Yeh Hai Mohabbatein

Ishita lives in Australia with her friend Mani and his daughter Aliya. Grown-up, Ruhi lives disguised as a famous male singer with the torturous Nidhi in Australia. Soon, Aliya becomes Ruhi's secretary. Ishita finds out Ruhi and reunites with Raman. Ruhi refuses to stay with them but later does. She returns to India to the Bhallas. Shagun and Mani eventually get married. Adi and Aliya get engaged.

Shagun, Mani, Aliya and Pihu live in Bangkok. Raman has a close eye on them. Pihu meets & accepts Ishita. They return to India. Nidhi's brother Sohail is vengeful on Bhallas and targets Ruhi to finish his plan. Eventually, he is arrested. Shagun miscarries. Raman is blamed for Mani's death. His innocence is proved when Mani is brought alive. Pihu accidentally pushes her cousin Ananya down, who dies. Ishita takes the blame and is imprisoned.

The Bhallas visit Budapest for a business trip, as part of a revenge scam by Ananya's parents Simmi and Param for revenge. Aliya begins gambling; Pihu is in a boarding school. Depressed, Raman gives his company to Param. Ishita is released as terminally ill. Reformed, Ashok reopens her case. Simmi instigates everyone against Ishita. Param tries to frame Aliya in murder case, but is exposed by Ishita.

Ishita remarries Raman to save Bhallas from Simmi, but he keeps his distance from her because of Simmi's drugs. Ishita attempts to punish Ruhi's molester Nikhil but loses her eyes in the scuffle. Raman regains his sanity. Ashok dies, saving Ishita. Simmi finds out Pihu was Ananya's killer and submits her to juvenile custody. Aditya begins to conspire against Raman but is thrown out. He kidnaps his first wife Roshni, and Ishita shoots him to death.

Pihu returns to see Ishita, who now shelters a pregnant Roshni and is alienated from the Bhallas because she killed Aditya. The Bhallas want Roshni back as she is carrying Aditya's child. She promises to hand over her child custody if the Bhallas accept Ishita. They agree to her condition. The baby is handed over to Mihika who's now married to Raman's brother Romi, leaving Ashok. Simmi reforms.

At the hospital for his treatment, there is a fire due to which Raman suffers a spinal injury. It worsens as he is improperly treated by an alcoholic Dr. Rajat, who later commits suicide. Rohan mistakes Aliya for Ruhi and falls in love with her. She rejects him despite the family's wishes but later agrees. Ruhi falls in love with Rohan's brother, Karan. But in actuality, they are Rajat's nephews and the proposal is a sham to humiliate Bhallas.

The brothers marry Aliya and Ruhi and on the wedding night along with their mother Sudha, they shame the girls and reveal their true motives. Heartbroken, they run away from there and return to their home. Rohan later opposes Sudha's plans and sides with Bhallas as he realizes he loves Aliya. Ishita encounters Yug, Aditya's look-alike. Karan brings in Yug to drive a wedge between Rohan and Aliya.

But, he soon falls in love with Ruhi for real. She doesn’t accept him as she still reels from the pain he gave her, but eventually, with her family’s help, she realizes she has fallen for Karan again. Yug reminds Aliya of Aditya. Insecure, Rohan tries to win Aliya back and realizes his mistake but dies after saving Raman and Karan from Sahil Shah.

Aliya marries Yug when a woman, Neha claims to be his wife. She starts to live with the Bhallas but is eventually exposed and her intention for revenge on Yug is revealed. Raman leaves for a business meeting. The family learns his flight crashed with no chance of his survival. Ishita refuses to believe it. Arjit Saxena has kidnapped him.

Ishita finds out and rushes to rescue Raman. Arjit drops him off a building and flees. Raman is hospitalized. Due to severe damage, he is given a new face shocking the Bhallas. Natasha and Sunil mark their entry. Natasha claims Raman to be her husband, Shardul. It is later revealed the Raman staying with Bhallas is indeed Shardul (Ishita's college friend, who is revealed as Arjit's brother-in-law).

Meanwhile, the real Raman is in a coma. He recovers and is brought home. As Karan and Ruhi prepare to marry again, she discovers that just like Ishita, she can't conceive. Initially, Sudha plans to cancel the marriage, but later she accepts Ruhi. She and Karan marry and adopt a baby girl. Ishita and Raman get remarried, ending the series.

