Aai Kuthe Kay Karte

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Aai Kuthe Kay Karte!
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GenreDrama
Created byRajan Shahi
Based onSreemoyee
Written byMugdha Godbole
Directed byRavindra Karmakar
StarringMadhurani Gokhale Prabhulkar
ComposersAarya Ambekar
Avadhoot Gupte[1]
Country of originIndia
Original languageMarathi
No. of episodes572
Production
ProducerRajan Shahi
Running time22 minutes
Production companyDirector's Kut Productions
Release
Original networkStar Pravah
Picture format576i (SDTV)
1080i (HDTV)
Audio formatDolby Digital
Original release23 December 2019 (2019-12-23) –
present
Chronology
Related shows
External links
Hotstar

Aai Kuthe Kay Karte! (transl. What Does a Mother Do!) is an Indian Marathi language drama which airs on Star Pravah.[3] It is based on the Bengali series Sreemoyee on Star Jalsha. The show premiered on 23 December 2019 and stars Madhurani Gokhale Prabhulkar in titular role of Arundhati.[4][5] It is also digitally available on Star Media's OTT platform Disney+ Hotstar. The show is produced by Rajan Shahi's Director's Kut Productions.[6]

Plot[]

A middle-aged housewife, Arundhati, has dedicated her life to her husband and children. Realising that her efforts are in vain, as nobody recognises or appreciates her work and sacrifice as a housewife, she sets out instead to carve out her own identity. Her husband, Anirudh have an affair with his colleague, Sanjana. Arundhati wins the "Best Mother" title at her daughter, Isha's school and is offered a job. She accepts the job but is unable to perform it well due to family obligations.

Arundhati's elder son, Abhishek falls in love with Ankita. Ankita's mother, Revati refuses to accept their relationship due to the education status of Arundhati. Seeing Abhishek is frustrated, Arundhati talks with Revati who later agrees to the engagement ceremony. Meanwhile, Sanjana and Anirudh continue their relationship. Yash bumps into a girl, Gauri and falls in love with her. Gauri is Sanjana's niece from the USA. Abhishek and Ankita get engaged without Arundhati's presence.

Arundhati's friend Devika, explains her that her family is taking her for granted. The family plans a remarriage of Arundhati and Anirudh, to mark their 25th anniversary. Learning this, Sanjana also decides to marry Anirudh on his wedding day with Arundhati. Sanjana's plan goes in vain. In anger, She comes to tell Arundhati the truth about her and Anirudh's affair on their wedding day. However, Anirudh stops her and expresses his love towards her in his bedroom and Arundhati sees. Arundhati breaks down and decides to teach Anirudh the lesson of his betrayal.

Arundhati decides to start singing again and also learns all the things that she remained to learn. She changes her attitude towards Anirudh and questions him about everything. Soon, Anirudh and Sanjana's relationship is exposed to Deshmukh family, while Anirudh proposes Sanjana on her birthday. After seeing this, Kanchan and Appa slap Anirudh and blame him while Anirudh blames Arundhati for this situation.

Later, Isha gets kidnapped by a gang, but Sanjana's husband, Shekhar rescues her. After so much drama Anirudh decides to leave the house and goes to Sanjana's home which he found he was not comfortable at. As Diwali was arriving, everyone was preparing for that on the day of Laxmi Pujan, Anirudh tells Sanjana that his family will not do Laxmi Pujan without him. Appa tells Arundhati that they will do Laxmi Pujan, and after hearing this he gets angry and decides to divorce her. Anirudh reaches Sanjana's home and gets extremely angry when he sees Shekhar and Sanjana together with Nikhil. On the day of Bhaidooj, Kanchan's brother Tatya arrives and the family tries to hide Anirudh's secret-so they invite him home. After coming home, Anirudh decides to teach Arundhati a lesson and Tatya tells him to do all the household chores. On the day of Padwa, Arundhati is forced to do the ritual with Anirudh to manage the facade of the happy couple in front of Tatya. But Arundhati failed to do so and hence reveal all to Tatya, surprisingly Tatya supports Arundhati and rebukes Kanchan for being so much blind in their son's love.

