Yeh Hai Chahatein

Yeh Hai Chahatein
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Genre	Soap Opera
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 director	Shivangi Babbar
Starring	Sargun Kaur Luthra Abrar Qazi
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	1
No. of episodes	923
Production
Executive producers	Nilesh Mishra Shailesh Sharma Ranjan Jena
Producers	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Cinematography	Maneesh Malik Ashish Sharma
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 (transl. This is my desired love) is an Indian Hindi-language drama television series produced by Ekta Kapoor for Star Plus. It is digitally available on Disney+ Hotstar. A spin-off to Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, the show premiered on 19 December 2019 and stars Sargun Kaur Luthra and Abrar Qazi.

Premise

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

20 years later

When destiny brings a reserved Nayantara and a famous rockstar Samrat together, will love blossom between them?

Plot

No.	Title
1–50	"Glimpse into the lives of Preesha and Rudra, Rajeev's Murder, Marriage of Preesha-Rudra"
Preesha Srinivasan is raising her nephew, Saransh, after her sister Mahima dies during childbirth. Her son is a fan of Rudraksh "Rudra" Khurana, a rich rockstar who doesn't believe in love and is detested by Preesha. Preesha's friend Yuvraj, a lawyer, fakes being in love with her for a promotion from her father, a judge. After finding out that Saransh is Rudra's nephew, Rajeev's son, Yuvraj blackmails him for money. Yuvraj kills Rajeev and Preesha takes the murder blame that to save him. Rudra vows to take revenge for his brother and finds out the truth of Saransh being Rajeev's son thinking Preesha is the biological mother. In a twist of events, Rudra takes Yuvraj's place on their wedding day and marries Preesha to obtain full custody of Saransh. Preesha is proved innocent and agrees to stay in the Khurana house for Saransh. To stop the child care department from taking Saransh, Rudra and Preesha act as a happy couple.
51–100	"Beginning of Preesha-Rudra lovestory, Rudra's transformation into a responsible person"
In the pretense of faking a romance for the sake of everyone and Saransh, they begin to have real feelings for each other. They bond at their friends wedding despite Yuvraj trying to create differences. Rudra helps get Saransh admission in a good school. Saransh is kidnapped, Rudra and Preesha become closer in the process of finding him. Rudra takes care of Preesha when she is injured and helps fight for her when she treats a COVID patient. Rudra is admitted to Saaransh school to continue his education at Preesha's encouragement.
101–150	"The Misunderstanding Between Preesha-Rudra"
Rudra keeps failing to express his feeling towards Preesha. Preesha starts questioning her feelings as Rudra keeps doing things that impress her, like defending her family. Rudra and Preesha become popular after doing an interview together. Rudra sees Preesha slapping Yuvraj and asking him to stay away. However Rahul, a music producer, creates a misunderstanding between them making Rudra believe Preesha still loves Yuvraj and is cheating him. They both have a huge fight and Rudra tells Preesha that she will see the full extent of his hatred.
151–200	"Rudra Confesses His Love To Preesha"
Due to his love for Preesha, Rudra struggles to keep Preesha away from him even though he tortures her. At his concert Rudra makes Preesha jealous using Keerti, his co-singer. Keerti is murdered, the blame goes on Rudra. Preesha saves Rudra. Rudra finds out Preesha isn't Saaransh's biological mother and Rahul confesses to him that he lied. Rudra goes after Preesha, apologising and confessing his love to her passionately in the rain. He falls at her feet in front of the entire family. They go off for their honeymoon to start their relationship afresh. Their honeymoon is interrupted by the return of evil Mahima, Saransh's mother. Mahima intends to win the custody of Saaransh for his trust fund.
201–250	"Return Of Mahima"
Mahima wins the custody. Preesha works with Rudra and Yuvraj to expose her. She pretends to betray Rudra and fakes her marriage with Yuvraj while Rudra pretends to marry Mahima to stop her from leaving with Saransh. Preesha finally confesses her love to Rudra and they share a kiss at Christmas. Mahima finds out about their plan through Yuvraj and continuously destroys the evidence against her. She switches Rudra with a doppelganger, Bhuvan, making Preesha misunderstand that she consummated with fake Rudra which breaks Preesha's heart who then starts hating Rudra. Bhuvan continues to pursue Preesha as Rudra.
251–300	"Return of Rudra's Birth Mother"
Balraj learns the truth and is murdered by Mahima and Bhuvan. The real Rudra is arrested. Preesha then realises the imposter did not have real Rudra's birthmark. Mahima is arrested. Rudra and Preesha are finally happy, they share a possessive moment where Rudra pulls her hair, kisses her saying that nobody will separate them again. Rudra later finds his birth mother, Sulochana, and his half-brother Kabir unaware that the two are after the Khurana's wealth. Preesha learns the truth about them, tries to reveal it to Rudra but keeps failing. Meanwhile, Rudra tells Preesha that he wants to have a child with her and tries to find ways for them to become intimate. Kabir tricks Ahana into helping them obtain the property by marrying him to receive custody of Saransh. Kabir has Rudra kidnapped with Mahima's help.
