Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
| Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | |
| Directed by | |
| Creative | Vivek Bahl |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original | Hindi |
| of seasons | 2 |
| of episodes | 3012 |
| Production | |
| Executive | Vivek Jain |
| Rajan Shahi | |
| Cinematography | Arjuni Rao |
| Editor(s) | Sameer Gandhi |
| Camera setup | Multi Camera |
| Running time | 21 minutes (approx.) |
| Production | Director's Kut Productions[1] |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Plus |
| Picture format | 576iHDTV1080i |
| Original release | 12 January 2009 –present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke |
| External links | |
| Hotstar[69] | |
| Director's Kut Production[72] | |
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (transl. What is This Relationship Called?) is an Indian drama television series that airs on Star Plus and streams on Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the fourth longest running Indian television soap opera.[2] Produced by Rajan Shahi under Director's Kut Productions, it initially starred Hina Khan and Karan Mehra and currently stars Shivangi Joshi and Mohsin Khan.[3]
In March 2019, a spin-off titled Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke starring Rhea Sharma and Shaheer Sheikh was launched.[4]
| Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Soap opera |
| Written by | |
| Directed by | |
| Creative | Vivek Bahl |
| Starring | |
| Opening theme | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original | Hindi |
| of seasons | 2 |
| of episodes | 3012 |
| Production | |
| Executive | Vivek Jain |
| Rajan Shahi | |
| Cinematography | Arjuni Rao |
| Editor(s) | Sameer Gandhi |
| Camera setup | Multi Camera |
| Running time | 21 minutes (approx.) |
| Production | Director's Kut Productions[1] |
| Release | |
| Original network | Star Plus |
| Picture format | 576iHDTV1080i |
| Original release | 12 January 2009 –present |
| Chronology | |
| Related shows | Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke |
| External links | |
| Hotstar[69] | |
| Director's Kut Production[72] | |
Summary
The story originally begins with Akshara Maheshwari, daughter of Vishambhar and Rajshri Maheshwari.
Both decide to get Akshara married with Naitik Singhania, son of Rajshekhar and Gayatri Singhania who is in a large Marwari joint family based in Udaipur. After marriage, they struggle to know each other and gradually begin to understand, support and love each other. Akshara and Naitik soon give birth to a son, Naksh. Unfortunately, Naitik falls into a coma due to an accident.
Parallel stories include Akshara's elder brother, Shaurya's love story with her best friend Varsha.
They get married and give birth to a daughter, Ananya.
Naitik's sisters, Nandini gets married to Mohit Agarwal and adopts Yash and Rashmi gets married to Nikhil Deora.
4 years later
Naitik recovers from coma and has to struggle to bond with his young, mischievous son Naksh.
Nikhil divorces a pregnant Rashmi.
Soon, the family has to face Gayatri's death after which, Rashmi gives birth to a daughter whom she names Gayatri after her mother's name, and Rajshekar's remarriage to a widow Devyani who has two children-Naman and Muskaan.
Despite Naksh suffering from diabetes, he wins in a football match.
As Anshuman marries Jasmeet, soon Naman marries Karishma.
Later, Nandhini gives birth to Anmol elsewhere Akshara and Naitik have a daughter Naira.
Naksh who loves his sister-Naira so much that he also bunk his school for her.
Soon, Muskaan and Alok Awasthi marry while Naitik's uncle Mahendra Pratap dies and his widow Kaveri blames Akshara for the same and banishes them.
Naitik and Akshara along with their children move out of the continent.
10 years later
They relocated to Cape Town in South Africa and have been living there since. Naksh returns to Udaipur and convinces Kaveri to forgive an innocent Akshara, and thus the family return and reunite. Rashmi marries Sameer and Gayathri acceptes him.
Naksh falls in love with Tara but Akshara does want Naksh to get married soon.
Later, due to Tara's brother Sangram Akshara falls into the pond and is saved by Naitik, but suffers temporary blindness and soon recovers.
As Akshara and Naksh doubt Naitik, soon it is revealed that Kuhu is the daughter of Shaurya and Sneha, Naitik's employee, due to past extramarital affair.
The family disowns Shaurya but later both Varsha and the family acceptes Shaurya.
Then, Ananya and Ranveer gets married.
Naksh breaks his wedding because of Tara's prenup.
On the other hand, fearing of wrongly blamed for her friend Sukanya's death, during a family picnic, even by Akshara and scared of imprisonment, Naira escapes Udaipur.
Some years later
Naira is living in an orphanage in Rishikesh and has grown up as headstrong but insecure and arrogant. She soon meets Kartik Goenka, a young and positive man. Gayatri lives with Singhanias after Rashmi and Sameer's death. Akshara reaches Rishikesh to fund the orphanage and finds Naira there. She brings her back on the pretext of saving her orphanage. Naira begins to accept her family except Akshara.
