Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin (transl.Lost in Someone's Love), abbreviated as GHKKPM, is an Indian Hindi-language television family drama series that premiered on 5 October 2020 on Star Plus. It streams on Disney+ Hotstar and is produced by Cockrow Entertainment and Shaika Films. In the beginning, it was a loose adaptation of Bengali series Kusum Dola.[2] The series formerly starred Ayesha Singh, Neil Bhatt and Aishwarya Sharma.[3] The second generation starred Bhavika Sharma, Shakti Arora and Sumit Singh.[4] Since June 2024, the series stars Sharma with Hitesh Bharadwaj and Amayra Khurana.[5]
Plot
7 years later
Savi works as a teacher in Mumbai and becomes famous at her school. She is heartbroken after Ishaan's death and learns that she can never conceive after taking a bullet to save Shikha. As per Ishaan's last wish, Isha and Shantanu stay with Savi and help find marriage alliances for her. Harini marries Milind and has a son, Vansh. It is revealed that Savi was about to marry Milind's brother, Vikram, but he ended the engagement after discovering that Savi could not conceive. Savi meets a young neighbor, Saisha Thakkar, and they become friends.
Isha and Saisha's grandmother, Bhagyashree, do not get along and frequently argue. Saisha's father, Rajat, is a wealthy businessman and divorcee who remains distant from Saisha. Saisha enrolls in Savi's school and becomes her student. Savi hates Rajat as he constantly ignores Saisha and doesn't take care of her. Ishaan's cousin, Mrunmayee comes to Mumbai and stays with Savi. It is later revealed that Rajat's wife Ashika betrayed him soon after Saisha's birth and divorced him for a businessman named Arsh. Due to Rajat being an employee under Arsh and having less money, Ashika took their son Kian with her and now is fighting for Saisha's custody battle. Rajat's neglect stems from the reminder of Ashika through Saisha's mole, leading to their strained relationship. Due to Thakkar's negligence, Ashika reopens Saisha's custody case, and Rajat asks Savi to pose as his wife until he wins custody.
Cast
Main
Ayesha Singh as Dr. Sai Joshi Adhikari (formerly Chavan): Alka and Kamal's daughter; Virat's ex-wife; Satya's late wife; Vinayak and Savi's mother (2020–2023)
Neil Bhatt as IPS Virat "Viru/Shiva" Chavan: Ashwini and Ninad's son; Devyani, Samrat and Mohit's cousin; Sai and Patralekha's ex-husband; Vinayak and Savi's father (2020–2023)
Aishwarya Sharma as Patralekha "Pakhi" Mohitepatil Salunkhe (formerly Chavan): Vaishali and Shailesh's daughter; Samrat's widow; Virat's ex-wife; Vinayak's surrogate and adoptive mother (2020–2023)
Bhavika Sharma as Savi Chavan Thakkar (formerly Bhosale): A former IAS aspirant and a school teacher; Sai and Virat's daughter; Satya's step-daughter; Isha and Shantanu's foster daughter; Vinayak's sister; Harini's cousin; Ishaan's widow; Samruddh and Vikram's ex-fiancée; Rajat's wife; Kiaan and Saisha's step-mother (2023–present)
Aria Sakaria as child Savi (2022–2023)
Shakti Arora as Dr. Ishaan "Ishu" Bhosale: Dean and managing director of Bhosale Institute of Excellence; Isha and Shantanu's son; Chinmay, Dhurva, Anvi and Mrunmayee's cousin; Savi's late husband; Reeva's ex-fiancé (2023–2024)
