Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Genre	Soap opera Romance
Created by	Director's Kut Productions
Written by	Saba Mumtaz Bhavna Vyas Ghazala Nargis Munisha Rajpal Zama Habib Bandana Tiwari
Directed by	Romesh Kalra Rishi Mandial Ram Pandey
Creative director	Vivek Bahl
Starring	Shivangi Joshi Mohsin Khan
Opening theme	Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	65 (as per Hotstar)
No. of episodes	2,890
Production
Executive producer	Vivek Jain
Producer	Rajan Shahi
Production locations	Udaipur Switzerland] Bangkok Hong Kong Cape Town Bikaner Rishikesh Greece Mumbai
Cinematography	Arjuni Rao
Editor	Sameer Gandhi
Camera setup	Multi Camera
Running time	21 minutes (approx.)
Original release
Network	Star Plus
Release	12 January 2009 (2009-01-12) – present
Related
Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (lit. What is this relationship called?) is a Hindi-Language television drama airing on weekdays on Star Plus. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is one of the longest running Indian television series. The show is produced by Rajan Shahi under the banner Director's Kut Productions. It starred Hina Khan and Karan Mehra, and 2016 onward, features Shivangi Joshi and Mohsin Khan in lead roles. In March 2019, the series led to the creation of a spin-off titled "Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke", starring Rhea Sharma and Shaheer Sheikh.

Premise

Vishambharnath and Rajshri Maheshwari arrange their 20 year old daughter Akshara's wedding to Naitik Singhania, a 24 year old businessman hailing from a traditional Marwari joint family based in Udaipur. The series follows the course of Akshara and Naitik's lives as they adjust as a married couple, become parents of young children and look after their extended families.

3 years after their marriage Akshara gives birth to Naksh, her son with Naitik; and a year later, Naitik falls into coma due an accident.

Four years later

Four years later, Naitik recovers from coma and returns to the family. Then he initially struggles to gain acceptance from his son, Naksh; however, is supported by Akshara to win over Naksh. Meanwhile, Naitik's mother Gayatri dies and his father Raj Shekhar marries a divorcee Devyani, who has two children from her previous marriage.

Parallel story arcs

Parallel with Akshara and Naitik's story, the lives of their respective siblings also formed significant story arcs in the series. Sub-plots have been developed around the lives of Naitik's sisters Nandini and Rashmi. The series has also focused on Naitik's step-siblings, and has dealt with Akshara's elder brother Shaurya's love story with her best friend Varsha.

2 years pass-by like this, and when Mahendra Pratap (Naitik's uncle) dies, his widow and Naitik's aunt Kaveri blames Akshara for the same and kicks her out of the house. Naitik, Akshara, Naksh and newborn Naira (Akshara and Naitik's daughter) leave their extended family.

12 years later

Within 2 years after parting from his family, Naitik relocates himself, his wife and his children to Australia and the family has been living in Cape Town for the past ten years. A 19 year old Naksh returns to Udaipur and counsels his grand aunt, whom he convinces to forgive Akshara, pointing out her innocence; and thus the family returns to their original home. Naksh falls in love with Tara and wedding plans are made, but she breaks up with him only minutes before the ceremony. One and a half years pass-by, and teenage Naira runs away from Akshara over some disappointment, and lives in Rishikesh for the next 4 and a half years.

Four and a half years later

When Akshara is finally able to find and resolve her differences with Naira, she returns to her family. Soon a love triangle forms between Naira, her cousin Gayu and Naitik's employee Kartik. Kartik loves Naira and confesses his love to her. Naira considers setting aside her feelings so Gayu can be happy, but after unexpected help from her teenage step-cousin Mishti, Naira truly realizes and confesses her love to Kartik.

Later, Akshara dies in a car accident and a drunk Kartik is blamed, dividing the families (the Singhanias and the Goenkas), but Naira proves his innocence and her family accepts him. Both Naira and Kartik's families arrange their wedding, as Kartik-Naira aka "Kaira" marry. Kartik stayed away from his family because he thinks that his father Manish and stepmother Suvarna were responsible for his mother Soumya's death; but after marriage, Naira makes it clear to Kartik that his mother had mental disorder and Manish-Suvarna were not responsible for her suicide.

