leaves with her ordinary dress but immediately changes it at the party. Meanwhile, Rohan needs a date for his party, so when the flower delivery girl, shows up he becomes attracted to her and they go on a date. She asks him to her graduation party, Rohan accepts. Unfortunately she is passing her graduation through correspondence and the party is in her house. After going to the doctor and getting general check-up, Avtaar overhears Doctor speaking about the Singh who is having triplets. In the end, Avtaar comes to know that Doctor was talking about another Singh. | ||
| 61 | 5 | "Catch Me If You Can" |
| Dolly and Ayaan have been secretly rehearsing a play, "Dinku the Donkey!", where Dolly has been cast as the lead role. Himani overhears Dolly and Ayaan talking about through the baby monitor and follows them; Himani is shocked when she blows their cover. Dolly did not want to tell her because Himani hogs the spotlight. In the end, Himani fills in for one of the cast members due to him breaking his leg. Meanwhile, Avtaar desperately wants to fix up a fuse in a Gorilla's cage to prove to Sunny that he is cool. Plus, he also to an animal control rival. | ||
| 62 | 6 | "Name That Baby" |
| Himani and Avtaar vote on baby names for the fifth Singh child. Meanwhile, Dolly is eager to find a quiet place to study because she has her final exam the next day. Furthermore, Himani and Avtaar overhear Sunny telling Nikki that they will forget about her once the new baby is born. Himani and Avtaar make up for all of the lost time that they did not spend with Sunny. | ||
| 63 & 64 | 7 & 8 | "Special Delivery" |
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The fifth Singh member is one week overdue and Himani is in a bad mood and constantly rude to the family. Dolly tries to helping her by inducing labor, but Himani does not want to have the baby on Nikki's birthday because she fears the family will forget her. Meanwhile, Avtaar, Sunny and Rohan go out looking for a new car. After choosing their ideal car, the Trooper, they take it home, but to their luck, it does not fit inside the garage. Sunny is sent to buy Nikki a doll for her birthday, instead he forgets. Himani goes into labor on the day of Nikki's birthday and Dolly discovers that Himani may forgot to mail the invitations to her birthday party, so she tells Sunny and Rohan to throw her a birthday party; Sunny and Rohan dress up as princesses in order to entertain her. As they rush to the hospital, they hitchhike on an ice-cream truck to the hospital. As they are on their way to the hospital, Himani gives birth to their baby boy, Bobby Singh. [Note- This episode is shown as episode 61 & 62 on Youtube by mistake] | ||
| 65 | 9 | "Welcome Bua Maa" |
| Avtaar's paternal Aunt, comes to visit to help with Bobby, but she ends up driving Himani crazy. Himani asks Dolly to get her Grandma away from her as much as possible. Meanwhile, Sunny and Rohan find an old unmailed letter in a box of old things that Roli Aunty gave them. The letter says that a large amount of money is buried in Roli Aunty's backyard. Mischievous as they are, they start digging the exact location to find the money. In the end, Sunny and Rohan realize they were part of Roli Aunty's evil scheme to get a hot tub, so they pay her back with putting Green dye in her hot tub. | ||
| 66 | 10 | "Baby's First Vacation" |
| The family decides to take a vacation to a Haveli. As soon as they arrive, they become convinced that the haveli they are staying in is actually haunted. Meanwhile, Dolly pretends to be sick in order not to go on the vacation and she and Pam (with the help of fellow student) throw a house party while the rest of the family is gone. Roli Aunty blows their cover so they make a deal; Himani and Avtaar eventually find out. While they were at Haveli, the Singhs find out that they are on a prank TV show. | ||
| 67 | 11 | "Tricycle Race" |
| Sunny begins to like a girl at school and tries to convince her that he has a soft side. At the park, Rohan and Popi decide to have a rematch of the baby race (that they had in episode "Dinku the Donkey"), but this time on tricycles. | ||
| 68 | 12 | "Baby in Air" |
| Rohan announces that he is moving out and into an apartment with Popi to be closer to college campus and also to start living on his own. Himani is heartbroken because Rohan has grown-up so fast and is not ready for such a big change. Meanwhile, Sunny discovers that Avtaar is utterly afraid of carrying Bobby up and down the staircase after he dropped Nikki years ago (in the first episode, "Study Date"). | ||
| 69 | 13 | "Project Rocket" |
| Sunny tricks Himani into building his model rocket for his science class. Avtaar finds silence at Rohan's apartment since the Singh household has recently been loud and annoying. | ||
| 70 | 14 | "Pass that Baby" |
| When Himani's maternity leave is over, she returns to work at the hospital and, to her dismay, her boss is divorced and working as well. Himani starts having hallucinations of Nikki and Bobby since she misses them so much. With both Himani and Avtaar working, Sunny and Rohan are assigned to watch over Nikki, but things go awry when Nikki runs away. Meanwhile, Dolly attends the Mock Parliamentary Session alongside Ravi. Bobby nearly causes Dolly and Ravi to lose due to his frequent crying. Luckily, the sound of music soothes him, so Dolly and Ravi sing their final presentation, which leads them to victory. In the end, Himani becomes a stay-at-home mom, and Avtaar child-proofs all the locks so Nikki will not leave again. | ||
