2 years later

Archana is now educated and returns to Mumbai. Shravani has delivered a boy, who is named after Sachin. Sulochana decides to get Archana married to Jaywant. Later, Archana and Manav come to know that Jaywant is marrying Archana only for his self-benefits and wishes to leave her alone in the future. Coincidentally, Manav and Shravani's marriage falls on the same date as Jaywant and Archana's wedding. At last, Manav and Archana marry and hence unite again. Shravani leaves for abroad, giving Sachin to Archana and Manav, who adopt Sachin.

Archana's sister, Vaishali marries Manav's boss, Dharmesh, who dislikes Manav. Archana suffers a miscarriage as Manav fails to pay for her operation on time. This makes Manav to determine himself to become successful and earn money. He meets a rich businessman, Digvijay Kirloskar, and starts working with him.

4 years later

Manav is now a rich business tycoon. Dharmesh tries to create difficulties in Manav's life, but in vain. Manav and Archana now have a son, Soham, who is specially liked by Archana's childless sister, Varsha. Later, Archana delivers twin daughters, Ovi and Tejaswini. Varsha abducts Soham and runs away. They fall into a river and were presumed dead. Archana gets blamed for the loss of Soham as she had previously ignored Manav's warning to keep Soham away from Varsha.

Manav decides to move to Canada with his family to further his business. He sends flight tickets to Archana through Savita, who doesn't tell her anything about the tickets and misinforms Archana that Manav wants divorce. Later, Savita signs on the divorce papers on Archana's behalf and lies to Manav that Archana wants divorce. Thus, Manav moves abroad without Archana, who is left shattered and later adopts an orphaned baby girl, Purvi. Vaishali leaves Dharmesh due to his abusive behavior on herself and her children.

18 years later

Manav returns to India to finalize their divorce, and is ordered a six-month courtship together with Archana. The Deshmukh family returns to India. Ovi's marriage is fixed with Digvijay's son, Arjun, while he is in love with Purvi. He soon reveals his love for Purvi and breaks his alliance with Ovi, leaving Ovi shattered. Tejaswini and Damodar expose Savita's conspiracy, uniting Archana and Manav. Varsha and Soham are revealed to be alive as goons in Bihar. Soham is now known as "Vishnu Lala" and Varsha as "Jhumri". Ovi tells Purvi that if she lets her marry Arjun instead, then she will stop Manav from divorcing Archana. For Archana's happiness, Purvi begs Arjun to marry Ovi and thus, Arjun-Ovi get married. Manav and Archana learn about Soham but he refuses to accept them as his parents. Vinod's elder daughter, Poornima, creates a rift between Ovi and Purvi, making Ovi believe that Arjun and Purvi are having an extra-marital affair. To save Ovi-Arjun's marriage life, Purvi shifts to Kolkata.

Six months later, Purvi, who is pregnant, is married to Dr. Onir, a gynecologist. Ovi is also pregnant having complications. Onir and Purvi return Mumbai to treat Ovi. Soham accidentally shoots Archana and she falls into a coma but she soon wakes up and Soham accepts both Manav and Archana as his parents. It's revealed that Purvi is actually pregnant with Arjun's child when they accidentally making love when they taking shelter in the cabin. Ovi loses her son while Purvi delivers a daughter. She replaces her daughter with Ovi's child with Onir's help. Arjun and Purvi's daughter is named Pari. Soon, Purvi is exposed by Punni. Ovi-Arjun and Onir-Purvi divorce. Manav and Archana decide to get Arjun and Purvi married so that Pari gets her full family. Ovi moves to Canada and finds out that she's pregnant again with Arjun's child.

Tejaswini falls in love with Snehlata's son, Sunny, who also falls in love with Vinod's youngest daughter, Ruchita. But, they have to break up as Savita and Snehlata are rivals. Soham falls in love with Dr. Gauri but her alliance gets fixed with Sachin. He kidnaps Gauri and tries to forcefully marry her in the temple. Gauri gets accidentally shot by Soham and falls into a river with him. Arjun meets Ovi in Canada and is shocked on learning about his and Ovi's daughter, Pia. Purvi misunderstands that Arjun has cheated on her with Ovi. She shifts to Canada with Pari and the entire family.