Later it is revealed that Kartik's cousin, Mansi was responsible for Akshara's death. Kartik-Naira later work together to help his sister Keerti gain a divorce from her abusive husband. Thereafter, after initially facing pressure from the family, Naksh falls in love with and marries Keerti. Kartik-Naira and Naksh-Keerti go to Greece for their honeymoon.

It is revealed that Kartik has a stepbrother Shubham (Manish and Suvarna's son). He has hatred for Kartik as Suvarna had abandoned him when he was born, for Kartik. Kartik and Naira bring him into the family and win his love. Kartik reconciles with his parents. Naira faces pregnancy complications and undergoes surgery. Later, Shubham becomes a drug addict and when Naira comes to know of his drug addiction, he requests her to hide the truth from the family. Shubham soon dies of drug abuse, and Suvarna and Kartik hold Naira responsible for not telling them about Shubham's drug addiction within time. Kartik tells Naira to leave the house until Suvarna recovers from her pain, but Naira misunderstands Kartik thinking that he does not love and trust her. Naira meets with an accident.

Two years later

Two years pass, Naira and Kartik stay separated. Naira along with Naitik has shifted to Mumbai, where completes her studies in college. Meanwhile, Suvarna has developed hatred towards Naira and wants to make Kartik marry his childhood friend Aashi. Manish sends Kartik to Mumbai for his college project. Kartik and Naira meet each other as a guest professor and his student respectively. Coincidentally, they become neighbors. Initially, they fight with each other but soon start realizing their love.

Suvarna comes to know that Kartik-Naira are together in Mumbai and meets with an accident. Seeing Suvarna's hatred for her and Kartik's pain, Naira gives divorce papers to Kartik. Unwillingly, Kartik also agrees and during Mansi and Anmol's (Naira's cousin's) wedding, Kartik-Naira get divorced. Soon after, Kartik-Naira realize their mistakes and mutual love; and after seeking one another's apology, they want to get remarried but their families disagree. Keerti gets pregnant.

Naira discovers that she has a brain clot and may lose her memory or die. She tells Suvarna to make Kartik marry some other girl so that he forgets Naira and moves on in life. Suvarna finally realizes her wrongdoings and tells Kartik the truth. Kartik enacts that he is marrying Aashi but later reveals his drama when Naira realizes that her decision was wrong. Singhanias and Goenkas agree for the wedding but, Naira's health worsens. The doctor tells Kartik that Naira has to undergo surgery the next day. Naira requests Kartik to marry her before surgery and Kaira finally gets remarried. Naira's surgery is successful. Kartik brings Naira back to Goenka house.

Manish's cousin Samarth tries to create differences between Manish and Akhilesh to take revenge from Suhasini. Kartik-Naira reunite the family and make Samarth a part of the Goenka family. After a big reunion event of the family named 'Rishton ka Utsav', Naira gets pregnant.

Four months later, Kartik-Naira and Naksh-Keerti meet with a car accident after which Naira undergoes premature delivery, but her baby dies. Elsewhere Keerti slips into coma and delivers a baby boy. Kartik hands over Keerti's baby Krish to Naira on seeing Naira and Keerti's conditions. During the naming ceremony, Keerti regains her consciousness after which whole family comes to know about the child swap and confronts Kartik, while Naira loses her memory. An infuriated Naksh doesn't want Naira-Kartik to unite again and separates them.

Naira returns to her maiden home and joins dance classes where Sid alias Kartik befriends her and makes her fall in love with him once again, despite Naira not remembering any past events. Naksh tries to get into talks of Naira's marriage with his friend, however, with Naira's cousins Mishti and Kuhu's help, Naira and Kartik are able to convince him and the family that their happiness lies with each other. Later amid Holi celebration Naira regains her memory.

Suhasini's brother Puru's lewd behavior irks Naira, while Gayu gets pregnant with her friend Vivan's child, however Vivan dies all of a sudden, leaving Gayu heartbroken. Later, Samarth (Kartik's younger paternal uncle) proposes to marry and accept Gayu with her child. Naira and Kartik later expose Puru and get him arrested amidst Gayu and Samarth's wedding celebrations. Puru later threatens Manish to destroy his business.

