Aggabai Sasubai

Aggabai Sasubai (translation: Oh Mine Mother-In-Law) is an Indian Marathi-language television series that was broadcast on Zee Marathi from 22 July 2019 to 13 March 2021 in total 432 episodes. Starring an ensemble cast of Girish Oak, Nivedita Joshi Saraf, Ashutosh Patki, Tejashree Pradhan, Ravi Patwardhan, Mohan Joshi and Bhakti Ratnaparkhi, the series is directed by Ajay Mayekar and Jayant Pawar, produced by Sunil Bhosle under the banner of Someel Creations and distributed by Zee Entertainment Enterprises.
Synopsis
Aggabai Sasubai is the story of Asavari Kulkarni (Nivedita Joshi Saraf), a recluse, honest, loving and caring widow, who selflessly takes care of her family and faces all life issues with peace. Her husband has passed away a couple of decades ago and therefore, she raised her careless, indisciplined son Soham Kulkarni (Ashutosh Patki) as a single parent and has also taken care of her elderly authoritative father-in-law Dattatray Bandopant Kulkarni, also known as Aajoba (Ravi Patwardhan). However, Asavari always pays less attention to herself while loving everyone else. After the marriage of Soham, the show focuses on how Asavari's daughter-in-law Shubhra (Tejashree Pradhan), who shares a deep bond with her mother-in-law, strives to bring a little joy in Asavari's life and decides to get her remarried with her own favourite celebrity chef Abhijeet Raje (Girish Oak).
Plot
Shubhra decides to go to Soham's house to inform his family members about their relationship. As Asavari enjoys Abhijeet's cookery show, Shubhra arrives at the Kulkarni residence and informs Asavari and Aajoba about her and Soham's decision to marry. However, Aajoba instantly objects their union and creates a scene, but Asavari manages to calm him down and discusses Soham and Shubhra's marriage plans with Shubhra, having agreed for their relationship. Despite this, Aajoba is disappointed with Soham and Shubhra's register marriage and thus refuses to attend it. After Soham and Shubhra get married, the family celebrate the marriage party in Abhijeet's restaurant. While there, Abhijeet notices Asavari and falls in love with her. In order to get closer to her, he sends her the dessert Creme Brulee prepared by him through Shubhra as Asavari had refused to eat in Aajoba's absence. After entering Soham's house, Shubhra serves the Creme Brulee sent by Abhijeet to Asavari, who then gives the remarks about it to Abhijeet over a phone-call.
The next morning, Shubhra finds the old camera of Soham's late father in the store room which makes Asavari emotional. Unbeknownst to them, Aajoba, with the help of Soham, uploads the photograph of the camera on the internet in order to sell it off. Later, the Kulkarni family visits a temple to perform a post-wedding ritual of Soham and Shubhra. Just then, Abhijeet also reaches there but Aajoba misunderstands him to be a thief and lashes out at him. However, Shubhra calms him down and takes him home while Abhijeet comes across the photograph of the camera uploaded by Aajoba on the internet.
Furthermore, Abhijeet arrives at Asavari's house to buy the camera while she is busy watching his cookery show on the TV. Abhijeet's unexpected arrival baffles Asavari who accidentally mixes rice in the coffee meant for him. Later, Aajoba returns home from his evening walk and sells the camera off to Abhijeet. Nevertheless, Abhijeet leaves the camera at Asavari's house on seeing her attachment to it. Meanwhile, Aajoba hurries to deposit the cheque given by Abhijeet in the bank, and refuses to return it even after learning that Abhijeet has not taken the camera with him.
Despite this, Shubhra manages to convince Aajoba to keep the camera after she lies to him that she sold off the ancestral jewellery of the Kulkarni family given to her by him. Further, Asavari goes to Abhijeet's restaurant to return him the cheque. Later, Abhijeet sets out to accompany Asavari home and they enjoy a candid conversation on their way back. The two also have tea from a street-side stall in the breeze of the rain. As Asavari gets late to return home, Soham orders dinner from outside which causes Aajoba to have a stomachache.
The next day, Aajoba goes for a morning walk but Asavari and Shubhra begin to get worried when he does not return home. Aajoba takes Asavari's test with the help of his close friend and neighbour Karkhanis Kaka (Arun Mohre). Later, Abhijeet gives Asavari an idea to win her father-in-law's heart which eventually works out to be successful. Karkhanis Kaka then invites the Kulkarni family to his house for lunch. Shubhra insists Asavari to wear a nice saree but Soham expresses his dislike to it, following which, Shubhra teaches him a lesson.
