Diya Aur Baati Hum

***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_ is about 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 and achieves it with the help of her husband Sooraj (Anas Rashid).

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.

### 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

|colspan="5"|Zee Gold Awards||||
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|rowspan="10"|**2012**|_Best Actress In A Supporting Role(Critics)_|Neelu Vaghela|rowspan="4"|
|_Best Actress In A Negative Role(Popular)_|Kanika Maheshwari||||
|_Gold Debut In A Lead Role(Female)_|Deepika Singh||||
|_Best Television Show(Fiction)_|_Diya Aur Baati Hum_||||
|_Best Actor In A Lead Role(Male)_|Anas Rashid|rowspan="6"|||
|_Best Actor In A Supporting Role(Popular)_|Ashok Lokhande||||
|_Best Actress In A Supporting Role(Popular)_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best Actor In A Negative Role(Popular)_|Gautam Gulati||||
|_Best Celebrity Jodi_|Anas Rashid & Deepika Singh||||
|_Best TV Show For A Social Change_|_Diya Aur Baati Hum_||||
|rowspan="7"|**2013**|_Best Actress (Popular)_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="4"|
|_Best Supporting Actress (Popular)_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best Negative Actress (Popular)_|Kanika Maheshwari||||
|_Best TV Show (Fiction)_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Comic Actor (Popular)_|Gautam Gulati|rowspan="3"|||
|_Best Supporting Actor (Popular)_|Ashok Lokhande||||
|_Best Actor Male_|Anas Rashid||||
|rowspan="7"|**2014**|_Best Actress (Popular)_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="3"|
|_Best Supporting Actress (Popular)_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best TV Show (Fiction)_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Negative Actor (Popular)_|Gautam Gulati|rowspan="4"|||
|_Best Actor (Male)_|Anas Rashid||||
|_Best Supporting Actor (Popular)_|Ashok Lokhande||||
|_Best Celebrity Jodi_|Anas Rashid & Deepika Singh||||
|rowspan="4"|**2015**|_Best Actor (Female)_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="4"|
|_Best Actor (Male)_|Anas Rashid||||
|_Best Supporting Actor (Female)_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best Television Show (Fiction)_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|rowspan="3"|**2016**|_Best Actress_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="3"|
|_Best Supporting Actor (Male)_|Ashok Lokhande||||
|_Best Supporting Actor (Female)_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|rowspan="10"|**2012**|_Best Title Singer for a TV Show_|Shubha Mudgal & Kailash Kher|rowspan="3"|
|_Best Daily Serial_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Actress in a Negative Role_|Kanika Maheshwari||||
|_Best Makeup Artist_|Krishna Gopal Rajput|rowspan="7"|||
|_Best Programme with a Social Message_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Fresh New Face (Female)_|Deepika Singh||||
|_Best Child Actor_|Aryan Sharma||||
|_Best Actress in a Supporting Role_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best Actor in a Lead Role_|Anas Rashid||||
|_Best Onscreen Couple_|Anas Rashid & Deepika Singh||||
|rowspan="14"|**2013**|_Best Actress in a Lead Role_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="5"|
|_Best Actor in a Lead Role_|Anas Rashid||||
|_Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jury)_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best Daily Serial_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Makeup Artist_|Krishna Gopal Rajput||||
|_Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Popular)_|Neelu Vaghela|rowspan="9"|||
|_Best Actress in a Comic Role (Popular)_|rowspan="3"|Kanika Maheshwari|||
|_Best Actress in a Comic Role (Jury)_|||||
|_Best Actress in a Negative Role_|||||
|_Best Drama Series_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Onscreen Couple_|Anas Rashid & Deepika Singh||||
|_Best Programme with a Social Message_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Indian Telly Award for Best Ensemble_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Indian Telly Jury Award for Best Story Writer_|Shashi Mittal & Seema Mantri||||
|rowspan="6"|**2014**|_Best Daily Serial_|Shashi Sumeet Productions|rowspan="1"|
|_Best Actress in a Lead Role_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="5"|||
|_Best Actor in a Lead Role_|Anas Rashid||||
|_Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Drama)_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Indian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Comedy)_|Gautam Gulati||||
|_Indian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Comedy)_|Kanika Maheshwari||||
|rowspan="6"|**2015**|_Best Actress in a Lead Role_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="6"|
|_Best Actor in a Lead Role_|Anas Rashid||||
|_Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Jury)_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best Onscreen Couple_|Anas Rashid & Deepika Singh||||
|_Best Programme with a Social Message_|rowspan="2"|Shashi Sumeet Productions|||
|_Best Daily Serial_|||||
|rowspan="4"|**2012**|_Best Singer_|Shubha Mudgal & Kailash Kher|rowspan="2"|
|_Best Serial (Popular)_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Actor (Jury)_|Anas Rashid|rowspan="2"|||
|_Best Title Song_|Adil||||
|rowspan="5"|**2013**|_Best Actor (Drama)_|Anas Rashid|rowspan="5"|
|_Best Supporting Actress_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best Dialogues_|Raghuvir Shekhawat||||
|_Best Teleplay_|Seema Mantri||||
|_Best Director (Drama)_|Rohit Raj Goyal||||
|rowspan="8"|**2014**|_Best Actress (Popular)_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="3"|
|_Best Supporting Actress_|Neelu Vaghela||||
|_Best Serial_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Drama Actress_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="5"|||
|_Best Drama Actor_|Anas Rashid||||
|_Desh Ka Sitara – Best Actor (Popular)_|Anas Rashid||||
|_Best Serial_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
|_Best Dialogues_|Raghuvir Shekhawat||||
|rowspan="2"|**2016**|_Best Actress_|Deepika Singh|rowspan="2"|
|_Best Serial_|Shashi Sumeet Productions||||
||**2012**|Best onscreen couple|Anas and Deepika||
||**2014**|Best TV show|Diya aur baati hum||
||**2016**|Most popular Bahu|Deepika Singh||
||**2013**|Best Actress|Deepika Singh||
|rowspan="2"|**2015**|Best actress|Deepika Singh||
|Best Drama Series|Diya aur baati hum||||
||**2013**|Best TV Actress|Deepika Singh||
||**2015**|Best TV series|Diya aur Baati hum||

