Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai

***Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai*** (English: *What is this relationship called?*), known as ***YRKKH*** is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the longest running Indian television soap opera. Currently, It previously starrs Hina Khan, Karan Mehra, Shivangi Joshi, Mohisn Khan, Pranali Rathod, Harshad Chopda currently it stars Samridhii Shukla and Rohit Purohit (replaced Shehzada Dhami), as fourth generation leads.

## Plot 
Akshara and Naitik, both from large Marwari joint families based in Udaipur get married. Initially, they struggle to understand each other but gradually come to understand, support, and love each other. Soon, their son, Naksh is born. Naitik falls into a coma due to an accident.

### 4 years later 
Akshara starts working in the family business. Naitik recovers from the coma and struggles to bond with a mischievous Naksh. Naitik's mother Gayatri dies after falling off a cliff post, and his sister Rashmi gives birth to a daughter and names her Gayatri. After which Rajshekhar (Naitik's father ) is unable to cope with Gayatri's death after which one year passes and Rajshekhar remarries Devyani a divorcee who comes with her two children Muskan and Naman. Muskan marries Alok and Naman marries Karishma .Akshara and Naitik's daughter Naira is born. Later Naman and Karishma's daughter Mishti is born. Mahendra dies and Kaveri blames Akshara for it and disowns her. Akshara and Naitik move out with their children.

### 10 years later 
They relocate to Cape Town. Naksh returns to Udaipur and convinces Kaveri to forgive an innocent Akshara. Eventually, the family is reunited. Naksh falls for Tara, a hockey player. However, their wedding gets called off due to some misunderstandings. Out of fear of being wrongly blamed for her friend Sukanya's death, Naira flees from Udaipur.

### 7 years later 
Naira lives in an orphanage in Rishikesh and has grown up to be headstrong but insecure and arrogant. Akshara reaches there with Varsha to fund the orphanage and finds Naira. Kartik Goenka arrives in Udaipur and a love triangle is formed between him, Gayatri, and Naira. Kartik realises his love for Naira while Gayatri has feelings for Kartik. Naira finally accepts Akshara.

Kartik confesses his love for Naira while the latter is initially confused about her feelings but later realies her love for Kartik. Akshara dies by falling off a cliff in a car crash.

Kartik and Naira get married. Kartik hates his father Manish and his step-mother Swarna as he remarried her post his mother's death as he thinks that they were having an extra-marital affair in their office and were responsible for her suicide. Naksh and Keerti get married. Initially marrying for Naira's sake, he begins to love Keerti. Kartik reconciles with Manish and accepts Swarna as his mother after his mother's depression and hallucinations were revealed to be the reason for her suicide. Naira fulfills her parent's dream of opening a dance academy and names it "Akshara Dance Academy" as a tribute to her mother. Swarna's son, Shubham dies of a drug overdose and Naira is blamed for hiding his drug addiction. Naira leaves as Kartik and Swarna refuse to trust her.

### 2 years later 
Naira lives in Mumbai with Naitik. Kartik is the professor of the same class for which Naira signs up. Eventually, Kartik and Swarna realize their mistakes and reunite with Naira. Naira undergoes surgery due to a brain clot after which Naira and Kartik remarry. She enters the family business after Manish suffers a heart attack. Kartik feels insecure about Naira's busy routine. Naira finds out she is pregnant. Kartik questions Naira about her relationship with her business partner, Mihir. Naira rebukes him and storms out of the house without informing her pregnancy and meets with an accident. She is presumed to be dead by the family.

### 5 years later 
Naira lives in Goa with their son Kairav. Soon everyone learns that Naira is alive and Kairav is Naira and Kartik's son. Despite trying to get away from each other, Kartik and Naira become closer. Soon they realize their love and reunite.

A year later, Naira gives birth to a daughter and names her Akshara. More family drama leads to Naira and Kartik moving out with Kairav and Akshara. Later, the family is reunited but meets with an accident. Naira falls off a cliff and dies. Kartik is left heartbroken.

