Meet TMKOC's Popatlal aka Shyam Pathak, who had no money to enrol in theatre workshop, worked as salesman at cloth store
Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah's Patrakar Popatlal wanted to be a CA in real life, but destiny took an interesting turn, and he is one of the lovable characters on Indian television.
Source: dnaindia.com