7 years later

Ishita now lives in Australia with her childhood friend, Mani, and his niece Aliya, who is coincidentally a grown-up Ruhi's secretary, who lives with a torturous Nidhi. Ishita finds out about Ruhi and unites with Raman. Shagun and Mani get married. Aditya falls for Aliya and they marry.

1 year later

Shagun, Mani, Aliya, and Pihu live in Bangkok, Thailand. Raman keeps a close eye on them. Pihu finally meets Ishita and accepts her as her mother. They return to India. Pihu accidentally pushes her cousin, Ananya down the stairs and she dies. Ishita takes the blame and is imprisoned.

2 years later

Simmi and her husband, Param tortures Raman and Ishita for Ananya's death, but finally exposed. Aditya begins to conspire against Raman and kidnaps his first wife Roshni. Ishita shoots Aditya to death to save Roshni.

8 months later, Ishita shelters a pregnant Roshni, who is carrying Aditya's child. She reunites with Bhallas' and Roshni delivers a son, who is named after Aditya. Ruhi falls in love with Karan, whose brother, Rohan falls for Aliya. Bhallas' meet Aditya's lookalike, Yug. Rohan tries to win Aliya by force, when she is rescued by the family.

Aliya marries Yug, to save him from a woman named Neha. They begin to fall in love. Drugged by man named Arjit Saxena, Raman falls into a coma. Later, he recovers and reunites with his family. As Karan and Ruhi prepare to marry, Ruhi discovers she can't conceive. Karan's mother, Sudha plans to cancel the marriage but later she accepts Ruhi. Ruhi and Karan marry and adopt a baby girl.

Main

• Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya as Dr. Ishita Raman Kumar Bhalla ..Dr. Ishita Iyer : A dentist; Vishwanathan and Madhavi's younger daughter; Vandita's sister; Mihika's cousin; Raman's second wife; Pihu's mother; Aditya, Ruhi and Yug's adoptive mother; Jr. Aditya's adoptive grandmother (2013-2019)
• Karan Patel as Raman Kumar Bhalla: Omprakash and Santoshi's elder son; Romesh, Simran and Rinki's brother; Shagun's ex-husband; Ishita's husband; Aditya, Ruhi and Pihu's father; Yug's adoptive father; Jr. Aditya's grandfather. (2013-2019)
• Aditi Bhatia as Ruhi Bhalla Srivastava: Raman and Shagun's daughter; Ishita's adopted daughter; Aditya's sister; Pihu's half-sister; Yug's adopted sister; Karan's wife (2016-2019)
• Ruhanika Dhawan as
  • Child Ruhi Bhalla (2013–2016)
  • Pihu Bhalla: Ishita and Raman's daughter; Shagun's surrogate daughter; Aditya and Ruhi's half-sister; Yug's adopted sister. (2016–2019)
• Abhishek Verma as
  • Aditya "Adi" Bhalla: Raman and Shagun's son; Ishita's adopted son; Ruhi's brother; Pihu's half-brother; Aliya's first husband; Roshni's ex-husband; Jr. Aditya's father (2016-2018) (Dead)
    • Gautam Ahuja as Child Aditya Bhalla (2013-2016)
  • Yug Bhalla: Aditya's lookalike; Raman and Ishita's adopted son; Ruhi and Pihu's adopted brother; Aliya's third husband (2018-2019)
• Krishna Mukherjee as Aliya Raghav Bhalla: Upamanyu's daughter; Mani and Shagun's niece/adopted daughter; Nirvaan's sister; Aditya and Rohan's widow; Yug's wife (2016–2019)

