Saath Nibhaana Saathiya

Saath Nibhaana Saathiya [] is an Indian Hindi-language television series produced by Rashmi Sharma under Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. It premiered on 3 May 2010 on Star Plus and became one of the longest running television series in India. The series starred Giaa Manek (later replaced by Devoleena Bhattacharjee), Rucha Hasabnis, Rupal Patel, Mohammad Nazim, Vishal Singh, Loveleen Kaur Sasan, Tanya Sharma, Sonam Lamba, Amar Upadhyay, Kunal Singh and Rohit Suchanti.
The series filmed the Modi family, exploring morals and values of a typical Gujarati joint family. When cousins Gopi and Rashi marry the Modis' sons Ahem and Jigar, the series focused on Gopi's daughters, Meera and Vidya. The storyline constantly skips forward in time: a year in June 2013, eight years in February 2014, ten years in February 2015, four years in May 2016, and three months in March 2017. The series ended on 23 July 2017, completing 2,181 episodes with its time slot taken by Tu Sooraj, Main Saanjh Piyaji.
The second season of the series, Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2, premiered on 19 October 2020 on Star Plus starring cameo celebrities Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Rupal Patel, Nazim, as well as Sneha Jain and Harsh Nagar (later replaced by Gautam Singh Vig) as protagonists.
Plot
Gopi, an illiterate, kind, and shy girl, is adopted by her aunt and uncle, Urmila and Jeetu, after her parents' death. Urmila and Jeetu's daughter, Rashi Shah, is educated, friendly, lively and cunning. Gopi and Rashi marry cousins Ahem and Jigar, the sons of Modi family. Kokila, Ahem's steadfast and kind-hearted mother, makes Gopi smarter and confident. Rashi is a troublemaker, but regrets being one. Ahem's sister, Kinjal, gets married to Rashi's cousin, Dhaval. Later, Gopi and Ahem have a daughter, Meera, while Rashi and Jigar have twin sons, Sahir and Samar.
Gopi finds out her parents are actually alive. Her evil sister, Radha, marries Umang Mehta, whose first wife Tripti kills him. Before hurting Meera, Radha blames Gopi for Umang's death. Gopi finds out she is pregnant again, but she cannot tell her family. When the family is out at a picnic, Radha plans an accident which results in Gopi accidentally throwing Meera in the river. Kokila holds Gopi responsible for Meera's death, and evicts her for harming the family.
8 years later
Gopi gives birth and raises Ahem's second daughter, Vidya, single-handedly. Kokila and Ahem are depressed due to the loss of Meera and Gopi. Rashi is the new matriarch of the Modi family. Kinjal and Dhaval have a son, Prateek. Along with Sahir, Samar and Prateek, Vidya learns that Ahem is her father. Soon, Gopi meets Ahem and revealed that Vidya is their own daughter. Eventually, Gopi and Ahem find their long-lost daughter, Meera, who grew up as an orphan named Gauri. The whole family is reunited after Radha's crimes are revealed, and she is sent to jail with Tripti.
Rashi's cousin, Paridhi, enters into the Modi residence. Later, Rashi sacrifices her life to save Gopi from the latter's obsessed colleague, Anurag Joshi. Jigar goes into depression due to Rashi's demise. Jigar marries Paridhi.
Radha tricks Jigar into sleeping with her and gets pregnant. Soon, Radha delivers a daughter, who is named Rashi. Paridhi attempts to take back Rashi, but is confronted with Radha who threatens to kill Rashi. Gopi realizes that her sister will never reform, and she stabs Radha to death for a 14-year sentence in prison.
10 years later
Gopi is released four years earlier for parole. She returns to her family without the authorities spoiling her surprise. However, Gopi is shocked seeing the unfortunate tragedies that happened to the Modis. Kokila lives in Rashi's house as a maid to a mentally disabled Urmila who lost her memory because of a pot hitting her head. Jr. Rashi was not accepted by Paridhi after Gopi went to prison. Kinjal lives away from her husband and son in the Modis' Mansion. Ahem broke all ties with the Modis and lives with Meera, Vidya and a woman, Mansi Raheja (who took care of Meera and Vidya) in Bandra, Mumbai, and runs a bakery shop by the name MV (after Meera-Vidya).
