Mrinalini Tyagi

''Pavitra Rishta'' (International title: ''Sacred Relationship'') is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms that aired on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 to 25 October 2014 starring Ankita Lokhande, Sushant Singh Rajput, Hiten Tejwani, Asha Negi, Shakti Arora, Rithvik Dhanjani and Karan Veer Mehra in lead roles . It is an adaptation of Tamil television series ''Thirumathi Selvam''. It is the third longest-running Indian television series of Zee TV.

In late 2018 and later in 2020, after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, who starred in this series, it was rebroadcast on Zee TV. After this rerun received good ratings, they decided to bring a new series. A series titled ''Pavitra Rishta – It's Never too Late'' aired on ZEE5 from 15 September 2021 starring Ankita Lokhande reprising her role as Archana and Shaheer Sheikh as Manav.

Plot

Homely and hard-working Archana Karanjkar marries Manav Deshmukh, a mere mechanic. They gradually come to support and fall in love with each other, despite their respective families being at loggerheads, as Manav’s mother, Savita, lied to Archana’s mother about his profession. Manav's brother Sachin dies while his fiancée, Shravani, is pregnant, and Manav is asked to take Shravani's responsibility. Archana and Manav divorce for the future of Shravani's unborn child, and Archana leaves Mumbai to complete her higher education.

Archana is now educated and returns to Mumbai, while Manav is raising Shravani's son, who is named after Sachin. Eventually, Archana-Manav reunite and Shravani leaves abroad, giving Jr. Sachin to them. Archana has a miscarriage and Manav determines himself to become successful. He meets a rich businessman, Digvijay Kirloskar, and starts working with him.

Manav is now a rich business tycoon. Manav and Archana now have a son, Soham, who is specially liked by Archana's childless sister, Varsha. Later, Archana delivers twin daughters, Ovi and Tejaswini. Varsha abducts Soham and they're presumed dead. Archana gets blamed for the loss of Soham as she had previously ignored Manav's warning to keep Soham away from Varsha.

Manav decides to move to Canada with his family to further his business. He sends flight tickets to Archana through Savita, who doesn't tell her anything about the tickets and misinforms Archana that Manav wants divorce. Later, Savita signs on the divorce papers on Archana's behalf and lies to Manav that Archana wants divorce. Thus, Manav moves abroad without Archana, who is left shattered and later adopts an orphaned baby girl, Purvi. Archana’s other sister, Vaishali leaves her husband, Dharmesh due to his abusive behavior on herself and her children.

Manav returns to India with his family to finalize their divorce, and is ordered a six-month courtship together with Archana. Varsha and Soham are revealed to be alive as goons "Jhumri" and "Vishnu Lala" in Bihar. Ovi's marriage is fixed with Digvijay's son, Arjun, while he is in love with Purvi. He soon reveals his love for Purvi and breaks his alliance with Ovi, leaving her shattered. Ovi tells Purvi that if she lets her marry Arjun instead, then she will stop Manav from divorcing Archana. For Archana's happiness, Purvi begs Arjun to marry Ovi and thus, Arjun-Ovi get married. Tejaswini and Manav’s father, Damodar expose Savita's conspiracy, uniting Archana and Manav. The couple learn about Soham but he refuses to accept them as his parents. Archana’s niece, Punni, creates a rift between Ovi and Purvi, making Ovi believe that Arjun and Purvi are having an extra-marital affair. To save Ovi-Arjun's marriage life, Purvi shifts to Kolkata.

Six months later, Purvi, who is pregnant, is married to Dr. Onir, a gynecologist. Ovi is also pregnant having complications. Onir and Purvi return Mumbai to treat Ovi. Soham eventually accepts both Manav and Archana as his parents. It is revealed that Purvi actually got pregnant with Arjun's child when they accidentally made love while taking shelter in a cabin. Ovi loses her son while Purvi delivers a daughter. She replaces her daughter with Ovi's child with Onir's help. Arjun and Purvi's daughter is named Pari. Soon, Ovi-Arjun and Onir-Purvi divorce. Manav and Archana decide to get Arjun and Purvi married so that Pari gets her full family. Arjun and Purvi get married. Ovi moves to Canada and finds out that she's pregnant again with Arjun's child.

Tejaswini falls in love with Snehlata's son, Sunny, who also falls in love with Punni's sister, Ruchita. But they have to break up as Savita and Snehlata are rivals. Soham falls in love with Dr. Gauri but her alliance gets fixed with Jr. Sachin. He kidnaps Gauri and tries to forcefully marry her in the temple. Gauri gets accidentally shot by Soham and falls into a river with him. Arjun meets Ovi in Canada and is shocked on learning about his and Ovi's daughter, Pia. Purvi misunderstands that Arjun has cheated on her with Ovi. She shifts to Canada with Pari and the entire family while Ovi moves to Australia with Pia.