Recurring

• Anita Hassanandani as Shagun Arora Raghav: Mihir sister; Raman's ex-wife; Ashok's ex-fiancée; Mani's wife; Aditya and Ruhi's mother; Pihu's surrogate mother; Aliya's aunt/adoptive mother; Jr. Aditya's grandmother. (2013–2019)
• Sumeet Sachdev as Abhimanyu "Mani" Raghav: Shobhna's son; Upamanyu's brother; Ishita's childhood friend; Shagun's husband; Nirvaan and Aliya's uncle/adoptive father (2014–2019)
• Abhay Bhargava as Vishwanathan "Vishwa" Iyer: Madhavi's husband; Vandita and Ishita's father; Mihika's uncle; Shravan, Kshitija and Pihu's grandfather; Aditya, Ruhi and Yug's adoptive grandfather; Jr. Aditya's adoptive great-grandfather (2013–2019)
• Neena Kulkarni as Madhavi "Madhu" Iyer: Vishwanathan's wife; Vandita and Ishita's mother; Mihika's aunt; Shravan, Kshitija and Pihu's grandmother; Aditya, Ruhi and Yug's adoptive grandmother; Jr. Aditya's adoptive great-grandmother (2013–2019)
• Kaushal Kapoor as Omprakash Bhalla: Santoshi's husband; Raman, Romesh, Simran and Rinki's father; Aditya, Yug, Ruhi, Ananya and Pihu's grandfather; Yug's adoptive grandfather; Jr. Aditya's great-grandfather (2013–2019)
• Shahnaz Rizwan / Usha Rana as Santoshi "Toshi" Bhalla: Omprakash's wife; Raman, Romesh, Simran, and Rinki's mother; Aditya, Yug, Ruhi, Ananya and Pihu's grandmother; Yug's adoptive grandmother; Jr. Aditya's great-grandmother (2013–2019)
• Sangram Singh as Ashok Khanna: Sooraj's brother; Mihika's ex-husband; Shagun's ex-fiancé (2013–2018) (Dead)
• Shruti Bapna as Vandita "Vandu" Iyer Chandran: Madhavi and Vishwanathan's elder daughter; Ishita's sister; Mihika's cousin; Bala's first wife; Shravan and Kshitija's mother (2013–2017) (Dead)
• Pankaj Bhatia as Bala Chandran: Devyani's elder son; Subramaniam's brother; Vandita's widower; Kiran's husband; Shravan and Kshitija's father (2013–2019)
• 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 adopted son; Kshitija's brother (2016–2018)
  • Bhavesh Jaiswal as Child Shravan Chandran (2013-2016)
• Aly Goni as Romesh "Romi" Bhalla: Omprakash and Santoshi's younger son; Raman, Simran and Rinki's brother; Sarika's ex-husband; Mihika's husband (2013–2019)
• Mihika Verma / Sonal Parihar / Avantika Hundal as Mihika Iyer Bhalla: Soumya's daughter; Madhavi and Vishwanthan's niece; Vandita and Ishita's cousin; Mihir’s ex-fiancée; Ashok's ex-wife; Romesh's wife (2013-2019)
• Shireen Mirza as Simran "Simmi" Bhalla: Omprakash and Santoshi's elder daughter; Raman, Romesh, and Rinky's sister; Param's ex-wife; Ananya's mother (2013–2019)
• Anurag Sharma as Parmeet "Param" Khurana: Simmi's ex-husband; Ananya's father; Ashok and Suraj's friend (2013–2019)
• Kavya Ramnani as Ananya Khurana: Simran and Param's daughter (2016-2017) (Dead)
• Raj Singh Arora as Mihir Arora: Shagun's brother; Mihika's ex-fiancé; Rinki's widower (2013-2016)
• Resha Konkar as Rinky Bhalla Arora: Omprakash and Santoshi's younger daughter; Raman, Simran and Romesh's sister; Mihir's wife (2013–2015) (Dead)
• Anjali Ujawane as Devyani Chandran: Bala and Subramaniam's mother; Shravan and Kshtija's grandmother (2013–2017)
• Neeru Agarwal as Neelu: Bhalla's housekeeper (2013–2018)
• Sweety Walia as Pammi Mehra: Santosh's friend (2013–2018)
• Deep Jaitley as Prateek: Ishita's former fiancé (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 Bhalla: Romi'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-fiancee; 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 (cameo appearance)
• Arshima Thapar as Sanjana Arora: Shagun hired her to say she is Mihir's sister (2014)
• Bhanujeet Sudan / Amit Tandon as Subramaniam "Subbu" Chandran: Devayani's younger son; Bala's brother; Ishita's ex-lover; Lakshmi's husband (2013-2015)
• Shahina Surve as Lakshmi Chandran: Subramaniam's wife (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 cousin; 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 (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: Upamanyu and Mani's mother; Aliya and Nirvaan's grandmother (2016–2017)
• Pavitra Punia as Nidhi Chhabra: Raman and Ishita's nemesis; Sohail's sister (2016–2017)
• Gaurav Wadhwa as Sohail Chhabra as Sohail Behl: 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 as Roshni : Aditya's ex-wife; Jr. Aditya'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)
• Alefia Kapadia as 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)
• Abhishek Malik as Rohan Srivastav: Sudha's elder son; Karan's brother; Aliya's second husband (2018–2019)(dead)
• Reyaansh Chaddha as Karan Srivastav: Sudha's younger son; Rohan's brother; Ruhi's 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)