20 years later

Purvi returns to Mumbai and realizes the truth of Pia and Ovi. Arjun is revealed to have a brain tumor. Arjun and Purvi reunite and they move to Australia for Arjun's treatment. Pia helps Ovi to unite with her parents and her family.

Soham, who is revealed to be alive, lives as Raghav Mahatre, with his children, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav, and Sonali, and they all suffer from a financial crisis. His eldest daughter, Ankita is exactly lookalike Archana. A mentally challenged businessman named Narendra Karmarkar is traumatized after the death of his lover, Ahaana. He meets Ankita and starts assuming her as Ahaana. Due to lack of money, Ankita is compelled to marry Naren at the behest of his mother, Rushali, who agrees to offer her money. Naren gets much better, and they consummate their marriage.

Pari is devastated after the death of her lover, Aman, and agrees to marry Shekhar. On Pari's wedding day, Naren discovers that Pari is Ahaana and she discovers that Naren is Aman. Soham meets his family but still holds a grudge against them. Naren regains his memory and forgets his memories with Ankita and marries Pari. For Naren and Pari's happy married life, Ankita leaves Mumbai and gives birth to their daughter, Arushi. Rushali steals Arushi and hands her to Naren and Pari, and misinforms Ankita that her baby was stillborn. Naren and Pari adopt Arushi.

5 years later

Ankita returns to Mumbai. Naren and Ankita learn that Arushi is their biological daughter. He regains his memories with Ankita and learns about Pari's evil schemes and divorces her. Pari realizes Ankita and Naren's true love. Ankita and Naren reunite. Purvi and Arjun return to Mumbai, and Pari accepts both her parents after some time and starts living with them. Manav and Archana forgive Soham and finally reunites with him.

Ankita and Naren remarry. Manav-Archana, Arjun-Purvi, and Ankita-Naren together commemorate their "Pavitra Rishta" (sacred relationship). Manav meets with a fatal accident and Archana dies of grief. Their family mourns their death. Their souls are shown to be in heaven together, expressing their undying love for each other.

Main

• Ankita Lokhande as
  • Archana "Archu" Karanjkar Deshmukh– Sulochana and Manohar's eldest daughter; Vinod, Varsha and Vaishali's sister; Manav's wife; Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's mother; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adoptive mother; Pia, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's grandmother; Pari, Gaurav and Pushti's adoptive grandmother; Priya and Arushi's great-grandmother (2009–2014)
  • Ankita Deshmukh Karmakar – Soham's eldest daughter; Prashant and Mansi's sister; Pranav and Sonali's half-sister; Naren's wife; Arushi's mother (2013–2014)
• Sushant Singh Rajput / Hiten Tejwani as Manav Deshmukh – Savita and Damodar's elder son; Sachin and Vandita's brother; Archana's husband; Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's father; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adoptive father; Pia, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's grandfather; Pari, Gaurav and Pushti's adoptive grandfather; Priya and Arushi's great-grandfather (2009–2011) / (2011–2014)
• Asha Negi as Purvi Deshmukh Kirloskar – Archana and Manav's adopted daughter; Jr. Sachin, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's adopted sister; Onir's ex-wife; Arjun's wife; Pari's mother (2011–2014)
• Shruti Kanwar as Ovi Deshmukh – Archana and Manav's elder daughter; Soham and Tejaswini's sister; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adopted sister; Arjun's ex-wife; Pia's mother (2011–2014)
• Rithvik Dhanjani as Arjun Kirloskar – Digvijay and Ashna's son; Ovi's ex-husband; Purvi's husband; Pari and Pia's father (2011–2014)
• Ankit Narang as Soham Deshmukh – Archana and Manav's son; Varsha and Balan's adopted son; Ovi and Tejaswini's brother; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adopted brother; Gauri's one-sided lover; Ratna's ex-husband; Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's father; Priya and Arushi's grandfather (2012–2014)
• Puru Chibber / Anubhav Krishna Srivastava as Jr. Sachin "Sachu" Deshmukh – Sachin and Shravani's son; Archana and Manav's nephew/adopted son; Soham, Ovi, Tejaswini and Purvi's adopted brother; Gauri's ex-fiancé; Neena's husband; Gaurav and Pushti's father (2011–2013) / (2013–2014)
  • Harsh Katara as Child Sachin Deshmukh (2011)
• Mrinalini Tyagi as Tejaswini "Teju" Deshmukh – Archana and Manav's younger daughter; Soham and Ovi's sister; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adopted sister; Sunny's former love interest (2011–2014)
• Karan Veer Mehra as Naren Karmarkar – Rushali and Shirish's elder son; Raunak's brother; Pari's ex-husband; Ankita's husband; Arushi's father (2013–2014)
• Ruhee Bagga as Pari Deshmukh– Arjun and Purvi's daughter; Pia's half-sister; Naren's ex-wife (2013-2014)

