Ramakant Desai

Gashmeer Mahajani as Ramakant Desai

Aarya Desai (Sister)

Virendra Desai (Grandfather)

Divya Desai (Grandmother)

Vasudha Desai (Step Grandmother)

Kartik Goenka (Grandfather)

Naira Singhania Goenka (Grandmother)

Nihar Desai (Uncle)

Raavi Desai (Aunt)

Krish Singhania (Uncle)

Meera Desai Singhania (Half Aunt)

Kairav Goenka (Uncle)

Muskaan Goenka (Aunt)

Akshara Goenka Birla (Aunt)

Aarohi Goenka Birla (Aunt)

Saumya Singhania (Cousin)

Svetlana Singhania (Cousin)

Nayantara Srinivasan Desai (Wife)

Vishwanathan Srinivasan (Father-In-Law)

Sarla Srinivasan (Mother-In-Law)

Prachi Desai Mehta (Sister-In-Law)

Kabir Mehta (Brother-In-Law)

Vinayak Srinivasan (Brother-In-Law)

Rudraksh Desai (Son)

Pragya Desai (Daughter)

Rhea Desai (Daughter)

Srinivasan Family

Rao Family

**Ramakant Desai** is the son of Aryan Desai and Krishna Desai. He is the younger brother to Aarya Desai. He is the cousin to Saumya Singhania, Avinash Desai and Sonali Dhamecha. He is the husband to Nayantara Desai and the father to Rudraksh Desai, Pragya Rana and Rhea Rana. He is the ex-illegitimate husband of Kavya Hinduja.

He is a main character in the Second Generation of Ye Rishta Pyaar Se Bana Hai.

## History

### 9 months later

Krishna has given birth to a son. Hiral is pregnant and Krish accepts it. Meera has escaped from prison and has been in contact with Saumya. Meera vows revenge against the family for what they have done to her. They name their son Ramakant. Meera plants a bomb in the Desai-Singhania house that kills Aryan, Krishna, Meera and the rest of the family except for Virendra, Divya, Vasudha, Sonali, Avinash, Aarya, Krish, Hiral and Saumya. Aryan and Krishna die holding each other’s hands.

### 20 years later

Nayantara (Krishna’s lookalike) resides in Hoshiarpur alongside the rest of her family. Her mother, Sarla Srinivasan, is planning Nayantara’s wedding day but Nayantara runs away from it. The Srinivasan’s are financially struggling after the death of Nayantara’s father, Vishwanathan Srinivasan, 10 years ago. Sarla believes there is a soulmate out there for Nayantara. The family (which consists of Swarni (Nayantara’s paternal grandmother), Sweety Srinivasan (Nayantara’s paternal aunt), Prachi (Nayantara’s younger sister) and Vinayak (Nayantara’s younger brother) have to depend on the little fees that they get. Meanwhile, Ramakant Desai (Aryan’s look alike and his and Krishna’s son) is a young business tycoon who doesn’t believe in love. Ramakant lives with Divya, Vasudha, Ramila, Krish, Hiral, Saumya, Aarya and Svetlana (Krish and Hiral’s daughter). Saumya is hated by Hiral. Jamuna, Shanaya, Omkar, Preesha, Shivam, Kajal, Pihu, Nihar and Raavi all now live in Canada. Ramakant believes he doesn’t have time for love, and hates the idea of it.

Nayantara wishes to become a gynaecologist, but doesn’t have the money to pay for the education for it and decides to move to Mumbai for a fresh start. The Srinivasan’s move to Mumbai. To make extra money, Nayantara is hired by Ramila as the wedding planner for Avinash and Richika’s wedding. Vasudha has manipulated Saumya into believing that the family loves Aarya and Ramakant more than her due to her being Meera’s daughter. Ramakant and Nayantara first meet behind a curtain and have a conversation about their shared losses in life but don’t get to see each other, only getting to hear her name ‘Nayantara’. Later, Nayantara confronts Ramakant for trying to suppress the poor with the misuse money and lineage. Ramakant slaps her with a bunch of cash. Presuming that he won the conversation, he moves to his car, only to face Nayantara breaking the glass of his windshield, and slapping him with the same bunch of cash, earning the nickname "Bevakoof Chhipakalee”. They have a soulmate connection, though have gotten off on the wrong foot. Ramakant starts to understand Nayantara and her way of life and they both start to develop feelings for each other. The two are unaware of their emotions.

