# Barsatein – Mausam Pyaar Ka

Barsatein – Mausam Pyaar Ka (transl. The Rainy Season – The Season of Love) is an Indian Hindi-language television romantic drama series that premiered on 10 July 2023 on Sony Entertainment Television. Produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under their banner Balaji Telefilms, it starred Shivangi Joshi and Kushal Tandon as the leads.

## Plot

Aradhana and her friend sit in a cafe and talk about how she met Reyansh Lamba. Reyansh Lamba is the CEO of Nation True News. Aradhana works at a small news company but wants to deliver some exciting news. Her best friend Pooja helps her sneak into Reyansh's party to gather evidence against him but before she could broadcast it, Reyansh gets it removed. Admiring her passion, Reyansh's father gives Aradhana a job at his office. Reyansh and Aradhana get off to a rocky start and Aradhana is triggered by the fact that Reyansh hates women. Soon she finds out that his hatred for women is due to his mother being in love with another man whilst his father and him felt unloved and unwanted. Aradhana aims to change his perspective. Aradhana finds out that Pooja is dating Reyansh's best friend Vikram. Pooja's family finds out about this and oppose the relationship. Reyansh sees Aradhana and Vikram getting close and misunderstands that they love each other. Reyansh, without realising it, falls in love with Aradhana and helps Vikram. They team up to wed Pooja and Vikram and Reyansh realises that Aradhana was only passing messages between them. After that, he continuously asks her if she is single and love blooms between the both. They spend a night together after confessing their love but soon realise that the CCTV cameras were left on. Aradhana gives Reyansh the USB with the trust that he will destroy it and they both plan to marry. The next day as Aradhana was supposed to meet Reyansh, she cancels on him to meet Mayank. Mayank was blackmailing Krishnan's sister and Aradhana went to expose him. But Mayank, who was fuelled with anger, told Reyansh that Aradhana was cheating on him. A heartbroken Reyansh, insults Aradhana in front of the office with the blame that she harassed him that night. Aradhana goes home crying only to witness that the video had gone viral. She finds out that she is adopted and is forced to leave the city.
Aradhana arrives in Dehradun, and meets Beena Aunty who lets her reside in Oswan Bakery. Soon Aradhana finds out that her real mother is Malini Khanna who is married to Viren Khanna and the mother of 3 daughters. Over a twist of events, Kimaya falls in love with Reyansh and get engaged. Reyansh's best friend Jai also falls in love with Aradhana unaware of her relationship with Reyansh. Jai gets blackmailed by Kriti and gets engaged to her. Bhakti reveals to Malini that Aradhana is her daughter. Soon Kimaya finds out the truth about Reyansh and suicides. Aradhana and the rest of the family blame Reyansh. Jai breaks of his engagement to Kriti. Aradhana moves back to Delhi as her father has forgiven her. Reyansh follows her back and has his mind set on marrying her. He hands out invitations and sweets to which Aradhana gets irritated. To get rid of Reyansh, Aradhana agrees to marry Jai and the wedding preparations start. However, Reyansh leaves no stone unturned to stop their wedding. But at last Jai marries Aradhana. Later, a car accident occurred in which Reyansh is presumed to be dead. For this, Aradhana becomes traumatized. In order to get her well, Jai calls his another best friend Vaani who comes from abroad to help them. Later, Aradhana sees a man wearing black hoody. It is revealed that Reyansh is actually alive. Aradhana also gets well. On the other hand, Jai's mother Neeta is revealed to be involved in drug smuggling and Bhakti knows that. So, she decided to kill Bhakti and Bhakti meets with an accident and Reyansh took Bhakti to hospital. She frames Reyansh responsible for Bhakti's accident. Aradhana suspects on Reyansh. To find this out Aradhana proposes Reyansh but Aradhana got kidnapped. The kidnapper ask Reyansh to drop drug scandal story or else he'll kill Aradhana and shoots her. Aradhana is presumed to be dead. Reyansh is shattered but her sister believe that she is alive. Aradhana is alive and the kidnapper is Viren Khanna and Aradhana ran away from the kidnapper to release Reyansh from jail. Everyone goes to the kidnapper to find out why he was doing so. It is revealed that he was doing this drugs smuggling from a very long time and Neeta is his crime partner in that. He also wants to take revenge from Reyansh for her eldest daughter Kimaya's death. He tries to shoot Aradhana but unfortunately Jai gets shot as Reyansh removed Aradhana from the place. Jai is dead and his mother has guilt for her actions. Before dying, Jai tells him that it was all the plan of Kriti aka Kiki. She pressurised Kimaya to do so. After 3 weeks, Aradhana and Reyansh are finally/ get engaged and going to marry each other soon and the barsatein are back...

