MUMBAI: Star Plus' one of the most beloved shows - Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai is the television industry's second-longest-running Indian television soap opera.
Produced by Rajan Shahi, it initially starred Hina Khan and Karan Mehra as it's main on-screen lead couple as Akshara and Naitik, who were blessed with 2 kids - an elder son Naksh and a younger daughter Naira.
Once Hina Khan left the show, the plot's limelight shifted on a grown-up Naira and her husband Kartik Goenka's on-screen love story and chemistry, whose characters were portrayed by telly stars, Shivangi Joshi and Mohsin Khan.
The next-gen lead couple of Kartik and Naira graced the show in 2016 and are still active in the show, however, Shivangi's portraying Naira's alter-character of her doppelganger and boxer - Sirat Shekhawat.
To be honest, the show initially used to focus on family relationships and values which well-served the visual satieties of the Indian viewers for almost 8 years, however, the new theme of importance was obviously Kartik-Naira's 'made-in-heaven' love story, which began setting major goals for the show's audience to believe in the existence of soulmates.
Within a span of only 4 years (2016-2020), Kartik-Naira's romantic journey was also no less than a roller-coaster ride as their post-marital struggles tested the couple's unity in diversity against time, as they were prone to separation owing to situational crises for over multiple times.
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Today, we're going to take a note of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai's pivotal cast member's on-screen debut roles and shows. Scroll down for the deets:
1. Hina Khan
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Hina Khan had played the role of Akshara Singhania herein - wife of Naitik Singhania and the mother of Naksh and Naira Singhania. However, for the unversed, Hina Khan was an audition-round contestant of Indian Idol (2008), who had qualified in the Top 30s.
2. Karan Mehra
Karan Mehra played the role of Naitik Singhania, who was Akshara's husband and Naksh-Naira's father. This was itself Karan's debut role in his debut show.
3. Shivangi Joshi
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Shivangi initially played the role of Naira Singhania - Naitik-Akshara's younger daughter and Kartik's first wife; while she's currently portraying the role of Naira's doppelganger and Kartik's next love interest - Sirat Shekhawat. She had debuted on the small-screen with the 2013 show Parvarrish - Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi and had played a minimal role therein.
4. Mohsin Khan
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Mohsin plays the role of Kartik Goenka herein - Naira's widower and Sirat's love interest. Initially, Mohsin had bagged his first-ever samll-screen debut role in 2014 for the UTV Bindaas show - Love By Chance, essasying the role of Jignesh.
5. Lata Sabhrawal
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Lata played the role of Rajshri Maheshwari herein - Akshara's mother and Naksh-Naira's maternal grandmother. She was first seen on the small-screen in the 1999 TV show Geeta Rahasya, wherein she played the role of the mythological character Draupadi.
6. Sanjeev Seth
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Sanjeev had played the role of Vishambharnath Maheshwari - Rajshri's husband, Akshara's father and Naksh-Naira's maternal grandfather. His debutant show on the small-screen was 1993's Campus, wherein he played a negative role.
7. Amardeep Jha
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Amardeep is a famous TV and Bollywood personality. In YRKKH, she played the role of a marriage-fixer named Shankari Taai. However, she bagged her debutant role of Amit's mother in the 1997 TV show Amanat.
8. Rohan Mehra
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Rohan played the role of a late-teen Naksh Singhania herein - elder son of Akshara-Naitik, Naira's elder brother and Keerti's husband. In 2012, he made his TV debut with Gumrah: End of Innocence by playing the episodic role of a guy named Aarav.
9. Shehzad Shaikh
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Shehzad, who plays an adult Naksh Singhania, had debuted on the small-screen with Savdhaan India in 2012, for an episodic role.
10. Kshitee Jog
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Kshitee, who played Devyani Singhania - Naitik's step-mother, Akshara's step mother-in-law and Naksh-Naira's step paternal grandmother, was first seen on the small-screen in the popular Hindi sitcom Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai (2004), for her debut role Sonya Painter née Sarabhai.
11. Kanchi Singh
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Kanchi played the former role of Naksh-Naira's cousin sister - Gayatri Deora. She had debuted as a child artiste in the 2003 show Kutumb.
12. Harsha Khandeparkar
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Harsha plays Keerthi Singhania - Kartik's elder sister, Naksh's wife and Naira's sister-in-law. She was first seen on the small screen in her debut show Neelanjana (2009), wherein she had played the lead titular role. The show aired on 9X.
13. Parul Chauhan Thakkar
Parul played the former Suvarna Goenka - step-mother of Kartik Goenka, mother-in-law of Naira Goenka and the second wife of Manish Goenka. She had bagged her debut show Kahiin To Hoga in 2006, wherein she played a debut-cameo role of a receptionist.
14. Sachin Tyagi
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Sachin plays Kartik's father and Suvarna's husband on-screen in the character of Manish Goenka. He initially embarked upon his showbiz career as a singer and had launched his own musical band under the name 'Sachin musical group'. He had emerged as the winner of the reality show Jhoon India, which used to air on Sahara One in 2007.
15. Ali Hassan
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Ali, who plays Kartik's on-screen uncle and Manish's younger brother Akhilesh Goenka in YRKKH, had bagged his debut role of Uday Ahuja in 2003 for the DD National show Kayaamat.
16. Swati Chitnis.
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Swati Chitnis is a popular telly and Bolly personality who currently playing the role of Kartik's paternal grandmother and Manish-Akhilesh's on-screen mother - Suhasini Goenka. She had debuted on the small-screen in 1997's DD National TV show - Paltan.
17. Vrushika Mehta
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Vrushika had played the role of Dr. Riddhima - Kartik-Naira's son Kairav's therapist and Kartik's brief lover. Vrushika had debuted with Channel V's Dil Dosti Dance in 2013, wherein she played the role of Sharon Rai Prakash.
18. Karan Kundra
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Television and entertainment industry's happening sensation Karan Kundra plays the role of Ranveer Chauhan in YRKKH, who is Sirat's former love interest, her lover and ailing husband. For the unversed, Karan made his acting debut with NDTV Imagine's Kitani Mohabbat Hai (2008), wherein he had played his debut lead role of Arjun Punj.
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