Soon, Kairav meets a boxer named Sirat who is Naira's lookalike, which makes Kairav to think that his mother has returned. After several demands from Kairav, Kartik brings Sirat and her grandmother to the Goenka house. Sirat reveals her former love Ranveer. Kartik realizes that Sirat and Ranveer had a misunderstanding, caused by Ranveer's father, Narendranath, and gets them married. Sirat falls for Kartik. Ranveer falls ill and asks Kartik to take care of Sirat. Ranveer dies and Narendranath holds Sirat responsible and gets her arrested on murder charges. Kartik bails her out and Sirat goes away from Kartik.

Sirat changes her name to Simran and Kartik convinces her to return to Udaipur. Sirat and Kartik expose Narendranath and she is acquitted of all charges. Sirat and Kartik confess their love to each other and get married. They have a daughter, Aarohi. Sirat resumes her boxing training for a championship and qualifies for the Asian Championship.

### 8 years later 
Akshara discovers that not Sirat, but Naira is her real mother. Sirat's mother, Sheela returns and manipulates Aarohi against the family. Kartik dies in a plane crash leaving the entire family in shock. Sirat slips down the stairs and falls to her death. Aarohi holds Akshara responsible for Sirat's death and starts detesting her.

### 12 years later 
Akshara has grown up to be a kind and family-loving girl. She is a singer and musician. Aarohi aspires to be a doctor and still hates Akshara. Dr. Abhimanyu Birla is a practicing surgeon at Birla Hospital and Medical Institute. A love triangle is formed between the three. However, Aarohi and Abhimanyu's marriage is fixed after Akshara refuses to accept his love for Aarohi's sake. But soon Akshara and Abhimanyu confess their love in front of their families. Both families reach Jaipur and Akshara and Abhimanyu get married in a grand ceremony.

Later it is revealed that Harshvardhan was having a secret extra-marital affair with Dr. Avni Rathore and Neil is their illegitimate son. Manjari had brought Neil home through adoption. Manjari and Harshvardhan head for a divorce but Harshvardhan reforms himself and they reconcile.

Soon a fire breaks out at Birla Hospital and Abhimanyu suffers a pinched nerve in his right hand. Akshara contacts a renowned physiotherapist, Dr. Kunal Khera, for his treatment. Meanwhile, Anisha proposes to Kairav for marriage but Akshara learns about her having an affair with a married man and her plan to continue the affair post-marriage and confronts her for the same which Kairav overhears. Kairav refuses to marry Anisha for her betrayal and asks her to reveal the truth to the families. Anisha, who lacks the courage to tell this truth, commits suicide and the Birla family blames Kairav and Akshara for her death thinking Kairav murdered her and Akshara attempting to save him from murder charges. Later Dr. Kunal asks Akshara to sing secretly for his sister, Maya for a year in lieu of Abhimanyu's surgery to which she agrees.

### 1 year later 
Akshara now lives incognito in Mauritius with Kunal and Maya and remains depressed due to her separation with Abhimanyu, who has misunderstood her and became a ruthless person. Akshara and Kairav come back to India and eventually Kairav is proven innocent. Abhimanyu and Akshara reunite and remarry. Neil and Aarohi elope and get married due to which Manish disowns her. Akshara successfully restores her lost identity as Maya's voice and resumes her singing career.

Later, Akshara gets pregnant with twins while Aarohi is exposed for faking her pregnancy. However, Aarohi gets pregnant for real and Neil gives her second chance. In a bid to save some girls from kidnapping, Neil is beaten up by goons and Akshara miscarries. Before dying, Neil makes Abhimanyu promise to take care of Aarohi and his child. Akshara is blamed for Neil's death and Abhimanyu divorces her. Distraught, Akshara leaves the house and is helped by Abhinav. She finds that one of her twins is still alive. Manish requests Akshara to return to Goenkas', but she refuses and legally marries Abhinav.

