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Yeh Hai Mohabbatein
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Yeh Hain Mohabatein (transl. This Is Love) is an Indian romance drama produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, it starred Divyanka Tripathi, Karan Patel, Ruhanika Dhawan and Aditi Bhatia. The story was initially based on Manju Kapur's 2011 novel Custody, with Yeh Hai Mohabbatein continuing beyond Custody's story in later episodes.
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Tamil dentist Ishita lyer and Punjabi businessman Raman Bhalla live in Delhi and are neighbours. Due to Ishita being infertile, her mother struggles to find a groom for her while Raman is a divorcee. Ishita forms a motherly bond with Raman's daughter, Ruhi, who was abandoned by Raman's ex-wife, Shagun Arora when she left Raman for his wealthy boss, Ashok Khanna. Ishita and Raman hate each other, and their families get embroiled in quite a few misunderstandings about each other, cultural differences notwithstanding. Eventually, Ishita and Raman marry to help Raman secure Ruhi's custody, calling it a marriage only on papers for Ruhi's sake. Going on later Mihir Arora is Shagun's Brother but bonds with Raman as his Real Brother he fells in love with Ishita's Cousin Mihika , while Ashok and Shagun's Wedding Preps Goes on Ashok Falls in Love With Mihika and a Scandal Gets Created , Mihika Just to Expose Ashok Their Intimate News Gets Leaked Leaving Mihir,Simmi and Shagun Heartbroken but Later Mihika and Ashok Get Married ,Ditching Shagun,with With time though going on and supporting each other in every matter Raman and Ishita fall madly in love with each other and consummate their marriage. Ishita grows up as the pillar of bhalla and iyer family helping and fighting in every sitaution like Trisha and Neel's Marriage , Mihir and Rinky's Wedding , Rinki's Death,Simmi and Param's Plot, Romi and Sarika's Story ,Sooraj's Rivraly etc.
Being Hatred In Heart Due to Ashok's Betray Shagun continues to create trouble for the two throughout but later mends her ways. She unites their son, Aditya Bhalla who was Adopted By Ashok unites, with the Bhalla family and becomes the surrogate mother to Ishita and Raman's daughter, Pihu. Nidhi, a scheming lawyer kidnaps Pihu. Ishita gives Ruhi to Nidhi to save her own daughter. They are presumed dead in an accident. Raman blames Ishita and break ties with her. Guilt-ridden, Ishita attempts suicide and is presumed dead.
Ishita is alive and living in Australia with her childhood friend, Mani, and raising his niece Aliya, who is coincidentally working as a secretary for celebrity Ruhaan. Ruhaan is actually Ruhi, who is now an adult and lives with a torturous Nidhi under this new identity. Raman is raising his daughter Pihu, who exactly looks like young Ruhi with Shagun and he hates Ishita for all the past incidents. Ishita finds out about Ruhi and reunites with Raman. Shagun and Mani get married. Aditya falls for Aliya, and they marry. Young Pihu, however, is unwilling to accept Ishita as her mother having grown up with Raman and Shagun.
Shagun, Mani, Aliya, and Pihu are living in Bangkok. Raman keeps a close eye on them. Pihu finally meets Ishita and accepts her as her mother, and they return to India. Pihu accidentally pushes her cousin, Ananya down the stairs, and she dies. Ishita takes the blame to save Pihu and is arrested.
Raman's sister, Simmi and her husband, Param who Sexually Assualted Ishita and Sarika and was Ashok and Sooraj's Friend in the Past, torture Raman and Ishita for Ananya's death. However, Ishita is ultimately vindicated. Aditya begins to conspire against Raman and kidnaps Roshni who he was cheating on along with cheating Aliya. Ishita fatally shoots Aditya to save Roshni.
