Why was Vaibhav Raj Gupta replaced in Gullak 5? New Annu Bhaiya Anant Joshi told the reason in the interview

The famous family drama web series ‘Gullak’ is once again coming to fill the hearts of the audience with tales of its piggy bank with its fifth season. This superhit series of TVF is all set to stream on OTT platform SonyLIV from 5th June 2026. As much as the fans are excited about this season, many questions are also arising in their minds regarding a big change. Everyone wants to know why Vaibhav Raj Gupta, who played the role of ‘Annu Bhaiya’, the elder son of the Mishra family, was replaced by Anant Joshi this time? Now the new Annu Bhaiya i.e. Anant Joshi himself has revealed this secret in an interview. What did Anant Joshi say on replacing Vaibhav Raj Gupta? Talented actor Anant Joshi, who was seen as Annu Mishra in ‘Gullak 5’, in his recent interview revealed the real reason for this replacement: Anant Joshi said: "Why Vaibhav did not do Season 5? Only Vaibhav himself can give you the exact answer to this question. But, according to the information given to me by the makers, Vaibhav’s dates were not available during the shooting of this season. He was busy shooting for another big project at that time, due to which due to lack of time, I was cast for this role in his place."

With whom did you have the strongest bond on the set? While sharing his experience with the rest of the cast of the show, Anant said that although his bonding with everyone on the set was excellent, but his best bond was with Jameel Khan, who is playing the character of his father ‘Santosh Mishra’ in the show. Anant told, "I have worked with other stars of the show in some projects before, but on the sets of ‘Gullak’ I shared the screen with Jamil Khan for the first time. The amazing thing is that my strongest and strongest bonding was also with him."

7 years of struggle and pamphlets at the railway station: Such was the story of Vaibhav becoming ‘Annu Bhaiya’. Even though Vaibhav Raj Gupta is not a part of this season, there is a long and tough struggle hidden behind making the character of ‘Annu Bhaiya’ popular in every household: Initial journey: Born in Muzaffarpur, Bihar, Vaibhav came to Mumbai with the dream of becoming an actor after completing his studies. ₹ 8,000 job: To survive in Mumbai, Vaibhav initially worked for an NGO distributing pamphlets at railway stations, from which he earned only ₹ 8,000 per month. Constant Rejections: Along with this work, he also kept giving auditions continuously, where he had to face rejections again and again. Success: After 7 years of continuous hard struggle and failures, his luck finally shined and he got the ‘piggy bank’ of TVF, which changed his career forever. Who is Anant Joshi? (Anant V Joshi Projects & Career) Anant Joshi, who replaced Vaibhav, is also a very big and well-known name in the world of OTT. Before this, he has proved his acting prowess in many superhit films and series: Now it is going to be very interesting to see that when ‘Gullak 5’ will be released on June 5, how much love the audience gives to Anant Joshi as the new ‘Annu Bhaiya’ and whether he can recreate the magic like Vaibhav Raj Gupta.