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Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai(English: What's this relationship called) is an Indian television drama that premiered on 12 January 2009 on Star Plus. The show, which focuses on the daily happenings within the household of an Udaipur family, is produced by Rajan Shahi's Director's Kut Productions.

Plot

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai is the story of a young couple, Naitik and Akshara Singhania, who live in a Marwari joint family in Udaipur. The story showcases their journey first as a married couple going through adjustment issues, then as parents of young children and how they learn to love each other and their respective extended families while becoming mature members of their household. After their marriage they are now focusing on their children Naksh and Naira, Naksh's childhood to Naira's childhood, after a leap it shown Naksh as a sensiblie grown up and Naira. Now the story focuses on Naksh after the leap it shows how Naksh falls in love with Nayantara(Tara), but soon breaks up with her. The show takes another leap which focuses on teenaged Naira, who fleds from her house and lives in Rishikesh. After finding Naira, the story takes a new twist creating a love triangle between Kartik(Naitik's employee), Naira and Gayatri Kanchi Singh. Naira and Karthik has feelings for each other unaware there's is Love. And Gayu has one sided love, unaware of the fact that Kartik doesn't love her at all. In upcoming episodes you watch Gayu realizes Karthik loves Naira in mask party in hotel. This triangle love story to some extent heart winning our viewers.

Parallel story arcs

In parallel to Akshara and Naitik's stories, the stories of their respective siblings also form significant story arcs in the series. In the past plots have been built around the lives of Naitik's sisters Nandini and Rashmi. The series has also has focused on Naitik's step-siblings. The series has continuously paralleled the story of Akshara-Naitik with that of Varsha-Shaurya. Varsha is Akshara's best friend and Shaurya is her older brother.

Cast

Main cast

• Hina Khan as Akshara Naitik Singhania: Rajshri-Vishambhar's daughter, Shaurya's sister, Naitik's wife, Naksh-Naira's mother (Main Female Lead) (2009-)
• Vishal Singh as Naitik Raj Shekhar Singhania : Raj-Gayatri's son, Akshara's husband,Naksh-Naira's dad ,Rashmi's brother( Main Male lead )
• Rohan Mehra as Naksh Naitik Singhania: Akshara-Naitik's son (Second Male Lead) (2015-)
• Shivangi Joshi as Naira Naitik Singhania: Akshara-Naitik's daughter (Second Female Lead) (2016-)
• Mohsin Khan as Kartik Kapoor Anand Shukadia : Naira's love interest (Third Male Lead) (2016-)
• Kanchi Singh as Gayatri "Gayu" Nikhil Deora: Rashmi-Nikhil's daughter (Third Female Lead) (2016-)

Supporting cast

• Sandeep Mehta as Raj Shekhar Singhania: Gaytri-Devyani's husband, Naitik-Rashmi's father, Akshara's father in law (2009-)
• Kshitee Jog as Devyani Raj Shekhar Singhania: Raj's 2nd wife, Naitik-Rashmi's step-mother, Naman-Muskaan's mother (2014-)
• Medha Sambutkar as Kaveri Mahendra Pratap Singhania: Mahendra's wife, Nandini's mother (2009-)
• Anshul Pandey as Naman Suresh Agarwal: Devyani's son, Muskaan's brother, Karishma's husband, Mishti's father (2014-)
• Priyanka Udhwani as Karishma Naman Agarwal: Naman's wife, Mishti's mother (2014-)
• Aarna Sharma as Mishti Naman Agarwal: Naman-Karishma's daughter (2015-)
• Pooja Joshi as Varsha Shaurya Maheshwari: Akshara's best friend, Shaurya's wife, Ananya's mother (2009-)
• Yash Gera as Shaurya Vishambharnath Maheshwari: Rajshri-Vishambharnath's son, Akshara's brother, Varsha's husband, Ananya-Kuhu's father (2013-)
• Akshaya Naik as Ananya Ranveer Sharma: Varsha-Shaurya's daughter, Kuhu's sister, Ranveer's wife (2015-)
• Arjun Kohli as Ranveer Sharma: Ananya's husband (2016-)
• Sanjeev Seth as Vishambharnath Maheshwari: Rajshri's husband, Akshara-Shaurya's father (2009-)
• Lata Sabharwal as Rajshri Vishambharnath Maheshwari: Vishambharnath's wife, Akshara-Shaurya's mother (2009-)
• Vineeta Malik as Bhairvi Maheshwari (Dadi): Vishambharnath's mother, Akshara's dadi (2009-)
• Nidhi Uttam as Nandini Mohit Agarwal: Kaveri-Mahendra's daughter, Naitik-Rashmi's sister, Mohit's wife, Yash-Anmol's mother (2009-)
• Shamik Abbas as Mohit Agarwal: Naitik's best friend, Nandini's husband, Rukmini's son, Yash-Anmol's father (2015-)
• Sanchit Sharma as Yash Mohit Agarwal: Nandini-Yash's son, Rose's husband (2015-)
• Sippora Zoutewelle as Rose Yash Agarwal: Yash's wife (2016-)
• Karan Pahwa as Anmol Mohit Agarwal: Nandini-Mohit's younger son (2016-)
• Sunita Rao as Rukmini Agarwal: Mohit's mother (2010-)
• Nea Srivastav as Girija (2010-)
• Suzanne Bernert as Martha: Rose's mother (2016-)
• Ayushi Shah as Diya (2014)
• Fahad Ali as Vivaan: Gayu's school friend (2016-)

Former

• Karan Mehra as Naitik Raj Shekhar Singhania: Gaytri-Raj's son, Akshara's husband, Naksh-Naira's father (Former Main Male Lead) (2009-2016)
• Ashnoor Kaur as Young Naira Naitik Singhania: Akshara-Naitik's daughter (2015-2016)
• Shivansh Kotia as Young Naksh Naitik Singhania: Akshara-Naitik's son (2012-2015)
• Bani as Baby Naksh Naitik Singhania: Akshara-Naitik's son (2010-2012)
• Mishka Jain as Baby Naira Naitik Singhania: Akshara-Naitik's daughter (2015)
• Umang Jain as Tara Singh Shekhawat: Naksh's ex fiance (2015-2016)
• Ather Habib as Shaurya Vishambharnath Maheshwari: Akshara's brother, Rajshri's son (2009-2013) (replaced)
• Neha Saroopa as Rashmi Sameer Desai: Gaytri-Raj's daughter, Naitik's sister, Nikhil-Sameer's wife, Gayu's mother (2009-2016) (dead)
• Mazher Sayed as Sameer Desai: Rashmi's second husband (2015)
• Sonali Verma as Gayatri Raj Shekhar Singhania: Raj's 1st wife, Naitik-Rashmi's mother, Akshara's mother in law, Naksh-Naira's grandmother (2009-2013) (dead)
• Sanjai Gandhi/Abhijeet Lahri as Mahendra Pratap Singhania (Dadaji): Kaveri's husband, Nandini's father, Naitik's uncle (2009-2015) (dead)
• Manu Malik as Omkarnath Maheshwari: Akshara's uncle, Sunaina's husband, Anshuman's father (2009-2016)
• Neelima Taddepalli as Sunaina Omkarnath Maheshwari: Akshara's aunt, Omkar's wife, Anshuman's mother (2009-2016)
• Aman Sharma/Dheeraj Gumbar as Anshuman Omkarnath Maheshwari: Akshara's cousin brother, Jasmeet's husband (2009-2015)/(2015-2016)
• Shirin Sewani as Jasmeet Anshuman Maheshwari: Anshuman's wife (2014-2016)
• Alok Nath as Chandrabhan Singh Shekhawat: Tara's grandfather (2015-2016)
• Amal Sehrawat as Sangram Singh Shekhawat: Tara's brother (2015-2016)
• Shivam Agarwal as Aditya Singh Shekhawat: Tara's broher (2015-2016)
• Vaishali Takkar as Sanjana: Naksh's friend (2015-2016)
• Khushmeet Gill as Nannu Anshuman Maheshwari: Anshuman-Jasmeet's son (2015-2016)
• Navika Kotia as Prerna Singhania: Grown up Chikki (2013)
• Reem Sheikh as young Prerna Singhania (chikki): Singhania's adopted child (2012)
• Zarina Roshan Khan as Muskaan Alok Awasthi: Naman's sister (2014-2015)
• Amit Dolawat as Alok Awasthi: Muskaan's husband (2009, 2014-2015)
• Ashish Kapoor as Nikhil Rajendra Deora: Rashmi's ex-husband (2011-2012)
• Rakesh Deewana as Maharaj: Singhania's ex chef (2009-2014)
• Roshan Khan as Gopi Dadi: Bhairvi's friend (2009-2014)
• Ali Merchant as Rituraj: Naitik's cousin brother (2009)
• Preeti Sharma as Bindiya (2009)
• Amardeep Jha as Shankari: Akshara's match-maker (2009-2016)
• Charu Asopa as Sneha: Naitik's worker, Kuhu's mother (2010)
• Anurag Nigam as Ankit (2013)
• Urmila Sharma as Rukmini Agarwal (2009-2010)
• Alpesh Gehlot as Samar: Akshara's admirer (2012)
• Anand Mani as Bhajinder Singh: Maheshwari's servant (2009-2012)
• Sunita Rajwar as Dhaniya Bhajinder Singh: Bajinder's wife (2009-2012)
• Akanksha Kapil as Antara: Loves Naitik (2012)
• Bhuvan Chopra as Ratan
• Neha Sehgal as Payal
• Divya Bhatnagar as Gulaboo (2009-2015)
• Sonal Shrivastava as Juhi
• Sheetal Tiwari as Sukanya: Naira's friend (2016) (dead)
• Veena Jagtap as Nisha Singh Sekhawat (2016)

