Pavitra Rishta


Pavitra Rishta is a 2009 Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms, that aired on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 to 25 October 2014. Its initial concept is an adaptation from south Indian Tamil serial Thirumathi Selvam of Sun TV.

Summary

The show is a love story of Archana and Manav. Manav Deshmukh who is a Car Mechanic and Archana Karanjkar a less educated girl.
Archana's mother Sulochana only dreams is Archana gets married to an educated and financial stable person. Archana's marriage get fixed with Satish Deshpande. Due to conspiracy done by Manjusha Karanjka and Ajit Lokhande,engagement get called off between Archana and Satish.
Archana's mother Sulochana fixed her marriage with Manav Deshmukh. Manjusha Karanjka created misunderstanding that Manav is a Mechanical engineer who is an owner of garage. Finally marriage happened and Archana and her family get the truth that Manav is a Mechanic.
Sulochana decided to break the marriage, and not let Archana go to the Manav house. After somedays Sulochana decide to do the Bidaai of Archana.
Archana moves to Manav's house and her evil mother in law Savita Deshmukh start torturing her for the insult done by Sulochana. Gradually Archana and Manav falls in true love with each other. After a lot of opposition,Finally Manav and Archana moves back to Savita's house. Due to low financial state and Archana's medical condition, Manav and Archana lost their first child. Manav try to workhard under Digvijay Kirloskar.

4 years later

Manav start working as a Manager with Digvijay Kirloskar. Manav and Archana have a son Soham. Manav is now a rich businessman.
Archana and Manav have two twin daughters, Ovi and Tejaswini. Archana's childless sister Varsha soon abducts Soham and runs away with him, and they are presumed dead. Manav's mother Savita tai creates a misunderstanding between the couple and they both think the other wants a divorce,but they didnt sign the paper. Savita asked Archana to sign the custody paper for Ovi and Tej, that Archana can't claim her kids later.
Manav with his entire family move to Canada without Archana. Persume other one dont want to continue with the relation.
The show takes a leap of 18 years.

18 years later

Manav is settled in London with his parents and daughters, and his business partner Digvijay Kirloskar. Archana lives in Mumbai with her mother and her adopted daughter Purvi.
Manav has to return to India to finalise their divorce and they are ordered a six-month courtship together before it is passed.
The show switches its focus to their children. Ovi is in love with Arjun Kirloskar, while he and Purvi love each other. Tejaswini comes to India to spy on her father and works as a taxi driver when she meets Archana and lives with her temporarily, unaware of their relation. Soham is shown to be alive, and a goon in Bihar, and abducts Purvi, but Arjun saves her. Their marriage is arranged, but Ovi blackmails Purvi for Archana's acceptance into the family, and Purvi sacrifices her love for Arjun, begging him to marry Ovi, and then leaving the city.
Meanwhile, Tejaswini finds out about Savita's conspiracy against Archana and Manav and exposes her. They reunite, and the show takes a leap of 6 months.

6 months later

Purvi has moved to Kolkata and is pregnant with Arjun's child. Ovi is also pregnant, but miscarries. Purvi gives her infant Pari to Ovi but her truth is found out, and Purvi and Arjun finally reunite.
Soham struggles to accept his family, but finally begins living with the Deshmukhs. He falls in love with Gauri, his cousin Sachin's fiancée, and on rejection, kidnaps her and runs away.
Ovi gets pregnant again, but goes to London. Purvi finds out about this, and assumes that Arjun has cheated on her. She leaves with her daughter Pari and the family. The show takes a leap of 20 years.

20 years later

Purvi now lives with Pari and the Deshmukhs in Canada, while Arjun leads a lonely life, taking care of his servant's granddaughter. He finds out about Pari, and Purvi finally comes back to Arjun.
The show changes its focus to Ankita, and her 4 younger siblings who are Soham's children. Ankita gets married to mentally challenged Naren Karmarkar who is a son of Rushali Karmarkar. Naren is traumatized after his lover "Ahaana"'s death and he assumes that Ankita is Ahaana. Ankita takes care of Naren and then fall in love with him. Maansi fall in love with Shashank who was Ankita's friend. Mansi and Shashak were about to get married and Naren's brother Raunak get married to Kinnari. On wedding night of Raunak, He raped Maansi on her Sangeet Ceremony. Maansi told everything to Ankita, she fight for the justice for Maansi against her in laws. No one supports Ankita even Naren throw her out from his house. Still Ankita and Shashank file a rape case against Raunak. Initially Raunak got bail as he proved innocent but at last hearing Naren proved that Maansi was not lying, Raunak actually raped Maansi and shows evidences in the courts. Raunak finally got imprisonment of 10yrs. Maansi get married to Shashank and move to Anand Chowl where entire Deshmukh family moved back from Cananda. Ankita consulted a doctor for Naren's mental health, as per doctor's suggestion she tried for the experiment from his past. She sits in the burning Car where Naren rescue her. Naren gets much better by that experiment and they consummate their marriage.
Ankita visits Archana's house and meet Pari. They became close friends and project partners too. Pari got engaged with Shekhar. On Engagement day Pari comes to know that her Aman is Ankita's husband Naren and she thought to be silent. Ankita told Naren that she is expecting a child. On Pari's wedding day, Naren comes to know that Pari is Ahaana and he went again in trauma. Now Naren who regains his memory, and turns Ankita out from his life and house. Ankita gives birth to their daughter Ashi, but his mother steals the infant to give away to Naren and Pari, and tells Ankita she was a stillborn. The show takes a leap of four years.