On Avinash and Richika’s wedding day, the bride and groom both goes missing due to them wanting to elope instead which leads to Nayantara being swapped and Ramakant getting married to her, on Virendra’s wishes. Nayantara slaps him on their wedding night and argues that their marriage should be nothing but mutual friendship, and that Aryan should help her become a gynaecologist. The two’s feelings for each other are still complicated. The Srinivasan’s move into the Desai Mansion. Avinash and Richika return and are married. Prachi falls in love with Kabir Mehta, who lives with the family as Saumya’s fiancé. Aarya attempts to break Ramakant and Nayantara after feeling jealous when Divya gifts Nayantara’s Krishna’s jewellery. Slowly, Ramakant and Nayantara fall in love with each other. Kabir breaks off his engagement with Saumya and falls in love with Prachi and confesses it to the families, shocking and angering them. Ramakant and Nayantara finally confess their true love for eachother in front of the families. During Kabir and Prachi’s engagement party, Nayantara slips down the stairs due to a trap planted by Vasudha and Saumya. Nayantara exposes the two for committing the act however it isn’t acknowledged to the family. Vinayak goes missing on Sweety’s birthday due to Saumya’s plan. Ramakant and Nayantara blame each other however they find him and are reunited. Nayantara becomes a full gynaecologist.

Kavya Hinduja, a self made businesswoman, enters the family as Ramakant’s collage love who he planned to marry before to secure a business deal. Vasudha and Saumya favour Kavya over Nayantara and ask her to stay and help create trouble for Ramakant and Nayantara, to which Kavya agrees. Ramakant plans a birthday surprise for Nayantara that Kavya tries to spoil by making him late. Ramakant and Nayantara go for a romantic dinner. Nayantara starts doubting Kavya but gets upset when Ramakant does not believe her. Ramakant fakes not believing Nayantara so he can expose Kavya. During Holi, Nayantara plans to expose Kavya, however is pushed into a pool and trapped. Ramakant saves her and together they expose Kavya who blames Vasudha who goes to jail for her crimes. Ramakant and Nayantara embrace each other.

Vasudha returns during Kabir and Prachi wedding and blackmails Ramakant that she will get Nayantara arrested so Ramakant has to break Nayantara's heart. Nayantara overhears this and plans to expose her. Saumya demands Nayantara pays ₹10 lakhs for her to aid her in her plan, which she doesn’t have. Vasudha, Saumya and Kavya have Nayantara arrested on charges of misusing her doctor’s license. She later escapes jail with the help of Prachi. Nayantara returns and reunites with Aryan.

Shivaay Srinivasan, Nayantara’s cousin, arrive and move into the Desai Mansion. Saumya’s marriage to Shivaay is fixed and they are engaged. Nayantara believes that Saumya doesn’t love Shivaay and is using him but sees that Shivaay and Saumya generally love each other. Ramakant and Nayantara enjoy a relaxing honeymoon to restart. Sarla finds proof that Kavya and Saumya are planning a bomb blast in the house but she slips down the stairs and falls into a coma. Kavya tries to kill her but is exposed and arrested. Ramakant and Nayantara get a letter that claims to be Ramakant’s mother Krishna who had lost her memory and lived in Varkala once more. They run to find out but see it was a trap set by Vasudha, to try to kill them. Nayantara is shot and falls into a flowing river. In a fit of rage, Ramakant accidentally kills Vasudha, who shot Nayantara. Ramakant returns home, and hopes for Nayantara return.

### 15 months later

The family waits for Nayantara to return, which in reality they all expect Ramakant have accepted her death and preformed her final rights. Sarla and Prachi blame Ramakant for her presumed death. Saumya has wanted to have Ramakant arrested but the family has her not to. Nayantara is revealed to be in a coma at the house of Umashankar Chaubey, who saved Nayantara and brought her back to his house. She wakes up, but has memory loss from the accident and doesn’t remember what has happened just before she met Ramakant. She returns to her old family home alongside Umashankar to find Prachi and she takes her back home. Ramakant and Nayantara reunite together, however Nayantara doesn’t remember him and questions him. Ramakant helps bring back Nayantara’s memories by taking her out to the places where they went. Finally, she recalls her memory, and the two promise to try and always be there for each other. Umashankar is saddened and enraged to see them together. Aarya is revealed been having an affair with Mohit Rathore, Kabir’s cousin, who is visiting India from Canada. Sweety’s friend (and Mohit’s mother), Seema Rathore, also comes. Kavya returns from jail for the wedding.

