Yeh Hai Mohabbatein
Yeh Hain Mohabatein is an Indian romance drama produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, Karan Patel, Ruhanika Dhawan, Anita Hassanandani and Aditi Bhatia. The story was initially based on Manju Kapur's 2011 novel Custody, with Yeh Hai Mohabbatein continuing beyond Custody's story in later episodes.
Plot
dentist Ishita lyer and Punjabi businessman Raman Kumar Bhalla live in Delhi and are neighbours. Due to Ishita being infertile, her mother struggles to find a groom for her while Raman is a divorcee. Ishita forms a motherly bond with Raman's daughter, Ruhi, who was abandoned by Raman's ex-wife, Shagun Arora when she left Raman for his wealthy boss, Ashok Khanna. Ishita and Raman hate each other, and their families get embroiled in quite a few misunderstandings about each other, cultural differences notwithstanding. Eventually, Ishita and Raman marry to help Raman secure Ruhi's custody, calling it a marriage only on papers for Ruhi's sake. Going on later Mihir Arora is revealed as Shagun's younger brother but bonds with Raman as his real brother. He falls in love with Ishita's first cousin Mihika. While Ashok and Shagun's wedding preps go on Ashok falls in love with Mihika and a scandal gets created. Their intimate news gets leaked leaving Mihir and Shagun heartbroken. Later Mihika and Ashok get married therein ditching Shagun. With time though going on and supporting each other in every matter Raman and Ishita fall madly in love with each other and consummate their marriage. Ishita grows up as the pillar of bhalla and iyer family helping and fighting in every situation like Trisha and Neel's Marriage, Mihir and Rinky's Wedding, Rinki's Death, Simmi and Param's plot, Romi and Sarika's story, Sooraj's rivalry etc.Filled with hatred In heart due to Ashok's betrayal, Shagun continues to create trouble for the two throughout but later mends her ways. She unites their son Aditya Bhalla, who was adopted By Ashok, with the Bhalla family and becomes the surrogate mother to Ishita and Raman's daughter Pihu. Nidhi, a scheming lawyer kidnaps Pihu. Ishita gives Ruhi to Nidhi to save her own daughter. They are presumed dead in an accident. Raman blames Ishita and break ties with her. Guilt-ridden, Ishita attempts suicide and is presumed dead.
Ishita is alive and living in Australia with her childhood friend, Mani, and raising his niece Aliya, who is coincidentally working as a secretary for celebrity Ruhaan. Ruhaan is actually Ruhi, who is now an adult and lives with a torturous Nidhi under this new identity. Raman is raising his daughter Pihu, who exactly looks like young Ruhi with Shagun and he hates Ishita for all the past incidents. Ishita finds out about Ruhi and reunites with Raman. Shagun and Mani get married. Aditya falls for Aliya, and they marry. Young Pihu, however, is unwilling to accept Ishita as her mother having grown up with Raman and Shagun.
Shagun, Mani, Aliya, and Pihu are living in Bangkok. Raman keeps a close eye on them. Pihu finally meets Ishita and accepts her as her mother, and they return to India. Pihu has an argument with her cousin, Ananya who loses her balance and falls down the stairs, and she dies. Ishita takes the blame to save Pihu and is arrested.
Raman's sister, Simmi and her husband Parameet Khurana who sexually assaulted Ishita and Sarika and was Ashok and Sooraj's Friend in the Past, torture Raman and Ishita for Ananya's death. However, Ishita is ultimately vindicated. Aditya begins to conspire against Raman and kidnaps Roshni who he was cheating on along with cheating Aliya. Ishita fatally shoots Aditya to save Roshni.
Eight months later, Ishita shelters a pregnant Roshni, who is carrying Aditya's child. She is kicked out of the house because the family blames her for the death of Aditya. Eventually, he forgives her and they reunite. Roshini later leaves to prevent more complicated situations for the family which leaves them heartbroken. Ruhi falls in love with Karan, whose brother Rohan falls for Aliya. The two couples marry but Aliya and Ruhi found out the brothers only married them to get revenge on Raman due to a past history with their mother Sudha. However, later Rohan realises he has fallen for Aliya for real and so does Karan a while after with Ruhi. The Bhallas meet Aditya's lookalike, Yug.
