India, July 29 -- Actor Jennifer Mistry Bansiwal has revealed that the team of Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah pleaded with Disha Vakani, who played Dayaben in the show, to return, but she didn't. Speaking with Pinkvilla, Jennifer also shared that she had pleaded during her pregnancy in 2013 that she wanted to be back on the show.

Jennifer was four and a half months pregnant when she requested that the show's producer, Asit Modi, not fire her from the show. However, Asit was adamant about removing her. She played Roshan Daruwala Kaur Sodhi, the wife of Roshan Singh Sodhi (then played by Gurucharan Singh).

Jennifer said, "Mai haath paed jod rahi thi meri pregnancy ke time ki mujhe vaapis aana hai. Inn log Disha ke samne haath paed jod ra...