Film actor, Shahrukh Khan made a guest appearance in the series, before he made his big television debut with TV series, Fauji (1988).
First six episodes were written in the "Gulistan" a building in posh cuff parade area of Mumbai, where Durga Khote's son lived.
Girish Karnard was attached as a director when the script was being developed by R K Laxman & Pan Nalin.
Pan Nalin navigated through thousands of R. K. Laxman's cartoon to come up with the TV series concept of Wagle ki Duniya.
In the original script concept of Wagle ki Duniya, the main character was "silent" he never spoke like the middle-man in all R K Laxman's cartoons.