Cast

Amarnath Maheshwari [Deceased] mentioned only

Bhairavi Maheshwari [Deceased] portrayed by : Vineeta Malik (2009-17,2018)

Vishambharnath Maheshwari portrayed by : Sanjeev Seth (2009-17, 2018-present)

Rajshri Maheshwari portrayed by : Lata Sabharwal (2009-present)

Omkarnath Maheshwari portrayed by : Manu Malik (2009-16,2018)

Sunaina Maheshwari portrayed by : Neelima Taddepalli (2009-17,2018)

Shaurya Maheshwari portrayed by : Ather Habib (2009-13); Yash Gera (2013-17); Samir Sharma (2019-present)

Varsha Maheshwari portrayed by : Pooja Joshi (2009-16, 2018-present)

Akshara Singhania (née Maheshwari) [Deceased] portrayed by : Hina Khan (2009-16)

Naitik Singhania portrayed by : Karan Mehra (2009-16); Vishal Singh (2016-18)

Anshuman Maheshwari portrayed by : Aman Sharma (2009-16); Dheeraj Gumbar (2016)

Jasmeet Maheshwari portrayed by : Shirin Sewani (2009-16,2018); Soniya Kaur (2019-present)

Ananya Sharma (née Maheshwari) portrayed by : Akshaya Naik (2015-17,2018); Young Ananya portrayed by Nairtiya Chandola (2012–15)

Kuhu Maheshwari Sneha's biological daughter Shaurya and Varsha's adoptive daughter portrayed by : Kaveri Priyam (2019-present); Teenage Kuhu portrayed by Yamini Makwana (2016-17); Young Kuhu portrayed by Harbhanda Kaur (2016)

Naksh Singhania portrayed by : Rohan Mehra (2015-16); Rishi Dev (2017-18); Shehzad Shaikh; (2019-present); Young Naksh portrayed by Shivansh Kotia (2012–15); Baby Naksh portrayed by Bani (2011–12)

Naira Goenka (née Singhania) portrayed by : Shivangi Joshi (2016-present); Teenage Naira portrayed by Ashnoor Kaur (2015–16); Baby Naira portrayed by Mishka Jain (2015)

Mishti Maheshwari (originally : Mishti Agarwal) Naman and Karishma's biological daughter Vishambharnath and Rajshri's adoptive daughter portrayed by : Rhea Sharma (2019-present); Young and Teenage Mishti portrayed by Aarna Sharma (2016–17)

Nishank "Nannu" Maheshwari portrayed by : Apurva Jyotir (2016-17); Young Nannu portrayed by Khushmeet Gill (2015–16)

Ranveer Sharma portrayed by : Arjun Kohli (2016-17,2018)

Keerti Singhania (née Goenka) portrayed by : Mohena Singh (2016-present)

Kartik Goenka portrayed by : Mohsin Khan (2016-present)

Main 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.

Character	Portrayed by	Year(s)	Description
Akshara Singhania (née Maheshwari)	Hina Khan	2009-16	Vishambharnath and Rajshri's daughter, Shaurya's younger sister, Varsha's friend turned sister-in-law, Naitik's wife, Raj Shekhar and Gayatri's daughter-in-law, Rashmi's sister-in-law, Naksh and Naira's mother, Gayu's adoptive mother, Keerti and Kartik's mother-in-law. Introduced as a lively and fun-loving girl, Akshara's marriage with Naitik was arranged by her family members. However, over the years, Akshara proved to be the worthy daughter-in-law of the Singhania family, Naitik's true soulmate and a loving mother to her children. Khan quit the show in December 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	2009–16	Raj Shekhar and Gayatri's son, Rashmi's elder brother, Nikhil and Sameer's former brother-in-law, Akshara's husband, Vishambharnath and Rajshri's son-in-law, Shaurya's brother-in-law, Naksh and Naira's father, Gayu's adoptive father, Keerti and Kartik's father-in-law. 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, Naitik single-handedly took care of his children, and later on, the character's role in the series was reduced to a recurring one.
	Vishal Singh	2016-18
Naira Goenka (née Singhania)	Shivangi Joshi	2016-present	Akshara and Naitik's daughter, Naksh's younger sister, Kartik's wife, Manish and Soumya's daughter-in-law, Suvarna's step daughter-in-law, Keerti's sister-in-law, Shuvam's step sister-in-law.
	Ashnoor Kaur	2015-16	Teenage Naira
	Mishka Jain	2015	Baby Naira
Kartik Goenka	Mohsin Khan	2016-present	Manish and Soumya's son, Keerti's brother, Suvarna's step son, Shuvam's step brother, Naira's husband, Akshara and Naitik's son-in-law, Naksh's brother-in-law.