Purvi returns to Mumbai and realizes that Arjun never cheated on her with Ovi. Arjun is revealed to have brain tumor, so he and Purvi move to Australia for treatment. Pia helps Ovi to unite with her parents and family. Soham, revealed to be alive, has changed his name to Raghav Mhatre, and lives with his five children who are struggling financially due to his alcoholism. His eldest daughter, Ankita, resembles Archana and is the sole earner of the family. She meets Naren Karmarkar, a mentally challenged businessman grieving the loss of his lover, Ahaana.

Soon, Naren starts assuming Ankita as Ahaana. Ankita is compelled to marry Naren at the behest of his mother, Rushali, who agrees to offer her money and support her siblings financially. Gradually, Ankita falls in love with Naren, who recovers, and they consummate their marriage, leaving Ankita pregnant. Pari reluctantly agrees to marry Shekhar after the disappearance of her lover, Aman. On Shekhar and Pari's wedding day, Naren discovers that Pari is Ahaana and she discovers that Naren is Aman. It is revealed that Naren and Pari met each other in London where they exchanged fake names and fell in love but unfortunately a car accident separated them. Soham meets his family but still holds a grudge against them. Naren forgets his memories with Ankita and reconciles with Pari.

Rushali lies to everyone that Ankita had a contract marriage with Naren which was valid only until Naren's recovery. Ankita decides to sacrifice her love for Naren's happiness and conceals her pregnancy. Despite Soham's pleas, Naren and Pari marry. For Naren and Pari's happy married life, Ankita leaves Mumbai. Soon, Pari gets pregnant but miscarries and is declared infertile. Ankita gives birth to Naren's child but it is declared stillborn by the doctors. Naren and Pari adopt a baby girl and name her as Ashi.

Ankita returns to Mumbai and Manav makes her the managing director of his company. Pari starts getting jealous of Ankita and plans her murder. Naren and Ankita learn that Ashi is their biological daughter. It is revealed that Rushali had stolen Arushi from Ankita and bribed the doctors to misinform her that her child was stillborn. Naren learns about Pari's evil schemes, divorces her, and reunites with Ankita. Pari realizes their true love. She is reunited with Purvi and Arjun, who return to Mumbai, and accepts Arjun as her father. Soham overcomes his grudge and finally reconciles with Manav and Archana.

Ankita and Naren remarry. Manav-Archana, Arjun-Purvi, and Ankita-Naren together commemorate their "Pavitra Rishta" (sacred relationship). Manav meets with a fatal accident and Archana dies of grief. Their family mourns their death. Their souls are shown to be in heaven together, expressing their undying love for each other.

Cast

Main

* Ankita Lokhande as
** Archana "Archu" Karanjkar Deshmukh – Sulochana and Manohar's eldest daughter; (2009–2014)
** Ankita Deshmukh Karmarkar – Soham's eldest daughter; (2013–2014)
* Sushant Singh Rajput / Hiten Tejwani as Manav Deshmukh – Savita and Damodar's elder son; (2009–2011) / (2011–2014)
* Asha Negi as Purvi Deshmukh Kirloskar – Archana and Manav's adopted daughter; (2011–2014)
* Rithvik Dhanjani as Arjun Kirloskar – Digvijay and Ashna's son; (2011–2014)
* Karan Veer Mehra as Naren "Aman" Karmarkar – Rushali and Shirish's elder son; (2013–2014)

Recurring

Karanjkars'

* Savita Prabhune as Sulochana Karanjkar – Manohar's widow; (2009–2014)
* Ajay Rohila / Kishori Govind Mahabole as Manohar Karanjkar – Sulochana's husband; (2009) / (2009–2011)
* Parag Tyagi as Vinod Karanjkar – Sulochana and Manohar's son; (2009–2013)
* Priya Marathe as Varsha "Varshu" Karanjkar (alias Jhumri Singh)– Sulochana and Manohar's second daughter; (2009–2013)
* Prarthana Behere / Madhumita Das as Vaishali "Vaishu" Karanjkar – Sulochana and Manohar's youngest daughter; (2009–2011) / (2011–2012)
* Swati Anand as Manjusha "Manju" Lokhande Karanjkar – Rasika's daughter; (2009–2013)
* Meghna Kinare / Shivani Tomar as Ruchita "Ruchi" Karanjkar – Manjusha and Vinod's younger daughter; (2011) / (2013)

Deshmukhs'