Aliya deludes herself into believing Yug is Adi and falls in love with him. Rohan dies in a bomb blast in order to save Raman. Drugged by a man named Arjit Saxena, Raman falls into a coma. Later, he fully recovers, returns, and reunites with his family thanks to Ishita's love and care for him. As Karan and Ruhi prepare to marry, Ruhi discovers that she is infertile just like Ishita. Karan's mother Sudha plans to cancel the marriage, but later she accepts Ruhi. Ruhi and Karan marry and adopt a baby girl. Ishita and Raman too marry once again and on their reception Preesha Srinivasan, a gynaecologist also Ishita's niece visits them who is raising her nephew Saransh alone. The rest of the story continues through Preesha under the banner Yeh Hai Chahatein.
Cast
Main
- Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya as Dr. Ishita Iyer Bhalla: Dentist; Madhavi and Vishwanathan's daughter; Vandita's sister; Mihika’s cousin;Raman's second wife; Pihu's mother; Aditya and Ruhi's step-mother;Jr.Aditya's step-grand mother
- Karan Patel as Raman Kumar Bhalla: Businessman and CEO of Bhalla Group; Santoshi and Omprakash's son; Romesh, Simran and Rinky's brother; Shagun's former husband; Ishita's husband; Aditya, Ruhi and Pihu's father; Yug's adoptive father; Jr. Aditya's grand father
- Aditi Bhatia as Ruhi Bhalla Srivatsav: Shagun and Raman's daughter; Ishita's step-daughter; Aditya's sister; Pihu's half-sister; Karan's wife; Jr. Aditya's elder aunt
- Ruhanika Dhawan as
- * Child Ruhi
- * Pihu Bhalla: Ishita and Raman's daughter; Aditya and Ruhi's half-sister; Jr. Aditya's step-aunt
- Abhishek Verma as
- * Aditya "Adi" Bhalla: Shagun and Raman's son; Ishita's step- son; Ruhi's brother; Pihu's half-brother; Ashok's adoptive son; Aliya's former husband; Roshni's husband; Jr. Aditya's father
- ** Gautam Ahuja as young Aditya
- * Yug Sharma Bhalla: Aditya's lookalike; Ishita and Raman's adopted son; Aliya's husband
Recurring
- Sumeet Sachdev as Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav: Shagun’s husband; Aliya and Nirvan's adopted father; Aditya and Ruhi's step-father; Pihu and Ananya's uncle; Jr. Aditya's step-grandfather
- Anita Hassanandani as Shagun Arora Raghav/Bhalla: Poornima's daughter; Mihir's sister; Raman's former wife; Aditya and Ruhi's mother; Roshni's mother-in-law; and Aliya's adopted mother and mother-in-law; Abhimanyu's wife; Pihu's surrogate and step-mother; Jr. Aditya's grand mother; Ananya's former aunt
- * Mihika Verma / Avantika Hundal as Mihika Khanna/Bhalla: Soumya's daughter; Madhavi and Vishwanathan 's niece; Ishita and Vandita's cousin; Ashok's ex-wife; Romesh's wife; Aditya,Ruhi,Ananya's step-aunt; Yug's adopted aunt; Pihu's aunt; Jr.Aditya's step-grandaunt and adopted mother /
- * Sangram Singh as Ashok Khanna: Suraj's brother; Mihika's ex-husband; Shagun's ex-fiancé; Aditya's Adoptive Father; Ishita's and Raman's Enemy
- * Shireen Mirza as Simran "Simmi" Bhalla Khurana: Omprakash and Santoshi's elder daughter; Raman, Romesh and Rinky's sister; Param's ex-wife; Ananya's mother; Aditya, Ruhi, Pihu's Aunt; Yug's adopted aunt; Jr.Aditya's grandaunt
- * Aly Goni as Romesh "Romi" Bhalla: Omprakash and Santoshi's younger son; Sarika's ex-husband; Raman,Simran and Rinky's brother; Aditya,Ruhi,Pihu and Ananya's uncle; Yug's adopted uncle; Jr.Aditya's granduncle and adopted father