### 6 years later 
Akshara lives in Kasauli as a jam entrepreneur with her son, Abhir and Abhinav, who works as a tourist guide. On the other hand, Aarohi has became matured and Abhimanyu has taken the fatherly responsibility of her daughter, Ruhi while both works as senior doctors of Birla Hospital. Abhir considers Abhinav as his father while Ruhi is aware that Neil is her father. Manjiri starts forcing Abhimanyu and Aarohi to marry for Ruhi's sake despite their refusals while Akshara and Abhinav are forcing the same by their neighbour, Neelima. Soon, Abhimanyu visits Shimla for a medical meeting but gets stuck in Kasauli and ends up meeting Akshara, Abhinav and Abhir. Initially shocked, He decides to move on from Akshara accepting her new life. Akshara decides to return to Udaipur on Suhasini's insistence.
## Cast
Main Cast

* Hina Khan as Akshara Maheshwari Singhania (dead)
*Karan Mehra as Naitik Singhania 
*** Vishal Singh replace Mehra as Naitik Singhanina
**

#### Season 1
* Vineeta Malik as Bhairavi Maheshwari: Matriarch of Maheshwaris
* Unknown as Kailashnath Maheshwari: Former Patriarch of Maheshwaris (dead)
* Lata Sabharwal as Rajshri Goyel Maheshwari
* Sanjeev Seth as Vishambharnath "Vishambhar" Maheshwari
* Neelima Taddepalli as Sunaina Maheshwari
* Manu Malik as Omkarnath "Omi" Maheshwari
* Ather Habib as Shaurya Maheshwari 
** Yash Gera replaced Habib as Shaurya  
* Pooja Joshi Arora as Varsha Agrawal Maheshwari
* Aman Sharma  as Anshuman "Anshu" Maheshwari  
**Dheeraj Gumbar replaced Sharma as Anshuman 
* Shirin Sewani as Jasmeet "Jassi" Kaur Sethi Maheshwari
* Akshaya Naik as Ananya Maheshwari Sharma 
** Nairtiya Chandola as child Ananya 
** Afiya as baby Ananya 
* Arjun Kohli as Ranveer Sharma
* Anmol Jyotir as Nishant "Nannu" Maheshwari 
** Khushmeet Gill as child Nishant 
* Kaveri Priyam as Kuhu Maheshwari 
** Yamini Makwana as teenage Kuhu 
** Harbandana Kaur as child Kuhu 
* Sunita Rajwar as Dhaniya Singh
* Anand Mani as Bhajinder "Bhola" Singh
* Roshan Khan as Gopi
* Amardeep Jha as Shankari Tai

### Singhanias family 
* Medha Jambotakar as Kaveri Singhania: Matriarch of Singhanias
* Sanjay Gandhi  as Mahendra Pratap Singhania: Former Patriarch of Singhanias (dead)  
** Abhijeet Lahiri replaced Gandhi as Mahendra 
* Sandeep Mehta as Rajshekhar "Raj" Singhania
* Sonali Verma as Gayatri Singhania
* Kshitee Jog as Dr. Devyani Singhania
* Kirti Sually as Parvati Singhania
* Rohan Mehra  as Naksh Singhania   
** Rishi Dev replaced Mehra as Naksh 
** Shehzad Sheikh replaced Dev as Naksh 
***  Shivansh Kotia as child Naksh 
***  Harsh / Bani as baby Naksh 
* Mohena Singh  as Keerti Goenka Singhania  
** Harsha Khandeparkar replaced Mohena Singh as Keerti Singhania  
* Saksham Vasu as Krish Singhania 
** Dwiti Gajera as baby Krish Singhania 
* Anshul Pandey as Naman Agrawal
* Priyanka Udhwani as Karishma Agrawal
* Rhea Sharma as Mishti Agrawal 
** Aarna Sharma as child and teenage Mishti 
* Navika Kotia as:
**Prerna "Chikki" Singhania
**
** Maya "Mau" Khera
* Divya Bhatnagar as Gulabo
* Nea Srivastav as Girija
* Rakesh Deewana as Maharaj