301–350	"Rudra-Preesha Move to Goa"
Preesha goes undercover and saves Rudra while Mahima flees. The family moves to Goa. Preesha plots to stop Kabir and Ahana's marriage, she instead has Ahana marry Yuvraj. Ahana flees to London. Rudra becomes upset with Preesha but makes up with her later as he gives her CPR, after saving her from drowning. Mishka and Kabir elope and get married. They obtain custody of Saransh and then later kidnap him. Mishka threatens to blow up herself and Saransh if the police are involved. Rudra manages the situation but things take a tragic turn when Preesha secretly brings the police. Saransh and Mishka are presumed dead. Rudra blames Preesha for Saransh's death. She blames him for not trusting her against his mother and brother earlier. Rudra and Preesha divorce. Rudra promises to never sing again after losing his son. Preesha almost falls off a cliff but is saved by Armaan Thakur. Armaan knows her condition and he brings her and he says to raise his daughter Anvi. Preesha agrees to raise his daughter Anvi and he brings her in Goa.
351–400	"Rudra And Preesha get Separated"
6 months later Preesha is living with Armaan and his daughter, Anvi, in Goa. Rudra works as a manager in a hotel in Delhi, where he meets Armaan's sister, Devika who develops a crush on him. Rudra and Preesha finally meet in Goa. Rudra misunderstands that Preesha is married to Armaan and they have a confrontation at the party where he roughly dances with her. Rudra makes Preesha jealous and proposes to Devika. Preesha is affected by seeing Rudra and Devika, Rudra keeps questioning her if his touch still affects her and to admit she loves him. Goons attack Preesha, Rudra saves her and Armaan catches them in a compromising position. Rudra and Preesha learns that Mishka is still alive with Ahana. While living together to spy on them, Rudra and Preesha remember old times. Ahaana makes up a story and Rudra and Preesha grieve together. Rudra tells her that he still wants them to be together. Armaan and Devika find out about Rudra and Preesha being married. Devika is found dead. Preesha is arrested and Rudra promises to get her out. At the trial, Preesha gets accused of living with Rudra and having an affair with him, killing Devika out of jealousy.
401–450	"Rudra And Preesha Remarry Each Other"
Rudra saves Preesha, has his mother Sulochana sentenced. Rudra falls at Preesha's feet begging forgiveness. Armaan takes Preesha to Shimla, spikes her drink to make Rudra misunderstand Preesha. Rudra sets the room on fire and takes Preesha. Drunk Preesha seduces Rudra. Next morning, he pranks her saying they slept together. Armaan and Rudra fight. Rudra gets critically injured on his birthday. Preesha finally confesses she loves him. Rudraksh orchestrates a fake wedding with Anvi's biological mother and Armaan's wife, Sania to gain information about Saransh. Preesha refuses to believe Rudra moving on. She makes Rudra jealous, seduces him in the men's bathroom. Preesha hires a private investigator and discovers Sania's identity. Sania manipulates the situation in a way that Preesha misunderstands Rudra. Preesha asks Armaan to marry her to get Rudra to confess. Rudra arrives to stop the wedding telling Preesha he loves her and that their son is alive. She presents Krishna to him and reveals he is Saaransh's showing him his birthmark. Ahaana and Mishka are arrested. Rudra and Preesha's pre-wedding festivities start off much to Armaan's annoyance. Rudra starts getting suspicious towards Armaan. At their sangeet, Rudra sings "will you marry me", their special song for Preesha which helps Saaransh remember some things.
451–500	"Rudra Becomes A Rockstar Again"
Rudra and Preesha get married twice, South Indian and Punjabi style. Saransh gets his memory back. Preesha has a grand graha pravesh at Khurana house. Armaan sneaks into Khurana house and puts itching powder on their bed. Rudra realises someone has messed with them but refuses to let their wedding night be spoiled. He takes Preesha to their bathroom, they take a shower together. Rudra openly threatens Armaan saying he knows what he's doing. Preesha tells Rudra she wants him to be a Rockstar again. Their lawyers tell them they are legal guardians of Saransh and have managed to get all their property. Rudra and Preesha keep fulfilling their fantasies and role play. Rudra is frustrated as every attempt at intimacy fails. At the press conference, they tell everyone they are happy to be back as a family which makes Anvi jealous. Anvi gets a car to run over Saransh but Sharda saves him and is injured instead. Mr Ahuja tells Rudra he has to leave for Shimla for his concert tour. Armaan and Sania arrive posing to be fixing their marriage. Armaan tells Mr Ahuja to give him a drink that would damage his voice. Rudra has a panic attack when he loses his voice but Preesha figures it out and gives him the medicine he needs. Rudraksh dedicates a special life song to Preesha and performs brilliantly. Rudra has a massive argument with Armaan who admits