Cast[]

Main[]

  • Madhurani Gokhale Prabhulkar as Arundhati Joglekar – Vidya's daughter; Sudhir's sister; Aniruddh's former wife; Abhishek, Yash and Isha's mother. (2019–present)
  • Omkar Govardhan as Ashutosh Kelkar – Sulekha's son; Arundhati's college friend (2021–present)
  • Milind Gawali as Aniruddh Vinayak Deshmukh – Vinayak and Kanchan's elder son; Vishaka and Avinash's brother; Arundhati's former husband; Sanjana's husband; Abhishek, Yash and Isha's father. (2019–present)
  • Deepali Pansare / Rupali Bhosale as Sanjana Aniruddh Deshmukh (formerly Dixit) – Rajni's sister; Shekar's former wife; Aniruddh's wife; Nikhil's mother; Gauri's aunt.[7] (2019-2020) / (2020–present)

Recurring[]

  • Abhishek Deshmukh as Yash Aniruddh Deshmukh – Arundhati and Aniruddh's younger son; Abhishek and Isha's brother; Gauri's fiancé. (2019–present)
  • Gauri Kulkarni as Gauri Karkhanis – Rajni's daughter; Sanjana's niece; Yash's fiancée. (2020–present)
  • Ashwini Mahangade as Anagha Abhishek Deshmukh– Abhishek's wife; Arundhati and Aniruddh's daughter-in-law. (2020–present)
  • Niranjan Kulkarni as Dr. Abhishek "Abhi" Aniruddh Deshmukh – Arundhati and Aniruddh's elder son; Yash and Isha's brother; Anagha's husband; Ankita's former husband. (2019–present)
  • Apurva Gore as Isha Aniruddh Deshmukh – Arundhati and Aniruddh's daughter; Abhishek and Yash's sister. (2019–present)
  • Kishore Mahabole as Vinayak Deshmukh – Kanchan's husband; Aniruddh, Vishaka and Avinash's father. (2019–present)
  • Archana Patkar as Kanchan Vinayak Deshmukh – Tatya's sister; Vinayak's wife; Aniruddh, Vishaka and Avinash's mother. (2019–present)
  • Poonam Chandokar as Vishakha Deshmukh – Vinayak and Kanchan's daughter; Aniruddh and Avinash's sister; Kedar's wife. (2020–present)
  • Ashish Kulkarni as Kedar – Vishaka's husband. (2020–present)
  • Shantanu Moghe as Avinash Vinayak Deshmukh – Vinayak and Kanchan's younger son; Vishakha and Aniruddh's brother; Nilima's husband. (2021–present)
  • Sheetal Kshirsagar as Nilima Avinash Deshmukh – Avinash's wife. (2020–2021)

Others[]

  • Ila Bhate as Sulekha Kelkar –Ashutosh's mother (2021–present)
  • Seema Ghogale as Vimal – Deshmukh's domestic help. (2019–present)
  • Radha Kulkarni as Ankita Pramod Kulkarni – Revati and Pramod's daughter; Abhishek's former wife. (2019–present)
  • Advait Kadane as Sahil Salvi – Isha's love interest. (2021–present)
  • Medha Jambotkar as Vidya Joglekar – Arundhati and Sudhir's mother. (2019–present)
  • Kedar Shirsekar as Sudhir Joglekar – Vidya's son; Arundhati's brother. (2020–present)
  • Mayur Khandage as Shekhar Dixit – Sanjana's former husband; Nikhil's father, Gauri's Uncle (2020–present)
  • Unknown as Nikhil Shekhar Dixit – Sanjana and Shekhar's son, Gauri's cousin (2020–present)
  • Sushma Murudekar as Rajni Karkhanis – Sanjana's sister; Gauri's mother. (2020–present)
  • Pooja Pawar Salunkhe / Reshma Polekar as Revati Pramod Kulkarni – Pramod's wife; Ankita's mother. (2019–2020)
  • Sanjay Shemkalyani as Pramod Kulkarni – Revati's husband; Ankita's father. (2019–2020)
  • Radhika Deshpande as Devika – Arundhati's best friend. (2020–present)
  • Vasanti Deshpande as Sulu Mavashi – Kanchan's sister. (2019–2020)
  • Jayant Savarkar as Tatya – Kanchan's brother. (2020)
  • Mugdha Godbole Ranade as Dr. Vasudha Sardesai – Arundhati's gynecologist; Abhi's senior doctor. (2020–present)