### Goyels family 
* Bhuvan Chopra as Ratan Goyel
* Unknown as Charulata Goyel
* Ruma Roma Sengupta as Ramola Goyel
* Pragati Chourasiya as Tanu Goyel
*
### Chauhans Family 
* Nidhi Uttam as Nandini Singhania Chauhan
* Ayush Agarwal  as Mohit Chauhan  
** Shamik Abbas replaced Ayush Agarwal as Mohit Chauhan
* Sanchit Sharma as Yash Chauhan 
** Ansh Kaul as child Yash 
* Sippora Zoutewelle as Rose Wilkins Chauhan
* Karan Pahwa as Anmol Chauhan 
** Atharva Padhye as child Anmol 
* Shreya Sharma as Mansi Goenka Chauhan   
** Vaishnavi Rao replaced Shreya Sharma as Mansi Chauhan 
* Urmila Sharma  as Rukmini Chauhan  
** Sunita Rao replaced Urmila Sharma as Rukmini Chauhan 
* Trishika Tiwari as Koyel Chauhan Chaudhary
### Desais family 
* Neha Saroopa as Rashmi Singhania Desai (dead)
* Mazher Sayed as Sameer Desai (dead)
### Awasthis family 
* Zarina Roshan Khan as Muskaan Agrawal Awasthi
* Amit Dolawat as Alok Awasthi
### Deoras family 
* Ashish Kapoor as Nikhil Deora
* Shravani Goswami as Rama Deora.
* Manoj Jaiswal as Rajendra Deora

### Goenka family 
* Swati Chitnis as Suhasini "Mimi" Ajmera Goenka (née Triveni "Bubbly" Ajmera): Former Matriarch of Goenkas (Dead)
* Chetan Hansraj as Kamal Goenka: Former Patriarch of Goenka's (Dead)
* Sachin Tyagi as Manish Goenka: Patriarch of Goenkas
* Parul Chauhan as Swarna Gupta Goenka(née Arpita Gupta): Matriarch of Goenkas   
** Niyati Joshi replaced Chauhan as Swarna Goenka 
* Shivangi Joshi as double role
** Naira Singhania Goenka (dead)  
*** Ashnoor Kaur as child Naira 
** Sirat Shekhawat Goenka (dead)
*** Drashti Bhanushali as child Sirat 
* Mohsin Khan as Kartik Goenka (Dead)
** Vedant Pandya as child Kartik 
* Nupur Joshi as Soumya Goenka (Dead)
* Gaurav Wadhwa as Shubham "Aryan" Goenka (Dead)
* Mayank Arora  as Kairav Goenka
*** Shaurya Shah / Tanmay Shah / Aarambh Trehan as child Kairav 
*** Krishiv Mutha as baby Kairav Goenka 
* Shambhavi Singh as Muskaan Goenka
* Ali Hassan as Akhilesh "Akhil / AG" Goenka
* Shilpa Raizada as Surekha Goenka  
** Saee Barve replaced Shilpa Raizada as Surekha
* Anmol Jyotir as Luv Goenka (see below) 
** Shreshth Saxena as child Luv 
* Apoorv Jyotir as Kush Goenka 
** Shubh Saxena as child Kush
* Samir Onkar as Samarth Goenka 
** Vansh Sayani as child Samarth 
* Kanchi Singh as Gayatri "Gayu" Goenka   
** Deblina Chatterjee replaced Singh as Gayatri Goenka 
** Simran Khanna replaced Chatterjee as Gayatri Goenka 
*** Payal Bhojwani as child Gayatri Deora 
*** Zenia Shastiker as baby Gayatri Deora 
* Sharan Anandani as Vansh Goenka 
** Maaz Champ / Siddharth Dubey as child Vansh
* Devaj Bhanushali as Vatsal Goenka