## Cast
### Main

* Shivangi Joshi as Aradhana Khurana (nee Sahni): Malini's biological daughter; Step daughter of Viren; Kimaya, Kriti and Komal's half-sister; Bhakti and Harsh's adoptive daughter; Jagruti's adoptive sister; Pooja's best friend; Mayank's ex-girlfriend; Jai's widow; Reyansh's fiancee (2023 - 2024)
* Kushal Tandon as Reyansh Lamba: Vivek and Kadambari's son; Vikram and Jai's best friend; Kimaya's ex-fiance; Fiance of Aradhana (2023 - 2024)
* Simba Nagpal as Jai Khurana: Neeta and Akash's elder son; Varun's brother; Reyansh and Vaani's best friend; Kriti's ex-fiance; Husband of Aradhana (2023 - 2024) (Dead)

### Recurring

* Sai Ranade as Bhakti Sahni: Harsh's wife; Jagruti's mother; adoptive mother of Aradhana (2023 - 2024)
* Vipul Deshpande as Harsh Sahni: Bhakti's husband; Jagruti's father; adoptive father of Aradhana (2023 - 2024)
* Riya Doshi as Jagruti Sahni: Bhakti and Harsh's daughter; adoptive sister of Aradhana (2023 - 2024)
* Sameer Malhotra as Vivek Lamba: Kadambari's ex-husband; Reyansh's father (2023 - 2024)
* Poorva Gokhale as Kadambari Lamba: Vivek's ex-wife; Reyansh's mother (2023 - 2024)
* Ali Khan as Vikram Kumar: Reyansh's best friend; Pooja's husband (2023 - 2024)
* Prarthana Mondal as Pooja Kumar: best friend of Aradhana; Vikram's wife (2023 - 2024)
* Aditya Bansal as Dr. Krishnan: Revathy's elder brother (2023)
* Disha Jain as Revathy: Krishnan's younger sister (2023)
* Tushar Kawale as Mayank Kaurani: Ex-boyfriend of Aradhana (2023)
* Tanaaz Irani as Beena: Oswan Bakery's owner (2023)
* Vimarsh Roshan as Viren Khanna: A drug smuggler; Malini's husband; Kimaya, Kriti and Komal's father; Step father and kidnapper of Aradhana; Jai's murderer (2023 - 2024)
* Nausheen Ali Sardar as Malini Khanna: Viren's wife; Aradhana, Kimaya, Kriti and Komal's mother (2023 - 2024)
* Shreya Dave as Kimaya Khanna aka Kimi: Viren and Malini's eldest daughter; Kriti and Komal's sister; Step sister of Aradhana; Reyansh's fiancee (2023) (Dead)
* Aradhana Sharma as Kriti Khanna aka Kiki: Viren and Malini's second daughter; Kimaya and Komal's sister; Step sister of Aradhana; Jai's ex–fiancee (2023)
* Hritika Singh Kanwar as Komal Khanna aka Koko: Viren and Malini's youngest daughter; Kimaya and Kriti's sister; Step sister of Aradhana (2023)
* Sheetal Maulik as Neeta Khurana: Akash's wife; Jai and Varun's mother; Viren's accomplice in drug smuggling and kidnapping of Aradhana (2023 - 2024)
* Pankit Thakker as Akash Khurana: Neeta's husband; Jai and Varun's father (2023 - 2024)
* Akhil Wadhera as Varun Khurana: Neeta and Akash's younger son; Jai's brother (2023 - 2024)
* Dipali Sharma as Vaani: Jai's best friend (2023)

## Production
### Casting

Kushal Tandon as Reyansh Lamba and Shivangi Joshi as Aradhana Sahni were signed as the leads.
In June 2023, Ali Khan joined the cast to play Vikram, Reyansh's friend.

### Development

In June 2023, the series was announced on Sony Entertainment Television by Balaji Telefilms. The series marks television comeback of Kushal Tandon into fiction after 6 years. The series marks the third collaboration between Ekta Kapoor and Tandon after Hum - I'm Because of Us (2018) and Bebaakee (2020). It also marks the second collaboration between Ekta Kapoor and Joshi after Bekaboo (2023).

### Filming

The principal photography commenced at the Film City, Mumbai. Kushal Tandon and Shivangi Joshi also went on to make special appearances in Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 3 and India's Best Dancer 3 to promote the show.

## Reception

Prachi Arya of India Today noted, "Tandon effortlessly portrays his character's struggles, infusing the story with depth and relatability. Meanwhile, Joshi delivers a compelling performance, showcasing her versatility as an actress. Joshi's on-screen chemistry with Tandon is electric." Sukarna Mondal of Times of India stated, "Kushal and Shivangi’s pairing looks crackling. Kushal looks in his usual serious demeanour and Shivangi plays her role perfectly as a journalist."