- * Anurag Sharma as Parmeet "Param" Khurana: Simran's ex-husband; Ananya's father; Aditya,Ruhi, Pihu's uncle; Yug's adopted uncle; Jr. Aditya's granduncle
- * Vineet Raina / Raj Singh Arora as Mihir Arora: Poornima's son; Shagun's brother; Mihika's ex-fiancé; Rinki's widower; Aditya, Ruhi's uncle, Pihu's step-uncle; Yug's adopted uncle; Jr.Aditya's granduncle /
- * Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Suraj Kumar Khanna: Ashok's Brother; Mihika's ex-brother-in-law
- Abhay Bhargava as Vishwanathan Iyer: Madhavi's husband; Ishita and Vandita's father; Mihika's uncle; Pihu, Shravan and Kshitija's grand father; Ruhi and Aditya's step-grand father; Yug's adopted grand father; Jr. Aditya's step-great-grandfather
- Neena Kulkarni as Madhavi Iyer: Soumya's sister; Vishwanathan's wife; Ishita's mother; Mihika's Aunt; Pihu, Shravan and Kshitija's grand mother; Ruhi and Aditya's step-grand mother; Yug's adopted grand mother; Jr. Aditya's step-great-grandfather
- Kaushal Kapoor as Omprakash Bhalla: Shaila's brother; Santhoshi's husband; Raman, Romesh, Simran and Rinky's father; Aditya, Ruhi, Pihu and Ananya's grandfather; Yug's adopted grand father Jr. Aditya's great-grand father
- Shahnaz Rizwan / Usha Rana as Santoshi Bhalla: Omprakash's wife; Raman, Romesh, Simran and Rinky's nother; Aditya, Ruhi, Pihu and Ananya's grandmother; Yug's adopted grand father; Jr. Aditya's great-grand mother
- Shruti Bapna as Vandita "Vandu" Chandran: Madhavi and Vishwanathan's elder daughter; Bala's first wife; Shravan, Kshitija's mother; Aditya, Ruhi's step-aunt; Pihu's aunt; Jr. Aditya's step-grand aunt
- Pankaj Bhatia as Bala Chandran: Devyani's elder son; Subramaniam's brother; Vandita's widower; Kiran's husband; Shravan, Kshitija's father; Aditya, Ruhi's step-uncle; Pihu's uncle; Jr. Aditya's step-grand uncle
- Amita Yadav as Kiran Chandran: Bala's second wife; Shravan, Kshitija's step-mother; Aditya, Ruhi's and Pihu's step-aunt; Jr. Aditya's step-grand aunt
- Mihir Arora as Shravan Chandran: Vandita and Bala's son; Kiran's step-son; Pihu's cousin; Aditya and Ruhi's step-cousin; Yug's adopted cousin
- * Bhavesh Jaiswal as child Shravan
- * Krishna Mukherjee as Aliya Raghav Bhalla: Abhimanyu and Shagun's adopted daughter; Aditya and Rohan's former wife; Yug's wife; Ruhi's adopted sister-in-law; Pihu's adopted step-sister-in-law; Jr. Aditya's step-mother
- Kavya Ramnani as Ananya Khurana: Simran and Parmeet's daughter; Aditya, Ruhi and Pihu's cousin; Jr. Aditya's Aunt
- Resha Konkar as Rinky Bhalla Arora: Omprakash and Santoshi's younger daughter; Raman, Simran and Romesh's sister; Mihir's wife; Aditya,Ruhi,Pihu's Aunt; Yug's adopted aunt; Jr.Aditya's grandaunt
- Neel Motwani as Advocate Neel Pathak: Bhalla family's lawyer; Trisha's fiancé
- Garima Jain as Trisha Tandon Pathak: Rajeev's sister; Mihir's ex-fiancée; Neel's wife
- Sarika Dhillon as Sarika Bhalla: Romesh's ex-wife; Abhishek's sister
- Vivek Dahiya as Inspector Abhishek Singh: Sarika's brother; Divya's fiancé
- Neeru Agarwal as Neelu: Bhalla family's maid
- Sweety Walia as Pammi Mehra: Santosh's friend
- Deep Jaitley as Prateek: Ishita's suitor
- Yukti Kapoor as Mayura Dunavati: Ishita's colleague
- Shakti Arora as Ishita's suitor
- Arti Singh as Kriti: Ishita's college friend
- Gaurav Nanda as Rajeev Tandon: Trisha's brother; Raman's investor
- Shivani Mahajan as Advocate Mrs. Kaul ; Ishita hires her for her mother's accident case
- Arshima Thapar as Sanjana Arora: Mihir and Shagun's fake sister
