AAPPA ANI BAPPA seems to clearly be the actors’ play in which stalwarts of the Marathi stage like Dilip Prabhavalkar and Vikram Gokhale get to display their time-tested histrionics. The play as such is also about the tumultuous nature of relationships that prevail in the backstage world of the theatre.
So Aappa and Bappa, two actors of the Marathi stage had a very successful run of a play in which they acted together. Although the play did very well, the two actors eventually parted company because things had come to such a pass that they could no longer stand the sight of each other!
Now years later, Aappa’s newphew who also takes care of him wants to revive the play done by his uncle and his once-upon-a-time co-actor for forty-three years, Bappa Ekbote. The play thus takes off from the nephew’s efforts of bringing the two thespians together. What sums up as the essence of the play is the process through which the once parted actors get back together that gives their relationship a new lease of life.