Gopi, Jigar and Kokila travel to Mumbai to bring back Ahem and Meera-Vidya. The personalities of Meera and Vidya have changed drastically. The silent, gentle and caring Meera has turned aggressive, rebellious, and disrespectful. The fun-loving, naughty Vidya has turned gentle and takes care of Meera. Ahem, Meera and Vidya blame Gopi for abandoning them for Rashi. Meera accidentally pushes Gopi from building but is saved by Ahem performing puja. Eventually, Gopi manages to reunite the family. However, Meera refuses to accept Gopi. Kinjal, Dhawal and Prateek leave for America.
Later, Kokila's childhood friend, Gaura enters to take revenge for her brother's death, caused by Kokila's mistake. Vidya's marriage is arranged to Gaura's grandson, Shravan. Gaura secretly gets Meera married to her son and Shravan's father Dharam. Equally involved in the revenge game with Gaura, Dharam traps Meera in their plan by constantly instigating her against Modi family.
During this time, Gopi's mother, Madhu returns with her adopted daughter Sonakshi Sona. She blames Kokila for Radha's death and having alienated Gopi from her, so she seeks revenge. Working with Gaura, she gets Kokila kidnapped and had her replaced by a doppelganger named Premlata. Premlata nearly killed Kokila by electrocution but Gopi saves Kokila and exposes Premlata. Madhu then tries to stab Kokila but Gopi comes to Kokila's rescue and gets stabbed. Unable to bear the guilt of having stabbed her own daughter, Madhu commits suicide. Gopi survives and Sona marries Sahir. Paridhi returns from America and refuses to accept Sona as daughter in law. Meera accepts Gopi and apologize to her. Gaura attempts to kill Kokila while attacking the Modis several times, but she is eventually caught and arrested.
Dharam and Meera gradually fall in love and they get remarried. On the same day, Ahem gets into a car accident arranged by Gaura, and is presumed dead.
4 years later
Gopi is in depression since Ahem's demise having not talked for years. Kokila has to look after Gopi on her own. Paridhi and Jigar's lives are now miserable. Hetal, Chirag, Baa and Jr. Rashi live in Canada. Paridhi has thrown Sahir, Sona and their kids out of Modi mansion and got Samar married to an educated fashionista, Monica.
On the other hand, Vidya has a 4-year-old daughter, Priyal, but is hated by Meera who believes that Vidya was responsible for her miscarriage. Later, they reunite after Dharam's daughter, Naiya, exposed as a culprit who committed the crime for the sake of inheritance.
Kokila fixes Gopi's marriage with her doctor, Krishna Raheja. Gopi recovers and refuses to get married. Krishna turns out to be Mansi's brother, who wants revenge on Gopi for separating Mansi from Ahem. Soon, Gopi and Kokila meet Ahem's look-alike Jaggi and hires him to save Gopi from Krishna's evil plans and later the Modis were successful. Later, it is revealed that Jaggi is Parag and Urvashi's illegitimate son. Jigar leaves for America.
Gopi marries Jaggi to save him from the traps of an evil girl Radhika. Gaura returns and pays Chanda, the surrogate mother of Meera and Dharam's twins, to create troubles for Modis and kills her when she attempts to expose her. Paridhi and Monica leave to America.
Eventually, Gaura's crimes are caught and she is sent to prison for the accident that led to Ahem's death. The Modis rescue Sita Rathod from a forced marriage whose step-mother, Bhavani falls in love with Dharam and compels Meera to leave the house.
Gopi learns from her friend, Antara, who is in her deathbed, that she actually gave birth a son during Vidya's birth. Antara had cheated Gopi by swapping her daughter to Gopi's son. Gopi's long-lost son, Ramakant, has now grown into a spoiled and selfish young man. Gopi and Jaggi retrieve Ramakant. Later, the Modis arrange his marriage to Sita.
Ramakant elopes with and marries Anita's daughter, Sameera, who wants revenge from the Modis for Anita's death. She joins hands with Bhavani to ruin the Modi family. All the crimes of Bhavani and Sameera are revealed. Ramakant apologizes for his past mistakes to Modi family. In the final episode, Ramakant marries Sita and Gopi remembers her journey in Modi Bhawan. In the next season, the Modi family finds out that Ahem is alive and Gopi reunites with him.
