Pavitra Rishta

Pavitra Rishta (International title: Sacred Relationship) is a 2009 Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms, that aired on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 to 25 October 2014. It is an adaptation of Tamil television series Thirumathi Selvam.
In late 2018 and later in 2020 after the death of Rajput, the series was rebroadcast on Zee TV. After this rerun received good ratings, they decided to bring a new series. A web series titled Pavitra Rishta - Its Never too Late aired on Zee5 from 15 September 2021 starring Ankita Lokhande reprising her role as Archana and Shaheer Sheikh as Manav.
Plot
Archana Karanjkar is a hard-working, homely girl. Her mother, Sulochana, tries to find a suitable and educated groom for her. Manav, mere garage mechanic, falls in love with Archana. Manav's mother, Savita, lies to Sulochana that Manav is a mechanical engineer. Archana and Manav get married and her family learns that Manav is a mere mechanic. Sulochana feels devastated.
Gradually, Archana and Manav fall in love with each other. Manav's brother, Sachin, dies in a car accident and his fiancée, Shravani is pregnant with his child. Archana and Manav divorce so that Sachin and Shravani's unborn child has a bright future. Manav and Shravani's marriage is fixed, and Archana leaves Mumbai to complete her higher studies.
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. Coincidentally, both Manav-Shravani and Archana-Jaywant's marriages fall on the same date. At last, Manav and Archana marry and hence unite again, angering Savita. Shravani leaves for abroad giving Jr. Sachin to Archana and Manav. Archana and Manav adopt Jr. 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 "DK", 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 are presumed dead. Archana gets blamed for the loss of Soham.
Manav decides to move to Canada with his family to further his business. His mother, Savita creates a misunderstanding between Manav-Archana, leading Manav to move abroad without Archana. She lies to Manav that Archana wishes to divorce him and has given him the custody of Ovi and Tejaswini. Archana 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
Archana and Manav are still married but live separately. Manav returns to India with Jr. Sachin who is now a lawyer, to finalize their divorce, and is ordered a six-month courtship together with Archana. Deshmukhs' return to India from Canada. Ovi turns out to be spoilt and over-pampered by Savita, while Tejaswini is a frank tomboy. Ovi is in love with Digvijay's son, Arjun, while he is in love with Purvi. Ovi's marriage is fixed with Arjun, but Arjun breaks the alliance, revealing his love for Purvi, 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. Eventually, Archana and Manav find them and Soham refuses to accept Archana and Manav. Arjun and Purvi's marriage is fixed. Ovi blackmails Purvi, who begs Arjun to marry Ovi. Thus, Ovi and Arjun are married. Archana's niece, Poornima "Punni", 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 married life, Purvi shifts to Kolkata without informing anyone.
6 months later, Ovi is pregnant having complications. Purvi, who is also pregnant, is married to Dr. Onir, a gynecologist. Arjun contacts Dr. Onir for Ovi. Onir and Purvi return to Mumbai to treat Ovi and Purvi reunites with her family. It's revealed that Purvi is actually pregnant with Arjun's child. Arjun, Purvi and Ovi meet with an accident. Ovi loses her son while Purvi delivers a daughter. She replaces her daughter with Ovi's son with Onir's help. Arjun and Purvi's daughter is named Pari. Soham accepts Archana and Manav as his parents and starts living with them. 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. Arjun and Pari marry and consummate their marriage. Disheartened, Ovi moves to Canada and finds out that she's pregnant with Arjun's child again.
Tejaswini falls in love with Snehlata's son, Sunny, but they have to break up as Savita and Snehlata are rivals. Soham falls in love with Dr. Gauri but unknowingly, Archana fixes Jr. Sachin's marriage with her. After the Deshmukh family refuses to get him and Gauri married, Soham kidnaps Gauri and tries to forcefully marry her in the temple. Gauri accidentally gets shot by Soham and falls into a river with him. They both are presumed dead by the family. Arjun meets Ovi in Canada and is shocked on learning about his and Ovi's daughter, Pia. Purvi reaches Canada and misunderstands that Arjun has cheated on her with Ovi and shifts to Canada with Pari and the entire family.
20 years later
The Deshmukh family resides in Canada. Purvi finds the truth about Pia and Ovi and forgives Arjun. Arjun is revealed to be have a brain tumor and Purvi move to Australia with Arjun for his treatment. Pia helps Ovi to reunite with Deshmukh family.
Soham is revealed to be alive and has changed his name to Raghav Mahatre. He lives with his five children, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali. His eldest daughter, Ankita, is Archana's lookalike and runs the house, taking care of her siblings. Ankita gets a job in Arjun's company and her boss, Naren Karmakar, who is mentally traumatized after his lover, Ahana's death, starts assuming Ankita as Ahana. Naren's mother, Rushali requests Ankita to marry Naren to restore his mental balance. Thus, Ankita and Naren get married.
The Deshmukh family returns to India and finds Soham and realize that Ankita is his daughter. Soham meets Deshmukhs', but still holds a grudge against them. Ankita falls in love with Naren while healing him and gets pregnant. On Pari's wedding day, Naren attends the wedding with Ankita and discovers that Pari is Ahaana. He regains his memory, but forgets his memories with Ankita. For Naren and Pari's happiness, Ankita sadly leaves them, without revealing her pregnancy. Naren and Pari get married.
