Title: Diya Aur Baati Hum Content: Diya Aur Baati Hum  is an Indian television soap opera. It aired on Star Plus from 29 August 2011 to 10 September 2016 completing 1,487 episodes. Produced under Shashi Sumeet Productions, it starred Anas Rashid and Deepika Singh. Set against the backdrop of Pushkar, Rajasthan, Diya Aur Baati Hum focused at breaking the stereotypical image of women in rural India, by showing the journey of Sandhya Rathi (Deepika Singh G.) who wants to become an IPS officer, achieves it with the help of her husband Sooraj (Anas Rashid) by going against all odds. A sequel series, Tu Sooraj Main, Saanjh Piyaji starring Rhea Sharma and Avinesh Rekhi began airing on 3 April 2017 and ended on 1 June 2018. == Cast == === Main === * Deepika Singh as IPS Sandhya Rathi: Kanchan and Arvind's daughter; Ankur's younger sister; Sooraj's wife; Ved, Vansh and Kanak's mother. (2011–16) (Dead) * Anas Rashid as Sooraj Rathi: Santosh and Arun's elder son; Vikram, Mohit, Chavvi's brother; Sandhya's husband; Ved, Vansh and Kanak's father. (2011–16) (Dead) === Recurring === * Neelu Vaghela as Santosh Rathi (Bhabo): Arun's wife; Sooraj, Vikram, Mohit, and Chhavi's mother, Ved, Vansh's and Kanak's Grandmother. (2011–16) * Ashok Lokhande as Arun Rathi (Bhabasa): Santosh's husband; Sooraj, Vikram, Mohit, and Chhavi's father, Ved, Vansh's and Kanak's Grandfather. (2011–16) * Gautam Gulati/Karan Goddwani as Vikram Rathi: Santosh and Arun's second son; Meenakshi's husband; Mishri and Golu's father (2011–14)/(2014–2016) * Kanika Maheshwari as Meenakshi Rathi (Meena): Vikram's wife; Mishri and Golu's mother (2011–16) * Varun Jain as Mohit Arun Rathi: Santosh and Arun's youngest son; Emily's husband; Pari's father (2011–15) * Sehrish Ali as Chhavi Arun Rathi: Santosh and Arun's daughter; Dilip's divorced wife (2011–16) * Aryan Sharma as Young Aryan Rathi (Chotu) (2011–15) * Rashmi Pitre as Chaturi: Rathi family's household help (2011–14, 2016) * Varun Khandelwal as Ankur Arvind Kothari: Kanchan and Arvind's son; Sandhya's elder brother; Ankita's husband (2011–16) (Dead) * Urmila Nimbalkar/Shubha Uplopwar/Unknown as Ankita Ankur Kothari: Ankur's wife; Bulbul's mother (2011–13)/(2014–15)/(2016) (Dead) * Rakesh Kukreti as Arvind Kothari: Ankur and Sandhya's father (2011) (Dead) * Surbhi Tiwari as Kanchan Arvind Kothari: Ankur and Sandhya's mother (2011) (Dead) * Urmila Sharma as Daisaa: Rathi's neighbor (2011–16) * Kanishka soni as Kavita: Daisaa's daughter in law (2011–16) * Ruchi Savarn as Preeti (2011) * Nupur Alankar as Kisna (2011) * Helly Shah as Shruti (2011) * Kiran Bhargava as Malti Agarwal: Owner of the night college where Sandhya studied (2012) * Unknown as Sudha: Meenakshi's younger sister (2012–14) * Ragini Shah as Maa Sa: Bhabasa's mother; Suraj, Vikram, Om, Mohit and Chhavi's grandmother (2012, 2013, 2016) * Deepak Gheewala as Dado Sa: Bhabasa's father; Suraj, Vikram, Om, Mohit and Chhavi's grandfather (2012, 2013) * Gaurav Sharma as Rajkumar: Maya's brother; A terrorist (2012, 2014) (Dead) * Satyam Seth as Dilip: Chhavi's ex-husband (2013–15) * Pooja Singh as Emily Mohit/Om Rathi: Mohit's wife; Om's second wife; Pari's mother and Sparsh's step-mother (2013–16) * Pallavi Rao as Kajri (2013) * Eijaz Khan as Abhimanyu Singh (2013) * Preeti Chaudhary as Kavita Sharma (2013–14) * Charu Asopa as Roma Reddy (2014) (Dead) * Alan Kapoor as IPS Rahul Kapoor (2014) * Keith Sequeira as Officer Roy (2014) * Vindhya Tiwari as Prema (2014) (Dead) * Jyoti Sharma