Production[]

Development[]

Rajan Shahi, who produces the series, decided to remake it in Hindi as Anupamaa for StarPlus stating, "This interesting concept around a mother's journey has been so inspirational that Star wants to bring it in Hindi too."[8][9]

The production and broadcasting of the series was halted in late March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in India. After more than 3 months, the filming resumed in late June 2020 and the broadcast resumed on 13 July 2020.[10][11] On 13 April 2021, Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray announced a sudden curfew due to increased Covid cases, while the production halted from 14 April 2021 in Mumbai.[12] Hence, the production location was soon shifted temporarily to Silvassa.[13]

Casting[]

Madhurani Gokhale-Prabhulkar is cast as the lead role. Milind Gawali, Gauri Kulkarni, Deepali Pansare, Rupali Bhosale, Mayur Khandage, Kishore Mahabole, Archana Patkar, Poonam Chandokar, Apurva Gore, Seema Ghogale, Abhishek Deshmukh, Niranjan Kulkarni, Ashish Kulkarni and Radha Kulkarni were also cast.[14] It was post COVID-19 pandemic lockdown when production resumed in June 2020. Deepali Pansare quit the series because of the pandemic and was replaced by Rupali Bhosale. In November 2021, Omkar Govardhan entered the show as the new main lead Ashutosh Kelkar.[15]

Reception[]

The show became one of the most watched Indian Marathi television programs.[16][17]

Mahaepisode (1 hour)[]

  1. 19–26 January 2020 (Mahasaptah)
  2. 16 August 2020
  3. 8 November 2020
  4. 13 December 2020
  5. 24 January 2021
  6. 28 February 2021
  7. 28 March 2021
  8. 11 July 2021
  9. 19 September 2021
  10. 31 October 2021
  11. 12 December 2021

Ratings[]

Week Year BARC Viewership Ref.
TRP Rank
Week 45 2020 3.3 5 [18]
Week 19 2021 3.8 5 [19]
Week 32 2021 5.4 3 [20]

Soundtrack[]

Aai Kuthe Kay Karte
Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by
Avdhoot Gupte
Released23 December 2019
Genre
LanguageMarathi
LabelStar India
ProducerRajan Shahi
Aai Kuthe Kay Karte: Tracklisting
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Aai Kuthe Kay Karte (Version 1)"Aarya Ambekar2:52
2."Aai Kuthe Kay Karte (Version 2)"Vaishali Samant2:51
Total length:5:03

Lyrics of the song of the series of both the versions are penned by Guru Thakur Music.

Awards[]

Awards Category Recipient Roles
Star Pravah Parivar Puraskar 2021 Best Character Madhurani Gokhale Prabhulkar Arundhati
Special Honour Milind Gawali Aniruddha
Archana Patkar Kanchan
Best Serial Rajan Shahi Producer
Dadasaheb Phalke Icon Awards Marathi 2021 Best Actress Madhurani Gokhale Prabhulkar Arundhati
Best Actor Milind Gawali Aniruddha
Best Negative Actress Rupali Bhosale Sanjana
Best Serial Rajan Shahi Producer

Adaptations[]

Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes
Bengali Sreemoyee
শ্রীময়ী 		10 June 2019 Star Jalsha 19 December 2021 Original
Kannada Inthi Nimma Asha
ಇಂತಿ ನಿಮ್ಮ ಆಶಾ 		7 October 2019 Star Suvarna 8 January 2022 Remake
Marathi Aai Kuthe Kay Karte!
आई कुठे काय करते! 		23 December 2019 Star Pravah Ongoing
Malayalam Kudumbavilakku
കുടുംബവിളക്ക് 		27 January 2020 Asianet
Telugu Intinti Gruhalakshmi
ఇంటింటి గృహలక్ష్మి 		3 February 2020 Star Maa
Hindi Anupamaa
अनुपमाँ 		13 July 2020 StarPlus
Tamil Baakiyalakshmi
பாக்ய லட்சுமி 		27 July 2020 Star Vijay

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