Cast
Main
Giaa Manek as Gopi Kapadia Modi – Jayantilal and Madhu's elder daughter; Radha's sister; Rashi's cousin; Ahem's widow; Jaggi's wife; Meera and Ramakant's mother; Vidya's adoptive mother; Medha and Jr. Ahem's grandmother; Priyal's adoptive grandmother (2010–2012)
Devoleena Bhattacharjee replaced Manek as Gopi Kapadia Modi (2012–2017)
Rucha Hasabnis as Rashi Shah Modi – Jitu and Urmila's daughter; Gopi, Radha, Dhaval and Paridhi's cousin; Jigar's first wife; Sahir and Samar's mother; Jai, Veeru, Geeta and Jr. Sita's grandmother (2010–2014)
Rupal Patel as Kokila Desai Modi – Revati's elder daughter; Praful, Jigna and Paresh's sister; Parag's wife; Ahem and Kinjal's mother; Jaggi's step-mother; Meera, Ramakant and Prateek's grandmother; Vidya's adoptive grandmother; Medha and Jr. Ahem's great-grandmother; Priyal's adoptive great-grandmother (2010–2017)
Mohammad Nazim as
Ahem Modi – Kokila and Parag's son; Kinjal's brother; Jaggi's half-brother; Jigar's cousin; Gopi's first husband; Meera and Ramakant's father; Vidya's adoptive father; Medha and Jr. Ahem's grandfather; Priyal's adoptive grandfather (2010–2016)
Jaggi Modi – Parag and Urvashi's son; Kokila's step-son; Ahem and Kinjal's half-brother; Jigar's cousin; Gopi's second husband; Meera, Vidya and Ramakant's step-father; Priyal, Medha and Jr. Ahem's step-grandfather (2016–2017)
Vishal Singh as Jigar Modi – Hetal and Chirag's son; Ahem, Jaggi and Kinjal's cousin; Rashi's widower; Paridhi's husband; Sahir, Samar and Jr. Rashi's father; Jai, Veeru, Geeta and Jr. Sita's grandfather (2010–2016)
Loveleen Kaur Sasan as Paridhi Mehta Modi – Jay and Veena's daughter; Rashi and Dhaval's cousin; Jigar's second wife; Sahir, Samar and Jr. Rashi's step-mother; Jai, Veeru, Geeta and Jr. Sita's step-grandmother (2014–2017)
Tanya Sharma as Meera Modi Suryavanshi – Gopi and Ahem's daughter; Jaggi's step-daughter; Ramakant's sister; Vidya's adopted sister; Sahir, Samar, Prateek and Jr. Rashi's cousin; Dharam's second wife; Medha and Jr. Ahem's mother (2015–2017)
Mazel Vyas as Child Meera "Gauri" Modi (2014–2015)
Mahi / Riti Bafna as Baby Meera Modi (2012–2013) / (2013–2014)
Sonam Lamba as Vidya Modi Suryavanshi – Antara's daughter; Gopi and Ahem's adopted daughter; Jaggi's step-daughter; Meera and Ramakant's adopted sister; Sahir, Samar, Prateek and Jr. Rashi's adopted cousin; Shravan's wife; Priyal's mother (2015–2017)
Palak Panchal as Child Vidya Modi (2014–2015)
Amar Upadhyay as Dharam Suryavanshi – Gaura's son; Durga's widower; Meera's husband; Shravan, Naiya, Medha and Jr. Ahem's father; Priyal's grandfather (2015–2017)
Kunal Singh as Shravan Suryavanshi – Dharam and Durga's son; Naiya's brother; Medha and Jr. Ahem's half-brother; Vidya's husband; Priyal's father (2015–2017)
Rohit Suchanti as Ramakant "Ricky" Modi – Gopi and Ahem's son; Antara's adopted son; Jaggi's step-son; Meera's brother; Vidya's adopted brother; Sahir, Samar, Prateek and Jr. Rashi's cousin; Sameera's ex-husband; Sita's husband (2017)
Shruti Prakash as Sita Rathod Modi – Keshavlal's daughter; Bhavani's step-daughter; Ramakant's second wife (2017)
Recurring
Manish Arora as Parag Modi – Tolaram and Janko's younger son; Chirag's brother; Urvashi's ex-lover; Kokila's husband; Ahem, Jaggi and Kinjal's father; Meera, Ramakant and Prateek's grandfather; Vidya's adoptive grandfather; Medha and Jr. Ahem's great-grandfather; Priyal's adoptive great-grandfather (2010–2017)