Kartik arrives in Udaipur as an employee of Naitik, and stays with the Maheshwaris and also works for Naitik.
Gayatri realises that she loves Kartik and Kartik realises that he loves Naira.
Naitik soon leaves out of station while Yash and Rose get married.
Eventually, Naira accepts Akshara.
Akshara, Kartik, Naira and Gayatri go to Switzerland for Gayathri's exhibition but finds Naitik there who was kidnapped by Naman. As he tries to kill Naitik, they save him. Later, Kartik confesses his love for Naira but she runs away. Soon, Naman's misdeed is revealed to the family except Mishti and everyone disowns him and hands him to police.
Naira is confused about her love but later realises her love for Kartik and confess it.
Learning this Gayatri sacrifices her love for Naira.
Unfortunately, Akshara is killed in a sudden car crash caused by Kartik's cousin Mansi for which Kartik is blamed.
The Singhanias and Maheshwaris disown Kartik but soon they realise that he is not at fault and bails him.
Few months later, Kartik and Naira get married in a grand ceremony.
Kartik hates his father Manish and his step mother Suvarna as he remarried her after his mother's death and in fact believes he was responsible for the same.
Soon Naira clears it out and he reunites with them.
Naira also exposes Aditya who tortures Keerti and also tries to molest her.
Naira soon learns that Mansi is the cause of Akshara's death but with the heavy heart Naksh-Naira takes the case back and the Goenkas apologise and the families reconcile.
Later, the family get Naksh and Keerti married.
Initially marrying for Naira's sake, he gradually starts loving Keerti.
It is also revealed that Shubam is Survana and Manish's son.
Naira fulfills her parents dream of opening a dance academy.
Unfortunately, Shubham dies due to overdose of drugs and everyone blames Naira for hiding his drug addiction.
Naira leaves as Kartik and Suvarna do not trust her.
Thus, Kartik and Naira separated.
2 years later
Naira along with Naitik lives in Mumbai. Coincidentally, Kartik becomes a professor for the same class which Naira signs up. Eventually, Anmol and Mansi get married as Kartik-Naira get divorced. But soon both as well as Suvarna realise their mistakes and reunite.
Naira soon undergoes a surgery for a brain clot and then remarries him.
Keerti and Naira are later both revealed to be pregnant.
They meet with an accident as keerti slips into coma.
Both undergo delivery while Naira loses her baby and Kartik swaps the babies.
As Keerti wakes up from coma, the family finds out about the baby swap and confronts him.
Naira ultimately loses her memory and shifts back to the Singhanias as Naksh doesn't want them to unite and he hides her relation with Kartik.
But finally, Naira regains her memory and they reunite.
Further, Samarth falls for a pregnant Gayatri and after convincing their grandmother after Vivaan's unfortunate death, they get married.
Naira now enters the business after Manish's heartattack.
Kartik feels insecure of Naira's busy routine and becomes jealous of her colleague Mihir.
Naira finds out she is pregnant.
On his misunderstanding and questions about her relation with Mihir, Naira rebukes him and storms out of the house without informing him of her pregnancy and meets with an accident and is assumed dead by the family.
5 years later
Naira lives in Goa with their son Kairav, while Kartik has found solace in his nephew Vansh. A woman Vedika is also living with Goenkas as her father took promise to Kartik to protect her. Meanwhile, Kairav mistakenly calls Kartik and addresses him as "Papa", frequently taking advice from him. Unaware and curious, Kartik agrees to go to Goa with Vedika for her exhibition only so he can meet Kairav and he spends some quality time with him. Naira is distressed on seeing him while Kartik decides not to meet Kairav again and hurt his feelings, unaware that Naira is alive and Kairav is his son, and leaves.
On hearing about Suhasini's heartattack, Naira decides to return Udaipur.
Elsewhere the family prepares for Kartik and Vedika's engagement.
As Naira, Kairav and Lisa come Udaipur for getting Naira's medical reports, Kairav spots Kartik.
After Kartik's marriage with Vedika, everyone learns that Naira is alive and Kairav is their son as Kairav undergoes a surgery.
