Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana

A skilled schemer with a troubled past who returns to his Punjab family to raise 50,000 pounds to repay a UK gangster. He previously stole from his grandfather and fled, and now grapples with guilt while plotting to restart the Dhaba. By the end, he chooses family and tradition over easy money.

The younger version of Omi, shown as a contrast to his later life, hinting at the ambitions and schemes that later shape the family’s fate.

Omi’s childhood sweetheart, now a doctor. She is angry at Omi for abandoning her, but their evolving closeness rekindles a fragile trust as the family’s crisis unfolds.

Omi’s senile grandfather whose memory fades, yet whose old recipe and the idea of the Dhaba sit at the heart of the family’s struggle. His death triggers the Dhaba bequest to Omi.

Omi’s protective but skeptical uncle who suspects Omi’s motives and embodies the tension between old loyalties and new plans.

Omi’s aunt, a source of warmth and complicated family dynamics, whose presence stirs both affection and suspicion within the household.

A wise but eccentric aunt who reappears with an entourage and reveals the secret that unlocks the Dhaba’s revival.

A freeloader uncle with a quirky past from a mental asylum era, whose interactions add humor and reveal the family’s tenuous stability.

Harman’s fiancé and Omi’s cousin; impulsive and torn between familial duties and personal love, with a hidden romantic reality.

Rival Dhaba owner who represents the external pressure on the Khurana family, seeking the recipe to crush competition.

A dangerous UK gangster who threatens Omi to return the debt, driving the plot toward the village’s culinary resolution.

Daarji’s late wife whose memory lingers through a crow that visits the house, symbolizing nostalgia and lost love.

A minor bar character who interacts with the main cast in a London setting, adding color to the urban backdrop.

A minor character who represents the London nightlife background and adds texture to the setting.