Neeraj Bharadwaj as Chirag Modi – Tolaram and Janko's elder son; Parag's brother; Hetal's husband; Jigar's father; Sahir, Samar and Jr. Rashi's grandfather; Jai, Veeru, Geeta and Jr. Sita's great-grandfather (2010–2016)
Swati Shah as Hetal Modi – Chirag's wife; Jigar's mother; Sahir, Samar and Jr. Rashi's grandmother; Jai, Veeru, Geeta and Jr. Sita's great-grandmother (2010–2016)
Vandana Vithlani as Urmila Desai Shah – Veena and Baldev's sister; Jitu's wife; Rashi's mother; Gopi's aunt; Sahir and Samar's grandmother; Jai, Veeru, Geeta and Jr. Sita's great-grandmother (2010–2017)
Jyotsna Karyekar as Janko "Baa" Modi – Matriarch of Modis'; Tolaram's widow; Chirag and Parag's mother; Ahem, Jaggi, Jigar and Kinjal's grandmother; Meera, Sahir, Samar, Ramakant, Prateek and Jr. Rashi's great-grandmother; Vidya's adoptive great-grandmother (2010–2011)
Aparna Kanekar replaced Karyekar as Janko "Baa" Modi. (2011–2016)
Firoza Khan as Kinjal Modi Desai – Kokila and Parag's daughter; Ahem's sister; Jaggi's half-sister; Jigar's cousin; Dhaval's wife; Prateek's mother (2010–2016)
Ashish Sharma as Dhaval Desai – Baldev's son; Paridhi and Rashi's cousin; Kinjal's husband; Prateek's father (2011–2015)
Jaya Ojha as Madhu Shah Kapadia – Jitu's sister; Jayantilal's wife; Gopi and Radha's mother; Sonakshi's adoptive mother; Meera, Ramakant and Jr. Rashi's grandmother; Vidya's adoptive grandmother; Medha and Jr. Ahem's great-grandmother; Priyal's adoptive great-grandmother (2013–2016)
Sanjeev Bhatt as Jayantilal Kapadia – Madhu's husband; Gopi and Radha's father; Meera, Ramakant and Jr. Rashi's grandfather; Vidya's adoptive grandfather; Medha and Jr. Ahem's great-grandfather; Priyal's adoptive great-grandfather (2013–2014)
Bhavini Purohit as Radha Kapadia Mehta – Jayantilal and Madhu's younger daughter; Gopi's sister; Rashi's cousin; Umang's widow; Jr. Rashi's mother (2013–2015)
Susheel Johari as Jitu Shah – Madhu's brother; Urmila's husband; Rashi's father; Sahir and Samar's grandfather; Jai, Veeru, Geeta and Jr. Sita's great-grandfather (2010–2014)
Paras Babbar Sahir "Tolu" Modi – Rashi and Jigar's elder son; Paridhi's step-son; Samar's twin-brother; Jr. Rashi's half-brother; Meera, Ramakant and Prateek's cousin; Vidya's adopted cousin; Sonakshi's husband; Jai, Veeru, Gita and Jr. Sita's father (2015–2017)
Ishant Bhanushali Child Sahir "Tolu" Modi (2014–2015)
Rashmi Singh as Sonakshi "Sona" Modi – Madhu's adopted daughter; Sahir's wife; Jai, Veeru, Gita and Jr. Sita's mother (2015–2017)
Pratap Hada as Samar "Molu" Modi – Rashi and Jigar's younger son; Paridhi's step-son; Sahir's brother; Jr. Rashi's half-brother; Meera, Ramakant and Prateek's cousin; Vidya's adopted cousin; Monica's husband (2015–2017)
Eklavya Ahir as Child Samar "Molu" Modi (2014–2015)
Uppekha Jain as Monica "Mona" Modi – Samar's wife (2016–2017)
Hiteeka Ruchchandran as Jr. Rashi Modi – Radha and Jigar's daughter; Paridhi's step-daughter; Sahir and Samar's half-sister; Meera, Ramakant and Prateek's cousin; Vidya's adopted cousin (2015–2016)
Paras Tomar as Prateek "Pappu" Desai – Kinjal and Dhaval's son; Meera, Sahir, Samar, Ramakant and Jr. Rashi's cousin; Vidya's adopted cousin (2015)
Vansh Sayani Child Prateek "Pappu" Desai (2014–2015)
Ayaan as Jai Modi – Sonakshi and Sahir's elder son; Veeru, Geeta and Jr. Sita's brother (2016–2017)