Eight months later, Ishita shelters a pregnant Roshni, who is carrying Aditya's child. She is kicked out of the house because the family blames her for the death of Aditya. Eventually, he forgives her and they reunite. Roshini later leaves to prevent more complicated situations for the family which leaves them heartbroken. Ruhi falls in love with Karan, whose brother Rohan falls for Aliya. The two couples marry but Aliya and Ruhi found out the brothers only married them to get revenge on Raman due to a past history with their mother Sudha. However, later Rohan realises he has fallen for Aliya for real and so does Karan a while after with Ruhi. The Bhallas meet Aditya's lookalike, Yug.
Aliya deludes herself into believing Yug is Adi and falls in love with him. Rohan dies in order to save Raman. Drugged by a man named Arjit Saxena, Raman falls into a coma. Later, he fully recovers, returns, and reunites with his family thanks to Ishita's love and care for him. As Karan and Ruhi prepare to marry, Ruhi discovers that she is infertile just like Ishita. Karan's mother Sudha plans to cancel the marriage, but later she accepts Ruhi. Ruhi and Karan marry and adopt a baby girl. Ishita and Raman too marry once again and on their reception Preesha Srinivasan, a gynaecologist also Ishita's niece visits them who is raising her nephew Saransh alone. The rest of the story continues through Preesha under the banner Yeh Hai Chahatein.
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Cast
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- Divyanka Tripathi as Dr. Ishita Iyer Bhalla: Dentist; Madhavi and Vishwanathan's daughter; Vandita's sister; Raman's wife; Pihu's mother; Aditya and Ruhi's step-mother (2013–2019)
- Karan Patel as Raman Bhalla: Businessman and CEO of Bhalla Group; Santoshi and Omprakash's son; Romesh, Simran and Rinky's brother; Shagun's former husband; Ishita's husband; Aditya, Ruhi and Pihu's father; Yug's adoptive father (2013-2019)
- Aditi Bhatia as Ruhi Bhalla: Shagun and Raman's daughter; Ishita's step-daughter; Aditya's sister; Pihu's half-sister; Karan's wife (2016-2019)
- Ruhanika Dhawan as
- Child Ruhi (2013–2016)
- Pihu Bhalla: Ishita and Raman's daughter; Aditya and Ruhi's half-sister (2016–2019)
- Abhishek Verma as
- Aditya "Adi" Bhalla: Shagun and Raman's son; Ishita's adoptive son; Ruhi's brother; Pihu's half-brother; Aliya's former husband; Roshni's husband (2016–2018)
- Gautam Ahuja as young Aditya (2013–2016)
- Yug Sharma: Aditya's lookalike; Ishita and Raman's adopted son; Aliya's husband (2018–2019)
- Aditya "Adi" Bhalla: Shagun and Raman's son; Ishita's adoptive son; Ruhi's brother; Pihu's half-brother; Aliya's former husband; Roshni's husband (2016–2018)
Recurring
- Sumeet Sachdev as Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav: Shagun’s husband (2014–2019)
- Anita Hassanandani as Shagun Arora: Poornima's daughter; Mihir's sister; Raman's former wife; Aditya and Ruhi's mother; Abhimanyu's wife (2013-2019)
- Krishna Mukherjee as Aliya Raghav: Abhimanyu and Shagun's adopted daughter; Aditya and Rohan's former wife; Yug's wife (2016–2019)
- Abhay Bhargava as Vishwanathan Iyer: Madhavi's husband; Ishita's father (2013–2019)
- Neena Kulkarni as Madhavi Iyer: Soumya's sister; Vishwanathan's wife; Ishita's mother (2013–2019)
- Kaushal Kapoor as Omprakash Bhalla: Shaila's brother; (2013–2019)
- Shahnaz Rizwan / Usha Rana as Santoshi Bhalla: Omprakash's wife; (2013–2019)
- Sangram Singh as Ashok Khanna: Suraj's brother; Mihika's ex-husband; Shagun's ex-fiancé (2013–2018)
- Shruti Bapna as Vandita "Vandu" Chandran: Madhavi and Vishwanathan's elder daughter; (2013–2017)
- Pankaj Bhatia as Bala Chandran: Devyani's elder son; Subramaniam's brother; (2013–2019)