Later, everyone go to the Karkhanis residence for the lunch and while watching Abhijeet's cookery show, Karkhanis Kaka's arrogant daughter-in-law Pradnya's (Sanjeevani Sathe) comments about Abhijeet indicate Shubhra to forsee Asavari's fortune inflicted by him. Shubhra proceeds to order a microwave for Soham and Pradnya taunts Asavari while going to the vegetable market. Aajoba creates a scene on being unable to heat food in the microwave. Elsewhere, Abhijeet bumps into Asavari at the marketplace and buys a pumpkin for her before inviting her to his restaurant with her family.
After learning this, Shubhra convinces Aajoba to accompany them to Abhijeet's restaurant for lunch. On Shubhra's prodding, Asavari prepares the recipe of Gharge for Abhijeet with the pumpkin he had bought for her. Later, Aajoba creates a scene on seeing Abhijeet at the restaurant but Shubhra pacifies him. After tasting the Gharge brought by Asavari, Abhijeet insists her to teach him to prepare them. Soham, Shubhra and Aajoba enjoy desserts after lunch. Later, Aajoba blames his illness on the food at Abhijeet's restaurant. Meanwhile, Abhijeet decides to go to Asavari's house to learn the recipe.
Upon arriving, Abhijeet tries to appease an angry Aajoba. Karkhanis Kaka takes Aajoba to his house. Due to Soham's objection, Asavari refuses to teach Abhijeet the recipe of Gharge. Pradnya lies to Abhijeet about having prepared the Gharge for him. The incident at Asavari's house makes Abhijeet restless. Pradnya takes Abhijeet's phone number from Asavari and invites him to her house to learn the recipe of Gharge. Taking advantage of this, she invites the neighbouring women as well. After all, Pradnya fails to teach Abhijeet the recipe, but a restless Asavari intervenes at her house and teaches Abhijeet how to prepare Gharge.
After tasting the Gharge, everyone begins to praise Asavari. Abhijeet expresses his gratitude to Asavari and invites her to his restaurant for the return gift. Pradnya gets jealous on seeing Asavari being praised. Later, an uninvited Pradnya goes to Abhijeet's restaurant but is turned away by Mandodari Parab (Bhakti Ratnaparkhi), also known as Maddy, who is the manager of Abhijeet's restaurant and also his friend. Pradnya informs Aajoba about Asavari being at Abhijeet's restaurant. Soon after, a furious Aajoba rebukes Asavari for meeting Abhijeet. In a fit of rage, he throws the camera of Soham's late father out of the house. After Abhijeet's intervention, a crying Asavari asks him to stay away from her.
A couple of days later, Shubhra goes to Lonavala for her meeting while Asavari worries about water-logging in the city due to heavy rains. After a conversation with Pradnya, Asavari gets worried about Soham being stuck in a water-logged area. Later, Abhijeet tries to calm down Asavari over a phone-call as she continues to panic on not being able to contact Soham. Abhijeet then arrives at Asavari's house and finds out about Soham being at his friend Akshay's (Nikhil Jhope) house. Further, Asavari prepares dinner for Abhijeet.
Two Months Later
Abhijeet's joy knows no bounds when he learns that Asavari has specially come to meet him. While chatting, the two admit that they are friends. Asavari eats the chillies offered by Abhijeet playfully. Abhijeet declares it to be a Friendship Day at his restaurant. Constant glimpses of Abhijeet on the TV irks Aajoba, while Asavari keeps getting hiccups. Abhijeet then asks Asavari to come to his restaurant urgently. Later, Maddy ties the friendship band given to her by Abhijeet to Asavari. Meanwhile, sudden arrival of Soham's friends at home annoys Aajoba. While Abhijeet and Asavari go to the vegetable market on Abhijeet's motorbike, Shubhra learns from Akshay has Soham has quit his job and insists him to inform everyone about this at home. Abhijeet sets out to meet a property owner. Further, Abhijeet comes to Asavari's house with a good news and Asavari prepares a special type of rice for him. Abhijeet proceeds to purchase a jewellery for Asavari and thinks about gifting her a mangalsutra as well due to his feelings for her. The next day, Asavari takes the "Naralachya Wadya" for Abhijeet at his restaurant. However, stunned by the unexpected words said by him regarding his thought at the jewellery shop, she storms off.
