Pavitra Rishta Explained

Genre:	Soap opera
Based On:	Thirumathi Selvam by S. Kumaran
Developer:	Ekta Kapoor
Story:	S Kumaran
Screenplay:	R M Joshi Anil Nagpal Gitangshu Dey Vikas Tiwari Nidhi Singh Neha Shrivastava Ved Raj Shweta Bhardwaj Dialogues Shirish Latkar^[1]
Director:	Ravindra Gautam Mujammil Desai Kushal Zaveri Jignesh Vaishnav V.G.Roy Ajay Veermal Jafar Sheikh Sangieta Rao Partho Mitra Sameer Kulkarni Bhavin Thakkar Vicky Chauhan
Creative Director:	Doris Dey Tanushree Dasgupta Sukriti Saxena Neeshi Oza Shravan Pundir Mitu Meghana Amal
Starring:	Ankita Lokhande Sushant Singh Rajput Hiten Tejwani Asha Negi Rithvik Dhanjani Ruhee Bagga Karan Veer Mehra
Theme Music Composer:	Sunil Singh Devendra Kafir
Open Theme:	"Āsamāna Mēṁ Jaba Taka" by Priya Bhattacharya
Country:	India
Language:	Hindi
Num Episodes:	1,424^[2]
Producer:	Ekta Kapoor Shobha Kapoor
Editor:	Vikas Sharma Vishal Sharma Manas Majumdar
Location:	Mumbai, India.
Cinematography:	Suhas Shirodkar Rajan Singh
Camera:	Multi-camera
Runtime:	20 minutes
Company:	Balaji Telefilms
Network:	Zee TV
Num Seasons:	4
Related:	Thirumathi Selvam

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 December 2016.^[3] It is an adaptation of Tamil television series Thirumathi Selvam.^[4]

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.^[5]

Plot

Archana Karanjkar is a hard-working, homely girl living in Mumbai who was able to study only till the eight standard due to her mother's ill health. Manav, a mere mechanic, falls for her. Savita, Manav's mother, lies to Archana's mother, Sulochana, that Manav is a mechanical engineer, so that Sulochana agrees for the wedding to take place. Archana and Manav get married but her family is left distraught after it learns that Manav is a mere mechanic.

Gradually, Archana and Manav fall in love with each other. Sachin, Manav's brother, dies in a car accident and his fiancée Shravani is pregnant with his child. Archana and Manav divorce, so that Sachin and Shravani's unborn child has a bright future. Manav and Shravani's marriage is fixed, and Archana leaves Mumbai to complete her higher studies.

2 years later

Archana is now educated and returns to Mumbai. Shravani has delivered a boy, who is named after Sachin. Sulochana decides to get Archana married to Jaywant. Later, Archana and Manav come to know that Jaywant is marrying Archana only for his self-benefits and wishes to leave her alone in the future. Coincidentally, Manav and Shravani's marriage falls on the same date as Jaywant and Archana's wedding. At last, Manav and Archana marry and hence unite again. Shravani leaves for abroad, giving Jr. Sachin to Archana and Manav, who adopt Jr. Sachin.

Archana's sister, Vaishali, marries Manav's boss, Dharmesh, who dislikes Manav. Archana suffers a miscarriage as Manav fails to pay for her operation on time. This makes Manav to determine himself to become successful and earn money. He meets a rich businessman, Digvijay Kirloskar, and starts working with him.

4 years later

Manav is now a rich business tycoon. Dharmesh tries to create difficulties in Manav's life, but in vain. 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 runs away. They fall into a river and are 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. Vaishali leaves Dharmesh due to his abusive behavior on herself and her children.

18 years later

Manav returns to India to finalize their divorce, and is ordered a six-month courtship together with Archana. The Deshmukh family returns to India. 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 Ovi shattered. Varsha and Soham are revealed to be alive as goons in Bihar. Soham is now known as "Vishnu Lala" and Varsha as "Jhumri". 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 Damodar expose Savita's conspiracy, uniting Archana and Manav. Manav and Archana learn about Soham but he refuses to accept them as his parents. Vinod's elder daughter, Poornima, 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 accidentally shoots Archana and she falls into a coma but she soon wakes up and Soham accepts both Manav and Archana as his parents. It's 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, Purvi is exposed by Punni. 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 Vinod's youngest daughter, 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.

