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.

 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 

Zee Gold AwardsYearCategoryRecipientResult2012Best Actress In A Supporting Role(Critics)Neelu Vaghela rowspan="4" Best Actress In A Negative Role(Popular)Kanika MaheshwariGold Debut In A Lead Role(Female)Deepika SinghBest Television Show(Fiction)Diya Aur Baati HumBest Actor In A Lead Role(Male)Anas Rashid rowspan="6" Best Actor In A Supporting Role(Popular)Ashok LokhandeBest Actress In A Supporting Role(Popular)Neelu VaghelaBest Actor In A Negative Role(Popular)Gautam GulatiBest Celebrity JodiAnas Rashid & Deepika SinghBest TV Show For A Social ChangeDiya Aur Baati Hum2013Best Actress (Popular)Deepika Singh rowspan="4" Best Supporting Actress (Popular)Neelu VaghelaBest Negative Actress (Popular)Kanika MaheshwariBest TV Show (Fiction)Shashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Comic Actor (Popular)Gautam Gulati rowspan="3" Best Supporting Actor (Popular)Ashok LokhandeBest Actor MaleAnas Rashid2014Best Actress (Popular)Deepika Singh rowspan="3" Best Supporting Actress (Popular)Neelu VaghelaBest TV Show (Fiction)Shashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Negative Actor (Popular)Gautam Gulati rowspan="4" Best Actor (Male)Anas RashidBest Supporting Actor (Popular)Ashok LokhandeBest Celebrity JodiAnas Rashid & Deepika Singh2015Best Actor (Female)Deepika Singh rowspan="4" Best Actor (Male)Anas RashidBest Supporting Actor (Female)Neelu VaghelaBest Television Show (Fiction)Shashi Sumeet Productions2016Best ActressDeepika Singh rowspan="3" Best Supporting Actor (Male)Ashok LokhandeBest Supporting Actor (Female)Neelu VaghelaIndian Telly AwardsYearCategoryRecipientResult2012Best Title Singer for a TV ShowShubha Mudgal & Kailash Kher rowspan="3" Best Daily SerialShashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Actress in a Negative RoleKanika MaheshwariBest Makeup ArtistKrishna Gopal Rajput rowspan="7" Best Programme with a Social MessageShashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Fresh New Face (Female)Deepika SinghBest Child ActorAryan SharmaBest Actress in a Supporting RoleNeelu VaghelaBest Actor in a Lead RoleAnas RashidBest Onscreen CoupleAnas Rashid & Deepika Singh2013Best Actress in a Lead RoleDeepika Singh rowspan="5" Best Actor in a Lead RoleAnas RashidBest Actress in a Supporting Role (Jury)Neelu VaghelaBest Daily SerialShashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Makeup ArtistKrishna Gopal RajputBest Actress in a Supporting Role (Popular)Neelu Vaghela rowspan="9" Best Actress in a Comic Role (Popular)Kanika MaheshwariBest Actress in a Comic Role (Jury)Best Actress in a Negative RoleBest Drama SeriesShashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Onscreen CoupleAnas Rashid & Deepika SinghBest Programme with a Social MessageShashi Sumeet ProductionsIndian Telly Award for Best EnsembleShashi Sumeet ProductionsIndian Telly Jury Award for Best Story WriterShashi Mittal & Seema Mantri2014Best Daily SerialShashi Sumeet Productions rowspan="1" Best Actress in a Lead RoleDeepika Singh rowspan="5" Best Actor in a Lead RoleAnas RashidIndian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Drama)Neelu VaghelaIndian Telly Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role (Comedy)Gautam GulatiIndian Telly Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Comedy)Kanika Maheshwari2015Best Actress in a Lead RoleDeepika Singh rowspan="6" Best Actor in a Lead RoleAnas RashidBest Actress in a Supporting Role (Jury)Neelu VaghelaBest Onscreen CoupleAnas Rashid & Deepika SinghBest Programme with a Social MessageShashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Daily SerialIndian Television Academy AwardsYearCategoryRecipientResult2012Best SingerShubha Mudgal & Kailash Kher rowspan="2" Best Serial (Popular)Shashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Actor (Jury)Anas Rashid rowspan="2" Best Title SongAdil2013Best Actor (Drama)Anas Rashid rowspan="5" Best Supporting ActressNeelu VaghelaBest DialoguesRaghuvir ShekhawatBest TeleplaySeema MantriBest Director (Drama)Rohit Raj Goyal2014Best Actress (Popular)Deepika Singh rowspan="3" Best Supporting ActressNeelu VaghelaBest SerialShashi Sumeet ProductionsBest Drama ActressDeepika Singh rowspan="5" Best Drama ActorAnas RashidDesh Ka Sitara – Best Actor (Popular)Anas RashidBest SerialShashi Sumeet ProductionsBest DialoguesRaghuvir Shekhawat2016Best ActressDeepika Singh rowspan="2" Best SerialShashi Sumeet ProductionsLion Gold Awards2012Best onscreen coupleAnas and Deepika 2014Best TV showDiya aur baati hum TIIFA2016Most popular BahuDeepika Singh Hira Manek Awards2013Best ActressDeepika SinghGuild awards2015Best actressDeepika Singh Best Drama SeriesDiya aur baati hum GR8 Woman Awards2013Best TV ActressDeepika Singh Impact Awards at Elevate2015Best TV seriesDiya aur Baati hum 

Big Star young entertainer award 2012Super hit TV starDeepika Singh 

Kalakar Awards 2013Best TV serialDiya aur baati hum https://in.linkedin.com/in/sumeet-hukamchand-mittal-642ab725

Guild Awards 2013Best Drama SeriesDiya aur baati hum 

Big Star Entertainment AwardsBest TV Show 2013Diya aur baati Hum Best TV Show 2014Diya aur Baati hum 

Zee Rishtay Awards 2014Most Watched ShowDiya aur Baati Hum 

Cinemascapes AwardsBest General Entertainment TV ShowDiya aur Baati hum 

Awarded by UP GovernmentAchievement in Acting ProfessionAnas Rashid 
Gold Awards 2016Best Actress in Comedy RoleKanika Maheswari 

E24 Viewers Choice Awards2012Best SonAnas Rashid 2013Best SonAnas Rashid 2014Best DaughterinlawDeepika Singh 2014Best MotherinLawNeelu Vaghela 

Garv Indian TV Awards2014Best Title SongDiya aur baati hum 2014Gr8 Face FemaleDeepika Singh 2014SPL MentionDiya aur baati hum 2015Best EditingSameer Gandhi for Diya aur Baati hum 2015Votice Show choice With Social MessageDiya aur Baati hum 

Indian Iconic Awards 2017Best TV ActorAnas Rashid 

 Adaptations 
 Language Title Original release Network(s) Last aired Notes Hindi Diya Aur Baati Hum  दिया और बाती हम 29 August 2011 StarPlus 10 September 2016 OriginalMarathi Phulala Sugandh Maticha  फुलाला सुगंध मातीचा 2 September 2020Star Pravah OngoingRemake

 References 

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