Cast
| Actors, along with their respective characters, shaded in light blue are members of the present cast. |
| Actors, along with their respective characters, shaded in light grey are cast members whose characters died in the course of the series. |
Main
| Character | Portrayed by | Year(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Akshara Singhania | Hina Khan[5] | 2009–2016 | Naitik's wife, Naksh and Naira's mother, Vishambharnath and Rajshri's daughter, Shaurya's younger sister.Introduced as a lively and fun-loving girl, Akshara's marriage with Naitik was arranged by her family members.However, over the years, she proved to be the worthy daughter-in-law of the Singhania family, Naitik's true soulmate and a loving mother to her children.Khanquit the show in November 2016 to pursue other projects and her character was shown to have died by falling off a cliff due to an accident. |
| Naitik Singhania | Karan Mehra[6] | 2009–2016 | Akshara's husband, Naksh and Naira's father, Raj Shekhar and Gayatri's son, Rashmi's elder brother.Introduced as the eligible son of the Singhania family and a successful businessman, Naitik had an arranged marriage with Akshara that grew to a mature relationship, with mutual love, respect and concern for each other.Post Akshara's death, he single-handedly took care of his children, and later on, the character's role in the series was reduced to a recurring one after Akshara's death. |
| Vishal Singh | 2016–2018 | ||
| Naira Goenka | Shivangi Joshi[7] | 2016–present | Kartik's wife, Kairav's mother, Akshara and Naitik's daughter, Naksh's younger sister. |
| Ashnoor Kaur | 2015–2016 | Teenage Naira Singhania | |
| Mishka Jain | 2015 | Baby Naira Singhania | |
| Kartik Goenka | Mohsin Khan[8] | 2016–present | Naira's husband, Kairav's father, Manish and Soumya's son, Keerti's brother. |
| Kairav Goenka | Tanmay Shah[9] | 2019–present | Kartik and Naira's Son |
| Shaurya Shah | 2019 | ||
| Krishiv Mutha | 2019 |
Recurring
| Character | Portrayed by | Year(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bhairavi Maheshwari | Vineeta Malik | 2009–17, 2018 | Vishambharnath and Omkarnath's mother. |
| Vishambharnath Maheshwari | Sanjeev Seth | 2009–17, 2018 | Bhairavi's elder son; Rajshri's husband; Shaurya and Akshara's father; Omkarnath's younger brother. |
| Rajshri Maheshwari | Lata Sabharwal | 2009–2019 | Ratan's sister; Vishambharnath's wife; Shaurya and Akshara's mother. |
| Shaurya Maheshwari | Ather Habib | 2009–13 | Vishambharnath and Rajshri's son; Akshara's elder brother; Varsha's husband; Ananya and Kuhu's father. |
| Yash Gera[10] | 2013–17 | ||
| Samir Sharma | 2019 | ||
| Varsha Maheshwari | Pooja Joshi Arora | 2009–17, 2018-2019 | Shaurya's wife; Akshara's friend turned sister-in-law; Ananya's mother, Kuhu's adoptive mother. |
| Omkarnath Maheshwari | Manu Malik | 2009-16, 2018 | Bhairavi's younger son; Vishambharnath's younger brother; Sunaina's husband; Anshuman's father. |
| Sunaina Maheshwari | Neelima Taddepalli | 2009-17, 2018 | Omkarnath's wife; Anshuman's mother; Nannu's grandmother. |
| Anshuman Maheshwari | Aman Sharma | 2009-15 | Teenage and Adult Anshuman Maheshwari. |
| Dheeraj Gumbar | 2015-2016 | Omkarnath and Sunaina's son: Jasmeet's husband; Nannu's father. | |
| Mohit Agarwal | Ayush Agarwal | 2009–16 | Rukmini's son; Nandini's husband; Yash's adoptive father; Anmol's father. |
| Shamik Abbas | 2016–2019 | ||
| Rukmini Agarwal | Urmila Sharma | 2009–14 | Mohit's mother. |
| Sunita Rao | 2014–2019 | ||
| Gopi | Roshan Khan | 2009–14 | Bhairavi's friend and maid. |
| Maharaj | Rakesh Deewana | 2009–14 | Singhania's chef. |
| Alok Awasthi | Amit Dolawat | 2009, 2014–15 | Akshara's college-mate and former admirer, Muskaan's husband. |
| Shankari | Amardeep Jha | 2009–16, 2018 | Akshara and Naitik's match-maker. |
| Mahendra Pratap Singhania | Sanjai Gandhi | 2009–12 | Raj Shekhar's elder brother; Kaveri's husband; Nandini's father. |
| Abhijeet Lahiri | 2012–15 | ||