Guest appearences

• Hina Khan as Akshara Maheshwari Singhania from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2014)
• Karan Mehra as Naitik from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (2014)
• Shraddha Kapoor and Sidharth Malhotra to promote Ek Villain (2014) (special appearance)
• Ashish Sharma as Rudra Pratap Ranawat from "Rangrasiya" (2014)
• Sanaya Irani as Paro from "Rangrasiya" (2014)
• Harshad Arora as Zain Abdullah from "Beintehaa" (2014)
• Preetika Rao as Aaliya Zain Abdullah from "Beintehaa" (2014)
• Dheeraj Dhoopar as Prem Bharadwaj from "Sasural Simar Ka" (2014)
• Dipika Kakar as Simar Bharadwaj from "Sasural Simar Ka" (2014)
• Manish Raisinghan as Siddhant Bharadwaj from "Sasural Simar Ka" (2014)
• Avika Gor as Roli Bharadwaj from "Sasural Simar Ka" (2014)
• Sidharth Shukla as Shivraj "Shiv" Shekhar from "Balika Vadhu" (2014)
• Toral Rasputra as Anandi Shekhar from "Balika Vadhu" (2014)
• Shashank Vyas as Jagdish Singh from "Balika Vadhu" (2014)
• Sargun Mehta as Ganga Jagdish Singh from "Balika Vadhu" (2014)
• Mrunal Jain as Akash Chatterjee from "Uttaran" (2014)
• Tina Datta as Meethi Chatterjee from "Uttaran" (2014)
• Ankita Lokhande as Archana Manav Deshmukh from "Pavitra Rishta" (2014)
• Hiten Tejwani as Manav Deshmukh from "Pavitra Rishta" (2014)
• Shakti Arora as Ranveer Raghvela from "Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi" (2014)
• Radhika Madan as Ishani Ranveer Raghvela from "Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi" (2014)
• Ronit Roy as Dr Nachiket (Neil) Khanna from "Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar" (2014)
• Pallavi Kulkarni as Dr Ragini Khanna from "Itna Karo Na Mujhe Pyaar" (2014)
• Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor to promote Finding Fanny (2014)
• Avinash Sachdev as Shlok Agnigotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir (2015)
• Shrenu Parikh as Astha Shlok Agnigotri from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir (2015)
• Sameer Sharma as Varad Agnigotri from "Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir" (2015)
• Shalmalee Desai as Sojal Varad Agnigotri from "Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir" (2015)
• Grace Girdhar as Child Kavya Agnigotri from "Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon? Ek Baar Phir" (2015)
• Vidya Balan as Vasudha for promoting Hamari Adhuri Kahani (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]
• 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]
• Ranbir Kapoor and Anushka Sharma to promote Ae Dil Hai Mushkil (2016)
• Devoleena Bhattacharjee for the dance performance "Gopi" from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (2016)
• Mohammad Nazim for the dance performance Ahem from Saath Nibhaana Saathiya (2016)
• Deepika Singh Goyal for the dance performance "Sandhya Rathi" from Diya Aur Baati Hum (2016)
• Anas Rashid for the dance performance 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 Mathur Srivastav from "Mere Angne Mein" (2016)
• Karan Vohra as Shaurya Khanna from "Zindagi Ki Mehek" (2017)
• Samiksha Jaiswal as Mehek Shaurya Khanna Zindagi Ki Mehek" (2017)
• 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)
• Tolga Mendi as Hazar Bozok from "Yeni Gelin" (2018)
• Jessica May as Bella Hazar Bozok from "Yeni Gelin" (2018)
• Mustafa Avkıran as Kalender Bozok from "Yeni Gelin" (2018)
• Renan Bilek as Kamil Öztürk from "Yeni Gelin" (2018)
• İsmail Demirci as Kuzey Mollaoglu from "Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk" (2019)
• Aslıhan Güner as Yıldız Kadıoglu Mollaoglu from "Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk" (2019)
• Toygan Avanoğlu as Sefer Kadıoglu from "Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk" (2019)
• Merve Şen as Nahide Kadıoglu from "Kuzey Yıldızı İlk Aşk" (2019)

Development and premiere

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"^[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][8][9]

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."^[10]

In September 2014, Deepika Padukone and Arjun Kapoor were to promote their film Finding Fanny, which also starred the Yeh Hai Mohabbatein leads Tripathi Dahiya and Patel.^[11] 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.^[12]

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.^[13] On 25 July 2018, the shoot was stalled for a while during bandh in Mumbai.^[14]

Casting

Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya was selected by Kapoor to play Ishita Iyer Bhalla.^[15] Cezanne Khan was first approached to play Raman Bhalla opposite Tripathi Dahiya, but was replaced by Karan Patel.^[16] Child actor Ruhanika Dhawan was chosen to play Ruhi Bhalla.^[17] Sayantani Ghosh was initially considered but Anita Hassanandani was selected to play Shagun Arora.^[18] Other cast members then chosen were Aly Goni, Mihika Verma, Shruti Bapna, Neena Kulkarni, Shahnaz Rizwan, Kaushal Kapoor, Abhay Bhargava and Gautam Ahuja.^[19][20]

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.^[21]

Filming

Bhangra (dance) with Vidisha Srivastava at 1500 Episode Celebration

Based on the backdrop of Delhi, the series is mainly filmed in Andheri, Mumbai.^[22][23] Some sequences were filmed abroad, including in Adelaide, Budapest and London.^[24][25]