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Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (transl. What is this relation called) also known by the initialism YRKKH is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the longest running Indian television soap opera. Produced by Rajan Shahi under the banner of Director's Kut Productions, it formerly starred Hina Khan, Karan Mehra, Shivangi Joshi, Mohsin Khan, Pranali Rathod and Harshad Chopda.[1][2] Currently, it stars Samridhii Shukla and Rohit Purohit (replaced Shehzada Dhami), as the fourth generation leads.[3][4][5]

Main cast

Character Generations
1
(2009–2016) 		2
(2016–2021) 		3
(2021–2023) 		4
(2023–present)
Akshara Maheshwari Singhania Main Recurring
Naitik Singhania Main Recurring
Naira Singhania Goenka Recurring Main
Kartik "Kittu" Goenka Main
Akshara "Akshu" Goenka Sharma Recurring Main Guest
Dr. Abhimanyu "Abhi" Birla Main
Abhira Sharma Poddar Main
Armaan Poddar Main

Recurring cast

Guest appearances

Year Actor(s) Appearance
2009 Shubhangi Atre as Kasturi from Kasturi
Puja Banerjee as Vrinda from Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna
Shweta Tiwari as Prerna from Kasautii Zindagii Kay
Sara Khan as Sadhna from Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
Angad Hasija as Alekh
Kinshuk Mahajan as Ranvir
2010 Anupriya Kapoor as Taani from Tere Liye
Neha Sargam as Nivedita from Chand Chupa Badal Mein
Pooja Gor as Pratigya Thakur from Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya
2011 Sanaya Irani as Khushi from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?
Barun Sobti as Arnav
Soumya Seth as Navya from Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal
Krystle D'Souza as Jeevika from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
Nia Sharma as Maanvi
Karan Tacker as Viren
Kushal Tandon as Virat
2012, 2016 Deepika Singh as Sandhya Rathi[7][8] from Diya Aur Baati Hum
2012 Anas Rashid as Sooraj Rathi[7]
Neelu Vaghela as Santosh Rathi
Kanika Maheshwari as Meenakshi Rathi
Aamir Khan To promote Satyamev Jayate
2015 Hiba Nawab as Amaya Mathur from Tere Sheher Mein
2017 Badshah for Dance Performance at Kartik and Naira's "Sangeet"
Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma To promote their film Jab Harry Met Sejal
Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar and Sana Khan To promote their film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
Alka Yagnik Special performance for a tribute to Akshara on Naksh-Keerti's "Sangeet"
2018 Adaa Khan for special dance performance on Valentine's Day
Supriya Pathak to promote her show Khichdi
2019 Namit Khanna to promote their show from Sanjivani
Gurdeep Kohli
2021 Pooja Gor as Pratigya Thakur from Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2
2022 Rupali Ganguly as Anupamaa Joshi from Anupamaa[9][10]
Gaurav Khanna as Anuj Kapadia
Sudhanshu Pandey as Vanraj Shah
Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty as Kavya Shah
Paras Kalnawat as Samar Shah
Arvind Vaidya as Hasmukh Shah
Nidhi Shah as Kinjal Dave Shah
Alpana Buch as Leela Shah
Tassnim Sheikh as Rakhi Dave
Shekhar Shukla as Jignesh
Kumar Sanu Special performance on Akshara-Abhimanyu's sangeet
2023 Kajol as Noyonika Sengupta from The Trial
2023, 2024 Sayli Salunkhe as Vandana Malhotra from Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si
2024 Jazlyn Talwani as Tara Malhotra
Ankita Sharma as Vedika Malhotra
Leena Jumani as Sonia
Sheeba Akashdeep Sabir as Pammi Sood
Romiit Raaj as Bobby Sood
Garvita Sadhwani as Mrunal Karmarkar
Bhoomi Trivedi Special performance on Makar Sankranti[11]

References

  1. ^ "Akshara-Naitik's exit has made Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai better, says producer Rajan Shahi". The Indian express. 11 January 2017. Archived from the original on 26 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai set for another leap: Reasons why the show has become stretchy". The Times of India. 17 October 2021. Archived from the original on 29 November 2021. Retrieved 25 November 2021.
  3. ^ "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai LEAP PROMO: Samridhii Shukla to play Akshara and Abhinav's daughter ABHIRA". Pinkvilla. Archived from the original on 26 October 2023. Retrieved 26 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Rajan Shahi's Directors Kut Production Terminates 'Shehzada Dhami And Pratiksha Honmukhe' From Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai". The Times of India. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Garvita Sadhwani Replaces Pratiksha Honmukhe In Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai; All You Need To Know About Her; See Pics". The Times of India. 18 March 2024. Retrieved 18 March 2024.
  6. ^ "Jay Soni joins the show 'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai', fulfils his mother's wish". The Times of India. 29 December 2022.
  7. ^ a b "Diya Aur Baati Hum and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai crossover episode on hotstar". Hotstar. Archived from the original on 30 October 2023. Retrieved 8 September 2019.
  8. ^ "'Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai': Akshara dons a different look to rescue Naira; Sandhya of 'Diya Aur Baati Hum' joins her". www.ibtimes.co.in. March 2016. Archived from the original on 8 June 2019. Retrieved 8 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai & Anupamaa collab: Will Anupama resolve issues between Abhimanyu & Akshara?". Pinkvilla. 23 March 2022. Archived from the original on 18 April 2022. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  10. ^ "Anupamaa and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, Special Episode: Anupama meets Akshara". Pinkvilla. Archived from the original on 8 July 2022. Retrieved 26 March 2022.
  11. ^ "Sankranti Special: Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si and Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai to have a special maha sangam episode; singer Bhoomi Trivedi to grace the show!". TellyChakkar. 12 January 2024.

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