''Aggabai Sasubai'' is an Indian

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TV series which aired on

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. It is directed by Ajay Mayekar and produced by Sunil Bhosale under the banner of Someel Creations. It stars

Nivedita Saraf Nivedita Saraf ( Joshi; born 11 April 1963) is an Indian film, television and theatre actress known for her work primarily in Marathi, as well as in Hindi films. She has established herself as a prominent figure in Marathi cinema and television ...

Tejashri Pradhan Tejashri Pradhan (born 2 June 1988) is an Indian television and film actress who has appeared in multiple Marathi films and television serials. She is better known as ''Shubhra'' and ''Janhavi'' from the Zee Marathi television serials '' Aggaba ...

and

Girish Oak Girish Oak (born 17 August 1960) is a Marathi, editor, film actor, play actor and poetry writer. His play ''U Turn'' has become very popular. From 22 July 2019, he played a lead role in the Marathi serial '' Aggabai Sasubai'' on Zee Marathi an ...

in lead roles. It premiered from 22 July 2019 by replacing '' Tula Pahate Re''. The series is about Asavari Kulkarni (played by

), a middle-aged

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and single mother whose daughter in law Shubhra (played by

) tries to get her remarried to Abhijeet Raje (played by

), a popular chef. ''Aggabai Sasubai'' had a sequel titled ''

Aggabai Sunbai ''Aggabai Sunbai'' is a Marathi-language television program that aired on Zee Marathi from 15 March 2021. Nivedita Joshi-Saraf, Girish Oak, Uma Pendharkar, Adwait Dadarkar and Mohan Joshi are in lead roles. It is a sequel series to '' Aggaba ...

'' which was aired from 15 March to 21 August 2021 and starred actors Adwait Dadarkar and Uma Pendharkar for the roles of ''Soham'' and ''Shubhra'' respectively.

Mohan Joshi Mohan Joshi is an Indian film, television and theater actor. He has worked in Hindi, Marathi and Bhojpuri films. Career Joshi started his career as a theatre artist in Pune. He was noticed in the play ''Kuryat Sada Tingalam''. Along with A ...

replaced actor

Ravi Patwardhan Ravi Patwardhan (6 September 1937 – 5 December 2020) was an Indian actor who appeared in Marathi-language and Hindi-language movies and TV serials and theater plays. He started his acting career in Marathi theatre, then pivoted to movies, an ...

from January to March 2021 after Patwardhan's death.

Plot

Asavari Kulkarni is a middle-aged

living with her lazy son Soham Kulkarni and strict father-in-law Dattatray Kulkarni aka Aajoba in ''Sahajivan Society'', a middle-class

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. Her unseen husband Prabhakar had died a couple decades ago and therefore she had to raise Soham as a single mother, causing neglect to her personal ambitions. Soon, Soham's former college-mate Shubhra announces to the Kulkarnis that she and Soham wish to marry each other. Asavari agrees to this but Aajoba objects their union. After having a register marriage in the absence of Aajoba, Soham and Shubhra have lunch along with Asavari in the

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of Abhijeet Raje, a popular

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to acts in a cookery show. He falls in love with Asavari and sends her a sweet dish via Shubhra. That night, Asavari informs Abhijeet over the phone that she liked his sweet dish. Meanwhile, Soham and Shubhra's friends organize a stay for the two as a marriage gift. However, Aajoba turns furious on learning about this and forcefully makes them return home. The next day, Shubhra finds deceased Prabhakar's old

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while cleaning the store room which makes Asavari emotional. Aajoba secretly uploads the photograph of the camera on the internet in order to sell it. Later, the Kulkarnis go to a temple to perform a ''Pooja'' for Soham and Shubhra's new marriage. While there, Aajoba lashes out at Abhijeet upon mistaking him for stealing his sandals but Shubhra calms him down and takes him home. Abhijeet subsequently arrives at Asavari's house in order to buy the camera sold by Aajoba. Asavari accidentally mixes rice grains in his

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as she gets baffled due to his unexpected arrival. She then gets emotional when Abhijeet gives her a