20 years later

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 reunite and they move to Australia for Arjun's treatment. Pia helps Ovi to unite with her parents and family. Soham, who is revealed to be alive, has changed his name to Raghav Mhatre, and lives with his five children. They all suffer from a financial crisis as Soham is an alcoholic and doesn't take care of his family. His eldest daughter, Ankita, is the lookalike of Archana and the sole earner of the family. She meets a mentally challenged businessman, Naren Karmarkar, who is traumatized after the death 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. He gets much better, and they consummate their marriage, which leaves 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's 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 get married. 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 Arushi.

5 years later

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 Arushi is their biological daughter. It's 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 and divorces her. Naren regains his memories with Ankita and reunites with her. Pari realizes Ankita and Naren's true love. Purvi and Arjun return to Mumbai and reunite with Pari, who accepts Arjun as her father. Soham overcomes his grudge and finally reunites 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; Vinod, Varsha and Vaishali's sister; Manav's wife; Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's mother; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adoptive mother; Pia, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's grandmother; Pari, Gaurav and Pushti's adoptive grandmother; Priya and Arushi's great-grandmother (2009–2014)
  • Ankita Deshmukh Karmarkar (alias Ankita Mhatre) – Soham's eldest daughter; Prashant and Mansi's sister; Pranav and Sonali's half-sister; Naren's wife; Arushi's mother (2013–2014)
• Sushant Singh Rajput / Hiten Tejwani as Manav Deshmukh – Savita and Damodar's elder son; Sachin and Vandita's brother; Archana's husband; Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's father; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adoptive father; Pia, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's grandfather; Pari, Gaurav and Pushti's adoptive grandfather; Priya and Arushi's great-grandfather (2009–2011) / (2011–2014)
• Asha Negi as Purvi Deshmukh Kirloskar – Archana and Manav's adopted daughter; Jr. Sachin, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's adopted sister; Onir's ex-wife; Arjun's wife; Pari's mother (2011–2014)
• Shruti Kanwar as Ovi Deshmukh – Archana and Manav's elder daughter; Soham and Tejaswini's sister; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adopted sister; Arjun's ex-wife; Pia's mother (2011–2014)
• Rithvik Dhanjani as Arjun Kirloskar – Digvijay and Ashna's son; Ovi's ex-husband; Purvi's husband; Pari and Pia's father (2011–2014)
• Ankit Narang as Soham Deshmukh (alias Raghav Mhatre) – Archana and Manav's son; Varsha and Balan's foster son; Ovi and Tejaswini's brother; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adopted brother; Gauri's one-sided lover; Ratna's ex-husband; Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's father; Priya and Arushi's grandfather (2012–2014)
• Puru Chibber / Anubhav Krishna Srivastava as Jr. Sachin "Sachu" Deshmukh – Sachin and Shravani's son; Archana and Manav's nephew / adopted son; Soham, Ovi, Tejaswini and Purvi's adopted brother; Gauri's ex-fiancé; Neena's husband; Gaurav and Pushti's father (2011–2013) / (2013–2014)
  • Harsh Katara as Child Sachin Deshmukh (2011)
• Mrinalini Tyagi as Tejaswini "Teju" Deshmukh – Archana and Manav's younger daughter; Soham and Ovi's sister; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adopted sister; Sunny's former love interest (2011–2014)
• Karan Veer Mehra as Naren Karmarkar (alias Aman Mathur) – Rushali and Shirish's elder son; Raunak's brother; Pari's ex-husband; Ankita's husband; Arushi's father (2013–2014)
• Ruhee Bagga as Pari Kirloskar (alias Ahaana) – Arjun and Purvi's daughter; Pia's half-sister; Naren's ex-wife; Arushi's foster mother (2013-2014)