he has been messing with them. He asks Rudra to swap wives for one night which infuriates Rudra. Rudra beats him up in front of everyone and Armaan spikes his drink. Rudra arrives in his room highly upset leaving Preesha confused. They both consummate as she tries to calm him down. Armaan tells Sonia to trap Rudra, she calls him to his room saying Armaan is hurting her. Rudra leaves behind a sleeping Preesha. Armaan and Sania set a trap for Rudra. However Rudra and Preesha end up tricking Armaan and Sania with the help of Mishka and finally get rid of them. Rudra tells Preesha he wants to plan their suhaagraat again since he doesn't remember it and both come up with plans for it. Preesha wears sexy nightwear and handcuffs him, Rudra books a private suite for them where he sings for her, Preesha books a hotel where they role play pretending to be strangers but every plan comically keeps getting interrupted. Rudra and Preesha try to get Mishka and Param, Rudra's new manager, together. Preesha rejoins her hospital and Rudra helps her out.
501–550	"Return Of Venky"
Preesha's brother, Venkatesh "Venky" Srinivasan who was missing for ten years, is found. He had attempted suicide due to a false molestation charge and was secretly hidden by GPS. Preesha is happy to have him back but Rudra is suspicious of him. Venky tries to sabotage Param and Mishka's wedding as Mishka was the girl who accused him wrongly. Rudra finds out and warns him. Venky challenges Rudra that Preesha would not believe him. Venky causes differences between Rudra and Preesha but ultimately Rudra exposes him. Preesha apologises to Rudra and asks him to make love to her, they spend the entire night together getting intimate. The next morning a tragedy hits them as Venky kidnaps Saaransh, Rudra gets into a fight with him and Venky is shot. Preesha takes the blame to save Rudra and gets arrested. She gets sentenced to death as Rudra is unconscious. Yuvraj Pillai helps her escape from jail as she is pregnant and they stage her death to save her child. Rudra is made to believe Preesha is dead in a fire just as he goes to rescue her and sinks into depression. 5 years later Preesha is raising her and Rudraksh's daughter, Ruhi Khurana, meanwhile Rudra has lived with Preesha's memories and has become a cynical alcoholic.
551–600	"Rudra And Preesha Meet After 5 Years"
Rudra has to perform at Rohtak where Preesha is hiding with Ruhi, their daughter. Rudra rescues Ruhi who is a great singer like him and they start bonding. Preesha, desperate to see Rudra sneaks into his concert where he catches a glimpse of her before she runs away. He escapes to find her and Ruhi rescues him from goons. Ruhi hides Rudra at a cottage behind their house and Rudra asks to meet her mom. Rudra and Preesha both have many hits and misses where they both realise the other is around by their touch. Rudra and Ruhi form a lovely bond as Rudra feels very attached to her. Ruhi ends up wanting Rudra as her dad. Bunty finds out Preesha is alive and tells her everything about Rudra trying to find her, she makes him promise not to tell Rudra anything. Yuvraj creates a misunderstanding but Rudra and Preesha end up seeing each other as Rudra rescues Ruhi and himself from a fire and falls into Preesha’s arms. Rudra confronts Preesha for hiding from him and she admits she did everything to protect him but he tells her his life is meaningless without her and that he can never let her go. Yuvraj shows up and creates a misunderstanding that ruhi is his daughter as a result of Preesha cheating on Rudra. Preesha feels pressurised to save Rudra and falls into Yuvraj’s manipulation. Rudra becomes furious at Preesha. Ruhi plans to patch up Rudra and Preesha. The three get stuck in a jungle where they spend quality time as a family. Rudra keeps questioning Preesha. Preesha moves to Delhi with Ruhi, working at Khurana school. Rudra spends time with both of them. Rudra and Preesha work together and find out about a scam Bunty orchestrated in need of money. Bunty puts Preesha and Ruhi’s life in danger and Rudra rescues them. Saaransh is overwhelmed to find out Preesha is alive. Ruhi needs blood which is the same as Rudra ‘s rare blood group and Preesha finally tells Rudra that Ruhi is their daughter. Rudra saves Ruhi and is furious with Preesha. He asks cops to arrest her as he reveals she is his wife and still alive. Both Saaransh and Ruhi decide to get Preesha out and teach Rudra a lesson.
600–650	"Rudra And Preesha Reunite"
Preesha’s case reopens and Saaransh hires Vaijanti as his lawyer. Rudra is still furious at Preesha but indulges the kids who refuse to talk to him. Preesha gets released on bail and they both get stuck overnight at a hotel. Rudra gets chicken pox, Preesha ties him on the bed against his will. She feeds him, washes him and takes care of him. The kids bring Preesha back to Khurana house. During her trial the events of Venky’s muder is finally revealed and Vaijanti is arrested. Rudra finds out Preesha was only trying to save him. They all happily reunite. Rudra and Preesha wait to reveal to Ruhi about Rudra being her dad. Rudra takes Preesha out on a grand date. Dev, a bully at school starts harassing Ruhi and Saaransh. Rudra moves Preesha to their room and they get romantic. At Holi, Ruhi