as Disha (2014) (Dead) * Gurdeep Kohli as Maya/Baijii: Rajkumar's sister; The terrorist leader who hijacks the plane. (2014) (Dead) * Arjun Punj as IPS Arjun Chaudhary (2014) * Sonam Lamba as Shalu: One of the passengers in the hijacked plane (2014) * Manini Mishra as Officer Agrima Singh (2014–15) * Neil Bhatt as IPS Zakir Siddiqui (2014–15) * Lavneet Rajput as Young Bulbul Kothari: Ankur and Ankita's daughter. (2014–15) * Devyansh Tapuriah as Ved Rathi: One of the Sandhya and Sooraj's twin son; Vansh and Kanak's elder brother. (2015–16) * Ricky Patel as Vansh Ankur Kothari / Vansh Sooraj Rathi. (2015–16) * Reem Sheikh as Mishri Vikram Rathi: Meenakshi and Vikram's daughter; Golu's elder sister (2015–16) * Sadhil Kapoor/Kiran Mohnani as Golu Rathi: Vikram and Meenakshi's son; Mishri's younger brother (2015)/(2016) * Drisha Kalyani as Pari Rathi: Mohit and Emily's daughter (2015–16) * Randeep Rai/Kunal Khosla as Adult Aryan Rathi (Chotu): Rathi's adoptive son; Arzoo's husband (2015)/(2016) * Shivshakti Sachdev as Bulbul Kothari: Ankur and Ankita's daughter (2015) * Rituraj Singh as Mahendra Singh: Kabaddi Coach of Sooraj and his team (2015) * Ridhi Dogra as Kabaddi Coach Aditi (2015) * Jignesh Mehta as Avinash: One of the players in Sooraj's Kabbadi team (2015) * Vicky Arora as Ratan: One of the players in Sooraj's Kabaddi team (2015) * Banty Chopra as Lakhan: One of the players in Sooraj's Kabaddi team (2015) * Sandeep Nahar as Babban: One of the players in Sooraj's Kabaddi team (2015) * Arun Singh Rana as Prem: Sooraj's Kabaddi Team Captain (2015) * Aadesh Chaudhary as Chandrashekhar: Leader of terrorist group Garjana Sangh (Chandu) (2015) (Dead) * Bharat Singh Jadon as Ashok (2015–2016) * Amit Dolawat as Himanshu Dubey: Manjari's son (2015) Dead * Ekta Tiwari as Devi Narayani (2015) * Vaishali Thakkar as Manjari: Himanshu's mother (2015) Dead * Shalini Arora as Yashoda (2015) * Shefali Sharma as Laalima Agarwal: Lokesh's sister (2015–16) * Akshay Batchu as Lokesh Agarwal: Laalima's brother (2015–16) * Sarwar Ahuja as IPS Satyadev Tripathi: Head investigator of Mohit's murder case (2015–16) * Prachi Tehlan as Arzoo Rathi: Aryan's wife.(2016) * Joyoshree Arora as Resham: Arzoo's grandmother. (2016) * Rukhsar Rehman as Mehak (2016) * Deepraj Rana as Gul Mohammad (2016) * Abhinav Shukla as Om Rathi: Suraj's cousin, Poorvi's ex-husband; Emily's second husband, Sparsh's father, Pari's step-father. (2016) * Pooja Sharma as Poorvi Om Rathi: Om's ex-wife and Sparsh's mother. (2016) * Rishina Kandhari as Arpita Khanna: Sandhya's co-officer (2016) * Anshul Trivedi as Amit (2016) * Vishal Jethwa as Chhota Packet: The leader of the terrorist group who subjugate Hanuman street (2016) * Akhil Kataria as PP (2016) * Ashish Chowdary as Jimmy (2016) * Unknown as Rocky (2016) === Guest stars === * Hina Khan as Akshara Singhania from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2015). * Ashnoor Kaur as Naira Singhania from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2015) * Devoleena Bhattacharjee for Dance Performance: as Gopi Modi from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (2016) * Gurmeet Choudhary and Debina Bonnerjee for Dance Performance during Holi (2016) * Ragini Khanna as herself (2014) * Aamir Khan to promote his show Satyamev Jayate (2012) * Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha to promote their film Dabangg 2 (2012) * Shahrukh Khan as Quizmaster to promote Chennai Express (2013) == Awards and nominations ==