Recurring

• Savita Prabhune as Sulochana Karanjkar – Manohar's widow; Vinod, Archana, Varsha and Vaishali's mother; Poornima, Ruchita, Aniket, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's grandmother; Varun's step-grandmother; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adoptive grandmother; Pia, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's great-grandmother; Pari, Gaurav and Pushti's adoptive great-grandmother; Priya and Arushi's great-great-grandmother (2009–2014)
• Ajay Rohila / Kishori Govind Mahabole as Manohar Karanjkar – Sulochana's husband; Vinod, Archana, Varsha and Vaishali's father; Poornima, Ruchita, Aniket, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's grandfather; Varun's step-grandfather; Jr. Sachin and Purvi's adoptive grandfather; Pia, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav and Sonali's great-grandfather; Pari, Gaurav and Pushti's adoptive great-grandfather; Priya and Arushi's great-great-grandfather (2009) / (2009–2011) (Dead)
• Parag Tyagi as Vinod Karanjkar – Sulochana and Manohar's son; Archana, Varsha and Vaishali's brother; Manjusha's husband; Poornima and Ruchita's father (2009–2013)
• Priya Marathe as Varsha "Varshu" Karanjkar (alias Jhumri Singh)– Sulochana and Manohar's second daughter; Vinod, Archana and Vaishali's sister; Satish ex-wife; Balan's fake wife / mistress; Soham's foster mother (2009–2013)
• Prarthana Behere / Madhumita Das as Vaishali "Vaishu" Karanjkar – Sulochana and Manohar's youngest daughter; Vinod, Archana and Varsha's sister; Dharmesh's ex-wife; Aniket's mother; Varun's step-mother (2009–2011) / (2011–2012)
• Swati Anand as Manjusha "Manju" Lokhande Karanjkar – Rasika's daughter; Ajit's sister; Vinod's wife; Poornima and Ruchita's mother (2009—2013)
• Jia Mustafa as Poornima "Punni" Karanjkar Mittal – Manjusha and Vinod's elder daughter; Ruchita's sister; Malik's wife (2011—2013)
• Krunal Pandit as Malik Mittal – Poornima's husband (2011–2013)
• Meghna Kinare / Shivani Tomar as Ruchita "Ruchi" Karanjkar – Manjusha and Vinod's younger daughter; Poornima's sister (2011) / (2013)
• Smita Oak as Rasika Lokhande – Manjusha and Ajit's mother; Poornima, Ruchita and Munni's grandmother (2009–2012)
• Yamini Thakur as Vandita "Vandu" Deshmukh Lokhande – Savita and Damodar's daughter; Manav and Sachin's sister; Ajit's wife; Munni's mother (2009–2013)
• Prabhat Bhattacharya / Pankaj Vishnu as Ajit Lokhande – Rasika's son; Manjusha's brother; Vandita's husband; Munni's father (2009–2011, 2013)
• Unknown as Munni Lokhande – Vandita and Ajit's daughter (2011)
• Anurag Sharma as Satish Deshpande – Mohan and Bhavna's son; Varsha's ex-husband (2009–2011)
• Shalini Arora as Bhavna Deshpande – Mohan's wife; Satish's mother (2009–2011)
• Pawan Mahendru as Mohan Deshpande – Bhavna's husband; Satish's father (2009–2011)
• Sumeet Arora as Dharmesh Jaipurwala – Meena's son; Madhuri and Vaishali's ex-husband; Varun and Aniket's father (2010–2011)