### Sharma family 
### Season 3 
* Farida Dadi as Neela "Amma" Sharma
* Jay Soni as Abhinav Sharma (Dead)
* Pranali Rathod as Advocate Akshara Sharma (Dead)
** Preeti Amin replaced Rathod as  Akshara Sharma 
*** Prachi Thakur as child Akshara Goenka 
*** Anaya Gupta / Kairav Waghela as baby Akshara Goenka 
* Mohit Parmar as Abhir Sharma 
** Shreyansh Kaurav as child Abhir 
* Saloni Sandhu as Advocate Charu Bansal Sharma (dead)
* Sharon Verna as Kiara Poddar Sharma

### Birla family 
* Harshad Chopda as Dr. Abhimanyu "Abhi" Birla (Dead)
** Het Makwana as child Abhimanyu 
* Karishma Sawant as Dr. Aarohi "Aaru" Goenka Birla (Dead)
** Siya Makwana as child Aarohi 
* Paras Priyadarshan as Neil Birla (Dead)
* Ami Trivedi as Manjari Birla
* Vinay Jain as Dr. Harshvardhan 'Harsh' Birla
* Pragati Mehra as Dr. Mahima Birla
* Ashish Nayyar as Dr. Anandvardhan "Anand" Birla
* Neeraj Goswami as Dr. Parth Birla
* Sehrish Ali as Shefali Birla  
** Nisha Nagpal replaced Ali as Shefali Birla
* Kashish Rai as Anisha Birla (Dead)
* Niharika Chouksey  as Nishtha Birla  
** Nancy Roy replaced Chouksey as Nishtha Birla 
* Nirbhay Thakur as Shivansh "Shivu" Birla 
** Orrish Arora as baby Shivansh 

### Poddar family 
### Season 4 
* Anita Raj as Kaveri Poddar: Matriarch of Poddars; CEO of Poddar & Poddar Associates 
* Sandeep Rajora as Inspector Madhav Poddar
* Vibhuti Thakur as Shivani Poddar (Dead)
*Shruti Ulfat as Vidya Poddar
* Samriddhi Shukla as Advocate Abhira Poddar
* Shehzada Dhami as Advocate Armaan "Aaru" Poddar
*
** Rohit Purohit replaced Dhami as Armaan Poddar
*** Pratyaksh Vardhan Singh as child Armaan 
*  Arshiya Sharma as Maira "Pookie/Mairu" Poddar:
*Urva Rumani as Child Maira 
** Aarya Gajera as baby Maira 
* Shivam Khajuria as Advocate  Rohit Poddar (Dead)
** Romiit Raaj replaced Khajuria as Rohit Poddar
*** Shivaan as child Rohit 
* Pratiksha Hormukhe as Ruhi "Rooh" Birla Poddar 
** Garvita Sadhwani as replaced Honmukhe as Ruhi Poddar 
*** Hera Mishra as child Ruhi 
* Agastya Kirtane as baby Daksh Poddar
* Sikandar Kharbanda as Advocate Manoj Poddar
* Shruti Rawat as Manisha "Meenu" Poddar:
* Hitul Pujara as Aryan Poddar:
* **Manthan Setia as Teenage Aryan Poddar 
* Isha Dhirwani as Disha Poddar
* Sarah Killedar as Mukti Poddar
#### Bansal family 
* Siddharth Vasudev as Advocate Sanjay Bansal
* Preeti Puri as Kajal Poddar Bansal
* Rishabh Jaiswal as Advocate Krish Bansal
* Charushree Singh as Tanya Bansal
#### Raizada family 
* Rahul Sharma as Anshuman Raizada: CEO of The Raizada Ventures (dead)
#### Other Characters recurring cast 
* Ruheen Ali Khan as Geetanjali "Geetu" (dead)
* Susheel Parashar as Digambar "Daddu"
* Kajal Chonkar as Sira Zimik: A North-Eastern girl
* Siddharth Shivpuri as Advocate Roop Kumar aka RK
* Divyam Shukla as Bittu
* Unknown as Koyal

## Awards
### Indian Television Academy Awards
### Indian Telly Awards
### Star Guild Awards
### BIG Star Entertainment Awards
### Gold Awards
### Iconic Gold Awards
## References 
## Other websites
* Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai  on Disney+ Hotstar
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