4 years later

Pari is shown to be an irresponsible working mother, and Naren a loving father to Ashi, who is given to them by Rushali as their adopted daughter. Ashi meets Ankita when she is lost, and they develop a bond. Naren learns Ashi is his biological daughter, and remembers Ankita as his caretaker-cum-partner. Pari realises Ankita and Naren still love each other and Ashi is their daughter, and leaves them. Ankita and Naren unite.
Purvi and Arjun return to Pari, who accepts both her parents after some time, and they live as a family. Ovi also returns with her daughter Pia, and lives with her as a single mother.
The show ends as Archana unites with Ankita, bringing the storyline to a full circle. However, Manav meets with a fatal accident, and Archana dies of grief. They are shown together in heaven, commemorating their "Pavitra Rishta".

Cast

Main

who was playing parallel lead in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil of StarPlus was cast as Manav. Zee TV did not accept him for casting as Manav as he was a parallel lead of the show in their rival channel. But Producer Ekta Kapoor convinced the channel to accept him. In November 2011 Rajput quit the series and was replaced by Hiten Tejwani. However, during the final of the series on 25 October 2014, Tejwani paved way for Rajput who appeared in the final episode as Manav.

Schedule

The show's time slot was changed from 21:00 to 18:30 in April 2014 and the 21:00 slot was taken by Kumkum Bhagya, also produced by Ekta Kapoor.

Reception

Around the late 2008, Producer Ekta Kapoor and her production house Balaji Telefilms had a huge downfall when the ratings and popularity of all her hit soaps of 2000s decreased and were axed and also when newly launched ones did not perform well. Since then most of the channel did not accept her to work with them. It was due to the chance given by Zee TV for this series, the career of Kapoor and her production house was revived when it became one of the top rated Hindi television program.