- Amita Yadav as Kiran Chandran: Bala's second wife; (2017–2019)
- Mihir Arora as Shravan Chandran: Vandita and Bala's son; (2016–2018)
- Bhavesh Jaiswal as child Shravan (2013–2016)
- Aly Goni as Romesh "Romi" Bhalla: Omprakash and Santoshi's younger son; (2013–2019)
- Mihika Verma / Avantika Hundal as Mihika Ashok Khanna/Bhalla: Soumya's daughter; (2013–2016) / (2016–2019)
- Shireen Mirza as Simran "Simmi" Bhalla: Omprakash and Santoshi's elder daughter; Raman, (2013–2019)
- Anurag Sharma as Parmeet "Param" Khurana: Simran's ex-husband; Ananya's father (2013–2019)
- Kavya Ramnani as Ananya Khurana: Simran and Parmeet's daughter; Aditya, Ruhi and Pihu's cousin; (2016–2017)
- Vineet Raina / Raj Singh Arora as Mihir Arora: Poornima's son; Shagun's brother; Mihika's ex-fiancé; Rinki's widower (2013) / (2013–2016)
- Resha Konkar as Rinky Arora: Omprakash and Santoshi's younger daughter; Raman, Simran and Romesh's sister; Mihir's wife (2013–2015)
- Anjali Ujawane as Devyani Chandran: Bala and Subramaniam's mother; Ishita's mother-in-law, Shravan, Kshitija and Kartik's grandmother (2013–2017)
- Neeru Agarwal as Neelu: Bhalla family's maid (2013–2018)
- Sweety Walia as Pammi Mehra: Santosh's friend (2013–2018)
- Deep Jaitley as Prateek: Ishita's suitor (2013–2014)
- Yukti Kapoor as Mayura Dunavati: Ishita's colleague (2013)
- Shakti Arora as Ishita's suitor (2013)
- Arti Singh as Kriti: Ishita's college friend (2013)
- Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Suraj Kumar Khanna: Ashok's brother (2014–2018)
- Sarika Dhillon as Sarika Singh: Romesh's ex-wife; Abhishek's sister (2014–2016)
- Neel Motwani as Advocate Neel Pathak: Bhalla family's lawyer; Trisha's fiancé (2014–2016)
- Garima Jain as Trisha Tandon: Rajeev's sister; Mihir's ex-fiancée; Neel's wife (2014)
- Gaurav Nanda as Rajeev Tandon: Trisha's brother; Raman's investor (2014–2015)
- Shivani Mahajan as Advocate Mrs. Kaul (2014); Ishita hires her for her mother's accident case
- Arshima Thapar as Sanjana Arora: Mihir and Shagun's fake sister (2014)
- Bhanujeet Sudan / Amit Tandon as Subramaniam Chandran: Devayani's younger son; (2013–2015)
- Shahina Surve as Lakshmi Chandran: Subramaniam's first wife; Kartik's mother(2015)
- Karishma Sharma as Raina Singh: Bala's blackmailer (2014)
- Vivek Dahiya as Inspector Abhishek Singh: Sarika's brother; Divya's fiancé (2015–2017)
- Hargun Grover as Nikhil Malhotra: Rinki's former fiancé; Pammy's relative (2015)
- Priya Shinde as Dr. Anita: Ishita's psychiatrist (2015)
- Parveen Kaur as Aditi: a psychiatrist (2015)
- Kanisha Malhotra as ACP Shalini (2015)
- Asha Negi as Koyal Ghosh (2015)
- Niyati Joshi as Shaila Vanraj: Omprakash's sister; Neha's mother (2015)
- Gulki Joshi as Neha Vanraj: Raman's cousin; Shaila's daughter (2015)
- Anju Mahendru as Sujata Kumar: Lakshmi's mother (2015)
- Arishfa Khan as Vinni (2015)
- Ruchika Rajput as Vinni's mother (2015)
- Gopal Singh as Chand Mishra (2015)
- Abhilash Chaudhary as Mihika's friend (2015)
- Navina Bole as Dimple: Nikhil's sister (2015)
- Darshan Pandya as Prateek Sharma: Abhishek's friend (2015–2016)
- Manoj Chandila as Dr. Manoj Paul: Ishita's gynaecologist; Shagun's ex-fiancé (2015–2016)
- Swati Kapoor as Sanchi (2016)
- Avdeep Sidhu as Anil Nagpal: Raman's lawyer (2016)
- Lalit Bisht as Amarnath Chaddha: Pallavi's husband (2016)
- Garima Kapoor as Pallavi Amarnath Chaddha: Amarnath's wife (2016)
- Manish Khanna as Shyam Raichand (2016)
- Zareena Roshan Khan as Ismail's mother (2016)
- Kiran Bhargava as Shobhna Venkatesh: Upamanyu and Abhimanyu's mother; Aliya and Nirvaan's grandmother (2016–2017)
- Pavitra Punia as Nidhi Chhabra: Raman's ex-lover, Raman and Shagun's nemesis; Sohail's sister (2016–2017)