• Sujata Vaishnav as Meena Jaipurwala – Dharmesh's mother; Varun and Aniket's grandmother (2010–2011)
• Divjot Sabarwal as Madhuri – Dhamresh's ex-wife; Varun's mother (2011)
• Karan Hukku as Varun Jaipurwala – Madhuri and Dharmesh's son; Vaishali's step-son; Aniket's half-brother (2011)
• Rahul Tandon as Aniket Jaipurwala – Vaishali and Dharmesh's son; Varun's half-brother (2012–2013)
• Ajay Wadhavkar as Damodar Rao Deshmukh – Vishwas's brother; Savita's husband; Manav, Sachin and Vandita's father; Jr. Sachin, Munni, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's grandfather; Purvi's adoptive grandfather; Pia, Ankita, Gaurav, Prashant, Mansi, Pushti, Pranav and Sonali's great-grandfather; Pari's adoptive great-grandfather; Priya and Arushi's great-great-grandfather (2009–2014)
• Usha Nadkarni as Savita Deshmukh – Damodar's wife; Manav, Sachin and Vandita's mother; Jr. Sachin, Munni, Soham, Ovi and Tejaswini's grandmother; Purvi's adoptive grandmother; Pia, Ankita, Gaurav, Prashant, Mansi, Pushti, Pranav and Sonali's great-grandmother; Pari's adoptive great-grandmother; Priya and Arushi's great-great-grandmother (2009–2014)
• Sunil Godse as Vishwas Rao Deshmukh – Damodar's brother; Manav, Sachin and Vandita's uncle (2009–2010) (Dead)
• Raj Singh Suryavanshi as Sachin Deshmukh – Damodar and Savita's younger son; Manav and Vandita's brother; Shravani's fiancé; Jr. Sachin's father; Gaurav and Pushti's grandfather (2009) (Dead)
• Pooja Pihal as Shravani Mahadik – Girish's daughter; Sachin's fiancée; Jr. Sachin's mother; Gaurav and Pushti's grandmother (2009–2011)
• Anil Mishra as Girish Mahadik – Shravani's father; Jr. Sachin's grandfather; Gaurav and Pushti's great-grandfather (2009–2010)
• Manasi Salvi as Ashna Kirloskar – Digvijay's wife; Arjun's mother; Pari and Pia's grandmother (2011) (Dead)
• Naved Aslam as Digvijay Kirloskar aka DK – Manav's boss and friend; Ashna's widower; Arjun's father; Pari and Pia's grandfather (2011–2013)
• Mansi Sharma as Neena Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin's wife; Gaurav and Pushti's mother (2013–2014)
• Karishma Sharma as Pia Kirloskar – Ovi and Arjun's daughter; Pari's half-sister (2014)
• Nishant Raghuwanshi as Prashant Deshmukh (alias Prashant Mhatre) – Soham's elder son; Ankita and Mansi's brother; Pranav and Sonali's half-brother (2013–2014)
• Aparna Dixit as Mansi "Manu" Deshmukh Kamble (alias Mansi Mhatre)– Soham's second daughter; Ankita and Prashant's sister; Pranav and Sonali's half-sister; Shashank's wife; Priya's mother (2013–2014)
• Manish Naggdev as Shashank Kamble – Mansi's husband; Priya's step-father (2013–2014)
• Akash Nath as Pranav Deshmukh (alias Pranav Mhatre) – Soham and Ratna's son; Sonali's brother; Ankita, Prashant and Mansi's half-brother (2013–2014)
• Kreesha Shah as Sonali "Sonu" Deshmukh (alias Sonali Mhatre) – Soham and Ratna's daughter; Pranav's sister; Ankita, Prashant and Mansi's half-sister (2013–2014)
