# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/tarak-mehta
# Generated: 2026-08-14T01:15:34.333Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/tarak-mehta"
name: "Tarak Mehta"
slug: "tarak-mehta"
description: "Tarak Janubhai Mehta was an Indian columnist, humourist, writer and playwright who is best known for the column Duniya Ne Undha Chasma, and was a well-known figure in Gujarati theatre."
tagline: "Indian columnist, humorist, writer and playwright (1929-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Tarak_Mehta_01.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "India"
  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "writers"
profileType:
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  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1929-12-26"
deathDate: "2017-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             1.955795425340529
  historical:           11.23413866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump