Yeh Hai Chahatein

Yeh Hai Chahatein
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Genre	Drama
Created by	Ekta Kapoor
Written by	Dheeraj Sarna
Screenplay by	Shilpa Jathar
Story by	Sonali Jaffar
Directed by	Neeraj Baliyan Rishi Tyagi Khwaja Mughal Vishwankar Pathania Amar Varpe Ranjan Kumar Singh Vikas Rai Aashiesh Paatil Nitesh Mishra
Creative directors	Shivangi Babbar Dhruv G Umrania
Starring	Sargun Kaur Luthra Abrar Qazi Shagun Sharma Pravisht Mishra
Theme music composer	Lalit Sen Nawab Arzoo
Opening theme	Yeh Hai Chahatein
Composer	Pamela Jain
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	1352
Production
Executive producers	Nilesh Mishra Shailesh Sharma Ranjan Jena
Producers	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Cinematography	Maneesh Malik Ashish Sharma Avinash Mahagaavkar
Editors	Vikas Sharma Vishal Sharma Manas Majumdar
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	22–24 minutes
Production company	Balaji Telefilms
Original release
Network	Star Plus
Release	19 December 2019 (2019-12-19) – present
Related
Yeh Hai Mohabbatein

Yeh Hai Chahatein is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor for Star Plus. It streams on Disney+ Hotstar and is a spin-off of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. The show premiered on 19 December 2019. It formerly starred Sargun Kaur Luthra and Abrar Qazi. Currently, it stars Shagun Sharma and Pravisht Mishra.

Plot

A passionate love story between a famous rock star, Rudraksh Khurana and a gynaecologist, Dr Preesha Srinivasan who fall in love after raising their respective siblings' son together.

Destiny brings a reserved physiotherapist, Dr Nayantara and a famous rock star Samrat together. Thus, begins an eternal love saga.

Destiny offers Nayantara and Samrat a second chance in love. Their daughter, Kashvi, is in love with her childhood friend Arjun, who in turn loves Mahima, making way for a twisted love triangle. Circumstances force Kashvi to marry Arjun and eventually Arjun also falls in love with Kashvi after realising the true meaning of love but insecurities put their marriage at stake.

Cast

Main

• Sargun Kaur Luthra as
  • Dr. Preesha Srinivasan Khurana: A Gynecologist; Vasudha and Gopal's younger daughter; Mahima Srinivasan and Venkatesh's sister; Yuvraj's ex-fiancé; Rudraksh's wife; Ruhi and Samrat's mother; Saransh's aunt and adoptive mother; Kashvi's grandmother; Karun's great-grandmother (2019–2022) (Dead)
  • Dr. Nayantara "Nayan" Iyer Choudhary: Preesha's look-alike; Govind and Malati's elder daughter; Ishaani and Chintu's elder sister; Manasi's step-sister; Samrat's wife; Kashvi's mother; Mahima Sabharwal and Prem's adoptive mother; Karun's grandmother (2022–2023) (Dead)
• Abrar Qazi as
  • Rudraksh "Rudra" Khurana: Sulochana and Balraj's younger son; Sharda's stepson; Rajeev's brother; Kabir's half-brother; Preesha's husband; Ruhi and Samrat's father; Saransh's adoptive father; Kashvi's grandfather; Karun's great-grandfather (2019–2022) (Dead)
  • Samrat "Sam" Choudhary: Preesha and Rudraksh's son; Revati's adoptive son; Ruhi's brother; Aliya and Saransh's adoptive brother; Manasi's ex-husband; Nayantara's husband; Prem's adoptive father; Kashvi's father; Karun's grandfather (2022–2023) (Dead)
  • Bhuvan Garg: Rudraksh's lookalike by plastic surgery (2021)
• Shagun Sharma as IAS Kashvi "Kashu" Sabharwal: Nayantara and Samrat's daughter; Prem and Mahima Sabharwal's adopted sister; Micky and Monty's adopted cousin; Arjun's ex-wife and lover; Karun's mother (2023–present)
• Pravisht Mishra as IAS Arjun Bajwa: Nitya and Jagdish's son; Pankaj and Suraj's cousin; Kashvi's ex-husband and lover; Mahima's ex-husband; Meera's husband; Karun's father (2023–present)

Recurring

• Raanav Sharma as Karun Bajwa: Kashvi and Arjun's son; Mahima's fake son; Meera's stepson (2023–present)
• Muskaan Kataria as Mahima "Mahi" Sabharwal: Satish's daughter; Nayantara's adoptive daughter; Kashvi's adoptive sister and rival; Micky and Monty's cousin; Arjun's ex-wife and ex-love interest; Mahendra's wife; Karun's fake mother and adoptive aunt (2023–present)
• Shireen Mirza as Nitya Bajwa: Jagdish's wife; Arjun's mother; Karun's grandmother (2023–present)
• Dipali Sharma as Meera Bakshi Bajwa: Vikram's daughter; Arjun's third wife; Karun's stepmother (2024-present)
• Rohit Mehta / Ashu Sharma as IAS Jagdish Bajwa: Digvijay's son; Nitya's husband; Aruna's brother; Arjun's father; Karun's grandfather (2023–present)
• Radhika Chavan as Toshi Sabharwal: Kewal and Satish's mother; Mahima, Micky and Monty's grandmother; Kashvi's adoptive grandmother; Karun's adoptive great-grandmother (2023–present)
• Ritu Vashisht as Romila Sabharwal: Kewal's wife; Micky and Monty's mother; Mahima's aunt; Kashvi's adoptive aunt (2023–present)
• Shubh Karan as Pradyuman Thapur: Samrat's adoptive nephew; Mahima's ex-lover; Arjun's rival (2023-present)
• Ronik Sharma as Micky Sabharwal: Romila and Kewal's son; Monty's brother; Mahima's cousin; Kashvi's adoptive cousin; Simran's lover (2023–present)
• Saran Tiwari as Monty Sabharwal: Romila and Kewal's son; Micky's brother; Mahima's cousin; Kashvi's adoptive cousin; Isha's husband (2023–present)
• Ajay Kumar Singh as Kewal Sabharwal: Toshi's son; Satish's brother; Romila's husband; Micky and Monty's father; Mahima's uncle; Kashvi's adoptive uncle (2023–present)
• Aishana Singh as Isha Sabharwal: Monty's wife (2024–present)
• Suraj Sonik as Mohan: Meera's fiance (2024) (Dead)
• Simran Gangwani as Sushma Arora: Aditya's mother (2024)
• Manas Shah as
  • IAS Aditya "Adi" Arora: Sushma's son; Kashvi's fake husband and one-sided obsessive lover; Nisha's ex-husband; Vansh's adoptive father; Arjun's rival (2023–2024) (Dead)
  • Aman Singh Arora / Nikhil Desai: Aditya's lookalike by plastic surgery (2024) (Dead)
• Shivanshi Das as Shanti: Mahesh's widower (2024) (Dead)
• as Vishal: (2023–2024)
• Krutika Khira as Nisha Arora: Aditya's ex-wife; Vansh's mother (2024) (Dead)
• as Simran: Micky's ex-lover (2023) (Dead)
• Unknown as Digvijay Bajwa: Jagdish and Aruna's father; Arjun's grandfather; Karun's great-grandfather (2023) (Dead)
• Hitul Pujara as Suraj Khanna: Aruna's son; Pankaj's brother; Arjun's cousin (2023)
• Viplove Sharma as Pankaj Khanna: Aruna's son; Suraj's brother; Arjun's cousin (2023)
• Aarati Kandpal as Aruna Bajwa Khanna: Digvijay's daughter; Jagdish's sister; Suraj and Pankaj's mother; Arjun's aunt (2023) (Dead)
• V S Prince Ratan as Biker (2023–2024)
• Ishika Makhija as Veera: Mahima's friend (2023)
• Anny Rana Bhatt (2023)
• Suneel Nagar as Police Commissioner (2023)
• Arpita Sethia as Raj's mother (2023)
• Gagan Mishra as Chief Minister
• Avinn Tyagi as Shivansh: Arjun's friend (2023)
• Krish Chugh as Saransh Khurana: Rajeev and Mahima Srinivasan's son; Rudraksh and Preesha's nephew and adopted son; Ahana's step-son; Samrat and Ruhi's adopted brother and cousin (2021–2022) (Dead)
  • Vidhaan Sharma / Yagya Bhasin / Ali Dhuru as Child Saransh Khurana (2019–2020) / (2020–2021) / (2021)
• Swarna Pandey as Ruhi Khurana: Preesha and Rudraksh's daughter; Samrat's sister; Saransh's cousin and adopted sister (2021–2022) (Dead)
• Mallika Nayak as Sharda Khurana: Balraj's widow; Rajeev and Rudraksh's stepmother; Saransh, Ruhi and Samrat's step-grandmother; Kashvi's stepgreat-grandmother; Prem's adoptive step-great-grandmother; Karun's step-great-great-grandmother (2019–2022) (Dead)
• Indira Krishnan as Vasudha Srinivasan: Gopal's wife; Venkatesh, Mahima Srinivasan and Preesha's mother; Saransh, Ruhi and Samrat's grandmother; Kashvi's great-grandmother; Prem's adoptive great-grandmother; Karun's great-great-grandmother (2019–2022)
• Vijay Kashyap / Gulshan Pandey as Gopal "GPS" Srinivasan: Retired Judge; Vasudha's husband; Venkatesh, Mahima Srinivasan and Preesha's father; Yuvraj's ex-mentor; Saransh, Ruhi and Samrat's grandfather; Kashvi's great-grandfather; Prem's adoptive great-grandfather; Karun's great-great-grandfather (2019–2020)/(2020–2022)
• Siddharth Shivpuri as Advocate Yuvraj Pillai: Gopal's former employee; Preesha's ex-fiancée; Ahana's ex-husband (2019–2022)
• Aishwarya Khare as Mahima Srinivasan: Vasudha and Gopal's elder daughter; Preesha and Venkatesh's sister; Saransh's mother; Rajeev's lover; Balraj's murderer (2019–2021)
• Prince Mahajan as Venkatesh "Venky" Srinivasan: Vasudha and Gopal's long-lost son; Mahima Srinivasan and Preesha's brother; Vaijayanti's cousin (2021) (Dead)
• Krutika Desai as Advocate Vaijayanti Srinivasan: Gopal's niece; Venkatesh, Mahima Srinivasan and Preesha's cousin; Venkatesh's murderer (2021–2022)
• Nitin Bhatia as Bhairavnath "Bunty" Gupta: Bubble's husband; Rudraksh's friend (2019–2022)
• Jyoti Negi as Ankita "Bubble" Gupta: Bunty's wife; Preesha's friend (2019–2022)
• Anjali Mukhi as Sulochana Khurana: Balraj's ex-wife; Kabir,

Rajeev and Rudraksh's mother; Saransh, Ruhi and Samrat's paternal grandmother; Kashvi's great-grandmother; Karun's great-great-grandmother; Devika's murderer (2019–2021)

• Satyajit Sharma as Balraj Khurana: Sulochana's ex-husband; Sharda's husband; Rajeev and Rudraksh's stepmother; Saransh, Ruhi and Samrat's grandfather; Kashvi's great-grandfather; Prem's adoptive great-grandfather; Karun's great-great-grandfather (2019–2021) (Dead)
• Indraneil Sengupta as Rajeev Khurana: Sulochana and Balraj's elder son; Rudraksh's brother; Kabir's half-brother; Ahana's late husband; Saransh's father; Mahima Srinivasan's lover (2019–2020) (Dead)
• Aishwarya Sakhuja as Ahana Singhania Khurana: Niketan's daughter; Mishka's sister; Rajeev's widow; Yuvraj's ex-wife; Saransh's step-mother (2019–2021)
• Tanu Khan as Mishka "Mish" Singhania: Niketan's daughter; Ahana's sister; Kabir's ex-wife; Param's fiancée (2019–2021)
• Altamash Faraz as Armaan Thakur: A rich businessman; Devika's brother; Sanya's ex-husband; Pihu's cousin; Anvi's father; Preesha's obsessive lover (2021–2022) (Dead)
• Puvika Gupta as Anvi Thakur: Sanya and Armaan's daughter; Pihu and Devika's niece; Preesha's former fake daughter (2021)
• Himani Sahani as Devika Thakur: Armaan's sister; Pihu's cousin; Anvi's aunt; Rudraksh's ex-fiancée (2021) (Dead)
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Sanya Dubash: Armaan's ex-wife; Anvi's mother (2021)
• Karan Sharma as Digvijay Thakur: Kanchan's husband; Pihu's father; Armaan and Devika's uncle (2021–2022)
• Pragati Chourasiya as Pihu Thakur: Kanchan and Digvijay Thakur's daughter; Armaan and Devika's cousin; Anvi's aunt (2022)
• Jeevansh Chadha as Vidyut Rohira: Sharda's nephew; Rudraksh's brotherly-friend (2022)
• Milind Manek as Raj Bansal: Rudraksh's brotherly apprentice; Pihu's ex-boyfriend; Vidyut's brotherly friend (2022)
• Priyanka Choudhary as Keerti "Kittu" Jain: Sharda's friend's daughter (2020) (Dead)
• Khatija Iqbal as Kaveri Dubey: Suryadhar's girlfriend (2019–2020)
• Rupesh Kataria as Suryadhar "Surya" Raina: Kaveri's boyfriend (2019–2020)
• Mridula Oberoi as Inspector Sanchi Chautala: Armaan's friend (2021–2022)
• Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Niketan Singhania: Mishka and Ahana's father; Saransh's step-grandfather (2020) (Dead)
• Upen Chauhan as Rahul Arora: Rudraksh's business rival;Neerja's

husband (2020)

• Melanie Pais as Neerja Arora: Rahul's wife (2020)
• Shabaaz Abdullah Badi as Arjun Verma: Mahima Srinivasan's former boyfriend (2020)
• Trupti Mishra as Sonia Garg: Bhuvan's younger sister; Rudraksh's obsessed fan (2021)
• Khushank Arora as Kabir "Kabby" Khurana: Sulochana's son; Balraj's stepson; Rajeev and Rudraksh's half-brother; Mishka's ex-husband (2021)
• Saksham Vasu as Sunny Bhattacharya: Saransh's imposter mentored by Yuvraj (2021)
• Ankur Verma as Param Aneja: Rudraksh's friend; Mishka's fiancé (2021)
• Preeti Chaudhary as Vanshikha Chaudhary: Rudraksh's secretary and friend (2022)
• Poorva Gokhale as Commissioner Revati Choudhary: Rakesh's wife; Dev and Aliya's mother; Samrat's adoptive mother; Armaan, Rudraksh, Preesha, Saransh, Ruhi and Sharda's murderer; Kashvi's adoptive grandmother; Karun's adoptive great-grandmother (2022–2023)
• Jayati Narula as Aliya Choudhary: Revati and Rakesh's daughter; Dev's sister; Samrat's adopted sister (2022–2023)
  • Maisha Dixit as Child Aliya Choudhary (2022)
• Yajuvendra Singh as Rakesh Choudhary: Rich business tycoon; Revati's husband; Dev and Aliya's father; Dev's murderer; Nalini's boyfriend (2022)
• Yash Acharya as Dev Choudhary: Revati and Rakesh's son; Aliya's brother; Ruhi and Saransh's bully and enemy (2022)
• Juhi Singh Bajwa as Nalini Sinha: Rakesh's girlfriend (2022)
• Pratichi Mishra as Malati Iyer: Govind's wife; Nayantara, Ishaani and Chintu's mother; Kashvi's grandmother; Prem and Mahima Sabharwal's adoptive grandmother; Karun's great-grandmother (2022–2023) (Dead)
• Syed Zafar Ali as Govind Iyer: Shanti Iyer's son; Malati's husband; Aarati's ex-husband; Nayantara, Ishaani and Chintu's father; Manasi's stepfather; Kashvi's grandfather; Prem and Mahima Sabharwal's adoptive grandfather; Karun's great-grandfather (2023) (Dead)
• Anjali Ujawane as Shanti Iyer: Govind's mother; Nayantara, Ishaani and Chintu's grandmother; Kashvi's great-grandmother; Prem's adoptive great-grandmother; Karun's great-great-grandmother (2022–2023)
• Swati Sharma as Ishaani Iyer Shukla: Govind and Malati's younger daughter; Nayantara and Chintu's sister; Mohit's wife; Manasi's stepsister (2022–2023)
• Bharat Ahlawat as Mohit Shukla: Seema and Subodh's son; Samrat's secretary and best friend; Ishaani's husband (2022–2023)
• Meera Sarang as Seema Shukla: Subodh's widow; Mohit's mother (2022–2023)
• Runav Shah as Chintu Iyer: Govind and Malati's son; Nayantara and Ishaani's brother; Manasi's stepbrother (2022–2023)
• Shaurya Vijayvargiya as Prem Khurana: Manasi's son; Samrat and Nayantara's adopted son; Kashvi's adopted brother (2023)
• Akshita Vatsayan as Kiara: Aliya's best friend (2022–2023)
• Ishita Ganguly as Manasi Khanna: Ashok and Aarati's daughter; Govind's stepdaughter; Samrat's ex-wife; Prem's mother; Raghav's ex-fiancée; Nayantara, Ishaani and Chintu's stepsister; Govind and Malati's murderer (2023)
• Kushagre Dua as Raghav Rathore: Siddharth's brother; Manasi's ex-fiancé; Samrat's rival (2023)
• Pratham Kunwar as Siddharth Rathore: Raghav's brother (2023)

Guests

• Divyanka Tripathi as Dr. Ishita Bhalla from Yeh Hai Mohabbatein (2019)
• Karan Patel as Raman Bhalla from Yeh Hai Mohabbatein (2019)
• Sunny Kaushal as Sunny to promote his film Shiddat (2021)
• Ashwini Kalsekar as Commissioner Deepali Handa from Rudra: The Edge of Darkness (2022)
• Swati Rajput as Diya Mathur from Yeh Jhuki Jhuki Si Nazar (2022)
• Neetha Shetty as Mayuri Ahuja (2022)

Production

Development and premiere

In June 2017, producer Ekta Kapoor revealed her plan for a spin-off of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein however stated, "I wanted to make a spin off of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein but it's not working out with the story line." The reports of the spin-off in making was then announced in April 2018. It was supposed to premiere in the same year but was delayed as the story was not finalized. Then, it was reported to premiere in June 2019 and the casting for it was going on while Aakanksha Singh and Karan Vohra were reported as the leads. But it was scrapped in July 2019. In September 2019, the series was revived and fresh casting sessions began. Sargun Kaur Luthra was cast as Dr. Preesha Srinivasan and Abrar Qazi was cast as Rudraksh Khurana. Talking about the series, producer Ekta Kapoor said "Yeh Hai Chahatein deals with another social issue. It's often said that it's easier for men with children to get married again, but very tough for a woman with a child to find a suitable groom."

Release

The first promo of the series was released on 27 November 2019 where Sargun Kaur Luthra and Vidhaan Sharma were introduced by Divyanka Tripathi and Karan Patel as Dr. Preesha Srinivasan and Saransh Khurana. The next promo was released on 16 December 2019 featuring Abrar Qazi, Luthra and Vidhaan Sharma. The series premiered on 19 December 2019 on StarPlus.

