Family drama with slice of life enthralls theatre enthusiasts
The plot revolves around an old man and his son, Pintu. The old man constantly nags his son about damages and keeps yelling at him to bring labourers to repair them. His son is busy with his own work and, in return, shouts back at him. One day, the father decides to repair the water tank himself but slips and dies. After his death, the son gradually turns into a grumbling man like him and begins nagging his son, Bunty.
Main characters were played by Arpit Kumar, Ashutosh Singh, Divyanshi Singh, Anchal Sachdeva, Rubal Jain, Ashpreet Kaur, Satyendra Maurya, Ankur Mishra, Satyam Sethi, Abhishek Kumar, Atul Kumar, Batoshi Yadav and Shardul Pathak.
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