Recurring cast

Singhania family

Character	Portrayed by	Year(s)	Description
Naksh Singhania	Shehzad Shaikh	2019–present	Akshara and Naitik's son, Naira's elder brother, Kartik's brother-in-law, Keerti's husband, Manish and Soumya's son-in-law, Suvarna's step son-in-law, Shuvam's step brother-in-law.
	Rishi Dev	2017–18
	Rohan Mehra	2015–16
	Shivansh Kotia	2012–15	Young Naksh
	Bani	2011–12	Baby Naksh
Keerti Singhania (née Goenka)	Mohena Singh	2016–present	Manish and Soumya's daughter, Kartik's sister, Suvarna's step daughter, Shuvam's step sister, Aditya's ex-wife, Naksh's wife, Akshara and Naitik's daughter-in-law, Naira's sister-in-law.
Mahendra Pratap Singhania	Sanjai Gandhi	2009–12	Raj Shekhar's elder brother, Kaveri's husband, Nandini's father, Naitik and Rashmi's elder paternal uncle, Mohit's father-in-law, Yash and Anmol's paternal grandfather, Naksh and Naira's paternal granduncle. (Deceased)
	Abhijeet Lahiri	2012–15
Kaveri Singhania	Medha Jambotakar	2009–present	Mahendra Pratap's wife, Raj Shekhar's sister-in-law, Nandini's mother, Naitik and Rashmi's elder aunt, Mohit's mother-in-law, Yash and Anmol's paternal grandmother, Naksh and Naira's grandaunt.
Raj Shekhar Singhania	Sandeep Mehta	2009–2018	Mahendra Pratap's younger brother, Gayatri and Devyani's husband, Naitik and Rashmi's father, Nandini's younger paternal uncle, Akshara's father-in-law, Nikhil and Sameer's former father-in-law, Yash and Anmol's paternal granduncle, Naksh and Naira's paternal grandfather, Naman and Muskaan's step father, Karishma's former step father-in-law, Alok's step father-in-law, Mishti's step grandfather.
Gayatri Singhania	Sonali Verma	2009–13	Raj Shekhar's first wife, Mahendra Pratap's sister-in-law, Naitik and Rashmi's mother, Nandini's younger aunt, Akshara's mother-in-law, Nikhil and Sameer's former mother-in-law, Yash and Anmol's grandaunt, Naksh and Naira's paternal grandmother. (Deceased)
Devyani Singhania (previously Devyani Agarwal)	Kshitee Jog	2014–present	Raj Shekhar's second wife, Mahendra Pratap's sister-in-law, Naitik and Rashmi's step mother, Akshara's step mother-in-law, Naksh and Naira's step grandmother, Suresh Agarwal's ex-wife, Naman and Muskaan's mother, Karishma's former mother-in-law, Alok's mother-in-law, Mishti's paternal grandmother.
Parvati Singhania alias "Baisa"	Kirti Sually	2010–18	Mahendra Pratap and Raj Shekhar's sister; Kaveri, Gayatri and Devyani's sister-in-law; Nandini, Naitik and Rashmi's paternal aunt; Yash, Anmol, Naksh, Gayu and Naira's paternal grandaunt.
Nandini Agarwal (née Singhania)	Nidhi Uttam	2009–18	Kaveri and Mahendra Pratap's daughter, Naitik and Rashmi's elder cousin sister, Mohit's wife, Yash's adoptive mother, Anmol's mother, Naksh and Naira's elder paternal aunt, Rose and Mansi's mother-in-law.
Mohit Agarwal	Ayush Agarwal	2009–16	Rukmini's son, Nandini's husband, Kaveri and Mahendra Pratap's son-in-law, Naitik's best friend turned brother-in-law, Yash's adoptive father, Anmol's father, Naksh and Naira's uncle, Rose and Mansi's father-in-law.