• Divyanka Tripathi as Dr. Ishita Bhalla (née Iyer): Madhvi and Vishwa's younger daughter; Vandita's sister; Mihika's cousin; Raman's wife; Pihu's mother; Aditya, Ruhi and Yug's adoptive mother (2013-2019) :: Jhansi Ki Rani loving called by Raman
• Karan Patel as Raman Bhalla: Santoshi and Omprakash's elder son; Romi, Simmi and Rinki's brother; Shagun's ex-husband; Ishita's husband; Aditya, Ruhi and Pihu's father; Yug's adoptive father (2013–2019)
• Aditi Bhatia as Ruhi Bhalla Srivastav: Raman and Shagun's daughter; Ishita's adoptive daughter; Aditya's sister; Pihu's half-sister; Yug's adoptive sister; Karan's wife (2016–2019)
• Ruhanika Dhawan as
  • Young Ruhi Bhalla (2013–2016)
  • Pihu Bhalla: Ishita and Raman's daughter; Shagun's surrogate daughter; Aditya and Ruhi's half-sister; Yug's adoptive sister (2016–2019)
• Abhishek Verma as
  • Aditya "Adi" Bhalla: Raman and Shagun's son; Ishita's adoptive son; Ruhi's brother; Pihu's half-brother; Roshni and Aliya's former husband (2016–2018) (Dead)
    • Gautam Ahuja as Young Aditya Bhalla (2013-2016)
  • Yug Sharma: Aditya's look-alike; Ishita and Raman's adoptive son; Ruhi and Pihu's adoptive brother; Aliya's husband (2018–2019)
• Krishna Mukherjee as Aliya Sharma: Mani and Shagun's adoptive daughter; Aditya and Rohan's former wife; Yug's wife (2016–2019)
• Anita Hassanandani as Shagun Arora Raghav: Mihir and Sanjana's sister; Raman's ex-wife; Aditya and Ruhi's mother; Pihu's surrogate mother; Ashok's former fiance; Mani's wife; Aliya's adoptive mother (2013–2019)
• Aly Goni as Romesh "Romi" Bhalla: Santosh and Omprakash's younger son; Raman, Simmi and Rinki's brother; Sarika's ex-husband; Mihika's husband (2013–2019)
• Chaitanya Choudhury as Fake Raman Kumar Bhalla / Shardul Sinha: Ishita's friend; Natasha's husband (2019)