Vihaan as Veeru Modi – Sonakshi and Sahir's younger son; Jai, Geeta and Jr. Sita's brother (2016–2017)
Vandana Pathak as Gaura Suryavanshi – Kokila's enemy and former friend; Dharam's mother; Shravan, Naiya, Medha and Jr. Ahem's grandmother; Priyal's great-grandmother (2015–2017)
Pubali Sanyal as Durga Suryavanshi – Dharam's first wife; Shravan and Naiya's mother; Priyal's grandmother (2015–2016)
Kashvi as Priyal Suryavanshi – Vidya and Shravan's daughter (2016–2017)
Pratibha Tiwari Naiya Suryavanshi Agarwal – Dharam and Durga's daughter; Shravan's sister; Medha and Jr. Ahem's half-sister; Prakash's wife (2016)
Harsh Rajput as Prakash Agarwal – Naiya's husband (2016)
Ashnoor Kaur as Panna – Sonia's sister; Gopi's little neighbor (2010)
Digangana Suryavanahi as Sonia – Panna's sister (2010)
Gopi Desai as Revati Desai – Praful, Paresh, Kokila and Jigna's mother; Ahem and Kinjal's grandmother; Meera, Ramakant and Prateek's great-grandmother; Vidya's adoptive great-grandmother (2010–2014)
Seema Deshmukh as Jigna Desai Rajput – Revati's younger daughter; Praful, Paresh and Kokila's sister; Sameer's wife (2012)
Neeru Agarwal as Mani Chatterjee – Meethi's cousin; Modis' first maid (2011–2012)
Beena Bhatt as Meethi Chatterjee – Mani's cousin; Modis' second maid (2012–2016)
Iira Soni as Anita Mehta Shroff – Umang's sister; Ahem's ex-lover; Sameera's mother (2010–2012)
Anas Khan as Umang Mehta – Anita's brother; Kinjal's ex-lover; Tripti and Radha's husband (2010)
Akshay Sethi replaced Khan as Umang Mehta (2013)
Pooja Welling as Tripti Mehta – Umang's first wife and murderer (2013–2014)
Deepak Dutta as Jay Mehta – Veena's husband; Paridhi's father (2014–2015)
Manoj Chandila as Anurag Joshi – Gopi's colleague and obsessive lover; Meera's tutor; Rashi's murderer. (2014)
Shresth Kumar as Vivaan Khanna – Paridhi's ex-fiancé (2014–2015)
Khalid Siddiqui as Dr. Krishna Raheja – Pramila's son; Mansi's brother; Gopi's doctor and groom (2016)
Kajal Pisal as Mansi Raheja – Pramila's daughter; Krishna's sister; Ahem's obsessive lover; Meera and Vidya's foster mother (2015–2016)
Utkarsha Naik as Pramila Raheja – Krishna and Mansi's mother (2016)
Karan Khandelwal as Sanskar Patel – Meera's ex-lover (2015–2016)
Heemakshi Ujjain as Premlata – Kokila's imposter (2016)
Shagufta Ali as Urvashi Singh – Parag's ex-lover; Jaggi's mother (2016)
Anju Tiwari as Chanda – Medha and Jr. Ahem's surrogate mother (2016–2017)
Priya Tandon as Sameera Shroff Jaiswal – Anita's daughter; Ramakant's ex-wife; Pinku's wife (2017)
Vishal as Pankaj "Pinku" Jaiswal – Sameera's second husband (2017)
Rajesh Puri as Keshavlal "Keshav" Rathod – Bhavani's husband; Sita's father (2017)
Priya Marathe as Bhavani Rathod – Keshavlal's second wife; Sita's step-mother; Dharam's obsessive lover (2017)
Puneett Chouksey as Karan Kapoor – Dharam's business partner (2017)
Nutan Rai as Shanella – Ramakant's ex-lover (2017)
Payal Ghosh as Radhika – Jaggi's bride (2016)
Sidharth Jain as ACP Ritesh Parmar (2016)
Mohit Sehgal as Gaurav Bansal (2016)
Soni Singh as Karishma Shregill – Rashi's colleague (2010)
Garima Tiwari as Sonal – Damini's daughter; Jigar's ex-fiancée (2010)
Akanksha Juneja as Daksha – Savita's daughter (2013)
Gurpreet Kaur as Neelam / Kusum – A woman who came in as a maid to create trouble for the Modis (2012)
Guest appearances
Production
Casting
