Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
| Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai | |
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| File:Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai.jpg Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai opening sequence | |
| Genre | Romance Drama |
| Created by | Director's Kut Productions |
| Written by | Saba Mumtaz Bhavna Vyas Ghazala Nargis Munisha Rajpal |
| Directed by | Romesh Kalra Jai Kalra Ram Pandey |
| Creative director | Vivek Bahl |
| Presented by | Star Plus |
| Starring | See Below |
| Opening theme | Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai By Alka Yagnik |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Vivek Jain |
| Producer | Rajan Shahi |
| Production location | Udaipur |
| Editor | Sameer Gandhi |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | Star Plus |
| Release | 12 January 2009 – Present |
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (lit. 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. The show appears on Star Vijay, dubbed into Tamil and broadcast as Uravugal Thodarkathai.
Plot
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai is the story of a young couple Naitik and Akshara who live in a Marwari joint family in Udaipur. The story showcases their journey as husband-wife, and mother-father and the love that they have for each other and their lives with their loved ones. The show had seen Gaytri and Dadaji die. The show took a ten year leap.[1]
Cast
- Current Cast
- Hina Khan as Akshara Naitik Singhania - Naitik's wife and Naksh and Naira's mother.
- Karan Mehra as Naitik Raj Singhania - Akshara's husband and Naksh and Naira's father.
- Rohan Mehra as Naksh Naitik Singhania - Naitik and Akshara's son.
- Ashnoor Kaur as Naira Naitik Singhania - Naitik and Akshara's daughter.
- Sandeep Mehta as Raj Shekhar Singhania - Naitik and Rashmi's father and Naman and Muskaan's step father.
- Kshitee Jog as Devyaani Raj Singhania - Naman and Muskaan's mother, Raj Shekhar's second wife and Naitik and Rashmi's step mother.
- Medha Sambutkar as Kaveri Mahendra Pratap Singhania - Nandini's mother
- Anshul Pandey as Naman Raj Singhania - Muskaan's elder brother, Karishma's husband and Mishti's father.
- Priyanka Udhwani as Karishma Naman Singhania - Naman's wife, Mishti's mother and Jasmeet's best friend.
- Sanjeev Seth as Vishambharnath Maheshwari - Shaurya and Akshara's father.
- Lata Sabharwal as Rajshri Vishambharnath Maheshwari - Shorya and Akshara's mother.
- Vineeta Malik as Dadi - Akshara, Shorya and Anshumann's grandmother.
- Yash Gera as Shaurya Vishambharnath Maheshwari - Akshara's elder brother, Varsha's husband and Ananya's father.
- Pooja Joshi as Varsha Shaurya Maheshwari - Shorya's wife, Ananya's mother and Akshara's best college mate.
- Manu Malik as Omkarnath Maheshwari - Vishambhar's younger brother and Anshumann's father.
- Neelima Taddepalli as Sunaina Omkarnath Maheshwari - Omi's wife and Anshumann's mother.
- Shirin Sewani as Jasmeet Anshuman Maheshwari - Anshumann's wife and Anurag's mother.
- Ashish Kapoor as Nikhil Rajendra Deora - Rashmi's husband and Gayatri's father
- Neha Saroopa as Rashmi Deora - Nikhil's wife and Gayatri's mother.
- Ayush Agarwal as Mohit Agarwal - Nandini's husband and Yash and Anmol's father.
- Nidhi Uttam as Nandini Mohit Agarwal - Mohit's wife and Yash and Anmol's mother.
- Urmila Sharma as Rukmini Agarwal - Mohit and Koyal's mother and Yash and Anmol's grandmother.
- Former cast
- Shivansh Kotia as Naksh Naitik Singhania
- Baby Mishka Jain as Naira Naitik Singhania
- Navika Kotia as Prerna Singhania
- Nairitya Chandola as Ananya Shaurya Maheshwari
- Zarina Roshan Khan as Muskaan Raj Singhania
- Amit Dolawat as Alok
- Aman Sharma as Anshuman Omkarnath Maheshwari
- Sonali Verma as Gayatri Raj Singhania
- Sanjai Gandhi / Abhijit Lahiri as Mahendra Pratap Singhania
- Rakesh Deewana as Maharaj
- Ather Habib as Shaurya Maheshwari
- Ali Merchant as Rituraj
- Sanjai Gandhi as Mahendra Pratap Singhania
- Anurag Nigam as Chikki's love interest and teacher
- Sonal Shrivastava as Juhi
Reception and impact
Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai was cited for its lack of realism of female characters, wherein a female character would dress up in a colorful sari and much makeup to then make breakfast for her family and wash dishes.[2] Its dubbed Telugu version became popular among Telugu audiences causing much distress among the Telugu entertainment industry and calls to ban it and other dubbed shows.[3]
Hina Khan participated in the ‘Power of 49’ campaign in which soap opera actors urged women to vote in elections because of the influence soap operas can have on their viewers.[4]
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.[5]