On reaching home, Asavari hugs Soham and begins to cry. Meanwhile, everyone at the restaurant get worried on seeing Abhijeet stunned. Shubhra gets worried on reading the letter received from Soham's office and quizzes him. Later, Pradnya eavesdrops on Soham and Shubhra's conversation with Soham's employer Uday Sir. Much to Abhijeet's resentment, Asavari rebukes him when he contacts her. Abhijeet then tells Shubhra that he wants to apologise to Asavari and she assures him that she will help him. Asavari gets shocked on learning from Pradnya that Soham has lost his job and questions Shubhra for hiding this from her.
The next day, Soham informs Abhijeet that he and Asavari are planning to meet him. Asavari's last moment refusal to talk to Abhijeet regarding Soham's recommendation for a job angers Soham. Later, Soham goes to meet Abhijeet alone and tells him that Asavari is unwell. That evening, Shubhra suspects Soham's involvement behind Abhijeet's unexpected arrival at their home. Asavari gets angry at Abhijeet, who leaves after declaring that he will never step into their house until Asavari invites him. Shubhra answers Asavari's questions about Abhijeet. After returning home, Soham berates Asavari on learning that Abhijeet has left.
Later, Soham tells Abhijeet about losing his job and requests him to talk to Uday Sir about it. Asavari gets angry on learning that Abhijeet has come to Pradnya's house to learn the recipes. While Soham meets Abhijeet and thanks him, Abhijeet gives him an advice. Asavari and Shubhra get delighted on knowing that Soham has got his job back. Soon after, Abhijeet's absence in his cookery show startles Asavari. She visualises Abhijeet everywhere while trying to stay awake at night. Later, Asavari forgives an apologetic Abhijeet over a phone-call and is sent a sweet gift by him the next day.
After some days, Maddy visits Asavari's house to give her a cheque and contacts Abhijeet to inform him about Asavari's birthday. While on her way to the market, every passer-by gives Asavari a rose which surprises her. Later, much to her delight, Abhijeet meets Asavari and sings for her. However, Abhijeet is left stunned when Asavari reveals that it is not her birthday. Abhijeet and Shubhra accept the challenge of finding out Asavari's birth date. Later, Abhijeet contacts Asavari and pretends to be a social worker who needs her birth date but in vain. Further, he sends Maddy to Asavari's house to trick Asavari into revealing her birth date, but fails in that attempt too. Eventually, Abhijeet visits Asavari's house and successfully finds out her birth date by using a mathematics trick.
One Month Later
Shubhra contacts Abhijeet and teases him. When Abhijeet comes to Asavari's house with Maddy, Shubhra lies to him that Asavari has gone to the market barefoot. Later, she bumps into a barefooted Abhijeet while he looks for Asavari in the marketplace. Shubhra then makes him confess his love for Asavari, following which, Abhijeet pours his heart out before her. Shubhra refuses to help Abhijeet as he tries to win Asavari and her family over. On reaching home, Asavari applies ointment on Abhijeet's feet as they are scarred due to the heat.
On the day of Abhijeet and Asavari's birthday, Abhijeet's surprise birthday wish conveyed at night through a video delights Asavari. Asavari then takes a birthday gift for Abhijeet, but Pradnya cunningly swaps the gift. When Abhijeet comes to pick up the Kulkarni family, Aajoba teases him on seeing his clothes. On their way to the party, the tyre of Abhijeet and Asavari's taxi gets punctured, so the two ride a bicycle to reach the venue on time. Meanwhile, Pradnya executes her cunning plan by swapping the birthday cake meant for Abhijeet and Asavari.
Further, Aajoba rebukes Asavari as soon as she and Abhijeet reach the venue. Shubhra tricks Pradnya into confessing her misconduct and allows Abhijeet to learn the truth about his real birthday gift from Asavari. Aajoba's words regarding Asavari's life go on to upset Abhijeet. Shubhra uses her wit on seeing the swapped birthday cake and teaches Pradnya a lesson. Further, Maddy brings the original birthday cake meant for Abhijeet and Asavari. After the birthday celebration, Abhijeet gifts Asavari a mirror and pours his heart out to her.
A couple of days later, the special treat arranged by Abhijeet at his restaurant delights Asavari. However, Soham contacts her and asks her to return home urgently for having fallen off of his scooter. Further, Abhijeet asks Asavari to come down the building and proposes marriage to her. Later, Shubhra consoles a crying Asavari and a stunned Abhijeet. Eavesdropping on Abhijeet and Asavari, Pradnya deliberately tries to instigate Soham against them. Asavari gets disheartened as Soham and Aajoba berate her.