• Sumeet Sachdev as Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav: Shobhna's son; Ishita's childhood friend; Shagun's second husband; Aliya's adoptive father (2014–2019)
• Mihika Verma/Avantika Hundal as Mihika Bhalla: Vandita and Ishita's cousin; Mihir's former fiancée; Ashok's ex-wife; Romi's wife (2013–2016)/(2016–2019)
• Shireen Mirza as Simran "Simmi" Bhalla Khurana: Santoshi and Omprakash's elder daughter; Raman, Romi and Rinki's sister; Param's ex-wife; Ananya's mother (2013–2019)
• Abhay Bhargava as Vishwanathan "Vishwa" Iyer: Madhvi's husband; Vandita and Ishita's father; Shravan, Kshitija and Pihu's grandfather (2013–2019)
• Neena Kulkarni as Madhvi "Madhu" Iyer: Vishwa's wife; Vandita and Ishita's mother; Mihika's aunt; Shravan, Kshitija and Pihu's grandmother (2013–2019)
• Kaushal Kapoor as Omprakash Bhalla: Santoshi's husband; Raman, Romi, Simmi and Rinki's father; Aditya, Ruhi, Pihu and Ananya's grandfather (2013–2019)
• Shahnaz Rizwan/Usha Rana as Santoshi "Toshi" Bhalla: Omprakash's wife; Raman, Romi, Simran and Rinki's mother; Aditya, Ruhi, Pihu and Ananya's grandmother (2013–2019)
• Sangram Singh as Ashok Khanna: Suraj's brother; Shagun's ex-fiancé; Mihika's ex-husband (2013–2018) (Dead)
• Pankaj Bhatia as Bala Chandran: Devyani's son; Subbhu's brother; Vandita's widower; Kiran's husband; Shravan and Kshitija's father (2013–2019)
• Shruti Bapna as Vandita "Vandu" Iyer Chandran: Madhvi and Vishwa's elder daughter; Ishita's sister; Mihika's cousin; Bala's first wife; Shravan and Kshitija's mother (2013–2017) (Dead)
• Amita Yadav as Kiran Chandran: Bala's second wife; Shravan and Kshitija's adoptive mother (2017–2019)
• Mihir Arora as Shravan Chandran: Vandita and Bala's son; Kiran's adoptive son; Kshitija's brother (2016–2018)
  • Bhavesh Jaiswal as Young Shravan Chandran (2013-2016)
• Unknown as Kshitija Chandran: Vandita and Bala's daughter; Kiran's adoptive daughter; Shravan's sister (2016-2018)
• Anurag Sharma as Parmeet "Param" Khurana: Simmi's former husband; Ananya's father (2014–2019)
• Kavya Ramnani as Ananya Khurana: Simmi and Param's daughter; Aditya, Ruhi and Pihu's cousin (2016–2017) (Dead)
• Raj Singh Arora as Mihir Arora: Shagun and Sanjana's brother; Mihika's former fiancé; Rinki's husband (2013-2016)
• Resha Konkar as Rinki Bhalla Arora: Santoshi and Omprakash's younger daughter; Simmi, Raman and Romi's sister; Mihir's wife (2013–2015) (Dead)
• Anjali Ujawane as Devyani Chandran: Bala and Subbhu's mother; Shravan and Kshitija's grandmother (2013–2017)
• Neeru Agarwal as Neelam "Neelu" Pant: Bhalla family's housekeeper (2013–2018)
• Sweety Walia as Panjeet "Pammi" Mehra: Santoshi's friend (2013–2018)
• Deep Jaitley as Prateek Ajmera: Ishita's ex-fiancé (2013–2014)
• Yukti Kapoor as Mayura Dunavati: Ishita's colleague (2013)
• Shakti Arora as Vyom Chauhan: Ishita's suitor (2013)
• Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Suraj Kumar Khanna: Ashok’s brother (2014-2018)
• Sareeka Dhillon as Sarika Bhalla: Abhishek's sister; Romi's former wife (2014–2016)
• Neel Motwani as Advocate Neel Pathak: Bhalla family's lawyer (2014–2015)
• Garima Jain as Trisha Tandon: Rajeev's sister; Mihir and Neel's ex-fiancée (2014)
• Gaurav Nanda as Rajeev Tandon: Trisha's brother; Raman's investor (2014–2015)
• Arshima Thapar as Sanjana Arora: Shagun and Mihir's sister (2014)
• Amit Tandon as Subramaniam "Subbhu" Chandran: Devyani's son; Ishita's ex-boyfriend; Bala's younger brother (2013-2015)
• Karishma Sharma as Raina Dey: Bala's blackmailer (2014)
• Vivek Dahiya as Police Inspector Abhishek Singh: Sarika's brother; Divya's fiancé (2015–2017)
• Hargun Grover as Nikhil Malhotra: Rinki's former fiancé (2015)
• Priya Shinde as Dr. Anita Malik: Psychiatrist; Ishita's doctor (2015)
• Parveen Kaur as Dr. Aditi Shekhawat: Psychiatrist (2015)
• Kanisha Malhotra as ACP Shalini Kaushik (2015)
• Niyati Joshi as Shaila Vanraj: Om Prakash's cousin; Neha's mother (2015)
• Gulki Joshi as Neha Vanraj: Raman's cousin; Shaila's daughter (2015)
• Shahina Surve as Lakshmi Chandran (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 (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 Chaddha: Amarnath's wife (2016)
• Manish Khanna as Shyam Raichand (2016)
• Zareena Roshan Khan as Ismail's mother (2016)
• Kiran Bhargava as Shobhna Venkatesh: Mani;s mother; Shagun's mother in law; Aliya's grandmother (2016–2017)
• Pavitra Punia as Nidhi Chhabra: Raman and Ishita's nemesis; Sohail's sister (2016–2017)
• Gaurav Wadhwa as Sohail: Nidhi's brother; Ruhi's ex-lover (2016–2017)
• Sid Makkar as Vidyut: Raman and Ishita's friend (2016–2017)
• Deepak Wadhwa as Gaurav Bajaj: Simmi'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 (2017–2018)
• Vidisha Srivastava as Roshni Bhalla: Aditya's former wife; Adi Jr.'s mother (2017–2018)
• Gagan Anand as Gagan: Chandan's brother (2017)
• Hritu Dudhani as Pooja: Nikhil's former wife (2017)
• Drishti Hemdev as Riya: Nikhil and Pooja's daughter; Pihu's friend (2017)
• 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)
• Varun Parashar as Dr. Rajat Srivastav: Sudha and Koko's brother (2018)
• Abhishek Malik as Rohan Srivastav: Sudha's son; Karan's brother; Aliya's former husband (2018–2019)
• Reyaansh Chaddha as Karan Srivastav: Ruhi's husband; Sudha's son; Rohan's brother (2018–2019)
• Sudha Chandran as Sudha Srivastav: Rohan and Karan's mother; Koko and Rajat's sister; Ruhi's mother in law (2018–2019)
• Anita Kulkarni as Kaushalya Srivastav aka Koko, Sudha and Rajat's sister, Rohan and Karan's aunt (2018—2019)
• Ajay Kumar Nain as Sahil Shah: Muskaan's brother; Shaina's husband (2019)
• Hemaakshi Ujjain as Muskaan Shah: Sahil's sister (2019)
• Mithil Jain as Arjit Saxena: Neeti's father (2019)
• Sapna Thakur as Natasha Sinha: Sunny's sister; Shardul's wife (2019)
• Ansh Kukreja as Sunny: Natasha's brother (2019)