* Usha Nadkarni as Savita Deshmukh – Damodar's wife; (2009–2014)
* Ajay Wadhavkar as Damodar Rao Deshmukh – Vishwas's brother; (2009–2014)
* Sunil Godse as Vishwas Rao Deshmukh – Damodar's brother; (2009–2010)
* Raj Singh Suryavanshi as Sachin Deshmukh – Damodar and Savita's younger son; (2009)
* Ankit Narang as Soham Deshmukh aka Vishnu Lala / Raghav Mhatre – Archana and Manav's son; (2012–2014)
** Ahaan as Baby Soham Deshmukh (2011)
* Shruti Kanwar as Ovi Deshmukh – Archana and Manav's elder daughter; (2011–2014)
* Mrinalini Tyagi as Tejaswini "Teju" Deshmukh – Archana and Manav's younger daughter; (2011–2014)
* Puru Chibber / Anubhav Krishna Srivastava as Jr. Sachin "Sachu" Deshmukh – Sachin and Shravani's son; (2011–2014)
** Harsh Katara as Child Jr. Sachin Deshmukh (2011)
* Mansi Sharma as Neena Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin's wife; (2013–2014)
* Nishant Raghuwanshi as Prashant Deshmukh – Soham's elder son; (2013–2014)
* Akash Nath as Pranav Deshmukh – Soham and Ratna's son; (2013–2014)
* Kreesha Shah as Sonali "Sonu" Deshmukh – Soham and Ratna's daughter; (2013–2014)
* Niveen A Ramani as Gaurav Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin and Neena's son; (2013–2014)
* Jinal Jain as Pushti Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin and Neena's daughter; (2013–2014)

Lokhandes'

* Yamini Thakur as Vandita "Vandu" Deshmukh Lokhande – Savita and Damodar's daughter; (2009–2013)
* Smita Oak as Rasika Lokhande – Manjusha and Ajit's mother; (2009–2012)
* Prabhat Bhattacharya / Pankaj Vishnu as Ajit Lokhande – Rasika's son; (2009–2011, 2013)
* Unknown as Munni Lokhande – Vandita and Ajit's daughter (2011)

Deshpandes'

* Anurag Sharma as Satish Deshpande – Mohan and Bhavna's son; (2009–2011)
* Shalini Arora as Bhavna Deshpande – Mohan's wife; (2009–2011)
* Pawan Mahendru as Mohan Deshpande – Bhavna's husband; (2009–2011)

Mahadiks'

*Pooja Pihal as Shravani Mahadik – Girish's daughter; Sachin's fiancée; (2009–2011)
*Anil Mishra as Girish Mahadik – Shravani's father; (2009–2011)

Jaipurwalas'

* Sumeet Arora as Dharmesh Jaipurwala – Meena's son; (2010–2011)
* Sujata Vaishnav as Meena Jaipurwala – Dharmesh's mother; (2010–2011)
* Divjot Sabarwal as Madhuri – Dhamresh's ex-wife; (2011)
* Karan Hukku as Varun Jaipurwala – Madhuri and Dharmesh's son; (2011)
* Rahul Tandon as Aniket Jaipurwala – Vaishali and Dharmesh's son; (2012–2013)

Kirloskars'

* Naved Aslam as Digvijay Kirloskar aka DK – Manav's former boss and friend; (2011–2013)
* Manasi Salvi as Ashna Kirloskar – Digvijay's wife; Arjun's mother; (2011)
* Ruhee Bagga as Pari "Ahaana" Kirloskar – Purvi and Arjun's daughter; (2013–2014)
** Hetal Gada as Child Pari Kirloskar (2013)
* Karishma Sharma as Pia Kirloskar – Ovi and Arjun's daughter; (2014)

Mittals'

* Jia Mustafa as Poornima "Punni" Karanjkar Mittal – Manjusha and Vinod's elder daughter; (2011—2013)
* Krunal Pandit as Malik Mittal – Poornima's husband (2011–2013)

Dutts'

* Shakti Arora as Dr. Onir Dutt – Purvi's ex-husband; (2012–2013)
* Menaka Lalwani as Shalini Dutt – Onir's second wife (2013)

Khandeshis'

* Karan Sharma as Sunny Khandeshi – Mukesh and Snehlata's younger son; (2012–2013)
* Ketki Dave as Snehlata Khandeshi – Mukesh's wife; (2012–2013)
* Mark Parakh as Jignesh Khandeshi – Mukesh and Snehlata's elder son; (2012–2013)

Shahanes'