finds out that Rudra is her father and married to Preesha, she makes them promise to never fight again. Yuvraj spikes Preesha’s drink. He tries to film a tape with her however Rudra arrives drunk and Yuvraj ends up watching them get intimate. Rudra decides to teach music at Khurana school to spend more time with Preesha and the kids. Preesha shows Rudra all the childhood tapes of their daughter. Dev keeps harassing the family and his mother, Revati who is also the police commissioner protects him. Yuvraj reveals to Rudra that Preesha knew he was responsible for Rajeev’s murder all these years which causes a fight between Rudra and Preesha after which Yuvraj runs away. Rudra sleeps on the sofa but pretends to be normal in front of the family. Saaransh accidentally pushes Dev off a building while protecting Ruhi, which leads to Dev’s death. Rudra and Preesha panic and decide to hide Dev’s body together to protect their family.
650–700	"Preesha Gets Pregnant"
Rudra and Preesha keep having differences while trying to hide Dev's body. Revati suspects them. Sharda finds out and helps them hide the body to protect their family. Preesha keeps trying to fix problems between her and Rudra, they make each other jealous. Rudra tells her he loves her but cannot forgive her but they keep acting happy in front of the children. Revati finds Dev's body and takes the Khurana family under custody for questioning. Rudra gets beaten up and Ruhi confesses everything. Preesha ends up saving Rudra as she finds out Dev was murdered by Revati's husband. Ruhi wants Rudra and Preesha to marry again on their wedding anniversary and they reluctantly agree for the children's happiness. Revati wants to take revenge from them and keeps sabotaging the wedding functions but it keeps bringing Rudra and Preesha closer. Preesha keeps seducing Rudra and tries to get intimate but he admits it's only physical attraction and getting intimate won't fix their problems. Saaransh talks to Rudra who realises that he must forgive Preesha. Rudra dedicates a song and speech for Preesha on their sangeet and gets electrocuted but Preesha saves him by giving him CPR. They make up and get happily married. Preesha finds out about Revati and plans to expose her. Revati challenges Preesha who faints and finds out she's pregnant again. Rudra is ecstatic to find out about having another baby and fulfils all of Preesha's pregnancy cravings. Revati threatens Preesha she would take her child. Rudra and Preesha start attending Lamaze classes for Rudra to learn how to take care of a baby. Revati keeps causing problems as Preesha tries to expose her. Armaan returns and lies to Preesha about being terminally sick. Rudra and Preesha fight about Armaan but they forget about it as they feel their baby kick of the first time. Rudra takes care of Preesha throughout the pregnancy as months pass and they are excited to welcome a baby. Nine months later At Preesha's baby shower, she plans to lie to Revati about the baby dying. Preesha goes into labour and Rudra stays in the room with her. However Revati and Armaan come up with a plan by poisoning Rudra and Preesha that leads to their newborn son being kidnapped. Rudra and Preesha have a fight about losing their baby which they immediately regret. Before Rudra finds Preesha, Armaan drugs and kidnaps her leaving a letter for Rudra. 1 year later Rudra is devastated and keeps searching for Preesha. Ruhi takes care of a depressed Rudra while Saaransh is angry at him as he overhead the fight between Rudra and Preesha where Rudra in a moment of anger questioned why Preesha would sacrifice their real son for Saaransh. It is revealed that in Mumbai, Armaan has drugged Preesha making her lose her memory and hypnotised her to believe that Rudra forcefully married her and their marriage was abusive, he tried to kill her. Preesha gets violent fits every time she hears Rudra's name. She does not allow anyone to touch her. Rudra and Preesha subconsciously miss each other.
700–750	"Preesha Loses Her Memory"
Preesha goes to Delhi for Pihu's admission in the same college as Raj and Vidyut, Rudra's cousins. Rudra and Preesha keep having hits and misses. Rudra gets his private investigator to investigate Armaan for Preesha's disappearance. Ruhi and Saaransh both find Preesha and are upset when she doesn't recognise them. They start investigating and Rudra gets suspicious. Rudra and Preesha keep meeting at night at a tea stall but don't see each other. The children find out about Preesha who feels a connection with Ruhi. Armaan lies to them and says Rudra is responsible for Preesha's memory loss and she would die if she meets Rudra. Ruhi does not believe Armaan and plans to unite her parents. Rudra and Preesha finally meet at the police station and Rudra is shocked to see Preesha's violent behaviour towards him and thrashes Armaan. Ruhi tells Rudra that Preesha doesn't hate him but has lost her memory. Rudra promises the children that he will bring his wife back home. Rudra follows Preesha to Shimla. Armaan drugs both Rudra and Preesha getting them to share a bed and blames Rudra. Rudra secretly orchestrates a medial checkup for Preesha and finds out from her brain scan that drugs have affected her brain. Rudra suspects Armaan and with the help of the kids disguises as a old gardener and moves in with Preesha. Rudra and the kids start recreating old memories to help Preesha remember. Preesha let’s Rudra help her with her wardrobe malfunction and does not react violently towards him even when he’s in close proximity.