	Shamik Abbas	2016–18
Rukmini Agarwal	Urmila Sharma	2009–14	Mohit's mother, Nandini's mother-in-law, Yash and Anmol's paternal grandmother.
	Sunita Rao	2014–18
Yash Agarwal	Sanchit Sharma	2015–17	Nandini and Mohit's adopted son; Rukmini, Kaveri and Mahendra Pratap's adopted grandson; Naitik and Rashmi's sororal nephew; Anmol's adoptive elder brother; Naksh, Gayu and Naira's cousin brother; Rose's husband, Martha's son-in-law.
	Ansh Kaul	2012–15	Young Yash
Rose Agarwal (née Wilkins)	Sippora Zoutewelle	2016	Yash's wife, Martha's daughter; Nandini and Mohit's daughter-in-law; Anmol, Naksh, Gayu and Naira's sister-in-law.
Martha Wilkins	Suzanne Bernert	2016	Rose's mother, Yash's mother-in-law.
Anmol Agarwal	Karan Pahwa	2016, 2018–present	Nandini and Mohit's son; Rukmini, Kaveri and Mahendra Pratap's grandson; Naitik and Rashmi's sororal nephew; Yash's adoptive younger brother; Naksh, Gayu and Naira's cousin brother; Mansi's husband, Akhilesh and Surekha's son-in-law.
Mansi Agarwal (née Goenka)	Vaishnavi Rao	2018–present	Akhilesh and Surekha's daughter, Luv and Kush's elder sister, Keerti and Kartik's younger cousin sister, Anmol's wife, Nandini and Mohit's daughter-in-law; Yash, Naksh, Gayu and Naira's sister-in-law.
	Shreya Sharma	2016–17
Rashmi (Singhania) Desai (previously Rashmi Deora)	Neha Saroopa	2009–16	Gayatri and Raj Shekhar's daughter, Naitik's younger sister, Akshara's sister-in-law, formerly Nikhil and Sameer's wife, Rama Deora's former daughter-in-law, Gayu's mother, Naksh and Naira's younger paternal aunt, Samarth's mother-in-law. (Deceased)
Nikhil Deora	Ashish Kapoor	2011–12	Rashmi's ex-husband, Rama Deora's son, Gayu's father.
Rama Deora	Shravani Goswami	2011–16, 2018-present	Nikhil's mother, Rashmi's former mother-in-law, Gayu's paternal grandmother.
Sameer Desai	Mazher Sayed	2015	Rashmi's second husband, Gayu's step-father.
Naman Agarwal	Jay Pathak	2019–present	Suresh and Devyani's son, Raj Shekhar's step son, Muskaan's elder brother, Alok's brother-in-law, Naitik and Rashmi's step brother, Karishma's ex-husband, Mishti's estranged biological father.
	Anshul Pandey	2014–16
Karishma Singhania	Priyanka Udhwani	2014–17	Naman's ex-wife, Suresh and Devyani's former daughter-in-law, Raj Shekhar's former step daughter-in-law, Muskaan's former sister-in-law, Mishti's estranged biological mother.
Muskaan Awasthi (née Agarwal)	Zarina Roshan Khan	2014–15	Suresh and Devyani's daughter, Raj Shekhar's step daughter, Naman's younger sister, Karishma's former sister-in-law, Naitik and Rashmi's step sister, Alok's wife.
Alok Awasthi	Amit Dolawat	2009, 2014–15	Akshara's college-mate and former admirer, Muskaan's husband, Suresh and Devyani's son-in-law, Raj Shekhar's step son-in-law, Naman's brother-in-law.
Rituraj	Ali Merchant	2009, 2011–12	Naitik's cousin brother.
Bindiya	Preeti Sharma	2009	Rituraj's wife, Naitik's sister-in-law.
Prerna Singhania aka Chikki	Navika Kotia	2013–14	Singhania's adopted child.
	Reem Shaikh	2012	Young Prerna