- Gaurav Wadhwa as Sohail Chhabra: Nidhi's brother; Ruhi's ex-lover (2016–2017)
- Sid Makkar as Vidyut: Raman and Shagun's friend (2016–2017)
- Deepak Wadhwa as Gaurav Bajaj: Simran's ex-lover (2016–2017)
- Anupama Solanki as Shweta: Raman's personal secretary (2016–2019)
- Benazir Shaikh as Divya: Abhishek's fiancé (2017)
- Ribbhu Mehra as Nikhil: Ruhi's former lover; Pooja's former husband; Riya's father (2017–2018)
- Vidisha as Roshni: Aditya's ex-wife; Jr. Aditya's biological mother (2017–2018)
- Gagan Anand as Gagan: Chandan's brother (2017)
- Hritu Dudhani as Pooja: Nikhil's former wife; Riya's mother (2017)
- Drishti Hemdev as Riya: Nikhil and Pooja's daughter; Pihu's friend (2017)
- Alefia Kapadia as Bhavna: Paranormal Expert (2018)
- Charu Mehra as Sonakshi Gupta/Aarushi Gupta (2018)
- Sharat Sonu as Keshav Kumar Dalmiya (2018)
- Ankit Bhatia as Sudha's lawyer (2018)
- Dinesh Mehta as Vijender (2018)
- Lankesh Bhardwaj as Police Inspector
- Varun Parashar as Dr. Rajat Srivastav: Sudha and Koko's brother (2018)
- Reyaansh Vir Chdha as Karan Srivastav: Sudha’s younger son; Rohan’s brother; Ruhi’s husband (2018-2019)
- Abhishek Malik as Rohan Srivastav: Sudha's elder son; Karan's brother; Aliya's second husband (2018–2019)
- Sudha Chandran as Sudha Srivastav: Koko and Rajat's sister; Rohan and Karan's mother (2018–2019)
- Ajay Kumar Nain as Sahil Shah: Muskaan's brother; Shaina's husband; Samar's father (2019)
- Hemaakshi Ujjain as Muskaan Shah: Sahil's sister (2019)
- Mithil Jain as Arjit Saxena: Neeti's father (2019)
- Chaitanya Choudhury as Shardul Sinha: Ishita's friend; Natasha's husband (2019)
- Sapna Thakur as Natasha: Sunny's sister; Shardul's wife (2019)
- Ansh Kukreja as Sunny: Natasha's brother (2019)
- Anuja Walhe as Dr. Sunita (2019)
- Unknown as Mr. Kakkar; owner of Kakkar Jewellers and Bhalla family's jeweller (2013–2019)
Guest appearances
- Hina Khan as Akshara Maheshwari Singhania from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2014)
- Karan Mehra as Naitik Singhania from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2014)
- Shraddha Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra to promote Ek Villain (2014) (special appearance)
- Digangana Suryavanshi as Veera Kaur Singh from Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera (2014)
- Vishal Vashishtha as Baldev Singh from Ek Veer Ki Ardaas...Veera (2014)
- Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor to promote Finding Fanny (2014)
- Avinash Sachdev as Shlok Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir (2015)
- Shrenu Parikh as Aastha Kirloskar Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir (2015)
- Sameer Sharma as Varad Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir (2015)
- Shalmalee Desai as Sojal Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir (2015)
- Grace Girdhar as Child Kavya Agnihotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir (2015)
- Shabir Ahluwalia as Abhishek (Abhi) Prem Mehra from Kumkum Bhagya (2015)
- Sriti Jha as Pragya Arora Mehra from Kumkum Bhagya (2015)
- Salman Khan to promote Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)[1]
- Namit Das as Sumit to promote Sumit Sambhal Lega (2015)
- Manasi Parekh as Maya to promote Sumit Sambhal Lega (2015)
- Tushar Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani to promote Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 (2016)
- Emraan Hashmi to promote Azhar (2016)[2]
- Kunal Jaisingh as Omkara Singh Oberoi from Ishqbaaaz (2016)
- Nakuul Mehta as Shivaay Singh Oberoi from Ishqbaaaz (2016)
- Leenesh Mattoo as Rudra Singh Oberoi from Ishqbaaaz (2016)
- Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma to promote Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