751–800	"Preesha's Memory Comes Back"
Rudra manages to swap the medicines and gets Armaan arrested briefly. Pihu finds out the truth about Rudra and Preesha, decides to help unite them. Pihu gets Preesha to attend a party at Khurana house where Rudra sings Will you marry me for Preesha which helps her recollect some memories. Rudra and Preesha passionately dance and Rudra takes Preesha outside where they share an intimate moment and confess their love to each other before Preesha passes out. Preesha gets really bothered after that encounter and lashes out at Rudra. Rudra with the family and Pihu’s help makes Preesha believe he has moved on and is marrying Vanshika which makes Preesha jealous. Preesha saves Rudra’s life and Rudra realises Preesha’s old personality is returning. At one of the ceremonies, Rudra and Preesha get locked up in the bathroom and both end up taking a shower together where Rudra seduces Preesha and almost has her before Armaan walks in on them. Later Rudra reminds Preesha that only he knows about her belly piercing. Rudra and Preesha end up saving each other from a fire. On the wedding day, Rudra recreates his jail wedding with Preesha which helps brings back her memories. Rudra and Preesha get into an accident on their way to the hospital and Preesha’s memory comes back. Rudra and Preesha reunite on Dusshera and decide to expose Armaan together. Rudra and Preesha finally expose Armaan's true colours and send him to jail. Rudra and Preesha decide to remarry and celebrate Karavachauth together. Pihu falls in love with Vidyut, Raj causes trouble between them. Armaan plans to blackmail Preesha using her and Rudraksh’s missing son’s location. On the wedding day, he plans a bomb blast and everyone thinks Rudraksh is dead. Preesha accuses Vidyut for Rudraksh's death and sends him to jail which shocks Pihu and then Vidyut supposedly dies after being run over by a train which causes Pihu to want to take revenge from Preesha. 3 Months Later Preesha still lives at Khurana house but her daughter, Ruhi and Sharda hate her for moving Armaan into Khurana house.
800–850	"Return of Rudra, End of Preesha-Rudra’s story"
Rudra is revealed to be alive. He’s shocked to see his family broken and walks into Khurana house declaring Pihu to be his fiancé as she is pregnant with Vidyut’s child and find out why Preesha is taking care of Armaan. Preesha is being blackmailed by Armaan in order of exchange of information for Rudra and Preesha’s missing son. Ruhi and Saaransh want to unite their parents. Rudra becomes enraged at Preesha and keeps cornering her. He seduces her saying that she can never be satisfied with Armaan and knows she’s hiding something. Rudra and Preesha pretend to be a happy family on Ruhi’s sports day and win all the competitions. Ruhi finds out Armaan is faking his act. Rudra and his kids expose Armaan. Preesha confesses she got blackmailed by Armaan for as she wanted to find Rudra and Preesha’s missing son. Rudra promises they will find their son together and they reunite. Armaan tells them that he’s taken over their entire wealth and throws them out of Khurana house. Rudra and Preesha struggle to find jobs and feed their kids. Vidyut is revealed to be alive. Rudra and Preesha confront Armaan but he baits Rudra to loose his temper. Rudra gets drunk and Preesha finds evidence against Armaan on the night he gets murdered. Preesha is accused for killing Armaan and gets arrested. Rudra and Preesha investigate and find out Revati murdered Armaan. Rudra and Preesha find a baby and think it’s their missing son, they get disappointed as their search mission keeps failing. Rudra promises to fix everything and gets all his wealth back. Rudra and Preesha spend quality time with each other as he plans a night out for them. Preesha’s mangalsutra breaks and she worries for them. Rudra then says that even if they both die, their love will remain eternal as they will find each other’s soul in every life time. Rudra and Preesha spend time with their kids and Revati plans an attack against them. A bomb blast supposedly kills off the entire family, including Saransh and Ruhi. Rudra and Preesha die holding each other and Rudra says they’ll find each other in the next life as their story will go on as soulmates.
850–900	"Introduction to the lives of Samrat and Nayantara; Marriage of Samrat-Nayantara"