| Gayatri Singhania | Sonali Verma | 2009–13 | Raj Shekhar's first wife; Naitik and Rashmi's mother. |
| Rashmi Desai (previously Rashmi Deora) | Neha Saroopa | 2009–16 | Gayatri and Raj Shekhar's daughter; Naitik's younger sister; Nikhil and Sameer's wife; Gayatri's mother. |
| Raj Shekhar Singhania alias Raj Bhanna | Sandeep Mehta | 2009–2018 | Mahendra Pratap's younger brother; Late Gayatri's husband; Devyani's husband; Naitik and Rashmi's father. |
| Kaveri Singhania alias Bhabimaa | Medha Jambotakar | 2009–present | Mahendra Pratap's wife, Raj Shekhar's sister-in-law, Nandini's mother, Naitik and Rashmi's elder aunt. |
| Nandini Agarwal | Nidhi Uttam | 2009–2019 | Kaveri and Mahendra Pratap's daughter; Mohit's wife; Yash's adoptive mother, Anmol's mother. |
| Parvati Singhania alias Baisa | Kirti Sually | 2010–2019 | Mahendra Pratap and Raj Shekhar's sister; Nandini, Naitik and Rashmi's paternal aunt. |
| Nikhil Deora | Ashish Kapoor | 2011–2013 | Rashmi's ex-husband; Rajendra and Rama Deora's son; Gayatri's father. |
| Rama Deora | Shravani Goswami | 2011–16, 2018 - 2019 | Rajendra's husband; Nikhil's mother. |
| Prerna Singhania alias Chikki | Reem Shaikh | 2012 | Young Prerna |
| Navika Kotia | 2013–2014 | Singhania's adopted child. | |
| Naksh Singhania alias Chiku, Lalla, Duggo | Shehzad Shaikh | 2019–present | Akshara and Naitik's son; Naira's elder brother; Keerti's husband; Krish's father. |
| Rishi Dev | 2016–18 | ||
| Rohan Mehra | 2015–16 | ||
| Shivansh Kotia | 2012–15 | Young Naksh | |
| Bani | 2011-12 | Baby Naksh | Baby Naksh |
| Harsh | 2011 | One year old Naksh | |
| Ananya Sharma | Nairtiya Chandola | 2012–15 | Young Ananya |
| Akshaya Naik | 2015-17, 2018 | Varsha and Shaurya's daughter; Kuhu's step elder sister; Ranveer's wife. | |
| Yash Agarwal | Ansh Kaul | 2012–15 | Young Yash |
| Sanchit Sharma | 2015–17 | Nandini and Mohit's adopted son; Anmol's adoptive elder brother; Rose's husband. | |
| Jasmeet Maheshwari | Soniya Kaur | 2019 (in spin-off series) | Sethi and Pammi's daughter; Anshuman's wife; Nannu's mother. |
| Shirin Sewani | 2013-16, 2018 | ||
| Devyani Singhania | Kshitee Jog | 2014–present | Raj Shekhar's second wife; Naitik and Rashmi's step mother; Suresh Agarwal's ex-wife; Naman and Muskaan's mother. |
| Naman Agarwal | Jay Pathak | 2019 (in spin-off series) | Suresh and Devyani's son; Raj Shekhar's step son; Muskaan's elder brother; Karishma's ex-husband; Mishti's father. |
| Anshul Pandey[11][12] | 2014–16 | ||
| Karishma Agarwal | Priyanka Udhwani | 2014–17 | Naman's ex-wife; Mishti's mother. |
| Muskaan Awasthi | Zarina Roshan Khan | 2014–15 | Suresh and Devyani's daughter, Raj Shekhar's step daughter, Naman's younger sister; Alok's wife. |
| Suresh Agarwal | Pooran Kiri | 2014–15 | Devyani's first husband; Naman and Muskaan's father. |
| Nishank Maheshwari alias Nannu | Anmol Jyotir | 2016-17 | Anshuman and Jasmeet's son. |
| Khushmeet Gill | 2015–16 | Young Nannu | |
| Gayatri Goenka alias Gayu | Simran Khanna | 2019–present | Rashmi and Nikhil's daughter; Vivaan ex-girlfriend and the bearer of his child; Samarth's wife; Vansh's mother. |
| Deblina Chatterjee | 2018–2019 | ||
| Kanchi Singh | 2016-17 | ||
| Payal Bhojwani | 2015-16 | Teenage Gayu | |
| Ranveer Sharma | Arjun Kohli | 2016-17, 2018 | Ananya's husband. |
| Kuhu Rajvansh | Harbhanda Kaur | 2016 | Young Kuhu |
| Yamini Makwana | 2016-17 | Teenage Kuhu | |
| Kaveri Priyam | 2019 | Sneha's and Shaurya's biological daughter; Varsha's adoptive daughter; Kunal's wife. | |
| Mishti Agarwal | Aarna Sharma | 2016-17, 2019 | Young and Teenage Mishti. |
| Rhea Sharma | 2019 | Naman and Karishma's daughter. | |
| Anmol Agarwal | Karan Pahwa | 2016, 2018–2019 | Nandini and Mohit's son; Yash's step younger brother; Mansi's husband. |
| Rose Agarwal | Sippora Zoutewelle | 2016 | Yash's wife, Martha's daughter. |
| Martha Wilkins | Suzanne Bernert[13][14] | 2016 | Rose's mother. |
| Keerti Singhania | Mohena Singh | 2016–2019 | Manish and Soumya's daughter; Suvarna's step daughter; Kartik's sister; Shubam's step sister; Aditya's ex-wife, Naksh's wife; Krish's mother. |