Soon, Mohit and Aarya’s affair is revealed to the family. The family forces Mohit and Aarya to marry, but Aarya is too scared. Umashankar shoots Mohit and he dies. Aarya is framed for his murder and is sent to jail but returns. Ramakant and Nayantara get into a argument over Shivaay and Saumya’s marriage but they reconcile after finding out they still want to wait on their marriage which makes Ramakant and Nayantara suspicious. They later find out that Kabir and Aarya are planning to run away and get married, however they are stopped and end their affair. Umashankar spikes Nayantara’s drink at a party and she falls unconscious. Umashankar manages to take her outside of Mumbai but he is ambushed by Ramakant who finally has Umashankar arrested.

Nayantara faints at Shivaay and Saumya’s Mehndi and finds out she's pregnant. Ramakant is ecstatic to find out about having a baby. Saumya is enraged. Virendra and Divya reconcile and get re-married. Ramakant and Nayantara start attending Lamaze classes for Ramakant to learn how to take care of a baby. Ramakant and Nayantara fight about Saumya and Kavya but they forget about it as they feel their baby kick of the first time. Ramakant takes care of Nayantara throughout the pregnancy as months pass and they are excited to welcome their baby.

Umashankar and Kavya team up to separate the couple. Umashankar tells Nayantara that he is sorry and did everything out of love and not madness. To stop them, Ramakant and Nayantara help Umashankar and Kavya get married. Umashankar and Kavya promise to divorce after they are done with the couple. During Umashankar and Kavya’s after party, Nayantara slips and is rushed to the hospital. Kavya uses this chance to steal Nayantara’s information. Saumya vows to destroy Umashankar and Kavya. On Nayantara’s baby shower, Saumya locks Kavya in the basement to keep her away from the family. Umashankar rescues her and Kavya promises that she will kill Saumya by her own hands.

### 5 months later

The family is excited to welcome a new child. Saumya plants a bomb in the house. The bomb kills Swarni, Sarla, Sweety, Prachi, Kabir Mehta and Vinayak. Ramakant and Nayantara blame each other, and the family blames Nayantara for her clumsiness. Umashankar and Kavya get divorced. Nayantara goes into labour and delivers a son, Rudraksh Desai. Rudraksh is kidnapped by a hitman hired by Kavya who accidentally drops Rudraksh into the water. Ramakant and Nayantara separate from each other. Aarya is scared and moves to Canada to be with her family. Kavya finds Rudraksh and returns him to Ramakant. Ramakant asks Kavya to stay for his son, to which she agrees. Shivaay and Saumya split from each other due to distrust. Umashankar stages an accident to make it look like Nayantara perishes.

### 5 years later

Ramakant and Kavya are raising Rudraksh, alongside the rest of the remaining Desai Family. Rudraksh believes that Kavya is his mother as Ramakant wants to wait to tell him the truth when he is older. The family wishes for Ramakant and Kavya to get married, however they haven’t started anything yet. Krish, Hiral and Svetlana now live abroad in America. Saumya lives with the Desai Family while Shivaay lives away from them. Nayantara is revealed to live with Umashankar in London as his fiancée and harbours hatred and wants revenge against Ramakant. She thrives as a successful gynaecologist. Umashankar and Nayantara return to Mumbai. Nayantara and Rudraksh meet and form a bond without knowing that they are mother and son, but after Nayantara saves Rudraksh from a fire and goes to hospital, Ramakant and Nayantara meet face-to-face again.

Nayantara confronts Kavya who refuses to admit that Rudraksh is her son, as she loves Ramakant and wants him to herself, and says that Nayantara can’t snatch Rudraksh from her. Ramakant wants to tell Nayantara the truth, however Kavya convinces him to tell her later. They bring them all back home, and the family is shocked to see Nayantara alive. Ramakant reveals the truth to Nayantara, but the two are still bitter at each other. Ramakant and Nayantara file for child custody. However, the corrupt judge (who is being payed by Umashankar and Kavya) states that they have to be married in order to obtain custody. Thus, wedding processes start for Umashankar-Nayantara and Ramakant-Kavya. Ramakant and Nayantara team up and spy on Umashankar and Kavya after getting suspicious, and they remember old times. Umashankar and Nayantara are married on the same day as Ramakant and Kavya. Shivaay returns to Saumya and they renunciate.