20 years later Nayantara’s mother, Malti Iyer’s is planning Nayantara’s (Preesha’s look alike) wedding day but the wedding gets cancelled. Nayantara is rejected by society for her appearance and way of talking back. The Iyers are financially struggling. Malti believes there’s a soulmate out there for Nayan who will love Nayan as she deserves. Meanwhile in London, Preesha and Rudraksh’s son, Samrat (Rudra’s look alike) is revealed to be a very famous rockstar. Samrat hates his face since he looks exactly like his father. Revati poisons his mind to believe that Rudraksh and Preesha were very bad people and they killed her family but she still adopted Samrat and made him a rockstar. Samrat is a playboy and doesn’t respect women. Samrat comes to India with Alia and Mohit. Mohit is revealed to be the son of the man that caused the bomb blast for Rudra and Preesha. Samrat and Nayantara have a funny conversation in the washroom where Samrat asks Nayantara to stop crying but they don’t see each other. Later Nayantara takes up a temporary job as a masseuse at the hotel Samrat’s staying at and he’s her first client. Samrat looks at Nayantara’s feet and starts flirting with her, asking her to get on top of him. Nayantara gets offended and gives him a very hard massage, later he shows off to her naked in the shower and she tells him off for flirting. Nayantara see’s his handkerchief and figures out he’s the same guy from the toilet and turns to tell him off, they see each other’s face properly for the first time and seem to have a soulmate connection. Samrat and Nayantara’s family attend a wedding together where both keep bickering. Nayantara accidentally ends up in Samrat’s room where he’s waiting for a girl without clothes and he misbehaves with Nayantara asking her to sleep with him and she slaps him, questioning his upbringing. Samrat gets drunk and drives to Khurana house and falls into the trash can where Nayantara rescues him. Both have a heart to heart conversation about their loneliness and an inebriated Samrat calls Nayantara beautiful explaining the meaning of her name. Later at the cocktail party Samrat thanks Nayantara for saving him. Samrat and Nayantara develop a friendship. Samrat helps a drunk Nayantara and tells her if he had his way she would be his ‘Monday to Friday’ girl too and tells her that he finds her attractive. After the wedding both sadly realise they need to part ways, Samrat buys a pair of glasses for Nayantara. Mohit and Alia break up due to Ishaani. Alia tells Samrat that Nayan stole Mohit from her and Samrat misunderstands Nayantara. Samrat burns Nayantara’s house and spies on Mohit. In a twist of events, Samrat takes the place of Nayantara’s groom and marries her. Nayantara lies to protect Ishaani and they both pretend to be a happy couple in love in front of the family. Samrat moves into Khurana house with Nayantara and her family. Revati returns to India and insults them. Samrat gifts Nayantara a mini dress on their wedding night and forces her to wear it. He intimidates her asking her to fulfill all his dark fantasies, he handcuffs her and pins her to the wall shooting knives at her. He ends up stripping her but turns his face away. Nayantara takes revenge by cutting his hair off and threatening to expose him on social media. Nayantara plans to run away with her family. Samrat spies on her and takes her along with him to work. He harasses her by making her work for him and give him massages and later on beats up his colleague for being inappropriate with her. Samrat tells Nayantara she’s his wife and his possession, no one else can touch her. Samrat stops Nayantara from escaping and locks her up with him at night watching her sleep. Nayantara manages to get Ishaani and Mohit married and Samrat finds out the truth. Nayantara leaves Khurana house with her family and blames Samrat for hurting Ishaani. Nayantara gets Samrat arrested and he seeks revenge from her. Revati plans to create misunderstandings between Samrat and Nayantara. Alia fakes paralysis and Samrat blackmails Mohit to marry Alia. At the wedding, Nayan does a bride swap replacing Alia with Ishaani and then later herself. Samrat finds out and orchestrates a groom swap, Samrat and Nayan get married again.
901–950	"Samrat and Nayantara live together"
Samrat tells Nayantara now she has to live with him as his legal wife and announces their marriage front of the media and how much he loves her. Nayantara plans to leave as soon as Ishaani and Mohit get married again. Mansi, Samrat’s ex enters trying to frame Samrat with a child, Prem, that she claims is Samrat’s. Nayan takes a liking to Prem and tells Samrat that she will divorce him if he gives Prem’s custody to her. Mansi and her fiancé, Raghav who is Samrat’s rival invite him to their wedding. Samrat plans a makeover for Nayan and both attend the party together. Nayantara grabs attention and wins everyone’s heart, Samrat and Nayantara come close at the wedding and understand each other better. Samrat cries in Nayantara’s arms whole night for being abandoned as she puts him to sleep and promises to help him get rid of his darkness. Samrat and Nayantara are asked to live together for six months by the court. Samrat tries to make it hard for them but Nayantara moves into Samrat’s room. Samrat finds out about Revati attempting to murder Mohit, Ishaani and Malti and confronts her. Revati gets arrested but runs away, she asks Alia to take revenge from Samrat and Nayan. Samrat moves Nayan’s family to Khurana house. The kids lock up Samrat and Nayan in a car and Samrat ends up giving CPR to Nayan and saves her life. Samrat hurts himself and Nayan helps him recover and takes care of him. Malti plans a Shanti Pooja in the house and Samrat takes a stand for Nayan and proudly declares her as his wife. Samrat is forced to sing at Mansi and Raghav’s wedding where a scandal happens and Raghav is found in a compromising position with Ishaani. Nayan slaps Raghav.