Maheshwari family

Character	Portrayed by	Year(s)	Description
Bhairavi Maheshwari	Vineeta Malik	2009–17, 2018	Vishambharnath and Omkarnath's mother, Rajshri and Sunaina's mother-in-law; Shaurya,Akshara and Anshuman's paternal grandmother; Naksh and Naira's great grandmother. (Deceased)
Vishambharnath Maheshwari	Sanjeev Seth	2009–17, 2018–present	Bhairavi's elder son, Rajshri's husband, Shaurya and Akshara's father, Omkarnath's younger brother, Sunaina's brother-in-law, Anshuman's elder paternal uncle, Varsha and Naitik's father-in-law, Naksh and Naira's maternal grandfather, Mishti's adoptive father.
Rajshri Maheshwari (née Goyal)	Lata Sabharwal	2009–present	Vishambharnath's wife, Bhairavi's elder daughter-in-law, Shaurya and Akshara's mother, Omkarnath's sister-in-law, Anshuman's elder aunt, Varsha and Naitik's mother-in-law, Naksh and Naira's maternal grandmother, Mishti's adoptive mother.
Shaurya Maheshwari	Samir Sharma	2019–present	Vishambharnath and Rajshri's son, Akshara's elder brother, Varsha's husband, Naitik's brother-in-law, Ananya's father, Kuhu's adoptive father, Naksh and Naira's maternal uncle, Ranveer's father-in-law.
	Yash Gera	2013–17
	Ather Habib	2009–13
Varsha Maheshwari	Pooja Joshi Arora	2009–17, 2018-present	Shaurya's wife, Akshara's friend turned sister-in-law, Vishambharnath and Rajshri's daughter-in-law, Anshuman's sister-in-law, Ananya's mother, Kuhu's adoptive mother, Naksh and Naira's aunt, Ranveer's mother-in-law.
Ananya Sharma (née Maheshwari)	Akshaya Naik	2015-17, 2018	Varsha-Shaurya's daughter, Kuhu's adoptive elder sister, Naksh and Naira elder maternal cousin sister, Ranveer's wife.
	Nairtiya Chandola	2012–15	Young Ananya
Ranveer Sharma	Arjun Kohli	2016-17, 2018	Ananya's husband, Shaurya and Varsha's son-in-law; Naksh, Naira, Kuhu and Nannu's brother-in-law.
Kuhu Maheshwari	Kaveri Priyam	2019-present	Sneha's biological daughter, Shaurya and Varsha's adopted daughter, Ananya's adopted younger sister; Naksh, Naira, Nannu and Mishti's adoptive cousin sister.
	Yamini Makwana	2016-17	Teenage Kuhu
	Harbhanda Kaur	2016	Young Kuhu
Mishti Maheshwari (originally Mishti Agarwal)	Rhea Sharma	2019-presentt	Naman and Karishma's estranged biological daughter, Vishambharnath and Rajshri's adoptive daughter; Devyani's granddaughter, Raj Shekhar's step-granddaughter; Ananya, Nannu and Kuhu's adoptive cousin sister; Yash, Anmol, Naksh, Gayu and Naira's younger step cousin sister.
	Aarna Sharma	2016-17, 2019	Young and Teenage Mishti
Omkarnath Maheshwari	Manu Malik	2009-16, 2018	Bhairavi's younger son, Vishambharnath's younger brother, Rajshri's brother-in-law, Sunaina's husband, Anshuman's father, Shaurya and Akshara's younger paternal uncle, Jasmeet's father-in-law, Nannu's grandfather, Ananya and Kuhu's paternal granduncle, Naksh and Naira's maternal granduncle.
Sunaina Maheshwari	Neelima Taddepalli	2009-17, 2018	Omkarnath's wife, Bhairavi's younger daughter-in-law, Vishambharnath's sister-in-law, Shaurya and Akshara's aunt, Anshuman's mother, Jasmeet's mother-in-law, Ananya and Kuhu's grandaunt, Naksh and Naira's grandaunt, Nannu's paternal grandmother.
Anshuman Maheshwari	Dheeraj Gumbar	2016	Omkarnath and Sunaina's son, Shaurya and Akshara's younger paternal cousin brother, Jasmeet's husband, Nannu's father; Ananya and Kuhu's younger paternal uncle, Naksh and Naira's younger maternal uncle.
	Aman Sharma	2012-16
	Unknown child actor	2009-12	Teenage Anshuman
Jasmeet Maheshwari	Soniya Kaur	2019-present	Anshuman's wife, Omkarnath and Sunaina's daughter-in-law, Shaurya and Akshara's sister-in-law, Nannu's mother; Ananya, Naksh, Naira and Kuhu's younger aunt.
	Shirin Sewani	2009-16, 2018
Nishank "Nannu" Maheshwari	Apurva Jyotir	2016-17	Anshuman and Jasmeet's son, Naksh and Naira younger maternal cousin brother, Ananya and Kuhu's paternal cousin brother.
	Khushmeet Gill	2015–16	Young Nannu
Ratan Goyal	Bhuvan Chopra	2009	Rajshri's brother, Vishambharnath's brother-in-law, Shaurya and Akshara's maternal uncle.