| 71 | 15 | "Team Mom" |
| Dolly's team is on a losing streak, so new team mom, Himani, invites them over for a team-bonding slumber party, in the hopes that they will get along and work together to finally win a game. Meanwhile, Sunny starts dating a new girl, and when Avtaar meets her father, he immediately becomes annoyed by him because he is way too clingy and has horrible manners. | ||
| 72 | 16 | "Ladkiology Expert" |
| After Dolly and Ayaan get into an argument, Ayaan goes over to apologize, but, instead, ends up getting advice from Avtaar on how to handle a Singh woman because, according to him, he is an "Ladkiology expert", unbeknownst that Himani is overhearing their conversation. Himani tells Dolly how to handle such situation, and Ayaan apologizes later on. Meanwhile, Avtaar has been on Sunny's case lately, so in order to get out of work, he and his friend, Shibu, spend the weekend at Rohan's apartment. | ||
| 73 | 17 | "Nurse Batra" |
| Just as Sunny is turning popular, Himani gets a part-time nursing job at his school. Sunny does not want Himani to ruin his biggest accomplishment, so they agree to pretend to not know each other; Himani uses her maiden name, Batra. Meanwhile, Rohan has to baby-sit Nikki and Bobby while Himani is working. After Rohan's neighbor pays him to baby-sit her children, Rohan and Popi start a baby-sitting service. | ||
| 74 | 18 | "Fancy Dress Party" |
| Himani decides to throw a party to entertain Nikki and Bobby. On party day, Himani dresses up in a kangaroo costume, complete with a pouch for Bobby and Nikki. On the other hand, Avtaar puts a cape on over and calls himself Super Bijlee Man. Himani believes his costume is lousy and not in the party spirit. Meanwhile, Sunny is deceived by Roli Aunty into attending a ceremony in honor of her charitable work. | ||
| 75 | 19 | "Sunny's Homework" |
| Dolly is excited when the community theater doing a production play, with Pam as the director. Dolly wants Pam to cast Nikki as the lead role, but first, she must audition. At the audition, Nikki refuses to say her line, but Dolly pushes Pam to cast Nikki as the princess, hoping that she will say her line. Meanwhile, A boy calls Avtaar as Nikki and Bobby's Grandpa, and he starts shopping regular clothes. Everyone is stunned when Avtaar gets carried away with his new makeover. Elsewhere, Sunny must do a report on an older person, so he decides to write it on their neighbor, stating that he had an amazing career as an astronaut. His teacher tells him that if his neighbour speaks to the class, she will give him extra-credit. When his neighbour refuses to show up and lie about his job, Sunny makes Rohan pose as an astronaut. | ||
| 76 | 20 | "A Singh Wedding Anniversary" |
| Avtaar's paternal aunt, returns once again to celebrate his wedding anniversary with them much to Himani's dismay. Things go awry when Himani and Aunt learn they are performing the same magic show at the talent show. Elsewhere, Avtaar struggles to find the perfect gift for Himani. | ||
| 77 | 21 | "Study Buddy" |
| With the Statistics' Test approaching, Dolly wants to ace it, so she asks Saahil to prepare her since he earned a perfect score. Dolly quickly regrets asking for his help when she realizes how demanding and strict his teaching methods are. Meanwhile, Avtaar's constant snoring is keeping Bobby awake at night, so Himani makes Avtaar sleep with Sunny, temporarily. | ||
| 78 & 79 | 22 & 23 | "All Fall Down" |
| Avtaar brings a rare species of termites from his friend Jaggu to show it to Himani, which later get loose in the house and accidentally destroy everything. Elsewhere, Himani starts contributing to 'Teen Today Blog' in the name of Dolly. With Bobby now sleeping in his room, Sunny tries to find a new room for himself in the house. In the end, the termites that Avtaar let in destroy the entire house and the Singhs are living in a hotel for the time being. After that, Rohan tells the family that he dropped out of college, but only because he wants to go attend catering college. | ||
Season 4 (2015 Part 1) + (2016 Part 2)
A first look at Best of Luck Nikki Season 4 was revealed in the Goldie Ahuja Matric Pass episode "Happy Father's Day!" (aired on June 21, 2015), which was a crossover episode between Goldie Ahuja Matric Pass and Best of Luck Nikki; however, it is not counted as a Best of Luck Nikki episode. Season 4 of Best of Luck Nikki started airing on Disney Channel India on August 2, 2015 at 10 a.m. and was slightly different from Good Luck Charlie as Hemani was shown pregnant with a sixth child; in Good Luck Charlie, there was no sixth child in the Duncan family. Gurdip Punjj was actually pregnant while shooting Season 4 and the cast and crew revealed that they took special care of her while shooting. Season 4 aired on August 2, 2015 with "Singh's Dream House" and ended on April 20, 2016 with "Final Project".
