Aggabai Sasubai

Aggabai Sasubai (translation: Oh Mine Mother-In-Law) is an Indian Marathi-language television show that aired on Zee Marathi from 22 July 2019 to 13 March 2021 in 432 episodes altogether. Directed by Ajay Mayekar, produced by Sunil Bhosle under the production banner of Someel Creations and distributed by Zee Entertainment Enterprises, the show stars an ensemble cast of Girish Oak, Nivedita Joshi Saraf, Ashutosh Patki, Tejashree Pradhan, Ravi Patwardhan and Sanjeevani Sathe in the lead roles.

 Synopsis 
Aggabai Sasubai is the story of Asavari Kulkarni (Nivedita Joshi Saraf), a reclusive, loving, caring and selfless widow, who tragically lost her husband at a young age and single-handedly raised her son, Soham (Ashutosh Patki), in addition with looking after the health of her elderly, authoritative father-in-law, Dattatray (Ravi Patwardhan / Mohan Joshi), also known as Aajoba. She is also often ridiculed and insulted by her jealous neighbour, Pradnya (Sanjeevani Sathe), who is the daughter-in-law of Aajoba's childhood friend, Vidyadhar (Arun Mohre), also known as Karkhanis Kaka, and his wife, Prabha (Rajshri Potdar), also known as Karkhanis Kaku. Asavari leads a simple middle-class life with Soham and Aajoba until Soham gets married to his long-time girlfriend, Shubhra (Tejashree Pradhan). Soham and Shubhra's marriage party is held at the restaurant run by Chef Abhijeet Raje (Girish Oak), an upper-class celebrity chef whose daily cookery show on the TV is Asavari's favourite. When he meets her at his restaurant, Abhijeet falls in love with Asavari and asks her to teach him prepare a certain recipe made from pumpkin. 

Impressed by the dish, Abhijeet sends his restaurant manager, Mandodari Parab (Bhakti Ratnaparkhi), also known as Maddy, to the Kulkarni residence with a cheque for Asavari as royalty payment for the pumpkin recipe. Due to a misunderstanding, Abhijeet's marriage is fixed with Maddy, but Asavari's daughter-in-law, Shubhra, who wishes for her mother-in-law's happiness, meets Abhijeet and brings out the truth that he loves Asavari. Eventually, Abhijeet proposes to Asavari and they decide to get married. However, both Soham and Aajoba disapprove of Asavari getting remarried, and attempt to spoil Abhijeet and Asavari's relationship, with the instigation of Pradnya. What happens next? Do Abhijeet and Asavari get married? Watch out the full show to know how the story unfolds as Soham and Aajoba learn an important lesson from Abhijeet, Asavari and Shubhra.

 Cast 
 Main 
 Girish Oak as Chef Abhijeet Raje: Asavari's second husband, Soham's step-father; Shubhra's step-father-in-law; Aajoba's step-son-in-law; Maddy's employer
 Nivedita Joshi Saraf as Asavari Prabhakar Kulkarni / Asavari Abhijeet Raje: Abhijeet's wife; Prabhakar's ex-widow; Soham's mother; Shubhra's mother-in-law; Aajoba's daughter-in-law
 Ashutosh Patki as Soham Prabhakar Kulkarni: Shubhra's husband; Pradnya's boyfriend; Prabhakar and Asavari's son; Abhijeet's step-son; Aajoba's grandson; Anil and Asha's son-in-law
 Tejashree Pradhan as Shubhra Anil Kamat / Shubhra Soham Kulkarni: Soham's wife; Anil and Asha's daughter; Prabhakar and Asavari's daughter-in-law; Abhijeet's step-daughter-in-law; Aajoba's granddaughter-in-law
 Ravi Patwardhan / Mohan Joshi as Dattatray Bandopant Kulkarni (Aajoba): Prabhakar's father; Asavari's father-in-law; Abhijeet's step-father-in-law; Soham's grandfather; Shubhra's grandfather-in-law
 Sanjeevani Sathe as Pradnya Sunil Karkhanis: Sunil's wife; Karkhanis Kaka and Kaku's daughter-in-law; Soham's girlfriend
Supporting
 Arun Mohre as Vidyadhar Karkhanis (Kaka): Karkhanis Kaku's husband; Sunil's father; Pradnya's father-in-law; Aajoba's friend
 Rajashri Potdar as Prabha Vidyadhar Karkhanis (Kaku): Karkhanis Kaka's wife; Sunil's mother; Pradnya's mother-in-law
 Bhakti Ratnaparkhi as Mandodari Parab (Maddy): Abhijeet's friend and manager
 Pratibha Goregaonkar as Sulbha Samant (Kaku): Asavari's friend
 Bhagyesh Patil as Vishwas: waiter at Abhi's Kitchen
 Nikhil Jhope as Akshay Wagh / Nikhil: Soham and Shubhra's friend
 Mahesh Kokate as Kamlakar Katekor: Asavari's ex-fiancée 
 Leena Athavale Datar as Asha Anil Kamat: Anil's wife; Shubhra's mother; Soham's mother-in-law
 Sahil Parab as Boy Bala: Soham's domestic worker
 Rajesh Bhosle as Mangesh: Abhijeet and Asavari's neighbour in chawl
 Purniema Dey as Twinkle: a girl in a nightclub who sings for Soham