| Suvarna Goenka | Niyati Joshi | 2019–present | Manish's second wife; Shubam's mother, Keerti and Kartik's step mother. |
| Parul Chauhan[15] | 2016-19 | ||
| Manish Goenka | Sachin Tyagi[16] | 2016–present | Suhasini's elder son; Akhilesh's elder brother; Soumya and Suvarna's husband; Keerti, Kartik and Shubam's father. |
| Akhilesh Goenka | Ali Hassan | 2016–present | Suhasini's younger son; Manish's younger brother; Surekha's husband; Mansi, Luv and Kush's father. |
| Surekha Goenka | Shilpa Raizada | 2016–present | Akhilesh's wife, Suhasini's younger daughter-in-law; Mansi, Luv and Kush's mother. |
| Suhasini Goenka | Swati Chitnis | 2016–present | Manish and Akhilesh's mother; Samarth's elder aunt; Tejasvini and Purushottam's sister. |
| Luv Goenka | Shreshth Saxena | 2016–2019 | One of Akhilesh and Surekha's twin sons, Mansi's younger brother. |
| Kush Goenka | Shubh Saxena | 2016–2019 | One of Akhilesh and Surekha's twin sons, Mansi's younger brother. |
| Soumya Goenka | Nupur Joshi | 2017 | Manish's first wife; Keerti and Kartik's mother.Appeared only in flashback sequences. |
| Mansi Agarwal | Shreya Sharma | 2017 | Akhilesh and Surekha's daughter; Luv and Kush's elder sister; Anmol's wife. |
| Vaishnavi Rao | 2018–2019 | ||
| Priyanka | Tiya Gandwani | 2017–18, 2019 | Soumya's younger sister; Manish's sister-in-law; Keerti and Kartik's maternal aunt. |
| Shubam Goenka alias Aryan | Gaurav Wadhwa | 2017–18 | Manish and Suvarna's son; Keerti and Kartik's step brother. |
| Samarth Goenka | Samir Onkar | 2018–present | Suhasini's younger brother-in-law's son i.e. her nephew, Manish and Akhilesh's younger cousin brother; Gayatri's husband. |
| Krish Naksh Singhania | Dwiti Gajera | 2019 | Naksh and Keerti's son. |
| Vansh Goenka | Maaz Champ | 2019–present | Gayatri and Vivaan's son; Samarth's step son. |
Others
| Character | Portrayed by | Year(s) | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ratan Goyal | Bhuvan Chopra | 2009 | Rajshri's brother; Shaurya and Akshara's maternal uncle. |
| Bindiya Singhania | Preeti Sharma | 2009 | Rituraj's wife; Naitik's sister-in-law. |
| Gulabo | Divya Bhatnagar | 2009–11 | Singhania's maid. |
| Rituraj Singhania | Ali Merchant | 2009, 2011–12 | Naitik's cousin brother. |
| Bhajinder Singh | Anand Mani | 2009–12 | Maheshwari's servant. |
| Dhaniya Singh | Sunita Rajwar | 2009–12 | Bhajinder's wife, Maheshwari's servant. |
| Nani ji | Ruma Sengupta | 2010–11 | Rajshri and Ratan's mother. |
| Sneha | Charu Asopa | 2010 | Naitik's employee; Kuhu's biological mother. |
| Rishabh | Karan Sharma | 2010 | Sneha's lover. |
| Payal | Neha Sehgal | 2011–15 | Akshara's friend. |
| Girija | Nea Srivastav | 2011-2016 | Singhania's maid. |
| Samar | Alpesh Gehlot | 2012 | Akshara's admirer. |
| Antara | Akanksha Kapil | 2012 | Naitik's lover. |
| Ankit | Anurag Nigam | 2013 | Prerna's love interest. |
| Juhi | Sonal Shrivastava | 2014 | Naitik's employee. |
| Chitti Maharaj | Unknown | 2014-17,2018 | Singhania's chef. |
| Sanjana | Vaishali Takkar | 2015–16 | Naksh's friend. |
| Sameer Desai | Mazher Sayed | 2015 | Rashmi's second husband, Gayathri's step-father. |
| Tara Singh Shekhawat | Umang Jain | 2015–16 | Naksh's ex-fiancée. |
| Chandrabhan Singh Shekhawat | Alok Nath | 2015–16 | Tara's grandfather. |
| Sangram Singh Shekhawat | Amal Sehrawat | 2015–16 | Tara's brother. |
| Aditya Singh Shekhawat | Shivam Agarwal | 2015–16 | Tara's brother. |
| Vikram Singh Shekhawat | Shushant Marya | 2015-16 | Tara's Brother |
| Nisha Singh Shekhavat | Veena Jagtap | 2015–16 | Tara's friend. |
| Preeti | Rashi Kapoor | 2015-16 | Tara's best friend |
| Sukanya | Sheetal Tiwari | 2016 | Naira's friend. |
| Vivaan | Fahad Ali | 2016 | Gayu's school friend and love interest, who fathered her child, Vansh.He was mentioned dead in a car accident happened in 2019. |
| Gurumaa | Kamalika Guha Thakurta | 2016 | Naira's dance teacher. |