• Niveen A Ramani as Gaurav Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin and Neena's son; Pushti's brother (2013–2014)
• Jinal Jain as Pushti Deshmukh – Jr. Sachin and Neena's daughter; Gaurav's sister (2013–2014)
• Mandar Jadhav as Vinay Apte – Purvi's ex-fiancé (2012–2013)
• Shakti Arora as Dr. Onir Dutt – Purvi's ex-husband; Shalini's husband (2012–2013)
• Menaka Lalwani as Shalini Dutt – Onir's second wife (2013)
• Karan Sharma as Sunny Khandeshi – Mukesh and Snehlata's younger son; Jignesh's brother; Tejaswini's former love interest (2012–2013)
• Ketki Dave as Snehlata Khandeshi – Mukesh's wife; Sunny and Jignesh's mother; Savita's rival (2012–2013)
• Mark Parakh as Jignesh Khandeshi – Mukesh and Snehlata's elder son; Sunny's brother (2012–2013)
• Priyanka Kandwal as Dr. Gauri Shahane – Umesh and Rajni's daughter; Atul's sister; Archana's doctor; Jr. Sachin's ex-fiancée; Soham's love interest (2013) (Dead)
• Sanjay Bhatia as Umesh Shahane – Rajni's husband; Gauri and Atul's father (2013)
• Amita Desai as Rajni Shahane – Umesh's wife; Gauri and Atul's mother (2013)
• Ahmad Harhash as Atul Shahane – Umesh and Rajni's son; Gauri's brother (2013)
• Mahesh Shetty as Jaywant Rane – Swati's brother; Archana's proposed groom (2010)
• Sheeba Chadha as Rushali Karmarkar – Shrish's wife; Naren and Raunak's mother; Priya and Arushi's grandmother (2013–2014)
• Vikrant Chaturvedi as Shirish Karmarkar – Sunanda's brother; Rushali's husband; Naren and Raunak's father; Priya and Arushi's grandfather (2013–2014)
• Sumukhi Pendse as Sunanda Karmarkar – Shirish's sister; Naren and Raunak's aunt (2013–2014)
• Ranjeet Singh as Raunak Karmarkar – Rushali and Shirish's younger son; Naren's brother; Kinnari's husband; Priya's father (2013–2014)
• Minal Mogam as Kinnari Nadkarni Karmarkar – Raunak's wife (2013–2014)
• Angel as Arushi "Ashi" Karmarkar – Ankita and Naren's daughter; Pari's foster daughter (2014)
• Karan Suchak as Shekhar Gupta – Lawyer; Naren's friend; Pari's ex-fiancé (2013–2014)
• Amit Sarin as Ashwin Sagar – Satish's cousin; Varsha's lover; Urmila's husband (2009–2010)
• Ashlesha Sawant as Urmila Sagar – Ashwin's wife (2009–2010)
• Neha Sehgal as Ria Gupta – Manav's assistant (2010–2011)
• Mukul Harish as Ranvijay – Gopal and Neelima's younger son; Vishnu's brother; Vaishnavi's father (2014)
• Bhanujeet Sudan as Rishabh Kapoor – A businessman; Sonia's former husband; Purvi's obsessed lover (2013–2014) (Dead)
• 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)
• Eva Shirali as Swati Rane (2009–2010)
• Irfan Razaa Khan as Prakash (2010)
• Savita Shivaskar as Sundari: Maidservant in the Deshmukh household (2011–2014)
• Aryan Prajapati as Nikhil (2013–2014)
• 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.^[6] In November 2011 Rajput quit the series and was replaced by Hiten Tejwani.^[7] However, during the final of the series on 25 October 2014, Tejwani paved way for Rajput who appeared in the final episode as Manav.^{[8] [9]}