- Devoleena Bhattacharjee as Gopi Kapadia Modi from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (2016)
- Mohammad Nazim as Ahem Modi from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (2016)
- Deepika Singh Goyal as Sandhya Kothari Rathi from Diya Aur Baati Hum (2016)
- Anas Rashid as Sooraj Rathi from Diya Aur Baati Hum (2016)
- Drashti Dhami and Alka Amin to promote Pardes Mein Hai Meraa Dil (2016)
- Arjun Bijlani from Pardes Mein Hai Meraa Dil (2016)
- Karam Rajpal as Shivam Srivastav from Mere Angne Mein (2016)
- Ekta Kaul as Riya Srivastav from Mere Angne Mein (2016)
- Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor to promote Half Girlfriend (2017)
- Barun Sobti to promote Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3
- Mahima Makwana to promote Rishton Ka Chakravyuh (2017)[3]
- Supriya Pathak to promote Khichdi Returns (2018)
- Rani Mukerji to promote the movie Hichki (2018)
- Mohit Sehgal as Himself (2018)
- RJ Alok as Radio Jockey (2019)
- Sargun Kaur Luthra as Dr. Preesha Srinivasan to promote Yeh Hai Chahatein (2019)
- Dipika Kakar Ibrahim as Sonakshi Rastogi from Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum (2019)
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Development and premiere
Kapoor said, "I created Divyanka's character as a dentist in 'Yeh Hai Mohabbatein', as I was having a lot of tooth trouble those days. My dentist sorted my problems a lot, so I brought that character alive"[4]
The show was initially titled Custody as it was based on Manju Kapur's 2011 novel Custody.[5] It was renamed to Mera Tera Rishta Purana before again being changed to Yeh Hai Mohabbatein.[6] The production began about a year before its premiere, but the launch was delayed due to creative differences and desired time slots being unavailable.[7]
In November 2019, Ekta Kapoor revealed, "When I started Yeh Hai Mohabbatein, I remember going to Gaurav Banerjee from Star Plus and asking him for a non-prime time slot because I wanted to do a show on a social issue. I had stopped watching much television and I wanted to make YHM without the trappings of a TRP driven show. A show about a woman who cannot have children, a stepmother who according to Indian terms is considered bad! Words in India like barren and evil stepmother got used so often and labelled women in the worst poss way. This show got so much love that it went on for six years. And from a non-prime time slot to a prime-time slot."[8]
In September 2014, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor were to promote their film Finding Fanny, which also starred the Yeh Hai Mohabbatein lead Tripathi Dahiya and Patel.[9] Patel was unable to make the shooting, and so the script was changed in his absence at the last minute, as Deepika and Arjun could not reschedule.[10]
On 11 May 2016, during filming of the wedding sequence of characters Romi and Mihika, the shoot was stalled owing to a fight between the production house and workers union.[11] On 25 July 2018, the shoot was stalled for a while during bandh in Mumbai.[12]
Casting
Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya was selected by Kapoor to play Ishita Iyer Bhalla.[13] Cezanne Khan was first approached to play Raman Bhalla opposite Tripathi Dahiya but was replaced by Karan Patel.[14] Child actor Ruhanika Dhawan was chosen to play Ruhi Bhalla.[15] Sayantani Ghosh was initially considered but Anita Hassanandani was selected to play Shagun Arora.[16] Other cast members then chosen were Aly Goni, Mihika Verma, Shruti Bapna, Neena Kulkarni, Shahnaz Rizwan, Kaushal Kapoor, Abhay Bhargava and Gautam Ahuja.[17][18]