| No. in series |
No. in season |
Episode title | Original air date |
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| 81 | 2 | "The Extravagant Couch" | August 9, 2015 |
| Avtaar and Sunny buy an extravagant new couch, much to Himani's dismay. Rohan starts his first day at Catering College, and becomes the butt of his teacher's jokes. | |||
| 83 | 4 | "Foolishness at the Park" | August 23, 2015 |
| Himani asks Rohan and Sunny to take Bobby to the park where Rohan gets stuck in the Baby swing when he bets Sunny that he can fit in the swing. Avtar tries to outsmart Nikki's pre-school guidelines, when they prohibit him from wearing sleepwear when dropping off Nikki. | |||
| 84 | 5 | "Rock Enroll" | August 30, 2015 |
| Dolly struggles to write an essay about her life for college enrollment. A student from Sunny's elementary school asks for his advice on pranking a teacher. Rohan reluctantly goes with Avtaar to a BBM (Bandar Bana Macho) Concert. | |||
| 85 | 6 | "The Unusual Suspects" | September 6, 2015 |
| Himani and Kaamini argue about who has been teaching both their daughters rude language but at the end they come to know that they learned it from Roli Aunty. Sunny convinces Rohan to pretend to be his legal guardian, to avoid showing Himani and Avatar his bad report card. | |||
| 86 | 7 | "Doppel Date" | September 13, 2015 |
| Rohan is asked to read Nikki her favorite book, The Littlest Giraffe. At first, Rohan believes the book is going to be ridiculous; but on the contrary, he instantly gets hooked and obsessed with finishing it. After learning that Ayaan is dating a new girl, Dolly decides to date someone new as well, but her new guy looks very much like Ayaan. Meanwhile, Sunny does not wants himani to go shopping with him so avatar went with him and Avatar accidentally purchases a girl shirt for Sunny, and Sunny wears it to school and girls laugh at the shirt on him and ask him why is he wearing a girls shirt. So Avatar wears a girl shirt himself to prove to Sunny that it doesn't matter what other people think but then he finds out that there is a meeting of ABC company today. | |||
| 87 | 8 | "Rat-A-Dolly" | September 20, 2015 |
| Dolly throws a sleepover at Rohan's apartment, while Rohan and Popi take care of their neighbor's pet rat while he's away. After an Avatar's employee quits working for Avatar Bijlee company to start his own business, Avatar hires a teenager named Aavishkaar, as a replacement. Himani and Roli Aunty use Sunny and Riya to trick each other to do their chores but tables turn when Sunny and Riya find out. | |||
| 88 | 9 | "Bobby in Ad" | September 27, 2015 |
| A misunderstanding happens between Rohan and his fellow catering college classmate Vinnie. Sunny and his friend use Bobby's face for advertising, to earn extra money but to avoid family finding it out they sign another contract to act in an advertisement for a Dhaaba as girls. | |||
| 89 | 10 | "Nikki 5, Bobby 2" | October 4, 2015 |
| Himani goes overboard with Nikki's birthday party. Dolly answers the phone at Avatar's Avatar Bijlee Company and helps Aavishkaar to break up with his girlfriend back in his hometown. Sunny is sent home from school after accidentally getting into a fight and becomes known as the new tough guy in school. | |||
| 91 | 12 | "Dolly's Choice" | October 18, 2015 |
| The family celebrates Dolly's birthday party including Aavishkaar, but Ayaan unexpectedly shows up and tells Dolly that he still has feelings for her, which pressures Dolly into choosing between him and Aavishkaar. In the end, Dolly chooses Aavishkaar because her relationship with Ayaan was too hard and Ayaan said they couldn't be friends because it was too hard to be friends with her for him, because he was still in love with her. Also Rohan's cooking instructor pretends to enjoy everything Rohan does in order to get a good review on a teacher evaluation. | |||
| 92 | 13 | "High Voltage Party" | October 25, 2015 |
| Avatar wanted to go to Bijlee's Artists Association's annual function but he wasn’t able to as himani was pregnant so he organizes the party at their home. Himani complains that she has to go, and Dolly is glad that she does not have to go to one of these outings, until Aavishkaar asks her to go. The night turns into a disaster when Dolly finds out that Aavishkaar's aunt is actually the woman that Himani can't stand, the one who worked at the hospital with her. Both have a fight which turns out into a cake war. Sunny gets tickets to watch a new movie with Riya, but she ends up going out with her family and so Roli Aunty tells Sunny to take her to the movies instead so the ticket does not get wasted. Sunny agrees, but Roli Aunty talks loud in the theatre, and she and Sunny get kicked out. Meanwhile, Rohan caters for Avatar’s High Voltage Party. At the end, Avatar is said to clean the house because of his idea to throw a party at their house. | |||