Special appearances

• Shweta Tiwari (2009)
• Sara Khan (2009)
• Kinshuk Mahajan (2009)
• Anupriya Kapoor (2010)
• Neha Sargam (2010)
• Pooja Gor (2010)
• Sanaya Irani (2011)
• Soumya Seth (2011)
• Aamir Khan (2012)
• Preeti & Pinky (2014)
• Hiba Nawab (2015)
• Deepika Singh (2016)

Reception and impact

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai started in 2009 and quickly became one of the Most Watched Shows. The show was #1 from its beginning until November, 2010 and remained in the top 3 shows for 2 years; after that the show was among the top 5 Most Watched Series. In mid 2016, the show was among top 10 and now the show is among top 10 for all 8 years of its run. The show also known as the Most Awarded Show of Indian Television.

Hina Khan participated in the ‘Power of 49’ campaign in which soap opera actors used their influence to urge women to vote.

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.

Awards

Adaptations

The show is also broadcast by Urdu 1 and Star Plus sister channel STAR Utsav. The show always maintained the top spot among Indian TV serials that aired in Pakistan. The show was beaten three to four times by Kumkum Bhagya that aired on Geo Kahani but recovered its leading position. The show also recorded one of the highest TRP in Pakistan.

References

1. "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai". Retrieved 12 September 2015.
2. SUBHA J. RAO. "The power of a vote". The Hindu. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
3. "Prime Time Soap Operas on Indian Television". google.com. Retrieved 12 September 2015.
4. "Week 46 (2015)- TRP of Indian Serials in Pakistan". weebly.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
5. "Week 35 (2015)- TRP of Indian Serials in Pakistan". weebly.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
6. "Week 1 (2015)- TRP of Indian Serials in Pakistan". weebly.com. Retrieved 8 January 2015.

External links

• Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai at Internet Movie Database

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• Star Plus television series
• Indian television series
• 2009 Indian television series debuts
• Television shows set in Rajasthan