Goenka family

Character	Portrayed by	Year(s)	Description
Swati Chitnis	Suhasini Goenka (née Ajmera)	2016–present	Manish and Akhilesh's mother, Samarth's elder aunt; Soumya, Suvarna and Surekha's mother-in-law; Keerti, Kartik, Shuvam, Mansi, Luv and Kush's paternal grandmother.
Manish Goenka	Sachin Tyagi	2016–present	Suhasini's elder son, Akhilesh's elder brother, Samarth's elder cousin brother, Soumya and Suvarna's husband, Surekha and Gayu's brother-in-law; Keerti, Kartik and Shuvam's father; Mansi, Luv and Kush's elder paternal uncle, Naksh and Naira's father-in-law.
Soumya Goenka	Nupur Joshi	2017	Manish's first wife, Keerti and Kartik's biological mother, Naksh and Naira's mother-in-law. (Deceased)
Suvarna Goenka	Niyati Joshi	2019–present	Manish's second wife, Suhasini's elder daughter-in-law, Akhilesh's sister-in-law, Shuvam's mother, Keerti and Kartik's step mother, Naksh and Naira's step mother-in-law.
	Parul Chauhan	2016-19
Shuvam Goenka	Gaurav Wadhwa	2017–18	Manish and Suvarna's once estranged son, Keerti and Kartik's step brother, Naksh and Naira's step brother-in-law. He died of drug abuse. (Deceased)
Akhilesh Goenka	Ali Hassan	2016–present	Suhasini's younger son, Manish's younger brother, Samarth's elder cousin brother; Soumya, Suvarna and Gayu's brother-in-law; Surekha's husband; Keerti, Kartik and Shuvam's paternal uncle; Mansi, Luv and Kush's father, Anmol's father-in-law.
Surekha Goenka	Shilpa Raizada	2016–present	Akhilesh's wife, Suhasini's younger daughter-in-law, Manish's sister-in-law; Keerti, Kartik and Shuvam's aunt; Mansi, Luv and Kush's mother, Anmol's mother-in-law.
Luv Goenka	Shreshth Saxena	2016–present	One of Akhilesh and Surekha's twin sons, Mansi's younger brother; Keerti, Kartik and Shuvam's younger cousin brother; Naksh, Naira and Anmol's brother-in-law.
Kush Goenka	Shubh Saxena	2016–present	One of Akhilesh and Surekha's twin sons, Mansi's younger brother; Keerti, Kartik and Shuvam's younger cousin brother; Naksh, Naira and Anmol's brother-in-law.
Samarth Goenka	Samir Onkar	2018-presentt	Suhasini's younger brother-in-law's son i.e. her nephew, Manish and Akhilesh's younger cousin brother; Keerti, Kartik, Shuvam, Mansi, Luv and Kush's paternal uncle; Gayu's husband.
Gayatri "Gayu" Goenka (née Deora)	Deblina Chatterjee	2018–present	Rashmi and Nikhil's daughter, Naitik and Akshara's niece as well as adoptive daughter; Yash, Anmol, Naksh and Naira's cousin sister; Vivaan ex-girlfriend and the bearer of his child, Samarth's wife.
	Kanchi Singh	2016-17
	Kristina Patel	2015-16	Teenage Gayu
Purushottam Ajmera aka "Puru Mama"	Rituraj Singh	2019-present	Suhasini's younger brother, Manish and Akhilesh's maternal uncle, Ila's father, a businessman. He tried to molest first Mansi and then Naira, and was thrown out of the house.
Ila Ajmera	Unknown	2019	Puru's daughter, Suhasini's niece, Manish and Akhilesh's younger maternal cousin sister; a businesswoman.
Priyanka	Tiya Gandwani	2017–18, 2019	Soumya's younger sister, Manish's sister-in-law, Keerti and Kartik's maternal aunt.