Casting

Sargun Kaur Luthra was selected to play Dr. Preesha Srinivasan's character. Karan Wahi was approached to play Rudraksh Khurana, but Abrar Qazi was signed by the production team. Zebby Singh was potentially going to play Yuvraj Pillai before the role went to Siddharth Shivpuri. Parul Chauhan was supposed to play Ahana, but Aishwarya Sakhuja replaced her. When the shooting resumed after the COVID-19 outbreak, in early July 2020, Vidhaan Sharma was replaced by Yagya Bhasin as Saaransh and Gulshan Pandey replaced Vijay Kashyap as Gopal.

Luthra stated that she took inspiration from Neena Gupta for her role. Talking about playing a mother for the first time, she said, "When I was told that I will be playing a mother, I wasn't apprehensive at all. My only worry was that i am very young and I had to look mature on the screen which was a challenge. The team has helped me a lot to help me look a certain age and moreover with my body language to portray this character. Even Vidhaan (my on-screen son), has helped bring out the best in me. More than mother-son, we are like friends off the screen."

Sakhuja was hired to portray Ahana, her first negative role. Speaking about it she said, "I have auditioned for a lot of Balaji shows and whenever I auditioned for negative roles I was told I look very positive. So, when I bagged this role, I asked them why now? They said eventually you will get to know as to why we have chosen you, and I understand because they like to surprise their audience and that's exactly what they are doing. I was figuring how to go about it, but my team is helping. After every two sentences out of habit, I go into the positive zone but I have people to handhold me and help me."

In May 2021 Mister Supranational India Altamash Faraz was cast as Armaan Thakur.

In July 2023, Sargun Kaur Luthra and Abrar Qazi, who had portrayed the leads roles for two generations, quit the series.

Filming

Set in Delhi, the series is mainly filmed in Film City, Mumbai. On 3 August 2020, the shoot could not happen due to heavy rains in Mumbai and was cancelled.

On 13 April 2021, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray announced a sudden curfew effective from 15 April. On 14 April, Ekta Kapoor and Balaji Telefilms decided to move all their shows' shooting to their sets at Goa.

Broadcast

The production and airing of the show was halted indefinitely in late March 2020 due to the COVID-19 outbreak in India. The series was expected to resume on 1 April 2020 but could not and the series was last broadcast on 24 March 2020 airing its remaining episodes. After three months, the filming of the series resumed on 27 June 2020 while the broadcast resumed on 13 July 2020.

The show initially started at 10:30pm which was a difficult task but it was the show that again made 10:30pm a prime-timeslot gardening about highest TRP of 2.9. The show aired at this timeslot from 19 December 2019 from its release to 19 November 2023. The rating slowly decreased to 1.4 TRP by the end of November 2023.

Later it was shifted to late night 11pm from 20 November 2023, replaced by Jhanak which caused a major decrease in its trp and it started gardening TRP from range 1.0-1.2. It gardened its lowest trp of 0.9 TRP at this timeslot.

It now airs at 6:30pm from 10 August 2024.

Television special

Ravivaar With Star Parivaar (2022)

Main article: Ravivaar With Star Parivaar

The cast of Yeh Hai Chahatein went on to participate in Ravivaar With Star Parivaar, a musical competition wherein eight StarPlus shows competed against each other to win the title of "Best Parivaar". Yeh Hain Chahatein was eliminated at 8th position and was the first show to be eliminated.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Result	Ref
2022	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actor in Lead Role (Popular)	Abrar Qazi	Nominated
		Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular)	Sargun Kaur Luthra
		Best Television Show - Fiction (Popular)	Ekta Kapoor
2023	Indian Telly Awards	Fan Favorite Show	Ekta Kapoor	Won

External links

• Yeh Hai Chahatein at IMDb
• Yeh Hai Chahatein on Hotstar