 Production 
 Casting 
Nivedita Joshi Saraf, spouse of renowned actor Ashok Saraf, was selected for the role of the female protagonist, Asavari, along with Tejashree Pradhan for Shubhra after her success in the television show Honaar Sun Mi Hya Gharchi. Girish Oak played the male protagonist, Abhijeet, while Ravi Patwardhan portrayed the character of Aajoba (lit. "Grandfather"). Ashutosh Patki, son of renowned 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 on 5 December 2020.
 Airing History 
The show premiered on 22 July 2019 from Monday to Saturday at 8:30 p.m. by replacing Tula Pahate Re, which starred Subodh Bhave and Gayatri Datar in titular roles and was last-aired on 20 July 2019. However, it had to take a break from 27 March 2020 due to COVID-19 lockdown in India. The show 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. The show was last-aired on 13 March 2021 after 432 episodes.
 Episodes 
All the episodes have been directed by Ajay Mayekar and Jayant Pawar and produced by Sunil Bhosle under the production banner of Someel Creations. The show had completed exactly half of the episodes before the COVID-19 lockdown. 
 #  Title  Original Aired 
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) 

 No.  Airing Date  Days  Time (IST)  1  22 July 2019 – 27 March 2020  Mon-Sat (sometimes Sun)  8:30 pm 2  13 July 2020 – 13 March 2021

 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 show 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 
 Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes Marathi Aggabai Sasubai  अग्गंबाई सासूबाई 22 July 2019 Zee Marathi 13 March 2021 Original Malayalam Manam Pole Mangalyam  മനംപോലെ മംഗല്യം 28 December 2020 Zee Keralam 2 January 2022 Remake Tamil Pudhu Pudhu Arthangal  புதுப்புது அர்த்தங்கள் 22 March 2021 Zee Tamil Ongoing Punjabi Sasse Ni Sasse Tu Khushiyan Ch Vasse  ਸੱਸੇ ਨੀ ਸੱਸੇ ਤੂ ਖੁਸ਼ੀਆਂ ਚ ਵਸੇ 25 April 2022 Zee Punjabi Kannada Shreerastu Shubhamastu  ಶ್ರೀರಸ್ತು ಶುಭಮಸ್ತು  Zee Kannada

 Ratings 
The show received highest TVR of 7.0 in week 28 of 2020.

 Week Year BARC Viewership Ref. TVT RankWeek 3020194.25Week 4420195.41Week 4520195.81Week 4620195.21Week 4720195.71Week 4820193.55Week 4920193.93Week 5220194.72Week 5320194.12Week 120203.63Week 220203.25Week 320204.32Week 420202.95Week 520203.33Week 620203.33Week 720203.53Week 820203.04Week 920202.83Week 1020205.61Week 1120204.32Week 2820204.21Week 2920204.31Week 3120203.34Week 3220203.64Week 3320203.34Week 3420203.53Week 3520203.75Week 3720203.44Week 220213.94Week 320213.94Week 420213.95

 Awards 
+Zee Marathi Utsav Natyancha AwardsYearCategoryRecipientRole2019Best SerialSunil BhosaleProducerBest FamilyKulkarni FamilyBest Onscreen CoupleNivedita Joshi-Saraf & Girish OakAsawari & AbhijeetBest Title SongAshok PatkiComposerBest MotherNivedita Joshi-SarafAsawariBest Mother-in-lawBest Daughter-in-lawBest Father-in-lawRavi PatwardhanAajobaBest Comedy CharacterBhakti RatnaparkhiMaddy2020Best Mother-in-lawNivedita Joshi-SarafAsawariBest Daughter-in-lawTejashri PradhanShubhra

 References 

Category:Indian soap operas
Category:Zee Marathi original programming
Category:2010s Indian soap operas
Category:2019 Indian television series debuts
Category:2020s Indian soap operas
Category:2021 Indian television series endings
Category:Marathi-language television shows