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in exchange of the camera. On seeing her condition, Abhijeet deliberately leaves the camera at Asavari's house for her feelings. Further, Asavari goes to Abhijeet's restaurant to return him the cheque as Aajoba agrees to keep the camera as well. That night, Abhijeet sets out to drop Asavari home and the two have

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in the rain on the streets. Meanwhile, Soham and Aajoba are forced to order food from a restaurant as Soham is unable to heat the food cooked by Asavari. On returning home, Asavari feels guilty on seeing Aajoba's plight. After a couple of days, Shubhra orders a

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for Soham while Asavari goes to a vegetable market where Abhijeet meets her and gifts her a

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. Abhijeet slowly decides to express his feelings for Asavari and invites her to his restaurant for dinner. However, she receives a phone-call from Soham who informs her that he has fallen off his scooter, making her rush back home. Abhijeet chases her and calls her downstairs where he confesses his love for her. A shocked Asavari is disappointed as Abhijeet thought of going beyond their friendship and tells him that she does not wish to marry him. At home, Shubhra points out to a distressed Asavari that Abhijeet loves her a lot and that he will keep her happy. Later, she explains to a shell-shocked Abhijeet downstairs that Asavari does not wish to remarry because she has a good life and family members. Meanwhile, Asavari feels hurt as Soham and Aajoba berate her over abandoning an injured Soham. The next day, Shubhra meets a distressed Abhijeet and advises him not to meet Asavari until she admits that she loves him too. Later that day, Soham meets Abhijeet in his restaurant and while secretly going to his

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, he is shocked to discover Asavari's photograph in it. Upon returning home, an infuriated Soham destroys Abhijeet's recipes written by Asavari in a

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. That evening, Asavari calls up a grocery shop to order groceries. However, the number accidentally gets dialed to Abhijeet as she is plagued by his memories. Further, Asavari decides to go to the grocery shop. Meanwhile, Abhijeet realises Asavari's feelings for him and reaches her house to meet her. The two end up meeting each other downstairs. While there, Abhijeet makes Asavari admit that she is in love with him too and expresses his feelings for her just as they are overheard by Soham and Shubhra. Aajoba eventually realises his folly and agrees to their marriage. Abhijeet and Asavari get married.

Cast

Main

as Shubhra Anil Kamat / Shubhra Soham Kulkarni; Soham's wife, Asavari's daughter-in-law *

as Asavari Prabhakar Kulkarni / Asavari Abhijeet Raje; Abhijeet's wife, Soham's mother, Shubhra's mother-in-law *

as Abhijeet Raje; Asavari's husband

Recurring

* Ashutosh Patki as Soham Prabhakar Kulkarni; Shubhra's husband, Asavari's son *

as Dattatray Bandopant Kulkarni; Asavari's father-in-law * Pratibha Goregaonkar as Sulabha Samant; Asavari's neighbour * Sanjeevani Sathe as Pradnya Sunil Karkhanis; Asavari's neighbour * Arun Mohre as Vidyadhar Karkhanis; Dattatray's friend * Rajshri Potdar as Prabha Vidyadhar Karkhanis; Vidyadhar's wife * Bhakti Ratnaparkhi as Mandodari Parab (Maddy); Abhijeet's P.A. * Bhagyesh Patil as Vishwas; Abhi's Kitchen waiter * Leena Athavale-Datar as Asha Anil Kamat; Shubhra's mother * Shubhada Naik as Mrs. Date; Asavari's neighbour * Nikhil Zope as Akshay; Soham's friend * Sahil Parab as Boy Bal; Soham's servant * Mahesh Kokate as Kamlakar Katekor * Rajesh Bhosale as Mangesh * Pournima Dey-Demana as Twinkle * Sakshi Gandhi as Pritali

Sequel

A sequel titled ''

'' was launched on 15 March 2021. Actors

and

played their respective roles of Abhijeet, Aajoba and Asavari. However, actors Ashutosh Patki and

were replaced by actors Adwait Dadarkar and Uma Pendharkar for the roles of Soham and Shubhra.

Adaptations

Reception

Special episode

2 hours

* 19 January 2020 (Asavari-Abhijeet's marriage)

1 hour

* 17 January 2021 * 21 February 2021

Ratings

Awards

References

External links

* {{IMDb title
''Aggabai Sasubai''
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