In March 2018, Charu Mehra was supposed to join the series during the filming in London, however, she was unable to due to visa issues.[19]
Filming
Based on the backdrop of Delhi, the series is mainly filmed in Andheri, Mumbai.[20][21] Some sequences were filmed abroad, including in Adelaide, Budapest and London.[22]
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Spin-off
Yeh Hai Chahatein premiered on 19 December 2019, replacing Yeh Hai Mohabbatein. It focuses on Ishita's niece Preesha Khurana (Sargun Kaur Luthra) opposite Abrar Qazi as Rudraksh Khurana.[23]
The story revolves around a famous rockstar, Rudraksh Khurana, and a gynaecologist, Dr Preesha Srinivasan who fall in love after raising their respective siblings' son together.
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Awards and nominations
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Reception
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Despite first airing in the late night slot 11:00pm (IST), Yeh Hai Mohabbatein received better ratings than expected and ranked as the fourth most popular show on Star Plus.[37] In 2014, it was moved to the 7:30pm slot replacing Saraswatichandra. Star Plus SVP marketing Nikhil Madhok stated that the move was made after audiences' feedback that a section of viewers found the 11:00pm slot too late. He further explained, "This was a show where repeat viewing the next day or viewing on online digital medium is very high. So the dual airing will not only help the existing viewers who love the show to watch it twice but also add a whole new set of viewers".[37]
The ratings of the show saw a dip after the time jump when the writers refused to move away from the custody battles between Raman Ishita and Shagun.[38] The show remained popular in the UK, being the most-watched Indian show there.[39][40] The climax of the arc involving Ruhi and Nikhil, leading to Ananya's death, brought a sudden spike in the ratings in the first week of November 2017 (week 44) and the series secured a place amongst the Top 10 shows after almost a year off this ranking.[41] With the Budapest arc and the focus back on the main leads, the show reached the Top 5 in the second week of November 2017 (week 45).[42][43] In week 46 of the year 2017, the show further climbed to the fourth spot on the TRP chart, thus becoming the most-watched show on StarPlus.[44] In week 47 of the year 2017, the show remained at No. 4 on the TRP charts and continued to be the most-watched show on StarPlus. The show continued to do well maintaining its No. 1 position on StarPlus in the following weeks. In week 51 of 2017, Yeh Hai Mohabbatein emerged as the most-watched show across all Hindi GECs. (General Entertainment Channels)[45]
In week 8 of the year 2018, the show remained at No. 3 on the TRP charts and continued to be the most-watched show on STAR Plus.[46] In May 2018, the show was shifted to 10:30 p.m. from 7:30 p.m. which led to a fall in TRPs. Roshni's baby arc was received poorly by fans, which led to a further downfall in TRPs. StarPlus intervened, asking the producer, Ekta Kapoor, to change the storyline of the show while also giving it a 6-month deadline to increase the ratings. Ishita's fake death drama to expose Param led to the show re-entering the top 20 shows in week 31 of the year 2018 occupying 18th place with 3889 million viewership.[47] After the change in show timings to late night TRPs have dropped ranging from 1.2 to 1.4 mostly but had been the slot leader since then. After being unable to pull up the TRP and lack of constructive story, the show went off air on 18 December 2019, giving space to the Yeh Hain Mohabatein spin-off called Yeh Hain Chahatein.[citation needed]
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