| Kiran | Shravan Mehta[17] | 2017 | Naira's dance partner and friend. |
| Aditya Bansal | Romit Sharma[18] | 2017, 2018–2019 | Keerti's ex-husband. |
| Raghav | Nikhil Sharma[19] | 2017-18 | Naira's former friend. |
| Sakshi | Dimcy Aggraval | 2017-18 | Naira's Hrishikesh Friend |
| Anubhav | Unknown | 2017-18 | Sakshi's Husband |
| Tanvi | Drishti Saxena | 2018 | Naira's Mumbai Friend |
| Kunal | Ankit Raizada | 2018 | Naira's Mumbai Friend |
| Kritika | Ridhima Taneja | 2018 | Little Girl in Mumbai |
| Tejasvini | Anita Kanwal | 2018 | Suhasini's elder sister. |
| Rishabh | Varun Toorkey | 2019 | Naksh's friend and Naira's admirer. |
| Purushottam Ajmera aka "Puru Mama" | Rituraj Singh | 2019 | Suhasini's younger brother; Manish and Akhilesh's maternal uncle, Ila's father. |
| Ila Ajmera | Aleya Ghosh | 2019 | Purushottam's daughter,; Suhasini's niece, Manish and Akhilesh's younger maternal cousin sister. |
| Mihir Kapoor | Khushwant Walia | 2019 | Naira's boss and Goenka's rivalry business man. |
| Mithali | Minal Mogam | 2019 | Mihir's girlfriend. |
| Vedika | Pankhuri Awasthy | 2019–present | Kartik's friend; Kartik's second wife. |
| Lisa | Radhika Chhabra | 2019–present | Naira's friend at Goa; Akhilesh's secret girlfriend. |
| Pallavi | Deepti Sahni | 2019–present | Vedika's Best Friend |
| Mitu | Prapti Shukla | 2019–present | Naira's Hrishikesh Friend |
| Golu | Krishna Joshi | 2019–present | Naira's Hrishikesh Friend |
| A boy | Harsh Thakkar | 2019–present | Naira's Hrishikesh Friend |
Guest stars
| Year | Actor(s) | Appearance |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Shubhangi Atre | as Kasturi fromKasturi |
| 2009 | Puja Banerjee | as Vrinda fromTujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna |
| 2009 | Shweta Tiwari | as Prerna fromKasautii Zindagii Kay |
| 2009 | Sara Khan | as Sadhna fromSapna Babul Ka...Bidaai |
| 2009 | Angad Hasija | as Alekh fromSapna Babul Ka...Bidaai |
| 2009 | Kinshuk Mahajan | as Ranvir fromSapna Babul Ka...Bidaai |
| 2010 | Anupriya Kapoor | as Taani fromTere Liye |
| 2010 | Neha Sargam | as Nivedita fromChand Chupa Badal Mein |
| 2010 | Pooja Gor | as Pratigya fromMann Kee Awaaz Pratigya |
| 2011 | Sanaya Irani | as Khushi fromIss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? |
| 2011 | Soumya Seth | as Navya fromNavya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal |
| 2011 | Krystle D'Souza | as Jeevika fromEk Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai |
| 2011 | Nia Sharma | as Maanvi fromEk Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai |
| 2011 | Karan Tacker | as Viren fromEk Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai |
| 2012 | Anas Rashid | as Sooraj fromDiya Aur Baati Hum |
| 2012, 2016 | Deepika Singh | as Sandhya fromDiya Aur Baati Hum |
| 2012 | Neelu Vaghela | as Santosh fromDiya Aur Baati Hum |
| 2012 | Kanika Maheshwari | as Meenakshi fromDiya Aur Baati Hum |
| 2012 | Aamir Khan | To promoteSatyamev Jayate |
| 2014 | Preeti & Pinky | |
| 2015 | Hiba Nawab | as Amaya fromTere Sheher Mein |
| 2017 | Badshah[20] | for Dance Performance at Kartik and Naira's "Sangeet" |
| 2017 | Shah Rukh KhanandAnushka Sharma | To promote their filmJab Harry Met Sejal[21] |
| 2017 | Akshay Kumar,Bhumi PednekarandSana Khan[22] | To promote their filmToilet: Ek Prem Katha |
| 2017 | Alka Yagnik[23] | Special performance for a tribute to Akshara on Naksh-Keerti's "Sangeet" |
| 2018 | Adaa Khan[24] | for special dance performance on Valentine's Day |
| 2018 | Supriya Pathak | to promote her showKhichdi |
| 2019 | Namit Khanna | to promote his showSanjivani[25] |
| 2019 | Gurdeep Kolhi | to promote her showSanjivani[25] |
Crossover
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai has had several crossover episodes with various shows. On 28 December 2009, the show had a crossover with Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai. In 24 August 2012, the show had a crossover episode with Diya Aur Baati Hum.[26] In 3 March 2016, actress Deepika Singh as Sandhya from Diya Aur Baati Hum made an entry during Naira's kidnap sequence.[27]
