Mr Yogi

Mr Yogi.
Ok. Here is one blurred recall of this hit serial which, perhaps, has some good semblances with our present status.
Y. I. P(ah)ATE(h)L.
Yogesh Indernath Patel from America(h).
A slim, tall, fair complexioned, dressed in ‘Raymonds’-cut suit, tie and black polished shoes, flavoured American accent and a NRI from the US of A, back here in India looking for his bride. He is something like ‘Mr Beans’ in his looks and his ways.
‘Y.I. Patel’ is played by a not-so-known actor, late Mr Mohan Gokhale. I am grim; he died prematurely at the age of 44 due to heart attack. This 13 episode teleserial was up in air around year 1992.
Patel returns from the US and goes around looking for girls one after other, from town to town, and ending up with some sting-in-the-tail end in each instance. His mentor and guide in India for bride hunt is played by versatile Om Puri in his classic inscrutable style. Astromatch is the main criterion for their search along with other factors like education, personal qualities etc etc. Thus Om Puri arranges for him all the twelve zodiac sign gals for the remaining 12 episodes.
In every episode, the zodiac character and the Manglik status is briefed to Patel, lovingly renamed as Mr Yogi. Then he lashes out to the girl, in his pet American style not known to the latter. They invariably react frantically to his very introduction—
Yogi: Hi, Y I Patel.
Girl: How do I know why you are Patel.
Yogi: No, I mean my name is Y.I. Patel, Yogesh …
Twelve episodes pass by, showcasing his humorous bride hunt and its event. Girls also seemed to struggle hard to win over the NRI. But it ends up in a fiasco every time. In the end, while the mentor and the disciple sit down contemplating their new strategy, the mentor’s daughter appears in the scene to end Yogi’s search. Role played my Mrs Savita Gokhale, Yogi’s real life wife, probably presents victory of love over all other criteria. The Mentor is initially shown getting angry at this alliance but love is the ultimate winner.