| 93 | 14 | "Avatar's Aavishkaar Gone" | November 1, 2015 |
| Just as Avatar and Aavishkaar become ever more close, Aavishkaar gets a job offer in his hometown of Ahmedabad, with him having to say goodbye to Dolly and Avatar. With the monthly rent due, Rohan and Popi search for a new roommate to share the expenses. Sunny tries to get Himani's much delayed news segment on the air, so she can stop intruding on his alone time with Riya. | |||
| 80 | 1 | "Singh's Dream House" | August 2, 2015 |
| Little bit preback is shown and we can understand that Hemani wants a new house, their "DREAM HOUSE" but Dolly and Nikki's dream makes them repair the new house. Meanwhile, Popi and Rohan wants to live in a new home. | |||
| 94 | 15 | "Happy Diwali" | November 8, 2015 |
| On account of Diwali, Singhs decorate their house like the palace but at last it turns out to get disastrous results.. Note- This is last episode of Season 4 (Part 1) Below are Season 4 (Part 2) | |||
| 95 | 16 | February, 2016 (Date Unknown) | |
| 96 | 17 | "Fright Night" | March 8, 2016 |
| On a Amavasya Day, Sunny and Rohan get scared by their neighbour and Dolly and Pam makes Ravi the dump by throwing him into a manhole and shooting it as a ghost. Its very FUNNY! | |||
| 97 | 18 | "Happy New Year" | March 9, 2016 |
| Rohan and Dolly goes to Mumbai film Institute before New Year and meanwhile they couldn't celbrate it as Rohan went to a Pav-Bhaji Shop and became the chef himself! | |||
| 98 | 19 | "Dolly's Bad Luck" | March 10, 2016 |
| Dolly's got a bad luck since everyone thinks she is girlfriend of everyone. Meanwhile Sunny and Avatar goes to a restaurant and give details as Arun Shastri and Varun Shastri and gets into trouble when real people come! | |||
| 99 | 20 | "Daisy-Meren Wedding" | March 11, 2016 |
| Daisy Aunt, Singh's neighbour was getting married with Meren Uncle but Daisy aunty didn't know cooking. Dolly and Rohan helped her to manage up! | |||
| 100 | 21 | "Sunny's Play" | April 13, 2016 |
| Sunny Participate in a Play and hide it from himani , but at last himani finds out that sunny is secretly doing a play | |||
| 101 | 22 | "Badmash Andebaaz" | April 14, 2016 |
| Someone is repeatedly throwing eggs in the neighbour of Singhs, so a group of Daisy Aunty, Meren Uncle, Avatar, Rohan, and Damini forms a group called Shastri Nagar Police Commission and works day-night to know who is the Andebaaz and with effort, Daisy Aunty tells that she has done the hazard. | |||
| 103 | 23 | "The Tree House Mystery" | April 14, 2016 |
| Suddenly Hemani, starts to cook lovely dishes. So this becomes suspicious. But we see that Rohan is taking money to cook from Hemani naming that she is cooking. But as soon after this , Sunny comes to know that Rohan and Popi is kicked out of the new flat and Rohan is staying in the tree house, since they had not paid the rent. So this matter encloses with Avatar knowing this and agrees to pay. | |||
| 104 | 24 | "Final Project" | April 16, 2016 |
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Rohan gets a cooking project and Dolly and Neeti get a reporting project but both of them forget to submit and get project in Aaram Radio. Meanwhile, by mistake Rohan takes Nikki's drawing project cook institute. Dolly and Neeti get bored at the station and soon gets duty to dictate. Dolly and Neeti just rock-and-roll. The Director sees them and throws them out of the Station. Meanwhile, Nikki goes to Rohan's institute an dtells Chef that Rohan had done a mistake and should give one more chance. At last, Neeti, Rohan and Dolly gets passed in projects somehow. Best of Luck Nikki! (Note: This episode marked the end of the show.) | |||
Best of Luck Dolly
A film is suggested to premiere in the year 2017 named "Best of Luck Dolly" featuring Dolly's marriage. There are possibilities but no confirmations. It will be based on Alia Bhatt's movie "Shaandar". It will be the final show of Singh Parivaar.
Cut Off Scenes
Best of Luck Nikki had many cut-off scenes as in the Good Luck Charlie. Mostly in the Season 4 which was on hiatus didn't show the episode "Sixth Singh Sibling" though it is not related to Good Luck Charlie. Many like "Meeting Tia and Jassie" and "Bye-Bye Nikki" which was a special episode did not air on television.
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