- Bhanujeet Sudan / Amit Tandon as Subramaniam Chandran: Devayani's younger son;
- Shahina Surve as Lakshmi Chandran: Subramaniam's first wife; Kartik's mother
- Karishma Sharma as Raina Singh: Bala's blackmailer
- Anjali Ujawane as Devyani Chandran: Bala and Subramaniam's mother; Ishita's mother-in-law, Shravan, Kshitija and Kartik's grandmother
- Hargun Grover as Nikhil Malhotra: Rinki's former fiancé; Pammy's relative
- Priya Shinde as Dr. Anita: Ishita's psychiatrist
- Parveen Kaur as Aditi: a psychiatrist
- Kanisha Malhotra as ACP Shalini
- Asha Negi as Koyal Ghosh
- Niyati Joshi as Shaila Vanraj: Omprakash's sister; Neha's mother
- Gulki Joshi as Neha Vanraj: Raman's cousin; Shaila's daughter
- Anju Mahendru as Sujata Kumar: Lakshmi's mother
- Arishfa Khan as Vinni
- Ruchika Rajput as Vinni's mother
- Gopal Singh as Chand Mishra
- Abhilash Chaudhary as Mihika's friend
- Navina Bole as Dimple: Nikhil's sister
- Darshan Pandya as Prateek Sharma: Abhishek's friend
- Manoj Chandila as Dr. Manoj Paul: Ishita's gynaecologist; Shagun's ex-fiancé
- Swati Kapoor as Sanchi
- Avdeep Sidhu as Anil Nagpal: Raman's lawyer
- Lalit Bisht as Amarnath Chaddha: Pallavi's husband
- Garima Kapoor as Pallavi Amarnath Chaddha: Amarnath's wife
- Manish Khanna as Shyam Raichand
- Zareena Roshan Khan as Ismail's mother
- Kiran Bhargava as Shobhna Venkatesh: Upamanyu and Abhimanyu's mother; Aliya and Nirvaan's grandmother
- Pavitra Punia as Nidhi Chhabra: Raman's ex-lover, Raman and Shagun's nemesis; Sohail's sister; Ruhi's kidnapper
- Gaurav Wadhwa as Sohail Chhabra: Nidhi's brother; Ruhi's ex-lover
- Sid Makkar as Vidyut: Raman and Shagun's friend
- Deepak Wadhwa as Gaurav Bajaj: Simran's ex-lover
- Anupama Solanki as Shweta: Raman's personal secretary
- Benazir Shaikh as Divya: Abhishek's fiancé
- Ribbhu Mehra as Nikhil: Ruhi's former lover; Pooja's former husband; Riya's father
- Vidisha as Roshni Bhalla: Aditya's widow; Jr. Aditya's biological mother; Ruhi's sister-in-law and Pihu's step-sister-in-law; Yug's adopted sister-in-law
- Gagan Anand as Gagan: Chandan's brother
- Hritu Dudhani as Pooja: Nikhil's former wife; Riya's mother
- Drishti Hemdev as Riya: Nikhil and Pooja's daughter; Pihu's friend
- Alefia Kapadia as Bhavna: Paranormal Expert
- Charu Mehra as Sonakshi Gupta/Aarushi Gupta
- Sharat Sonu as Keshav Kumar Dalmiya
- Ankit Bhatia as Sudha's lawyer
- Dinesh Mehta as Vijender
- Lankesh Bhardwaj as Police Inspector
- Varun Parashar as Dr. Rajat Srivastav: Sudha and Koko's brother
- Reyaansh Vir Chdha as Karan Srivastav: Sudha’s younger son; Rohan’s brother; Ruhi’s husband; Aditya's brother-in-law and Pihu's step-brother-in-law; Yug's adopted brother-in-law; Jr.Aditya's uncle
- Abhishek Malik as Rohan Srivastav: Sudha's elder son; Karan's brother; Aliya's second husband
- Sudha Chandran as Sudha Srivastav: Koko and Rajat's sister; Rohan and Karan's mother;Aliya's ex-mother-inlaw; Ruhi's mother-in-law; Jr.Aditya's grandaunt
- Ajay Kumar Nain as Sahil Shah: Muskaan's brother; Shaina's husband; Samar's father
- Hemaakshi Ujjain as Muskaan Shah: Sahil's sister
- Mithil Jain as Arjit Saxena: Neeti's father
- Chaitanya Choudhury as Shardul Sinha: Ishita's friend; Natasha's husband
- Sapna Thakur as Natasha: Sunny's sister; Shardul's wife
- Ansh Kukreja as Sunny: Natasha's brother
- Anuja Walhe as Dr. Sunita
- Unknown as Mr. Kakkar; owner of Kakkar Jewellers and Bhalla family's jeweller