Recurring

• Savita Prabhune as Sulochana Karanjkar – Manohar's widow; Vinod, Archana, Varsha and Vaishali's mother; Poornima, Ruchita, Aniket, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's grandmother; Varun's step-grandmother; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adoptive grandmother; Pia, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's great-grandmother; Pari, Gaurav and Pushti's adoptive great-grandmother; Priya and Arushi's great-great-grandmother (2009–2014)
• Ajay Rohila / Kishori Govind Mahabole as Manohar Karanjkar – Sulochana's husband; Vinod, Archana, Varsha and Vaishali's father; Poornima, Ruchita, Aniket, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's grandfather; Varun's step-grandfather; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adoptive grandfather; Pia, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's great-grandfather; Pari, Gaurav and Pushti's adoptive great-grandfather; Priya and Arushi's great-great-grandfather (2009) / (2009–2011) (Dead)
• Parag Tyagi as Vinod Karanjkar – Sulochana and Manohar's son; Archana, Varsha and Vaishali's brother; Manjusha's husband; Poornima and Ruchita's father (2009–2013)
• Priya Marathe as Varsha "Varshu" Karanjkar / Jhumri Singh (fake): Sulochana and Manohar's second daughter; Vinod, Archana and Vaishali's sister; Satish ex-wife; Balan's fake wife; Soham's adoptive mother (2009–2013)
• Prarthana Behere / Madhumita Das as Vaishali "Vaishu" Karanjkar – Sulochana and Manohar's youngest daughter; Vinod, Archana and Varsha's sister; Dharmesh's ex-wife; Aniket's mother; Varun's step-mother (2009–2011) / (2011–2012)
• Swati Anand as Manjusha "Manju" Lokhande Karanjkar – Rasika's daughter; Ajit's sister; Vinod's wife; Poornima and Ruchita's mother (2009—2013)
• Jia Mustafa as Poornima "Punni" Karanjkar Mittal – Manjusha and Vinod's elder daughter; Ruchita's sister; Malik's wife (2011—2013)
• Krunal Pandit as Malik Mittal – Poornima's husband (2011–2013)
• Meghna Kinare / Shivani Tomar as Ruchita "Ruchi" Karanjkar – Manjusha and Vinod's younger daughter; Poornima's sister (2011) / (2013)
• Smita Oak as Rasika Lokhande – Manjusha and Ajit's mother; Poornima, Ruchita and Munni's grandmother (2009–2012)
• Yamini Thakur as Vandita "Vandu" Deshmukh Lokhande – Savita and Damodar's daughter; Manav and Sachin's sister; Ajit's wife; Munni's mother (2009–2013)
• Prabhat Bhattacharya / Pankaj Vishnu as Ajit Lokhande – Rasika's son; Manjusha's brother; Vandita's husband; Munni's father (2009–2011, 2013)
• Unknown as Munni Lokhande – Vandita and Ajit's daughter (2011)
• Anurag Sharma as Satish Deshpande – Mohan and Bhavna's son; Varsha's ex-husband (2009–2011)
• Shalini Arora as Bhavna Deshpande – Mohan's wife; Satish's mother (2009–2011)
• Pawan Mahendru as Mohan Deshpande – Bhavna's husband; Satish's father (2009–2011)
• Sumeet Arora as Dharmesh Jaipurwala – Meena's son; Madhuri and Vaishali's ex-husband; Varun and Aniket's father (2010–2011)
• Sujata Vaishnav as Meena Jaipurwala – Dharmesh's mother; Varun and Aniket's grandmother (2010–2011)
• Divjot Sabarwal as Madhuri – Dhamresh's ex-wife; Varun's mother (2011)
• Karan Hukku as Varun Jaipurwala – Madhuri and Dharmesh's son; Vaishali's step-son; Aniket's half-brother (2011)