In May 2012, lead Giaa Manek signed on to appear on the reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa on rival network Colors TV. Saathiya producers objected, noting that Manek was under contract with their network and that doing a reality series could tarnish her onscreen image as a soft-spoken character. The producers took their complaints to the Association of Motion Pictures and TV Programme Producers (AMPTPP) and to Cine and TV Artistes’ Association (CINTAA) for arbitration. Members of CINTAA had meetings with Manek and asked her to quit the reality show. Manek declined and Star replaced her with Devoleena Bhattacharjee.
In January 2014, Rucha Hasabnis playing Rashi confirmed that she planned to quit the series any time in that year. However, she decided to quit acting and left with her character being killed.
In September 2015, Lovely Sasan playing Paridhi quit the series as she did not want to play the role of a mother. However, after sometime when the makers approached her, she agreed and returned in March 2016.
In May 2016, Mohammed Nazim as Ahem quit the show because of one member of the production crew stating:
Khalid Siddiqui was cast opposite Bhattacharjee as Krishna in May 2016. As their story decreased in ratings, in July 2016, Nazim was made to re-enter the series as Jaggi, a look-a-like of Ahem's illegitimate twin half-brother. The story now focused on him and Bhattacharjee.
Filming
Set in Gujarat, the series was mainly filmed at sets in Mira Road near Mumbai. The outside shell of the Modi Mansion shown in the episodes was of the Shubham Villa located on Madh Island. In December 2012, a sequence was shot at Bhuj, Gujarat, for 10 days.
Some episodes were also filmed at foreign locations, including Switzerland in May 2011 and Singapore in February and March 2017. Earlier, the United States was considered, but was cancelled and replaced with Singapore due to the studio's budget.
Reboot series
On 26 May 2021, Shoonya Square Productions announced a reboot of Saathiya on Star Plus's Sister channel Star Bharat with similar cast figures including Giaa Manek, Mohammad Nazim, Rupal Patel and Vandana Vithlani reprising their roles. Along with these actors, there were several new characters with similar concepts of a Gujarati Joint-Family. The show aired on Star Bharat, the sister channel of StarPlus. In early July 2021, the title was finalized as Tera Mera Saath Rahe. On 25 July 2021, the first promo was released featuring Giaa Manek and Rupal Patel. The reboot version was broadcast from 16 August 2021 to 17 June 2022.
Adaptations
Dubbed series
It was dubbed in Telugu as Kodala Kodala Koduku Pellamaa on Star Maa and in Vietnamese as Âm Mưu Và Tình Yêu. It was dubbed in Indonesian and aired under the title Gopi (according to the main character) starting 15 September 2016 until 19 April 2017. It was broadcast by THVL 1 in Vietnam with the title Âm Mưu Và Tình Yêu. In Bulgaria, the series was dubbed in Bulgarian as Остани с мен on Diema Family. The series has been dubbed into Turkish as Masum on Kanal 7 where it aired in March 2020 and ended on 30 July 2021. It was also broadcast in Romanian as Suflete Tradate which aired on National TV (Romania). Saath Nibhaana Saathiya aired in Pakistan on Urdu 1 and H Now Entertainment but was later discontinued due to the censorship of Indian content. It also aired in Sri Lanka dubbed in Sinhala as Mage Sanda Obai on Swarnavahini.
