The Kumars at No. 42

Sanjeev Kumar

Ashwin Kumar

Madhuri Kumar

Sushil 'Ummi' Kumar

Sanjeev Bhaskar says he used 42 for the show's house number because he was heavily influenced by Douglas Adams's radio series "The Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy" when he was growing up.

Although Meera Syal plays the grandmother of Sanjeev Bhaskar's character, she is only three years older than him (almost to the day). While in production for The Kumars, Syal and Bhaskar married.

Sanjeev Kumar: Hello, and welcome to *my* show.

Sushil Kumar: [to Tom Jones] Wait till you get to 70, you'll get a second wind.

Sushil Kumar: [to Charles Dance] Your fans are known as Charlie's Angels. Is that because there are only three of them?