• Rahul Tandon as Aniket Jaipurwala – Vaishali and Dharmesh's son; Varun's half-brother (2012–2013)
• Ajay Wadhavkar as Damodar Rao Deshmukh – Vishwas's brother; Savita's husband; Manav, Sachin and Vandita's father; Jr. Sachin, Munni, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's grandfather; Purvi's adoptive grandfather; Pia, Ankita, Gaurav, Prashant, Mansi, Pushti, Pranav and Sonali's great-grandfather; Pari's adoptive great-grandfather; Priya and Arushi's great-great-grandfather (2009–2014)
• Usha Nadkarni as Savita Deshmukh – Damodar's wife; Manav, Sachin and Vandita's mother; Jr. Sachin, Munni, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's grandmother; Purvi's adoptive grandmother; Pia, Ankita, Gaurav, Prashant, Mansi, Pushti, Pranav and Sonali's great-grandmother; Pari's adoptive great-grandmother; Priya and Arushi's great-great-grandmother (2009–2014)
• Sunil Godse as Vishwas Rao Deshmukh – Damodar's brother; Manav, Sachin and Vandita's uncle (2009–2010) (Dead)
• Raj Singh Suryavanshi as Sachin Deshmukh – Damodar and Savita's younger son; Manav and Vandita's brother; Shravani's fiancé; Jr. Sachin's father; Gaurav and Pushti's grandfather (2009) (Dead)
• Pooja Pihal as Shravani Mahadik – Girish's daughter; Sachin's fiancée; Jr. Sachin's mother; Gaurav and Pushti's grandmother (2009–2011)
• Anil Mishra as Girish Mahadik – Shravani's father; Jr. Sachin's grandfather; Gaurav and Pushti's great-grandfather (2009–2010)
• Manasi Salvi as Ashna Kirloskar – Digvijay's wife; Arjun's mother; Pari and Pia's grandmother (2011) (Dead)
• Naved Aslam as Digvijay Kirloskar aka DK – Manav's boss and friend; Ashna's widower; Arjun's father; Pari and Pia's grandfather (2011–2013)
• Mansi Sharma as Neena Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin's wife; Gaurav and Pushti's mother (2013–2014)
• Ruhee Bagga as Pari Deshmukh – Purvi and Arjun's daughter; Pia's half-sister; Naren's ex-wife; Arushi's foster mother (2013–2014)
• Karishma Sharma as Pia Kirloskar – Ovi and Arjun's daughter; Pari's half-sister (2014)
• Nishant Raghuwanshi as Prashant Deshmukh – Soham's elder son; Ankita and Mansi's brother; Pranav and Sonali's half-brother (2013–2014)
• Aparna Dixit as Mansi "Manu" Deshmukh Kamble – Soham's second daughter; Ankita and Prashant's sister; Pranav and Sonali's half-sister; Shashank's wife; Priya's mother (2013–2014)
• Manish Naggdev as Shashank Kamble – Mansi's husband; Priya's step-father (2013–2014)
• Akash Nath as Pranav Deshmukh – Soham and Ratna's son; Sonali's brother; Ankita, Prashant and Mansi's half-brother (2013–2014)
• Kreesha Shah as Sonali "Sonu" Deshmukh – Soham and Ratna's daughter; Pranav's sister; Ankita, Prashant and Mansi's half-sister (2013–2014)
• Niveen A Ramani as Gaurav Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin and Neena's son; Pushti's brother (2013–2014)
• Jinal Jain as Pushti Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin and Neena's daughter; Gaurav's sister (2013–2014)
• Mandar Jadhav as Vinay Apte – Purvi's ex-fiancé (2012–2013)
• Shakti Arora as Dr. Onir Dutt – Purvi's ex-husband; Shalini's husband (2012–2013)
• Menaka Lalwani as Shalini Dutt – Onir's second wife (2013)