• Amardeep Jha as Shankari – Akshara's match-maker (2009–16) (2018)
• Roshan Khan as Gopi – Bhairavi's friend and maid (2009–14)
• Anand Mani as Bhajinder Singh – Maheshwari's servant (2009–12)
• Sunita Rajwar as Dhaniya Bhajinder Singh – Bajinder's wife (2009–12)
• Rakesh Deewana as Maharaj – Singhania's ex-chef (2009–14)
• Unknown as Girja – Singhania's maid (2011–16)
• Unknown as Chitti Maharaj – Singhania's chef (2014–16)(2018)
• Divya Bhatnagar as Gulabo- Singhania's maid (2009–11)
• Charu Asopa as Sneha – Naitik's employee, Kuhu's mother (2010)
• Alpesh Gehlot as Samar – Akshara's admirer (2012)
• Akanksha Kapil as Antara – Naitik's lover (2012)
• Vaishali Takkar as Sanjana – Naksh's friend (2015–16)
• Umang Jain as Tara Singh Shekhawat – Naksh's ex-fiancé (2015–16)
• Alok Nath as Chandrabhan Singh Shekhawat – Tara's grandfather (2015–16)
• Amal Sehrawat as Sangram Singh Shekhawat – Tara's brother (2015–16)
• Shivam Agarwal as Aditya Singh Shekhawat – Tara's brother (2015–16)
• Veena Jagtap as Nisha – Tara's friend (2016)
• Sheetal Tiwari as Sukanya – Naira's friend (2016) (Dead)
• Romit Sharma as Aditya Bansal – Karthik's former brother-in-law, Kirti's ex-husband (2017;2018-2019)
• Nikhil Sharma as Raghav – Naira's former friend (2017-2018)
• Shravan Mehta as Kiran – Naira's dance partner and friend (2017)
• Neha Sehgal as Payal – Akshara's friend (2011–15)
• Sonal Shrivastava as Juhi – Naitik's employee (2014)
• Fahad Ali as Vivaan – Gayu's school friend (2016)
• Anurag Nigam as Ankit- Prerna's love interest (2013)

Guest stars

• Shubhangi Atre – Kasturi from Kasturi (2009)
• Puja Banerjee – Vrinda from Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna (2009)
• Shweta Tiwari – Prerna from Kasautii Zindagii Kay (2009)
• Sara Khan – Sadhna from Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai (2009)
• Angad Hasija – Alekh from Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai (2009)
• Kinshuk Mahajan – Ranvir from Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai (2009)
• Anupriya Kapoor – Taani from Tere Liye (2010)
• Neha Sargam – Nivedita from Chand Chupa Badal Mein (2010)
• Pooja Gor – Pratigya from Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya (2010)
• Sanaya Irani – Khushi from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? (2011)
• Soumya Seth – Navya from Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal (2011)
• Krystle D'Souza – Jeevika from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai (2011)
• Nia Sharma – Maanvi from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai (2011)
• Karan Tacker – Viren from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai (2011)
• Anas Rashid – Sooraj from Diya Aur Baati Hum (2012)
• Neelu Vaghela – Santosh from Diya Aur Baati Hum (2012)
• Kanika Maheshwari - Meenakshi from Diya Aur Baati Hum (2012)
• Aamir Khan – To promote Satyamev Jayate (2012)
• Deepika Singh – Sandhya from Diya Aur Baati Hum (2012, 2016)
• Preeti & Pinky (2014)
• Hiba Nawab – Amaya from Tere Sheher Mein (2015)
• Kamalika Guha Thakurta (2016)
• Badshah Dance Performance at Kartik-Naira's sangeet (2017)
• Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma – To promote their film Jab Harry Met Sejal (2017)
• Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar and Sana Khan – To promote their film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha (2017)
• Alka Yagnik – Special performance for a tribute to Akshara on Naksh-Keerti's sangeet (2017)
• Adaa Khan – Special dance performance on Valentine's Day (2018)
• Supriya Pathak – to promote Kichidi (2018)

Crossover

Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai has had several crossover episodes with various shows. In 2009, the show had a connection with Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai. In 2012, the show had a crossover episode with Diya Aur Baati Hum. In 2016, Diya Aur Baati Hum's lead actress Deepika Singh made an entry.

Spin-off

Due to Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai's popularity, a spin-off series has been produced - Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke, which portrays the life of Devyani's granddaughter and Naira's cousin sister, Mishti portrayed by Rhea Sharma.

Reception

The show is the third longest-running Indian television soap opera based on episode count. 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.

Dubbed versions

The show was dubbed as Uravugal Thorarkadhai in Tamil on Star Vijay and as Pellante Noorella Panta in Telugu on Star Maa. The series airs internationally as Not Without My Family on Star Life.

External links

• Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Steaming on Hotstar
• Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai at IMDb