Spin-off
In 2019, due to Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai's completion of 10 years, a spin-off series has been produced under the title - "Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke", which premiered on 18 March 2019 starring Rhea Sharma and Shaheer Sheikh.[28]
The series portrays the life of Naman and Karishma's daughter and Naira's younger step cousin Mishti, portrayed by Rhea Sharma. Besides, the show features actors like Kaveri Priyam, Shaheer Sheikh, Rupal Patel and Ritvik Arora in prominent roles.[29]
Production
Casting
Karan Mehra As Naitik Singhania
Hina Khan As Akshara Singhania
Hina Khan was selected to play the role of Akshara.[30] Karan Tacker was roped for role of Naitik, but was replaced by Karan Mehra a day away the shoot of the promo as Tacker became skeptical. Speaking about it producer Rajan Shahi said, “Karan (Tacker) refused to be a part of the show a day and a half prior to shooting the promo. I needed to hunt for a new face on immediate basis. I accidentally met Karan Mehra, a real life replica of my fictitious character Naitik.”[31]
In June 2016, Karan Mehra had quit the show owing health issues[32] and was replaced by Vishal Singh in August 2019, making his entry with a Kidnap sequence in Switzerland.[33] Soon, in November 2016, Hina Khan had quit as her character became monotonous and was shown killed in a car accident.[34] Then, parallel lead Shivangi Joshi playing Naira and recurring one Mohsin Khan playing Kartik, who entered in May 2016, became the leads of the show and the character Naitik was reduced to a recurring one.[3]
Development
The shooting of the show began on 11 September 2008.[35]
The show took its first leap of 4 years in its storyline on 30 November 2012 post the car accident of Naitik as he slips into coma.[36] It took its next leap of 10 years on 30 March 2015 after Kaveri banishing Akshara from the house owing to Mahendra Pratap's death.
The third leap of some years later took place on 16 May 2016 post Naira running away from her home fearing imprisonment.
It took its next leap of 2 years on 21 May 2018 after the death of Shubam as Suvarna ousts her.
Recently, it took a leap of 5 years on 7 June 2019 as Naira leaves the Goenkas house because of Kartik's misconception about her.[37]
Speaking about Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai's success producer Rajan Shahi said, "Well, to be honest, Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai doing well is something we have to strive for each and every day. When a show completes this number of episodes, it becomes a challenge as to how to sustain the show. There are so many topics to choose from and there are so many relationships, so that becomes a major challenge, to keep the freshness alive. Drama, intrigue, etc is just a part of storytelling but to still keep the essence alive that is the challenge, it is always a day to day battle.”[38]
Television special
A special segment named Rishton Ka Utsav [39][40] aired from 26 November 2018 to 5 December 2018 where Kartik and Naira organize a unique festival which brings all generations with most of the family members of the show through all these years come together and celebrate their reunion.[41] This segment also marked the entry of Deblina Chatterjee as Gayatri Deora replacing Kanchi Singh who quit the show in 2017.[42] Similar to Star Parivaar Awards, Parivaar Awards was hosted where the family members were awarded.[43]
Reception
Hina Khan participated in the 'Power of 49' campaign, in which soap opera actors used their influence to urge women to vote.[46]
Shoma Munshi said the show has "simplicity and highly emotional content" and was noted for placing female characters in the historical tradition of a large joint family.[47]
Adaptations
The show was also broadcast by Urdu 1 and Star Plus sister channel STAR Utsav.[48]
Dubbed versions
Awards
Note: Only notable awards are listed below.