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.^[10]

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.^{[11] [12]}

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.

Year	Award	Category	Recipient	Role	Result
2009	Indian Telly Awards	Most Popular Actress In A Supporting Role	Savita Prabhune	Sulochana Karanjkar	^[13]
		Most Popular Fresh New Face (Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh	rowspan="3" ^[14]
		Most Popular Actor(Male)	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh
		Most Popular Daily Serial	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
2010	Seoul International Drama Awards	Special Jury Award	Ekta Kapoor	Producer	^[15] ^[16]
2010	Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actor Popular(Male)	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh	rowspan="2" ^[17]
		GR8 Face Of The Year(Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh
2010	Indian Telly Awards	Most Popular Drama Series	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta	^[18]
		Best Actress In A Negative Role(Popular)	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh	rowspan="7"
		Best Actress In A Supporting Role(Popular)	Savita Prabhune	Sulochana Karanjkar
		Best Actress In A Lead Role(Popular)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh
		Best Actor In A Lead Role(Popular)	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh
		Best Daily Serial	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Continuing TV Programme	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Story Writer	Rajesh Joshi	Crew
2010	Boroplus Gold Awards	Best TV Show ruling TRP Charts of The Year	Pavitra Rishta Team	Pavitra Rishta	rowspan="4"
		Best TV Actor(Male)	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Damodar Deshmukh
		Best TV Debut(Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Manav Deshmukh
		Best TV Actor for Negative Role (Female)	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Damodar Deshmukh
2010	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	Most Entertaining TV Actor(Male)	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh	^[19]
		Most Entertaining TV Actor(Female)	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh	rowspan="2"
		Most Entertaining Television Show(Fiction)	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
2011	Apsara Awards	Best TV Actor (Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh	^[20]
2011	BIG Television Awards	Favourite Teekha Character	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh	rowspan="2" ^[21]
		Favourite Meetha Character	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh
		Favourite Namkeen Character	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh	rowspan="4"
		Favourite Garma Garam Jodi	Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande	Manav and Archana Deshmukh
		Favourite Dulara Character(Male)	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh
		Favourite Dulara Character(Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh
2011	FICCI Frames Excellence Honours	Best TV Actor(Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh	^[22]
		Best TV Actor(Male)	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh	rowspan="2" ^[23]
		Best TV Show (Fiction)	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
2011	Boroplus Gold Awards	Best Supporting Actor(Female)-Popular	Savita Prabhune	Sulochana Karanjkar	rowspan="5" ^[24]
		Best Negative Actor(Female)-Popular	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh
		Best TV Actor(Male)-Popular	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh
		Best TV Actor(Female)-Popular	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh
		Best TV Show Of The Year	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Negative Actor(Female)-Critics	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh	rowspan="3" ^[25]
		Best Supporting Actor(Female)-Critics	Savita Prabhune	Sulochana Karanjkar
		Best Celebrity Jodi	Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande	Manav and Archana Deshmukh
2011	Indian Television Academy Awards	The GR8! Laurel For Ensemble Acting 2011	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta	rowspan="1" ^[26]
2011	BIG Star Entertainment Awards	Most Entertaining TV Actor(Male)	Sushant Singh Rajput	Manav Deshmukh	rowspan="3" ^[27]
		Most Entertaining TV Actor(Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh
		Most Entertaining Television Show(Fiction)	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
2012	Indian Telly Awards	Best Television Personality (Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh	^[28]
		Best Actress In A Negative Role(Popular)	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh	rowspan="10"
		Best Actress In A Lead Role(Popular)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh
		Best Actor In A Lead Role(Popular)	Hiten Tejwani	Manav Deshmukh
		Best Onscreen Couple	Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande	Manav and Archana Deshmukh
		Best Daily Serial	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Continuing TV Programme	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Drama Series	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Story Writer	Rajesh Joshi	Crew
		Best Actress In A Negative Role(Jury)	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh
		Best Actor In A Negative Role(Jury)	Sumit Arora	Dharmesh Jaipurwala
2012	Boroplus Gold Awards	Best Actor(Female)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh	rowspan="3" ^[29]
		Stellar Performer Of The Year	Asha Negi	Purvi Deshmukh
		Best Actress in Negative Role (Critics)	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh
		Best Actor(Male)	Hiten Tejwani	Manav Deshmukh	rowspan="6"
		Best Supporting Actor (Female)	Savita Prabhune	Sulochana Karanjkar
		Best Negative Actor (Male)	Puru Chibber	Sachin Deshmukh
		Gold Debut In A Lead Role (Female)	Asha Negi	Purvi Deshmukh
		Gold Debut In A Lead Role (Male)	Rithvik Dhanjani	Arjun Kirloskar
		Best Television Show	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
2012	People's Choice Awards India	Favourite Most Good Looking Onscreen Jodi	Hiten Tejwani and Ankita Lokhande	Manav and Archana Deshmukh	rowspan="2" ^[30]
		Favourite TV Drama	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
2013	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actor In A Supporting Role	Rithvik Dhanjani	Arjun Kirloskar	rowspan="2" ^[31]
		Best Make-Up Artist	Abdul Rehman Shaikh	Crew
		Best Fresh New Face(Female)	Asha Negi	Purvi Dutt	rowspan="4"
		Best Onscreen Couple	Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi	Arjun Kirloskar and Purvi Dutt
		Best Daily Serial	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Continuing TV Programme	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
2013	Boroplus Gold Awards	Best Actress In Comic Role (Critics)	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh	rowspan="2" ^[32]
		Gold Producer’s Honour for Completing 1000 episodes	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Actress (Popular)	Ankita Lokhande	Archana Deshmukh	rowspan="4"
		Best Celebrity Jodi	Rithvik Dhanjani and Asha Negi	Arjun Kirloskar and Purvi Dutt
		Best TV Show (Fiction)	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta
		Best Actor in Supporting Role	Shakti Arora	Dr Onir Dutt
2014	Star Guild Awards	Best Actress in Leading Role	Ankita Lokhande	Ankita Mahatre	rowspan="1" ^[33]
		Best Continuing Show of The Year	Ekta Kapoor	Pavitra Rishta	^[34]
	Boroplus Gold Awards	Best Actress In Comic Role (Popular)	Usha Nadkarni	Savita Deshmukh	rowspan="3" ^[35]
		Best Actor In Comic Role (Popular)	Karan Mehra	Naren Karmarkar
		Best Actress (Critics)	Ankita Lokhande	Ankita Karmarkar

