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Yeh Hai Mohabatein (transl. This Is Love) is an Indian romance drama produced by Ekta Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms, One of the longest running Indian television soap opera, the series starred Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya, 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.

Plot

Tamil dentist Ishita Iyer and Punjabi businessman Raman Kumar Bhalla are neighbours in Delhi. Ishita is infertile, making it difficult for her mother to find her a husband, while Raman is a divorced father. Ishita becomes attached to Raman’s daughter, Ruhi, who was abandoned by Raman’s ex-wife, Shagun Arora, after she left him for her wealthy boss, Ashok Khanna. Ishita and Raman initially dislike each other, and their families frequently clash because of cultural differences.

To secure custody of Ruhi, Ishita and Raman agree to a marriage of convenience for her sake. Shagun’s younger brother, Mihir Arora, becomes close to Raman and falls in love with Ishita’s cousin Mihika. During preparations for Ashok and Shagun’s wedding, Ashok falls for Mihika instead, leading to scandal and heartbreak for Mihir and Shagun. Mihika eventually marries Ashok.

As they face family problems together, Ishita and Raman gradually fall in love. Ishita becomes the emotional support of both the Bhalla and Iyer families, helping them through numerous crises involving relatives and rivalries. Shagun, bitter after Ashok’s betrayal, repeatedly interferes in their lives but later reforms. She reunites Raman with his son Aditya, who had been adopted by Ashok, and becomes the surrogate mother of Ishita and Raman’s daughter, Pihu.

Nidhi, a lawyer obsessed with Raman, kidnaps Pihu. Ishita sacrifices Ruhi to save her daughter, and after an accident both Ishita and Raman are presumed dead. Raman blames Ishita for the tragedy and cuts ties with her, while Ishita, overwhelmed with guilt, attempts suicide and is also believed dead.

Ishita is later revealed to be alive in Australia, living with her childhood friend Mani and raising his niece, Aliya. Aliya works for celebrity Ruhaan, who is actually an adult Ruhi living under a false identity and trapped by the abusive Nidhi. Raman, meanwhile, raises Pihu alongside Shagun and resents Ishita. After Ishita uncovers Ruhaan’s true identity, she reunites with Raman. Nidhi is arrested for her crimes, including the murder of Ishita’s elder sister. Aditya marries Aliya, but Pihu refuses to accept Ishita as her mother because she believes Raman and Shagun are her parents.

Shagun, Mani, Aliya, and Pihu later move to Bangkok. Pihu eventually reconciles with Ishita and returns to India with the family. Soon after, Pihu quarrels with her cousin Ananya, who accidentally falls to her death. Ishita takes the blame to protect Pihu and is imprisoned.

Raman’s sister Simmi and her husband Parmeet Khurana torture Raman and Ishita over Ananya’s death. Simmi causes Raman to lose his memory, making him forget Ishita, and he prepares to marry Mihika. It is eventually revealed that Mihika and Romi were never truly separated and that Ishita staged the situation to help Raman recover his memory. Simmi later reforms, Param is imprisoned, and the family reconciles. Aditya then turns against Raman and kidnaps Roshni after betraying both her and Aliya. Ishita fatally shoots Aditya to save Roshni.

Months later, Ishita shelters the pregnant Roshni, carrying Aditya’s child, but the family blames Ishita for Aditya’s death and throws her out. Raman later forgives her, and they reunite. Roshni leaves to avoid further conflict, while Mihika and Romi adopt her son and rename him Aditya.

Ruhi falls in love with Karan, while Karan’s brother Rohan falls for the widowed Aliya. Both couples marry, only to discover the brothers initially married them to avenge a past conflict involving their mother, Sudha. Eventually, Karan and Rohan genuinely fall in love with Ruhi and Aliya. The family later meets Yug, Aditya’s lookalike. Aliya falls for him, Sudha reforms, and Yug eventually marries Aliya.

Rohan later dies saving Raman in a bomb blast. Raman is drugged by Arjit Saxena and falls into a coma, but recovers with Ishita’s care. Before marrying Karan, Ruhi discovers she is infertile, just like Ishita. Although Sudha initially opposes the marriage, she eventually accepts Ruhi. Ruhi and Karan marry and adopt a baby girl.