• Karan Sharma as Sunny Khandeshi – Mukesh and Snehlata's younger son; Jignesh's brother; Tejaswini's former love interest (2012–2013)
• Ketki Dave as Snehlata Khandeshi – Mukesh's wife; Sunny and Jignesh's mother; Savita's rival (2012–2013)
• Mark Parakh as Jignesh Khandeshi – Mukesh and Snehlata's elder son; Sunny's brother (2012–2013)
• Priyanka Kandwal as Dr. Gauri Shahane – Umesh and Rajni's daughter; Atul's sister; Archana's doctor; Jr. Sachin's ex-fiancée; Soham's love interest (2013) (Dead)
• Sanjay Bhatia as Umesh Shahane – Rajni's husband; Gauri and Atul's father (2013)
• Amita Desai as Rajni Shahane – Umesh's wife; Gauri and Atul's mother (2013)
• Ahmad Harhash as Atul Shahane – Umesh and Rajni's son; Gauri's brother (2013)
• Mahesh Shetty as Jaywant Rane – Swati's brother; Archana's proposed groom (2010)
• Sheeba Chadha as Rushali Karmarkar – Shrish's wife; Naren and Raunak's mother; Priya and Arushi's grandmother (2013–2014)
• Vikrant Chaturvedi as Shirish Karmarkar – Sunanda's brother; Rushali's husband; Naren and Raunak's father; Priya and Arushi's grandfather (2013–2014)
• Sumukhi Pendse as Sunanda Karmarkar – Shirish's sister; Naren and Raunak's aunt (2013–2014)
• Ranjeet Singh as Raunak Karmarkar – Rushali and Shirish's younger son; Naren's brother; Kinnari's husband; Priya's father (2013–2014)
• Minal Mogam as Kinnari Nadkarni Karmarkar – Raunak's wife (2013–2014)
• Angel as Arushi "Ashi" Karmarkar – Ankita and Naren's daughter; Pari's foster daughter (2014)
• Karan Suchak as Shekhar Gupta – Lawyer; Naren's friend; Pari's ex-fiancé (2013–2014)
• Amit Sarin as Ashwin Sagar – Satish's cousin; Varsha's lover; Urmila's husband (2009–2010)
• Ashlesha Sawant as Urmila Sagar – Ashwin's wife (2009–2010)
• Neha Sehgal as Ria Gupta – Manav's assistant (2010–2011)
• Mukul Harish as Ranvijay – Gopal and Neelima's younger son; Vishnu's brother; Vaishnavi's father (2014)
• Bhanujeet Sudan as Rishabh Kapoor – A businessman; Sonia's former husband; Purvi's obsessed lover (2013–2014) (Dead)
• Kali Prasad Mukherjee / Abhay Bhargava as Balan Lala Singh – Varsha's fake husband; Soham's adoptive father (2012–2013) (2013–2014)
• Tanvi Thakkar as Rashmi (2009–2010)
• Syed Zafar Ali as Dr. Agarwal (2013)
• Eva Shirali as Swati Rane (2009–2010)
• Irfan Razaa Khan as Prakash (2010)
• Savita Shivaskar as Sundari: Maidservant in the Deshmukh household (2011–2014)
• Aryan Prajapati as Nikhil (2013–2014)
• Anuradha Namdar as Charulata Mehta (2012–2013)
• Mohit Sehgal as Pradeep Saini (2013)
• Manish Khanna as Kashinath Sharma (2013)
• Suman Shastri Kant as Kinshuk Banerjee (2013)

Casting

Sushant Singh Rajput who was playing the parallel lead in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil of StarPlus was cast as Manav. Zee TV did not accept him for casting as Manav as he was a parallel lead of the show in their rival channel. But Producer Ekta Kapoor convinced the channel to accept him.^[6] In November 2011 Rajput quit the series and was replaced by Hiten Tejwani.^[7] However, during the final of the series on 25 October 2014, Tejwani paved way for Rajput who appeared in the final episode as Manav.^[8][9]

Schedule

The show's time slot was changed from 21:00 to 18:30 on 15 April 2014 and the 21:00 slot was taken by Kumkum Bhagya, also produced by Ekta Kapoor.^[10]