Achar! (English: Pickle) is a

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that aired for two seasons, from December 2004 until late 2005. It starred

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star

Jas Arora Jas Arora (born 21 May 1969) is an Indian model and Bollywood actor, best known for his appearance in the music video "Gur Naalo Ishq Mitha" (1998). He comes from a Punjabi background. Present Jas has collaborated with an Italian brand nam ...

, Lim Ru-Ping, Malti Lalwani, Timothy Loh, Steph Song, Rajesh Sabari aka Rajoo and

Rui En Loh Rui En (born 29 January 1981), better known by her stage name Rui En (瑞恩), is a Singaporean actress and was named as one of the Seven Princesses of Mediacorp in 2006. She was under contract of MediaCorp and managed under Hype Records ...

. It revolved around an

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n man Ajay Chhabria (portrayed by Arora), who marries a Singaporean girl (played by Song and later Rui En). In some episodes is a special appearance by

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, who plays Ajay's ex-girlfriend. Other cast members portray members of the couple's family. Its reruns are sometimes shown on

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Cast

as Ajay Chhabria *

Steph Song Steph Song () is a Malaysian actress of Malaysian Chinese, Chinese heritage, raised in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada and Australia. She was voted sexiest woman in the world by Asian readers of ''FHM'' magazine. Song has received five Leo Aw ...

*Lim Ru-Ping *Timothy Loh *Malti Lalwani * Bridget Fernandez * Christian Lee *

*Rajesh Sabari

Episodes

Season 2

Accolades

References

{{Reflist Singaporean television series Tamil diaspora in Malaysia