Accolades

Pavitra Rishta received several awards and nominations. Lokhande and Rajput received multiple awards for their roles Archana and Manav in the Best Actress and Best Actor categories, as has Nadkarni in the Best Negative Actress category and Ekta Kapoor in the Best Serial category.
YearAwardCategoryRecipientRoleResult
2009Indian Telly AwardsMost Popular Actress In A Supporting RoleSavita PrabhuneSulochana Karanjkar
2009Indian Telly AwardsMost Popular Fresh New Face Ankita LokhandeArchana Deshmukhrowspan="3"
2009Indian Telly AwardsMost Popular ActorSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukh-
2009Indian Telly AwardsMost Popular Daily SerialEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2010Seoul International Drama AwardsSpecial Jury AwardEkta KapoorProducer
2010Kalakar AwardsBest Television ActorSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukhrowspan="2"
2010Kalakar AwardsBest Television ActorAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh-
2010Kalakar AwardsBest Television ShowEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta
2010Indian Television Academy AwardsBest Actor PopularSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukhrowspan="2"
2010Indian Television Academy AwardsGR8 Face Of The YearAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh-
2010Indian Telly AwardsMost Popular Drama SeriesEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta
2010Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress In A Negative RoleUsha NadkarniSavita Deshmukhrowspan="7"
2010Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress In A Supporting RoleSavita PrabhuneSulochana Karanjkar-
2010Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress In A Lead RoleAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh-
2010Indian Telly AwardsBest Actor In A Lead RoleSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukh-
2010Indian Telly AwardsBest Daily SerialEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2010Indian Telly AwardsBest Continuing TV ProgrammeEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2010Indian Telly AwardsBest Story WriterRajesh JoshiCrew-
2010Boroplus Gold AwardsBest TV Show ruling TRP Charts of The YearPavitra Rishta TeamPavitra Rishtarowspan="4"
2010Boroplus Gold AwardsBest TV ActorSushant Singh RajputManav Damodar Deshmukh-
2010Boroplus Gold AwardsBest TV DebutAnkita LokhandeArchana Manav Deshmukh-
2010Boroplus Gold AwardsBest TV Actor for Negative Role Usha NadkarniSavita Damodar Deshmukh-
2010BIG Star Entertainment AwardsMost Entertaining TV ActorSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukh
2010BIG Star Entertainment AwardsMost Entertaining TV ActorUsha NadkarniSavita Deshmukhrowspan="2"
2010BIG Star Entertainment AwardsMost Entertaining Television ShowEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2011Apsara AwardsBest TV Actor Ankita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh
2011Lions Gold AwardsBest TV ActorSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukhrowspan="4"
2011Lions Gold AwardsBest TV ActorAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh-
2011Lions Gold AwardsBest TV Actress in Negative RoleSwati AnandManjusha Karanjkar-
2011Lions Gold AwardsBest TV Show Ekta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2011BIG Television AwardsFavourite Teekha CharacterUsha NadkarniSavita Deshmukhrowspan="2"
2011BIG Television AwardsFavourite Meetha CharacterSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukh-
2011BIG Television AwardsFavourite Namkeen CharacterUsha NadkarniSavita Deshmukhrowspan="4"
2011BIG Television AwardsFavourite Garma Garam JodiSushant Singh Rajput and Ankita LokhandeManav and Archana Deshmukh-
2011BIG Television AwardsFavourite Dulara CharacterSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukh-
2011BIG Television AwardsFavourite Dulara CharacterAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh-
2011FICCI Frames Excellence HonoursBest TV ActorAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh
2011FICCI Frames Excellence HonoursBest TV ActorSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukhrowspan="2"
2011FICCI Frames Excellence HonoursBest TV Show Ekta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2011Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Supporting Actor-PopularSavita PrabhuneSulochana Karanjkarrowspan="5"
2011Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Negative Actor-PopularUsha NadkarniSavita Deshmukh-
2011Boroplus Gold AwardsBest TV Actor-PopularSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukh-
2011Boroplus Gold AwardsBest TV Actor-PopularAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh-
2011Boroplus Gold AwardsBest TV Show Of The YearEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2011Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Negative Actor-CriticsUsha NadkarniSavita Deshmukhrowspan="3"
2011Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Supporting Actor-CriticsSavita PrabhuneSulochana Karanjkar-
2011Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Celebrity JodiSushant Singh Rajput and Ankita LokhandeManav and Archana Deshmukh-
2011Indian Television Academy AwardsThe GR8! Laurel For Ensemble Acting 2011Ekta KapoorPavitra Rishtarowspan="1"
2011BIG Star Entertainment AwardsMost Entertaining TV ActorSushant Singh RajputManav Deshmukhrowspan="3"
2011BIG Star Entertainment AwardsMost Entertaining TV ActorAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh-
2011BIG Star Entertainment AwardsMost Entertaining Television ShowEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Television Personality Ankita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress In A Negative RoleUsha NadkarniSavita Deshmukhrowspan="10"
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress In A Lead RoleAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukh-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Actor In A Lead RoleHiten TejwaniManav Deshmukh-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Onscreen CoupleSushant Singh Rajput and Ankita LokhandeManav and Archana Deshmukh-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Daily SerialEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Continuing TV ProgrammeEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Drama SeriesEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Story WriterRajesh JoshiCrew-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Actress In A Negative RoleUsha NadkarniSavita Deshmukh-
2012Indian Telly AwardsBest Actor In A Negative RoleSumit AroraDharmesh Jaipurwala-
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsBest ActorAnkita LokhandeArchana Deshmukhrowspan="3"
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsStellar Performer Of The YearAsha NegiPurvi Deshmukh-
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Actress in Negative Role Usha NadkarniSavita Deshmukh-
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsBest ActorHiten TejwaniManav Deshmukhrowspan="6"
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Supporting Actor Savita PrabhuneSulochana Karanjkar-
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Negative Actor Puru ChibberSachin Deshmukh-
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsGold Debut In A Lead Role Asha NegiPurvi Deshmukh-
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsGold Debut In A Lead Role Rithvik DhanjaniArjun Kirloskar-
2012Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Television ShowEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2012People's Choice Awards IndiaFavourite Most Good Looking Onscreen JodiHiten Tejwani and Ankita LokhandeManav and Archana Deshmukhrowspan="2"
2012People's Choice Awards IndiaFavourite TV DramaEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2013Indian Telly AwardsBest Actor In A Supporting RoleRithvik DhanjaniArjun Kirloskarrowspan="2"
2013Indian Telly AwardsBest Make-Up ArtistAbdul Rehman ShaikhCrew-
2013Indian Telly AwardsBest Fresh New FaceAsha NegiPurvi Duttrowspan="4"
2013Indian Telly AwardsBest Onscreen CoupleRithvik Dhanjani and Asha NegiArjun Kirloskar and Purvi Dutt-
2013Indian Telly AwardsBest Daily SerialEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2013Indian Telly AwardsBest Continuing TV ProgrammeEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2013Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Actress In Comic Role Usha NadkarniSavita Deshmukhrowspan="2"
2013Boroplus Gold AwardsGold Producer’s Honour
for Completing 1000 episodes		Ekta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2013Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Actress Ankita LokhandeArchana Deshmukhrowspan="4"
2013Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Celebrity JodiRithvik Dhanjani and Asha NegiArjun Kirloskar and Purvi Dutt-
2013Boroplus Gold AwardsBest TV Show Ekta KapoorPavitra Rishta-
2013Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Actor in Supporting RoleShakti AroraDr Onir Dutt-
2014Star Guild AwardsBest Actress in Leading RoleAnkita LokhandeAnkita Mahatrerowspan="1"
2014Star Guild AwardsBest Continuing Show of The YearEkta KapoorPavitra Rishta
2014Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Actress In Comic Role Usha NadkarniSavita Deshmukhrowspan="3"
2014Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Actor In Comic Role Karan MehraNaren Karmarkar-
2014Boroplus Gold AwardsBest Actress Ankita LokhandeAnkita Karmarkar-

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