Broadcast

• In India, the series was re-aired on Zee TV from September 3, 2020, due to popular demand.^[36]
• In Pakistan, it was aired on Geo Entertainment under the title "Na Tootay Rishta" for few months but than channel ended the show abruptly.
• In Vietnam, the show was broadcast on Vietnam Television and HuongVietTV under the name "Tình yêu và định mệnh".
• The show is dubbed in English at Urban Brew Studios South Africa and was Aired from Monday to Friday under the name Scared Ties On Zee World.^[37]
• The show currently airs on Apna Television in New Zealand with English subtitles, Mon–Fri 9:00pm.
• The show is dubbed in French and broadcast in the Southern African region and Mascareignes Island on Zee Magic.^[38]
• It is also broadcast in Mauritius on MBC 2 and its sister channel MBC 4 .
• In Indonesia, the show was broadcast on antv under name "Archana Mencari Cinta" (Archana Searching Love)^[39]
• In Bulgaria, the show was broadcast on Nova TV under name "Завинаги свързани" (Connected Forever)^[40]
• Since September 3, 2018, the show is re-aired in double episodes (two episodes at one airing) every Monday to Friday at 04:00 PM IST on Zee TV SD on popular demand.^[36]
• The series is also streaming on Zee5 in 2020 after the tragic death of one of its main actor, Sushant Singh Rajput on 14 June 2020.
• In Turkey, it aired on Kanal 7 under the title "Baş Tacım" from 21 June 2021 to 9 August 2022.

Adaptations

Language	Title	Original release	Network(s)	Last aired	Notes
Tamil	Thirumathi Selvam	5 November 2007	Sun TV	22 March 2013	Original
Hindi	Pavitra Rishta	1 June 2009	Zee TV	25 December 2016	Remake
Malayalam	Nilavilakku	2009	Surya TV	2013
Telugu	Devatha		Gemini TV
Kannada	Jokali		Udaya TV
Telugu	Srimathi Srinivas	20 December 2021	Star Maa	24 September 2022