• Hina Khan as Akshara (Real) Gonenga Maheshwari Singhania from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2021)
• Shraddha Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra for promoting Ek Villain 2 (2022) Special Apearance
• Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor for promoting Finding Fanny (2014)
• Vidya Balan as Vasudha for promoting Hamari Adhuri Kahani (2015)
• Salman Khan for promoting Bajrangi Bhaijaan (2015)[6]
• Manasi Parekh as Maya for promoting Sumit Sambhal Lega (2015)
• Tushar Kapoor and Aftab Shivdasani for promoting Kyaa Kool Hain Hum 3 (2016)
• Emraan Hashmi for promoting Azhar (2016)[7]
• Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma for promoting Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
• Devoleena Bhattacharjee for Dance Performance "Gopi" from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (2016)
• Deepika Singh Goyal for Dance Performance "Sandhya Rathi" from Diya Aur Baati Hum (2016)
• Drashti Dhami and Alka Amin for promoting their new show Pardes Mein Hai Meraa Dil (2016)
• Arjun Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor for promoting Half Girlfriend (2017)
• Barun Sobti for promoting his new show Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon 3
• Mahima Makwana for promoting her show Rishton Ka Chakravyuh (2017)[8]
• Supriya Pathak for promoting her new show Khichdi Returns (2018)
• Rani Mukerji for promoting her new movie Hichki (2018)
• Mohit Sehgal as Himself (2018)
• RJ Alok as Radio Jockey (2019)
• Sargun Kaur Luthra as Preesha Khurana for promoting Yeh Hai Chahatein (2019)
• Dipika Kakar Ibrahim as Sonakshi Rastogi from Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum (2019)

Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, Karan Patel and Ruhanika Dhawan as Raman, Ishita and Ruhi during the launch of Yeh Hai Mohabbatein

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"[9]

The show was initially titled as Custody but was renamed Mera Tera Rishta Purana which was again changed to Yeh Hai Mohabbatein.[10] The production began about a year before its premiere but the launch was delayed due to creative differences and unavailability of time slot.[11][12][13]

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 doing 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."[14]

In September 2014, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor were to promote their film Finding Fanny in the series for which the leads Tripathi Dahiya and Patel had to shoot a sequence with them.[15] As Patel delayed to the sets for shooting, the script was changed on Patel's absence at last minute as the films stars had to head on for other promotions.[16]

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.[17] On 25 July 2018, the shoot was stalled for a while during bandh in Mumbai.[18]

Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya was selected by Kapoor to play Ishita Iyer Bhalla.[19] Cezanne Khan was first approached to play Raman Bhalla opposite Tripathi Dahiya, but was replaced by Karan Patel.[20] Child artist Ruhanika Dhawan was chosen to play Ruhi Bhalla.[1] Sayantani Ghosh was first considered but Anita Hassanandani was selected to play Shagun Arora.[21] The other cast included then were Aly Goni, Mihika Verma, Shruti Bapna, Neena Kulkarni, Shahnaz Rizwan, Kaushal Kapoor, Abhay Bhargava and Gautam Ahuja.[22][23]

In March 2018, Charu Mehra was supposed to enter the series during the filming at London, however could not due to her visa issues.[24]

The show has taken various leaps including a seven-year leap in April 2016, followed by a one-year leap in November 2016 and then a two-year leap in November 2017.[25][26][27] On 9 December 2016 the show completed 1,000 episodes.[28][29] The show completed 1,500 episodes on 13 June 2018.[30][31][32]

Based on backdrop of Delhi, the series is mainly filmed in Andheri, Mumbai.[33][34] Some sequences were filmed abroad, including Australia, Budapest and London.[35][36]