The next day, Shubhra tries to talk to Asavari about Abhijeet but in vain. Abhijeet's behaviour at his restaurant worries Maddy and the other employees. Later, Soham goes to meet Abhijeet at the restaurant but is reluctantly evaded by him. Shubhra then gives an advice to Abhijeet when he comes to meet Asavari. Pradnya tries to instigate Soham against Asavari once again. Later, Asavari pours her heart out before Shubhra about her friendly relationship with Abhijeet. Soham meets Abhijeet at the restaurant to show him his business proposal. While there, he finds out something inside Abhijeet's wallet which makes him despise him.
After returning home, a furious Soham destroys the things kept safely by Asavari as souviners of Abhijeet. Plagued by Abhijeet's memories, Asavari accidentally contacts him to order groceries instead of a grocery shop. Realising that Asavari truly loves him, Abhijeet arrives at her house with the groceries ordered by her. Soham tries to confront Abhijeet about his "affair" with Asavari but in vain. Later, Abhijeet bumps into Asavari down the building where he expresses his feelings before her and promises her that he is ready to step aside if she feels her family more important than him.
Further, Soham behaves rudely with Abhijeet when he comes home with Asavari and Shubhra. Abhijeet then talks to Shubhra about his investment in Soham's business. Shubhra reprimands Soham for his rude behaviour with Abhijeet. Later, Soham asks Aajoba and Karkhanis Kaka to gather home because he wants to tell them something important. Just as he is about to reveal Abhijeet's love for Asavari, Soham receives a phone-call from Akshay who gives him some problematic information. Due to this new development, Soham reveals the good news of his and Abhijeet's business partnership, which leaves everyone exceedingly delighted and Asavari is grateful towards Abhijeet. Eventually, Aajoba realises his folly and agrees for Abhijeet and Asavari's relationship.
Cast
Girish Oak as Chef Abhijeet Raje; Asavari's lover-turned-husband, Soham's stepfather, Shubhra's stepfather-in-law, Aajoba's stepson-in-law, Maddy's employer
Nivedita Joshi Saraf as Asavari Prabhakar Kulkarni / Asavari Abhijeet Raje; Abhijeet's lover-turned-wife, Soham's biological mother, Shubhra's biological mother-in-law, Aajoba's biological daughter-in-law
Ashutosh Patki as Soham Prabhakar Kulkarni; Shubhra's lover-turned-husband, Asavari's biological son, Abhijeet's stepson, Aajoba's grandson, Pradnya and Akshay's friend
Tejashree Pradhan as Shubhra Anil Kamat / Shubhra Soham Kulkarni; Soham's lover-turned-wife, Asavari's biological daughter-in-law, Abhijeet's stepdaughter-in-law, Aajoba's granddaughter-in-law
Ravi Patwardhan / Mohan Joshi as Dattatray Bandopant Kulkarni a.k.a. Aajoba; Asavari's biological father-in-law, Abhijeet's stepfather-in-law, Soham's paternal grandfather, Shubhra's paternal grandfather-in-law, Karkhanis Kaka's friend
Bhakti Ratnaparkhi as Mandodari Parab a.k.a. Maddy; Abhijeet's restaurant manager and friend
Sanjeevani Sathe as Pradnya Sunil Karkhanis; the Kulkarni family's neighbour, Soham's friend, Karkhanis Kaka and Kaku's daughter-in-law
Arun Mohre as Vidyadhar Karkhanis a.k.a. Kaka; Karkhanis Kaku's husband, Pradnya's father-in-law, Aajoba's friend, the Kulkarni family's neighbour,
Rajshri Potdar as Prabha Vidyadhar Karkhanis a.k.a. Kaku; Karkhanis Kaka's wife, Pradnya's mother-in-law, the Kulkarni family's neighbour
Bhagyesh Patil as Vishwas; Abhijeet's restaurant waiter
Nikhil Jhope as Akshay Wagh; Soham and Shubhra's friend
Pratibha Goregaonkar as Sulbha Samant a.k.a. Kaku; the Kulkarni family's neighbour, Asavari's friend
Leena Athavale Datar as Asha Anil Kamat; Anil's wife, Shubhra's mother, Soham's mother-in-law
Unknown as Anil Kamat; Asha's husband, Shubhra's father, Soham's father-in-law
