(Arun Naik, Bapurao Naik's elder son speaks at the Mumbai Marathi Sahitya Sangh kickstarting Bapurao Naik's centenary year celebrations).
Most of the dimensions remained. The boxes, the FOH lighting, the position of the light and sound cabins, the basement and trap doors, the height of the space above the stage for flying scenery and painted curtains, the wing spaces, the plan of the seating, the distance of the gallery and its height from the lower level, etc. Bapurao had suggested that the aisle should not begin from the first row but from the seventh or eighth row. A split seating arrangement from the first row gave the actors the idea that the audience was split and that would be disheartening.