Remakes
Reception
Criticism
Hindustan Times appreciated the series for the majority of the cast being newcomers; however, they criticised the series as "The loud clothes and backward settings induce a pukey sensation. There's serious amount of overacting involved by the actors, whether they play protagonists or mums and dads. It’s too old fashioned and boring".
Ratings
With a low number of viewers in May 2010, the series' attention increased gradually and eventually became one of the top Hindi television shows at that time. Additionally, in November 2010, it occupied the top position with 5.3 TVR. As the ratings increased, it was acclaimed by Hindustan Times for redefining the 7:00 pm (IST) slot as a prime time.
In the first week of 2011, it was the most watched Hindi GEC with 6.3 TVR. On the week of 26 March 2011, it occupied fourth position with 5 TVR. In week 13 of 2011, it was at third position with 5.31 TVR. On the week of 9 April 2011, it was at the second position with 4.96 TVR. In the week of 3 September 2011, it topped with 6.3 TVR. In week 43, it was at top position with 6.5 TVR. In December, the series garnered its highest rating of 7.58 TVR, being the most watched Hindi GEC in that week for that specific timeslot. In the week of 3 December 2011, it maintained its top position garnering 6.26 TVR. Overall, it was the most watched Indian Hindi television show of 2011.
It maintained its first position in first week of 2012 garnering 6 TVR. From May 7 to 13, 2012, it occupied first position with 5+ TVR, beating Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, a series that had the position the previous week. In the week of 21 July 2012, it was at sixth position with 2.9 TVR. In the last six months, the ratings of the series dipped averaging about 6 TVR to 3+ TVR, being one of the most watched Hindi GEC. In mid December 2012, it was at third position with 4.3 TVR.
In June 2013, it was the sixth most watched Hindi GEC fiction with a TVR of 2.6. In weeks 43 and 44, it garnered 7.4 and 7.5 million viewership. Overall, in 2013, it became the seventh most watched Indian Hindi Television program with an average of 6.4 million and peak of 8.7 million viewership.
In week 4 of 2014, it garnered a rating of 4.6 TVR. On week 49, it was in third position with 3.9 TVR. Overall, it still continued to maintain its position in the weekly list of top 10 Hindi GECs during 2014.
In the second week of July 2015, it was at the top position. On week 32 of 2015, it was the most watched with 4 TVR while the previous week, it shared the first position with Kumkum Bhagya garnering 3.8 TVR. From weeks 33 to 35, it garnered 3.6, 3.4 and 3.6 TVR, maintaining its position in top five shows. In the second week of September 2015, it was at second position with 4.3 TVR. In 2015, it maintained its weekly position in top ten watched Hindi GEC ranging between 3.5 and 4 TVR.
In week 4 of 2016, it garnered a TRP of 3.5 occupying third position. In week ending 29 April 2016, it was at third position with 10.51 million impressions and the following week at fourth position with 10.25 million impressions. In week 26, it was at third position with 9.386 million impressions. In week 35, it occupied second position with 10.68 million impressions. In week 41, it was at third position with 10.074 million impressions.
In week 4 of 2017, it was at seventh position in urban areas. Maintaining its position in top ten programs since weeks after the premiere, in 2017, the viewership dropped with the series moving out of the top ten Hindi GEC. In week 27 of 2017, it garnered 6.7 million impressions and occupied the twelfth position.
The rerun of the series in Star Utsav during COVID-19 lockdown in 2020 became one of the top five watched Hindi GEC.
In popular culture
The clip from an episode where the lead character Gopi (Giaa Manek) washes a laptop went viral and was subjected to various trolls and criticism.
On 21 August 2020, music composer Yashraj Mukhate uploaded an edited video which featured the characters Kokila (Rupal Patel), Rashi (Rucha Hasabnis) and Gopi (Gia Manek). It was recorded in the soap opera accompanied by a rap song by Rupal Patel in which Kokila scolds Rashi for putting up the cooker without the chana (known also as gram or chickpeas) in the kitchen. The video quickly garnered over 4.5 million views as on 24 August 2020 in Instagram and memes also trended related to the rap song.
Awards
References
External links
Official Website
Saath Nibhaana Saathiya on IMDb
2010 Indian television series debuts
2017 Indian television series endings
Indian television soap operas
Serial drama television series
StarPlus original programming
Television shows set in Gujarat