* Priyanka Kandwal as Dr. Gauri Shahane – Umesh and Rajni's daughter; (2013)
* Sanjay Bhatia as Umesh Shahane – Rajni's husband; (2013)
* Amita Desai as Rajni Shahane – Umesh's wife; (2013)
* Om Daftary as Atul Shahane – Umesh and Rajni's son; (2013)

Karmarkars'

* Sheeba Chadha as Rushali Karmarkar – Shrish's wife; (2013–2014)
* Vikrant Chaturvedi as Shirish Karmarkar – Sunanda's brother; (2013–2014)
* Sumukhi Pendse as Sunanda Karmarkar – Shirish's sister; (2013–2014)
* Ranjeet Singh as Raunak Karmarkar – Rushali and Shirish's younger son; (2013–2014)
* Minal Mogam as Kinnari Nadkarni Karmarkar – Raunak's wife (2013–2014)
* Angel as Ashi Karmarkar – Ankita and Naren's daughter; Pari's foster daughter (2014)

Kambles'

* Aparna Dixit as Mansi "Manu" Deshmukh Kamble – Soham's second daughter; (2013–2014)
* Manish Naggdev as Shashank Kamble – Mansi's husband; (2013–2014)
*Unknown as Priya Kamble – Mansi and Raunak's daughter; (2014)
* Vandana Mittal as Mrs. Kamble – Shashank's mother; (2013–2014)

Others

* Eva Shirali as Swati Rane – Jaywant's sister; (2009–2010)
* Amit Sarin as Ashwin Sagar – Satish's cousin; (2009–2010)
* Ashlesha Sawant as Urmila Sagar – Ashwin's wife (2009–2010)
* Mahesh Shetty as Jaywant Rane – Swati's brother; Archana's proposed groom (2010)
* Neha Sehgal as Ria Gupta – Manav's assistant (2010–2011)
* Savita Shivaskar as Sundari – Maidservant in the Deshmukh household (2011–2014)
* Mandar Jadhav as Vinay Apte – Purvi's colleague and ex-fiancé (2012–2013)
* Karan Suchak as Shekhar Gupta – Lawyer; Naren's friend; Pari's ex-fiancé (2013–2014)
* Mukul Harish as Ranvijay – Gopal and Neelima's younger son; Vishnu's brother; Vaishnavi's father (2014)
* Riya Raval as Vaishnavi aka Vaishu – Ranvijay's daughter; Ankita's foster daughter; Ashi's friend (2014)
* Bhanujeet Sudan as Rishabh Kapoor – A businessman; Sonia's former husband and murderer; (2013–2014)
* Kali Prasad Mukherjee / Abhay Bhargava as Balan Lala Singh – Varsha's fake husband; Soham's foster father (2012–2013) / (2013–2014)
* Tanvi Thakkar as Rashmi (2009–2010)
* Syed Zafar Ali as Dr. Agarwal (2013)
* Irfan Razaa Khan as Prakash (2010)
* Aryan Prajapati as Nikhil (2013)
* Anuradha Namdar as Charulata Mehta (2012–2013)
* Mohit Sehgal as Pradeep Saini (2013)
* Manish Khanna as Kashinath Sharma (2013)
* Suman Shastri Kant as Kinshuk Banerjee (2013)

Production

Casting

Sushant Singh Rajput who was playing the parallel lead in ''Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil'' of StarPlus was cast as Manav. Zee TV did not accept him for casting as Manav as he was a parallel lead of the show in their rival channel. But Producer Ekta Kapoor convinced the channel to accept him. In November 2011 Rajput quit the series and was replaced by Hiten Tejwani. However, during the final of the series on 25 October 2014, Tejwani paved way for Rajput who appeared in the final episode as Manav.

Schedule

The show's time slot was changed from 21:00 to 18:30 on 15 April 2014 and the 21:00 slot was taken by Kumkum Bhagya, also produced by Ekta Kapoor.

Reception

Around late 2008, producer Ekta Kapoor and her production house Balaji Telefilms declined when the ratings and popularity of all her hit soaps of the 2000s decreased and were axed and also when newly launched ones performed poorly. Since then most channels did not accept her to work. It was due to the chance given by Zee TV for this series, the career of Kapoor and her production house was revived when it became one of the top-rated Hindi television programs.

Accolades

''Pavitra Rishta'' received several awards and nominations. Lokhande and Rajput received multiple awards for their roles Archana and Manav in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, as has Nadkarni in the Best Negative Actress category and Ekta Kapoor in the Best Serial category.

Broadcast

In India, the series was re-aired on Zee TV from 3 September 3, 2020, due to popular demand.

Adaptations

References

External links

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Pavitra Rishta
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{{Balaji Telefilms, Past TV Shows

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