External links

• Pavitra Rishta at ZEE5

Notes and References

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2. Web site: ZEE5. comingsoon.zee5.com.
3. Web site: 'Pavitra Rishta' Dances Its Way To Final Episode. Mid Day. 25 October 2014 .
4. News: Hindi remake of South Indian shows - Times of India. 2020-06-10. The Times of India. 12 July 2011 . en.
5. Web site: 2021-07-11. Pavitra Rishta 2: Shaheer Sheikh replaces Sushant Singh Rajput as Manav, poses with Ankita Lokhande in first pics. 2021-08-11. Hindustan Times. en.
6. Web site: Sushant Singh Rajput 'didn't look the part' for Pavitra Rishta, Ekta Kapoor convinced channel his smile would win a million hearts. Hindustan Times.
7. Web site: Hiten Tejwan to replace Sushant Singh Rajput in 'Pavitra Rishta '. Daily News and Analysis.
8. Web site: 'Pavitra Rishta' nears its end. Mid Day.
9. Web site: Shooting last episode of Pavitra Rishta was emotional: Sushant Singh Rajput. Hindustan Times.
10. News: Pavitra Rishta to see a time slot change. The Times of India. 14 January 2014 .
11. News: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi to Kasautii Zindagii Kay: A look at Ekta Kapoor's career-defining shows on her birthday. The Times of India. 7 June 2019 .
12. News: As Pavitra Rishta clocks 10 years, Ekta Kapoor, says the show revived her career. The Times of India. June 2019 .
13. Web site: The Ninth Indian Telly Awards > Winners. tellyawards.indiantelevision.com. 27 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20120211052223/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k9/winners/winners.htm. 11 February 2012. dead.
14. Web site: Nominees of 9th Indian Telly Awards, 2009 . 27 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160115061924/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k9/nomination/nominee_list.htm . 15 January 2016 . dead .
15. Web site: Pavitra Rishta bags International Honour. Hindustantimes.com. 2010-10-06. 2016-04-06.
16. Web site: Winners of Seoul International Drama Awards 2010. 2016-04-06.
17. http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2010 Winners of 10th Indian Television Academy Awards 2010
18. Web site: The Tenth Indian Telly Awards. tellyawards.indiantelevision.com. 27 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20131016040245/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k10/winners.php. 16 October 2013. dead.
19. Web site: BIG Star Entertainment Awards Winners. PINKVILLA.
20. Web site: Apsara Awards 2011 Winners. PINKVILLA.
21. Web site: Watch StarPlus Serials & Shows Online on hotstar.com. Hotstar.
22. Web site: FICCI Frames Excellence Awards 2011 during 12th edition of Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce. 28 March 2011. Jagranjosh.com.
23. Web site: Featured Movie News – Featured Bollywood News – Bollywood Hungama. Bollywood. Hungama. .
24. http://www.indiantvinfo.com/4th-boroplus-gold-awards-2011-on-zee-tv/ Winners List: 4th Boroplus Gold Awards, 2011
25. Web site: Nominees of 4th Boroplus Gold Awards, 2011. 19 January 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20140107001454/http://www.glamsham.com/gold-awards/. 7 January 2014. dead.
26. http://www.indiantelevisionacademy.com/site/awards_hhita_details_new.php?year=2011 Winners of 11th Indian Television Academy Awards, 2011
27. Web site: Nominees of Big Star Entertainment Awards, 2011.
28. Web site: Winners & Nominations of 11th Indian Telly Awards, 2012 . 27 June 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120702115232/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k11/poll/winners.php . 2 July 2012 . dead .
29. Web site: careermasti.com – Informationen zum Thema careermasti.. ww1.careermasti.com.
30. http://peopleschoiceindia.com/winners2012.php Nominees & Winners List of People's Choice Awards India, 2012
31. Web site: The Twelfth Indian Telly Awards – Nominate your Favourites – Login. tellyawards.indiantelevision.com. 27 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20131016123445/http://tellyawards.indiantelevision.com/y2k13/poll/winners.php. 16 October 2013. dead.
32. Web site: Photos: 2013 Boroplus Gold Awards Winners List!. Girija. Narayan. 22 July 2013. www.filmibeat.com.
33. Web site: Star Guild Awards – Winners. starguildawards.org. 27 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140324173348/http://starguildawards.org/9th_apsara_awards_winners.html. 24 March 2014. dead.
34. Web site: Star Guild Awards – Nominees. starguildawards.org. 27 June 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20140116111739/http://starguildawards.org/9th_renault_apsara_awards_nominees.html. 16 January 2014. dead.
35. http://indiatellytalkies.com/zee-tvs-7th-boroplus-zee-gold-awards-2014-winners-list/ Nominees & Winners of 7th Boroplus Gold Awards, 2014
36. News: Former lovers Sushant Singh Rajput and Ankita Lokhande to be seen again on TV. The Times of India. September 2018 .
37. Web site: ZEE World TV – Home. ZEE World. 2016-05-19.
38. Web site: Zee Magic TV – Accueil. www.zeemagic.tv. 2016-05-19.
39. Web site: ANTV Bakal Tayangkan 'Archana Mencari Cinta', Netter Prihatin Nasib 'Baalveer' cs. 9 June 2016. Wow Keren.
40. Web site: Теленовелас Новини: Новият индийски сериал "Завинаги свързани" (Pavitra Rishta) – от 13-и февруари по Нова телевизия. Тони. Андонов.