Unknown as Madan Kulkarni; Malti's husband, Soham's paternal uncle, Shubhra's paternal uncle-in-law, Asavari's brother-in-law, Aajoba's nephew
Unknown as Malti Madan Kulkarni; Madan's second wife, Soham's paternal stepaunt, Shubhra's paternal stepaunt-in-law, Asavari's stepsister-in-law, Aajoba's stepniece-in-law
Mahesh Kokate as Kamlakar Katekor; Asavari's ex-fiancee
Rajesh Bhosle as Mangesh; Madhu's husband, Abhijeet and Asavari's neighbour in chawl
Unknown as Madhu; Mangesh's wife, Abhijeet and Asavari's neighbour in chawl
Sahil Parab as Boy Bala; Soham's servant
Purniema Dey as Twinkle; girl in club who sings for Soham
Sakshi Gandhi as Pritali; Abhijeet and Asavari's tourist guide in Udaipur, Rajasthan
Ankush Chaudhari as Himself while visiting Abhijeet's restaurant to promote his upcoming film Dhurala (2020)
Sai Tamhankar as Herself while visiting Abhijeet's restaurant to promote her upcoming film Dhurala (2020)
Sonalee Kulkarni as Herself; guest at Abhijeet and Asavari's wedding ceremony
Subodh Bhave as Himself; guest at Abhijeet and Asavari's wedding ceremony
Sanjay Jadhav as Himself; guest at Abhijeet and Asavari's wedding ceremony
Siddharth Jadhav as Himself; guest at Abhijeet and Asavari's wedding ceremony
Production
All the episodes have been directed by Ajay Mayekar and Jayant Pawar and produced by Sunil Bhosle under the banner of Someel Creations.
Casting
Nivedita Joshi Saraf, spouse of renowned actor Ashok Saraf, was selected to do the role of the female protagonist, Asavari, along with Tejashree Pradhan for Shubhra after her success in the television series Honar Sun Mi Hya Gharchi. Girish Oak played the male protagonist, Abhijeet, while Ravi Patwardhan did the character of Aajoba (lit. "Grandfather"). Ashutosh Patki, son of music composer Ashok Patki, and Bhakti Ratnaparkhi, spouse of actor Nikhil Ratnaparkhi, portrayed Soham and Maddy, respectively. However, Patwardhan's role was replaced by actor Mohan Joshi from January to March 2021 after the latter's demise in December 2020.
Airing History
The series premiered on 22 July 2019 from Monday to Saturday at 8:30pm by replacing Tula Pahate Re, which starred Subodh Bhave and Gayatri Datar in lead roles and was last aired on 20 July 2019. However, it had to take a break after 216 episodes from 27 March 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdown in India. The series was resumed from 13 July 2020, but had to be converted into a reality show for a week from 28 September - 4 October 2020 when Nivedita Joshi Saraf was diagnosed with COVID-19. After 216 more episodes post the resumption in July 2020, the series was last aired on 13 March 2021, thus completing 432 episodes altogether.
Special Episodes
2:30 Hours
19 January 2020 (Abhijeet-Asavari's Marriage)
1 Hour
17 January 2021(Asavari-Aajoba's Reunion)
21 February 2021(Asavari-Soham's Reconciliation)
Sequel
Due to the success of Aggabai Sasubai, the makers decided to replace it with a sequel titled Aggabai Sunbai from 15 March 2021, which focuses on the life of Shubhra. Girish Oak, Nivedita Joshi Saraf, Mohan Joshi and Bhakti Ratnaparkhi reprised their roles of Abhijeet, Asavari, Aajoba and Maddy, respectively, while Ashutosh Patki and Tejashree Pradhan were replaced by Adwait Dadarkar and Uma Pendharkar for the roles of Soham and Shubhra, respectively. The sequel also starred Anvit Hardikar, Chinmay Udgirkar and Geetanjali Ganage as Soham and Shubhra's 8-year-old son, Shubham, Shubhra's live-in partner, Anurag Desai, and Soham's girlfriend, Susanne, respectively. However, the series ended up having a sudden cancellation after 136 episodes on 21 August 2021 due to low TRPs, and was replaced by Mazhi Tuzhi Reshimgaath premiering on 23 August 2021 and starring Shreyas Talpade and Prarthana Behere.
Adaptations
Ratings
The show received highest TVR of 7.0 in week 28 of 2020.