Ankita gives birth to a baby girl, Arushi. Rushali steals Arushi and hands her to Naren and Pari, and misinforms Ankita that her baby was stillborn. Naren and Pari adopt Arushi, being unaware her truth.
5 years later
Naren and Pari lead an unhappy married life as Pari is giving priority to her business over family. Ankita returns to Mumbai. Naren and Ankita learn that Arushi is their daughter. Naren regains his memories with Ankita and Pari leaves them, realizing their love for each other. Ankita and Naren reunite. Purvi and Arjun return to Mumbai, and Pari accepts both her parents after some time and starts living with them. Soham finally overcomes his grudge against his family and reunites with Manav and Archana.
Ankita and Naren remarry. Manav-Archana, Arjun-Purvi, and Ankita-Naren together commemorate their "Pavitra Rishta" (sacred relationship). Manav dies in a fatal car accident and Archana dies of grief. Their souls are shown to be in heaven together, expressing their undying love for each other.
Cast
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 (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 (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)
Rithvik Dhanjani as Arjun Kirloskar – Digvijay and Ashna's son; Ovi's ex-husband; Purvi's husband; Pari and Pia's father (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)
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)
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 adopted son; Soham, Ovi, Tejaswini and Purvi's adopted brother; Gauri's ex-fiancé; Neena's husband; Gaurav and Pushti's father (2012–2013) / (2013–2014)
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– Purvi and Arjun's daughter; Pia's half-sister; Naren's ex-wife; Arushi's adopted mother (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, 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 (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, 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 (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 (alias Jhumri Singh): Sulochana and Manohar's second daughter; Vinod, Archana and Vaishali's sister; Satish ex-wife; Balan's former mistress; 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/adoptive mother (2009–2011) / (2011–2012)
Swati Anand as Manjusha "Manju" Karanjkar (née Lokhande)– Rasika's daughter; Ajit's sister; Vinod's wife; Poornima and Ruchita's mother (2009—2013)
Jia Mustafa as Poornima "Punni" Mittal (née Karanjkar)– 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)
Pragati Chourasiya 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 (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 (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 (2009) (Dead)
Pooja Pihal as Shravani Mahadik – Girish's daughter; Sachin's fiancée; Jr. Sachin's mother (2009–2011)
Anil Mishra as Girish Mahadik – Shravani's father; Jr. Sachin's 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 husband; 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)
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 adoptive 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 and Soham's ex-fiancée (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 adopted 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 pretend 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)
Production
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. In November 2011 Rajput quit the series and was replaced by Hiten Tejwani. However, during the final of the series on 25 October 2014, Tejwani paved way for Rajput who appeared in the final episode as Manav.
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.
Reception
Around late 2008, producer Ekta Kapoor and her production house Balaji Telefilms declined when the ratings and popularity of all her hit soaps of the 2000s decreased and were axed and also when newly launched ones performed poorly. Since then most channels did not accept her to work. It was due to the chance given by Zee TV for this series, the career of Kapoor and her production house was revived when it became one of the top-rated Hindi television programs.
Accolades
Pavitra Rishta received several awards and nominations. Lokhande and Rajput received multiple awards for their roles Archana and Manav in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, as has Nadkarni in the Best Negative Actress category and Ekta Kapoor in the Best Serial category.
Broadcast
In India, the series is re-aired on Zee TV from September 3, 2020, due to popular demand.
In Pakistan, it was aired on Geo Entertainment under the title "Na Tootay Rishta" for few months but than channel ended the show abruptly.
In Vietnam, the show was broadcast on Vietnam Television and HuongVietTV under the name "Tình yêu và định mệnh".
The show is dubbed in English at Urban Brew Studios South Africa and was Aired from Monday to Friday under the name Scared Ties On Zee World.
The show currently airs on Apna Television in New Zealand with English subtitles, Mon–Fri 9:00pm.
The show is dubbed in French and broadcast in the Southern African region and Mascareignes Island on Zee Magic.
It is also broadcast in Mauritius on MBC 2 and its sister channel MBC 4 .
In Indonesia, the show was broadcast on antv under name "Archana Mencari Cinta" (Archana Searching Love)
In Bulgaria, the show was broadcast on Nova TV under name "Завинаги свързани" (Connected Forever)
Since September 3, 2018, the show is re-aired in double episodes (two episodes at one airing) every Monday to Friday at 04:00 PM IST on Zee TV SD on popular demand.
The series is also streaming on Zee5 in 2020 after the tragic death of one of its main actor, Sushant Singh Rajput on 14 June 2020.
In Turkey, it aired on Kanal 7 under the title "Baş Tacım" from 21 June 2021 to 9 August 2022.
Adaptations
References
External links
Pavitra Rishta at ZEE5
Balaji Telefilms television series
Zee TV original programming
Indian television soap operas
2009 Indian television series debuts
2014 Indian television series endings
Hindi-language television series based on Tamil-language television series