Cast

Present

Main

• Sargun Kaur Luthra as Dr. Nayantara "Nayan" Khurana: Physiotherapist; Preesha's Look-alike, Samrat's wife; Malati's elder daughter; Ishaani's sister (2022–present)
• Abrar Qazi as Samrat "Sam" Khurana: Rockstar; Rudra's look-alike, Nayantara’s Husband ; Preesha and Rudraksh's son; Ruhi's younger brother; Saransh's cousin and adopted younger brother; Revati’s adoptive son; Aliya's adoptive brother (2022–present)

Recurring

• Poorva Gokhale as Commissioner Revati Choudhary: Rakesh's wife; Dev and Aliya's mother; Samrat’s adoptive mother (2022-present)
• Pratichi Mishra as Malati Iyer: Nayantara and Ishaani’s mother; Chintu's adoptive mother (2022–present)
• Swati Sharma as Ishaani Shukla: Nayantara's sister; Malati's younger daughter; Chintu's adoptive sister; Mohit's love-interest and wife; Seema and Subodh's daughter-in-law (2022-present)
• Jayati Narula as Aliya Choudhary: Saransh's best friend; Revati and Rakesh's daughter; Dev's sister; Samrat's adoptive sister (2022–present)
  • Maisha Dixit as Child Aliya Choudhary (2022)
• Akshita Vatsayan as Kiara: Aliya's Best friend
• Ishita Ganguly as Manasi Rathore: Prem's mother; Raghav's wife (2023-present)
• Kushagre Dua as Raghav Rathore: Manasi's husband; Samrat's Rival (2023-present)
• Shaurya Sisodiya as Prem: Manasi son (2023-present)
• Bharat Ahlawat as Mohit Shukla: Seema and Subodh's son; Samrat’s secretary and best friend;Ishaani's love interest and husband (2022-present)
• Runav Shah as Chintu Iyer: Nayantara and Ishaani’s adopted brother; Malati's adoptive son. (2022–present)
• Neeta Seth as Seema Subodh Shukla: Subodh's wife; Mohit's mother; Ishaani's mother-in-law (2022)
• Sarojini Deshmukh as Sudha Iyer 'Paati': Nayantara and Ishaani's grandmother; Chintu's adoptive grandmother; Malti's mother-in-law (2022-present)
• Milind Manek as Raj Bansal: Rudraksh's apprentice (2022–present)

Previous

Main

• Sargun Kaur Luthra as Dr. Preesha Khurana: Gynaecologist; Rudraksh's wife; Ruhi and Samrat's mother; Saransh's aunt and adoptive mother; Vasudha and Gopal's younger daughter; Venky and Mahima's sister (2019–2022)
• Abrar Qazi as Rudraksh "Rudra" Khurana: Rockstar; Preesha's husband; Ruhi and Samrat's father; Saransh's uncle and adoptive father ; Sulochana and Balraj's younger son; Sharda's step-son; Rajeev's brother; Kabir's half-brother (2019–2022)
  • Bhuvan Garg: Rudra's lookalike (2021)

Recurring

• Krish Chugh as Saransh Khurana: Rajeev and Mahima's son;Rudraksh and Preesha’s adoptive son;Ruhi and Samrat's elder cousin and adopted brother (2021–2022)
  • Vidhaan Sharma / Yagya Bhasin / Ali Dhuru as Child Saransh Khurana (2019–2021)
• Swarna Pandey as Ruhi Khurana: Preesha and Rudraksh's daughter; Samrat's sister; Saransh's elder cousin and adoptive sister (2021–2022)
• Mallika Nayak as Sharda Khurana: Balraj's widow; Rajeev and Rudraksh's step-mother; Saransh, Ruhi and Samrat's step-grandmother (2019–2022)
• Indira Krishnan as Vasudha Srinivasan: Gopal's wife; Venky, Mahima and Preesha's mother; Saransh, Ruhi and Samrat's grandmother (2019–2022)
• Vijay Kashyap / Gulshan Pandey as Gopal Srinivasan: Retired Judge; Vasudha's husband; Venky, Mahima and Preesha's father; Yuvraj's ex-mentor; Saransh, Ruhi and Samrat's grandfather (2019–2022)
• Siddharth Shivpuri as Advocate Yuvraj Pillai: Gopal's former employee; Preesha's ex-fiancé, Ahana's ex-husband (2019–2022)
• Aishwarya Khare as Mahima Srinivasan: Vasudha and Gopal's elder daughter; Venky and Preesha's sister; Vaijanti's cousin sister; Rajeev's lover; Saransh's mother; Preesha's rival; Ishita's niece(2019–2021)
• Prince Mahajan as Venkatesh "Venky" Srinivasan: Vasudha and Gopal's long-lost son; Mahima and Preesha's brother; Ishita's nephew, Vaijyanti's cousin (2021)
• Krutika Desai as Advocate Vaijyanti Srinivasan: Gopal's niece; Venky, Mahima and Preesha's cousin (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 first wife; Kabir, Rajeev and Rudraksh's mother; Saransh,Ruhi and Samrat's grandmother (2019–2021)
• Satyajit Sharma as Balraj Khurana: Sulochana's former husband; Sharda's husband; Kabir's step-father; Rajeev and Rudraksh's father; Saransh,Ruhi and Samrat's grandfather (2019–2021)(Dead)
• Indraneil Sengupta as Rajeev Khurana: Sulochana and Balraj's elder son; Kabir's half-brother; Rudraksh's brother; Mahima's lover; Ahana's husband; Saransh's father (2019–2020)(Dead)
• Aishwarya Sakhuja as Ahana Singhania Khurana: Niketan's daughter; Mishka's sister; Rajeev's widow;Yuvraj's ex-wife (2019–2021)
• Tanu Khan as Mishka "Mish" Singhania Khurana: Niketan's daughter; Ahana's sister; Kabir's former 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 (2021–2022)
• Puvika Gupta as Anvi Thakur: Sanya and Armaan's daughter (2021)
• Himani Sahani as Devika Thakur: Armaan's sister (2021)
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Sanya Dubash Thakur: Armaan's former wife; Anvi's mother (2021)
• Karan Kaushal 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's daughter; Armaan and Devika's cousin (2022)
• Jeevansh Chadha as Vidyut Rohira: Rudraksh's maternal cousin; Sharda's nephew; Pihu's boyfriend (2022)
• Priyanka Choudhary as Keerti Jain aka Kittu: Sharda's friend's daughter (2020)
• Khatija Iqbal as Kaveri Dubey: Surya's girlfriend; Rudraksh's fake girlfriend (2019–2020)
• Rupesh Kataria as Suryadhar "Surya" Raina: Kaveri's boyfriend (2019–2020)
• Mridula Oberoi as Inspector Saachi Chautala: Armaan's friend (2021-2022)
• Bikramjeet Kanwarpal as Niketan Singhania: Ahana and Mishka's father (2020)
• Upen Chauhan as Rahul Arora: Rudraksh's business rival; Neerja's husband (2020)
• Melanie Pais as Neerja Arora: Rahul's wife; Preesha's friend (2020)
• Shabaaz Abdullah Badi as Arjun Verma: Mahima's former boyfriend (2020)
• Trupti Mishra as Sonia Garg: Bhuvan's sister; Rudraksh's obsessed fan (2021)
• Kushansk Arora as Kabir "Kabby" Khurana: Sulochana's son; Balraj's step-son; Rajeev and Rudraksh's half-brother; Mishka's former 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)
• Yajuvendra Singh as Rakesh Choudhary: Revati's husband; Dev and Aliya's father; a rich business tycoon (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)
• Preeti Chaudhary as Vanshika Chaudhary: Rudraksh's secretary and friend (2022)