Indian Television Academy Awards
| Year | Category | Recipient | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Actress - Popular | Hina Khan | [56] |
| Best Actor -Popular | Karan Mehra | ||
| Best Serial - Popular | Rajan Shahi | ||
| Best Costumes | Ritu Deora | ||
| 2010 | Best Direction | Neeraj Baliyan | [57] |
| ITA Scroll Honour | 'Yeh Rishta & Bidaai' | ||
| 2011 | Best Direction' | Neeraj Baliyan | [56] |
| GR8!Ensemblance Cast | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | ||
| 2012 | Best Actress-Drama (Popular) | Hina Khan | [56] |
| Best Direction | Neeraj Baliyan | ||
| Best Serial Drama (Popular) | Rajan Shahi | ||
| 2013 | Best Actress Drama (Popular) | Hina Khan | [56] |
| Best Actress in Supporting Role (Drama) | Sonali Verma | ||
| Best Serial-Drama (Popular) | Rajan Shahi | ||
| Best Child Artist | Shivansh Kotia | ||
| Best Music Composer | Naveen | ||
| Best Dialogues | Raghuvir Shekhawat | ||
| 2014 | Best Teleplay | Rensil D'Silva, Bhavani Iyer, Priya Pinto, | |
| 2015 | Best Actress Popular | Hina Khan | [56] |
| Best Actor Popular | Karan Mehra | ||
| Best Show Popular | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | ||
| ITA scroll honor | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | ||
| 2016 | ITA scroll honor | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | |
| 2019 | Best Continuing Serial | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | [58] |
Indian Telly Awards
| Year | Category | Recipient | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best Fresh Face (Popular) | Hina Khan | [59] |
| Most Popular Ensemblance Cast | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | ||
| Most Popular Drama Series | Rajan Shahi | ||
| Best Costumes | Ritu Deora | ||
| 2010 | Most Popular Actress in a Lead Role | Hina Khan | [59] |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama (Jury) | Sanjeev Seth | ||
| Most Popular Daily Series | Rajan Shahi | ||
| Most Popular Ensemblance Cast | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | ||
| Best Direction | Jai Kalra& Ram Panday | ||
| 2012 | Most Popular Continuing TV Series | Rajan Shahi | |
| Best Direction | Jai Kalra | ||
| 2013 | Best Onscreen Couple (Critics) | Hina Khan&Karan Mehra | [59] |
| Best Actor in a Supporting Role – Drama (Critics) | Abhijeet Lahiri | ||
| Best Television Show of the Year | Rajan Shahi | ||
| Most Popular Show with Social Message | |||
| Most Popular Continuing TV Show | |||
| Most Popular Child Artist | Shivansh Kotia | ||
| 2014 | Most Popular Child Artist | Shivansh Kotia | [59][59][60] |
| Most Popular Drama Series | Rajan Shahi | ||
| Most Popular Continuing TV Programme | |||
| 2015 | Best Ensemblance Cast | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | |
| Most Popular Actor in Supporting Role | Rohan Mehra | ||
| 2019 | Best Continuing TV programme (Jury) | Rajan Shahi | [61] |
Kalakar Awards
| Year | Category | Recipient | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best Debutant (Female) | Hina Khan | [62] |
| Best Debutant (Male) | Karan Mehra | ||
| Best TV Serial | Rajan Shahi | ||
| 2013 | Best TV Actor (Female) | Hina Khan | [62] |
| Best TV Serial | Rajan Shahi | ||
| 2014 | Best Make-up Artist | Pandhari Juker | [62] |
| 2015 | Best Actress | Hina Khan | [62] |
| Favourite Television Show | Rajan Shahi | ||
| 2016 | Best Rising Star of Television | Hina Khan | [62][63] |
| Best TV Actor (Male) | Karan Mehra | ||
| Best TV Serial | Rajan Shahi | ||
| 2019 | Best Actress | Shivangi Joshi | [64] |
Lions Gold Awards
| Year | Category | Recipient | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | Best TV Serial | Rajan Shahi | [65] |
| 2013 | Best TV Serial | Rajan Shahi | [65] |
| 2015 | Best TV Serial | Rajan Shahi | [65] |
| Best TV Child Artist | Shivansh Kotia | ||
| 2016 | Best TV Actress in Supporting Role | Lata Sabharwal | [65] |
| Best Television Actor (Popular) | Karan Mehra | ||
| Best Television Serial (Fiction) | Rajan Shahi |
Star Guild Awards
| Year | Category | Recipient | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Best TV Storyline (Fiction) | Saba Mumtaz | [66] |
| 2010 | Best TV Programme of the Year | Rajan Shahi | [66] |
| 2013 | Best Direction | Jai Kalra & Ram Panday | [66] |
| 2015 | Best TV Storyline (Fiction) | Saba Mumtaz | [66] |
| Best Ongoing TV Program of the Year | Rajan Shahi | ||
| Best TV Actress | Hina Khan | ||
| 2016 | Best Ongoing TV Program of the Year | Rajan Shahi | [66] |
BIG Star Entertainment Awards
Gold Awards
See also
List of longest-running Indian television series