Aarya Desai Srinivasan

*Jayati Narula as Adult Aarya Desai. Swarna Pandey as Child Aarya Desai*

* Adult
* Child

Ramakant Desai (Brother)

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)

Mohit Rathore (Ex-Fiancé)

Nayantara Srinivasan Desai (Sister-in-law)

Rudraksh Desai (Nephew)

Pragya Desai (Niece)

Rhea Desai (Niece)

Srinivasan Family

**Aarya Desai** is the daughter of Aryan Desai and Krishna Desai. She is the older sister to Ramakant Desai. She is the ex-fiancée to Mohit Rathore.

## History

### 5 years later

Krishna gives birth to a daughter, Aarya Desai, and raises her alongside Divya in Varkala, while running a small local school. Krishna hates Aryan for not trusting her. Meanwhile, back in Mumbai, Aryan has stopped singing and is depressed about Krishna’s death, living in constant guilt for not trusting her. He is now married to Maina, who he doesn’t love and did out of duty. Vasudha tells Aryan to forget Krishna. Krish doesn’t preform his fatherly duties and Aryan has taken over them. Saumya goes to Varkala on a school trip and meets Divya, Krishna and Aarya and becomes their friend, unknown to who they really are. Saumya returns and begs Aryan to take her back to see them. Aryan agrees. He is shocked to see Krishna alive and questions about Aarya and her father. Aarya and Saumya get in trouble with goons however Aryan saves them but is badly injured. Krishna takes care of him.

The families force Divya, Krishna and Aarya to move back to Mumbai. They stay in a rented house. Meera has Krishna’s old Academy permanently shut down. Meera and Krishna get into a heated argument which ends in Vasudha vowing her own revenge for humiliating her daughter. Maina is enraged when she overhears Aryan’s still has feelings for Krishna. Meera goes to Varkala under the name Gudiya and finds out that Aarya is Aryan and Krishna’s daughter from a stranger who helped them out. Meera uses this information to blackmail Krishna to leave permanently, however she refuses. Meera looses the recording and Maina finds it. She hides it, however Vasudha finds it and reveals the truth to everyone.

Aryan and Krishna both confront each other. Aryan wishes to take Aarya away from her. Aryan decides to get Aarya’s admission into Saumya’s and Avinisah’s school, much to Krishna’s dismay. Krishna threatens to tell the entire truth to Aarya’s and says he can only meet her on Sunday’s. Aryan has Krishna arrested on the grounds of keeping Aarya away from him. Divya helps Krishna escape jail and takes her back to the Desai-Singhania house. Vasudha is not convinced that Aarya is Krishna and Aryan’s daughter and hurls taunts at Krishna and Aarya. Preesha invites Krishna and Aarya for a celebration. Maina finds out she cannot conceive and attempts to force Krishna to give Aarya to her. Aarya celebrates her birthday along with Krishna and Divya. They celebrate Aarya’s birthday in the park along with the family and friends. Krishna and Aryan get shocked when they see their anniversary cake instead of Aarya’s birthday cake, which Meera purposely switched. Aryan and Krishna get into a fight about Aarya to which Aarya hears and finds out that her father is Aryan.

Aarya is accepted into the family as Aryan’s daughter and Krishna is asked to leave, to which she refuses. Maina gets jealous upon seeing Aryan and Krishna together and demands for her, Aryan and Aarya to move to the USA. Aryan refuses and Maina and him get a divorce. Maina leaves to be with the Sinha Family. Vasudha doesn’t want the couple to get closer and tries to make plans for Aryan’s remarriage. Virendra blackmails Krishna to fake her death once more but she refuses. Aryan and Krishna grow closer due to them looking after Aarya together. Saumya gets jealous about this and Meera manipulates her against them.

Aryan and Krishna get married for the sake of Aarya, and only make a marriage in name. The two soon grow closer to each other once more and fall in love. Meera is proven of all her crimes and is sent to jail and divorced by Krish, who instead’s marries Hiral who he was having a affair with for a while. Anuja tries to break the two up but to no avail. Krishna faints and finds out she's pregnant again. Aryan is ecstatic to find out about having another baby. Meera threatens Krishna from jail that she would take her child. Aryan takes care of Krishna throughout the pregnancy as months pass and they are excited to welcome a baby.

### 9 months later

Krishna gives birth to a son. Hiral is revealed to be 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

Aarya is mentioned to now be living in Canada engaged to a new man, Suryadhar Gill.