Rudraksh has a difficult time accepting Nayantara as his mother. The court gives 50% of the custody to Ramakant-Kavya and the other 50% to Umashankar-Nayantara. Ramakant and Nayantara share a moment when they both get trapped in the same room for hours and are forced to talk to each other. They look back at old times, and realise that they still love each other. Umashankar realises that Nayantara will only ever love Ramakant and divorces her. Ramakant divorces Kavya and kicks her out of the house. He re-marries Nayantara. Rudraksh accepts Nayantara as his mother. During Ramila’s birthday party, Kavya plans a hostage situation where Nayantara is asked to exchange Ramila, Divya, Virendra and Ramakant for Rudraksh and Richika. Nayantara refuses, and uses her plan to her advantage and saves the whole family. Rudraksh, unknown to Kavya’s real nature, shouts at Ramakant and Nayantara and runs away. He is found and brought back home.

Soon, it is revealed that Nayantara’s father, Vishwanathan’s, second sister Ahana Srinivasan (and Shivaay’s mother) is revealed to be alive and she comes to the house to obtain the Srinivasan inheritance from Nayantara. Ahana brings Umashankar and Kavya back help her take the inheritance. Ramakant and Nayantara expose the three, but Ahana manages to steal 50% of the inheritance and leaves. Umashankar and Kavya beg the family to let her stay in the house due to them claiming to have a terminal illnesses and to let them spend her last days with Rudraksh.

Umashankar tells Nayantara that his sister, Ankita Chaubey, needs help to be treated for a disease, and Nayantara helps Mishka. Umashankar asks Nayantara to help him find a groom for Ankita who will take care of her after he ‘passes’. Nayantara agrees. Ramakant misinterprets this, believing that Umashankar and Nayantara are having an affair behind his back but Nayantara assured him that it is nothing. Ankita traps Ramakant alone in a room. She tells Ramakant that Nayantara still loves Umashankar and that she faked her miscarriage. Kavya shoots and kills Ankita. Ramakant is blamed for his murder. Nayantara however takes the blame and it sentenced to death. However, they manage to prove Nayantara’s innocence. Ramakant and Nayantara share a romantic dinner, where they confess their undying love for one another. Umashankar, jealous and enraged, knocks Ramakant unconscious. Nayantara is shocked by Umashankar action and he says that he will not leave Nayantara alone until she marries him. Saumya kills Umashankar by pushing him off a building to save Nayantara. They decide to hide this from the family.

During Rudraksh’s birthday party, Nayantara reveals that she is pregnant to the family. They are all excited to welcome a new child into the family.

### 8 months later

The family is excited to welcome a new child. Ahana returns to destroy the family forever. Ahana, with the help of Kavya, transfers all the Desai’s money to her name. She allows them to still live in the house under her orders. Ahana turns on Kavya which enrages her and Kavya shoots Ahana. She survives, and kicks Kavya out, though she returns to kill Ahana. Rudraksh is kidnapped by Ahana. Nayantara goes into labour, and Ramakant has to chose either Rudraksh or Nayantara. He chooses Rudraksh and goes to save him. Nayantara gives birth to fraternal twin girls. Rudraksh is returned to the family again. They name their twin girls Pragya and Rhea. Shivaay is killed by Kavya by a gunshot and Saumya blames Nayantara for this. Saumya reveals her pregnancy.

On Nayantara’s birthday, Ahana kidnaps Rudraksh. Ramakant and Nayantara go to look for their missing son. Ahana says they must pay her ₹10 lakhs for Rudraksh’s safe return and alone. Nayantara, uninformed about the situation, brings the police alongside her. Ahana accidentally slips into the water alongside Rudraksh and they both die. Ramakant and Nayantara are left heartbroken and both blame each other. With instigation from outsiders, they separate. Nayantara takes Pragya and returns to her hometown of Hoshiarpur while Ramakant takes Rhea.