The story ends happily with Ishita and Raman remarrying. At their reception, Preesha Srinivasan, a gynaecologist and Ishita’s niece, arrives while raising her nephew Saransh alone, leading into Yeh Hai Chahatein.

Main

Divyanka Tripathi as Dr. Ishita Iyer Bhalla: Dentist; Vishwanathan and Madhavi's younger daughter (2013–2019)

Karan Patel as Raman Kumar Bhalla: A Businessman and CEO of Bhalla Group; Omprakash and Santoshi's elder son (2013–2019)

Anita Hassanandani as Shagun Arora Raghav: Poornima's daughter (2013–2019)

Sumeet Sachdev as Abhimanyu Raghav: Shagun's second husband (2014–2019)

Aditi Bhatia as Ruhi Bhalla Srivastav: Raman and Shagun's daughter (2016–2019)

Ruhanika Dhawan as

Child Ruhi Bhalla (2013–2016)

Pihu Bhalla: Raman and Ishita's daughter (2016–2019)

Abhishek Verma as

Aditya Bhalla: Raman and Shagun's son (2016–2018)

Gautam Ahuja as Child Aditya Bhalla (2013–2016)

Yug Sharma: Aditya's look-alike (2019)

Krishna Mukherjee as Aliya Raghav Sharma: Abhimanyu and Shagun's adopted daughter (2016–2019)

Reyaansh Vir Chdha as Karan Srivastav: Sudha's younger son (2018-2019)

Iyers

Abhay Bhargava as Vishwanathan Iyer: Madhavi's husband (2013–2019)

Neena Kulkarni as Madhavi Iyer: Soumya's sister (2013–2019)

Bhallas

Kaushal Kapoor as Omprakash Bhalla: Shaila's brother (2013–2019)

Shahnaz Rizwan / Usha Rana as Santoshi Bhalla: Omprakash's wife (2013–2019)

Shireen Mirza as Simran "Simmi" Bhalla: Omprakash and Santoshi's elder daughter (2013–2019)

Aly Goni as Romesh "Romi" Bhalla: Omprakash and Santoshi's younger son (2013–2019)

Mihika Verma / Avantika Hundal as Mihika Bhalla (formerly Khanna): Soumya's daughter (2013–2016) / (2016–2019)

Neeru Agarwal as Neelu: Bhalla family's maid (2013–2018)

Chandrans

Anjali Ujawane as Devyani Chandran: Bala and Subramaniam's mother; (2013–2017)

Pankaj Bhatia as Bala Chandran: Devyani's elder son; (2013–2019)

Shruti Bapna as Vandita "Vandu" Iyer Chandran: Madhavi and Vishwanathan's elder daughter; (2013–2017)

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)

Bhanujeet Sudan / Amit Tandon as Subramaniam Chandran: Devayani's younger son; (2013–2015)

Shahina Surve as Lakshmi Chandran: Subramaniam's first wife; (2015)

Srivastavs

Varun Parashar as Dr. Rajat Srivastav: Sudha and Koko's brother (2018)

Sudha Chandran as Sudha Srivastav: Koko and Rajat's sister; (2018–2019)

Abhishek Malik as Rohan Srivastav: Sudha's elder son; (2018–2019)

Others

Vineet Raina / Raj Singh Arora as Mihir Arora: Poornima's son (2013) / (2013–2016)

Resha Konkar as Rinky Bhalla Arora: Omprakash and Santoshi's younger daughter (2013–2015)

Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Suraj Kumar Khanna: Ashok's elder brother; (2014-2019)

Sangram Singh as Ashok Khanna: Suraj's younger brother (2013–2018)

Anurag Sharma as Parmeet "Param" Khurana: Simran's ex-husband (2013–2019)

Kavya Ramnani as Ananya Khurana: Simran and Parmeet's daughter (2016–2017)

Neel Motwani as Advocate Neel Pathak: Bhalla family's lawyer; Trisha's fiancé (2014–2016)

Garima Jain as Trisha Tandon Pathak: Rajeev's sister (2014)

Sarika Dhillon as Sarika Singh: Abhishek's sister (2014–2016)

Vivek Dahiya as Inspector Abhishek Singh: Sarika's brother (2015–2017)

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…