|**Big Star young entertainer award 2012**|||
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|Super hit TV star|Deepika Singh||

|Kalakar Awards 2013|||
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|Best TV serial|Diya aur baati hum||

|Guild Awards 2013|||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Best Drama Series|Diya aur baati hum||

|**Big Star Entertainment Awards**|||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Best TV Show 2013|Diya aur baati Hum||
|Best TV Show 2014|Diya aur Baati hum||

|Zee Rishtay Awards 2014|||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Most Watched Show|Diya aur Baati Hum||

|Cinemascapes Awards|||
| --- | --- | --- |
|Best General Entertainment TV Show|Diya aur Baati hum||

|Awarded by UP Government|||
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|Achievement in Acting Profession|Anas Rashid||
|Gold Awards 2016|||
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|Best Actress in Comedy Role|Kanika Maheswari||

|E24 Viewers Choice Awards||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2012|Best Son|Anas Rashid||
|2013|Best Son|Anas Rashid||
|2014|Best Daughterinlaw|Deepika Singh||
|2014|Best MotherinLaw|Neelu Vaghela||

|Garv Indian TV Awards||||
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|2014|Best Title Song|Diya aur baati hum||
|2014|Gr8 Face Female|Deepika Singh||
|2014|SPL Mention|Diya aur baati hum||
|2015|Best Editing|Sameer Gandhi for Diya aur Baati hum||
|2015|Votice Show choice With Social Message|Diya aur Baati hum||

|Indian Iconic Awards 2017|||
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|Best TV Actor|Anas Rashid||

## Adaptations

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|Hindi|_Diya Aur Baati Hum_ दिया और बाती हम|29 August 2011|StarPlus|10 September 2016|Original|||||||
|Marathi|_Phulala Sugandh Maticha_ फुलाला सुगंध मातीचा|2 September 2020|Star Pravah|Ongoing|Remake|||||||

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## Infobox (television)

- **language**: Hindi
- **runtime**: 20–23 minutes
- **network**: StarPlus
- **company**: Shashi Sumeet Productions
- **num episodes**: 1,487
- **num seasons**: 1
- **country**: India
- **opentheme**: "Diya Aur Baati Hum"
- **creative director**: Aayush Agrawal
- **creator**: Shashi Sumeet Productions
- **genre**: Soap opera