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 brought in for the negative role of Ahana which is 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.

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 which would be beginning 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.

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 Chahtein emerged as a runner up in the show.

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Kannada	Manasella Neene ಮನಸೆಲ್ಲಾ ನೀನೇ	7 December 2020	Star Suvarna	Ongoing	Remake
Telugu	Madhuranagari Lo madhuranagari లో	Coming soon	Star Maa	Ongoing	Remake

Reception

Ratings

UK

The first episode of the show in its debut week was watched by 52.7 K viewers being the most watched Indian television show in UK on the day. The show again became the most watched on 16 January 2020 with 76.5K viewers. The show became the most watched show with 61.5 K viewers on 6 March 2020. On 18 August 2020, it became the most watched show with the viewership of 70.1 K. It become second most watched show on 4 December 2020 with 71.6 K viewers. The series crossed 100 K viewers for the first time on 25 January 2021 with 105.1 K viewers being the second most watched show.

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
	14th Gold Awards	Best Actor in Lead Role (Popular)	Abrar Qazi	TBA
		Best Actress in Lead Role (Popular)	Sargun Kaur Luthra
		Best Onscreen Couple	Abrar Qazi & Sargun Kaur Luthra
		Best TV Show (Fiction)	Ekta Kapoor
		Best Director	Neeraj Baliyan
		Best Child Artist (Female)	Swarna Pandey
		Best Actor in Supporting Role (Female)	Mallika Nayak
		Best Actor in Negative Role (Male)	Sidharth Shivpuri

Soundtrack

Yeh Hai Chahatein Original Sound Track
Soundtrack album by Lalit Sen and Nawab Arzoo
Released	19 December 2019
Genre	Romance Soundtrack
Length	19:17
Language	Hindi
Label	Star India
Producer	Ekta Kapoor

Yeh Hai Chahatein's soundtrack is composed by Lalit Sen and Nawab Arzoo. They had composed the original songs and the background score for the show. Yeh Hai Chahatein, the title song of the show is sung by Palak Muchhal and Siddharth Slathia.

No.	Title	Artist	Length
1.	"Yeh Hai Chahatein" (Male)	Siddharth Slathia	3:00
2.	"Yeh Hai Chahatein (Version 2)" (Male)	Siddharth Slathia	2:31
3.	"Yeh Hai Chahatein (Version 3)" (Male)	Siddharth Slathia	1:41
4.	"Yeh Hai Chahatein" (Female)	Palak Muchhal	1:42
5.	"Yeh Hai Chahatein" (Duet)	Siddhath Slathia Palak Muchhal	2:55
6.	"Yeh Hai Chahatein" (Sad)	Pamela Jain	1:35
7.	"Rishtey Apne Pan Ke" (Male)	Siddharth Slathia	2:21
8.	"Rishtey Apne Pan Ke (Version 2)" (Male)	Siddharth Slathia	1:58
9.	"Rishtey Apne Pan Ke" (Female)	Pamela Jain	1:00
10.	"Will You Marry Me"	Siddharth Slathia	2:34

External links

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