Arsh Hawaldar as child Ishaan (2023)
Sumit Singh as Reeva Marathe: Swati and Swanand's daughter; Ishaan's ex-fiancée (2023–2024)
Hitesh Bharadwaj as Rajat Thakkar: A Businessman; Bhagyashree and Rajendra's elder son; Tara, Lucky and Riddhi's brother; Ashika's ex-husband; Savi's husband; Kiaan and Saisha's father (2024–present)
Amayra Khurana as Saisha "Sai" Thakkar: Rajat and Ashika's daughter; Savi's step-daughter; Kiaan's sister; Shakti's cousin (2024–present)
Recurring
Kishori Shahane as Bhavani Chavan: Matriarch of the Chavans; Amba's sister; Nagesh's widow; Devyani's mother; Harini's grandmother; Vansh's great-grandmother (2020–2024)
Mitali Nag as Devyani "Devi" Chavan Deshpande: Bhavani and Nagesh's daughter; Samrat, Virat, Satya and Mohit's cousin; Pulkit's wife; Harini's mother; Vansh's grandmother (2020–2022)
Yash Pandit as Dr. Pulkit Deshpande: Devyani's husband; Harini's father; Vansh's grandfather; Madhuri's foster brother; Sai's professor (2021–2023)
Ankita Khare as Harini Deshpande Yadav (formerly Sawant): Devyani and Pulkit's daughter; Madhuri's foster daughter; Vinayak and Savi's cousin; Kiran's widow; Milind's wife; Vansh's mother (2023–present)
Yesha Harsora as teenage Harini (2022–2023)
Hirva Trivedi as child Harini (2021–2022)
Shailesh Datar as Ret. Col. Ninad Chavan: Nagesh, Manasi, Omkar and Shivani's brother; Ashwini's husband; Virat's father; Vinayak and Savi's grandfather (2020–2024)
Bharati Patil as Ashwini Chavan: Swapna's sister; Ninad's wife; Virat's mother; Vinayak and Savi's grandmother (2020–2024)
Mridul Kumar Sinha as Omkar "Omi" Chavan: Nagesh, Manasi, Ninad, and Shivani's brother; Sonali's husband; Mohit's father (2020–2023)
Sheetal Maulik as Sonali Chavan: Omkar's wife; Mohit's mother (2020–2023)
Adish Vaidya / Vihan Verma as Mohit Chavan: Sonali and Omkar's son; Devyani, Samrat and Virat's cousin; Karishma's husband (2020–2021) / (2021–2023)
Sneha Bhawsar as Karishma Chavan: Mohit's wife (2020–2023)[6]
Dimple Shaw Chauhan/Roopa Divetia as Manasi Chavan Salunkhe: Nagesh, Ninad, Omkar, and Shivani's sister; Ashok's widow; Samrat's mother (2020–2021)/ (2021–2022)
Yogendra Singh as Samrat "Jiva" Salunkhe: Manasi and Ashok's son; Devyani, Virat and Mohit's cousin; Patralekha's first husband (2020; 2021–2022)
Yamini Malhotra/Tanvi Thakkar as Shivani Chavan Luthra: Nagesh, Manasi, Ninad and Omkar's sister; Amey's former girlfriend; Rajeev's wife (2020–2021)/ (2021–2023)
Sanjay Narvekar as Inspector Kamal Joshi: Alka's widower; Sai's father; Virat's mentor; Usha's foster brother; Vinayak and Savi's grandfather (2020; 2021; 2022; 2023) (appears as a flashback after 2020)
Vishavpreet Kaur as Vaishali Mohitepatil: Shailesh's wife; Patralekha's mother (2020–2022)
Atul Mahajan as Shailesh Mohitepatil: Vaishali's husband; Patralekha's father (2020–2022)
Siddharth Bodke as Jagtap Mane: A former local goon obsessed with Sai; Kamal and Samrat's murderer (2020; 2022–2023; 2024-present)
Ganesh Yadav as Vitthal Damodar Mane: Jagtap's father, a local politician and goon at Gadchiroli (2020–2022)
Jeetendra Trehan as Ret. DIG Sanjeev K. Salaskar of Nagpur: Virat's senior officer (2020–2023; 2024)
Jitendra Bohara as Sunny: Virat and Sada's best friend (2020-2021; 2023)
Anjana Nathan/Unknown as Usha: Sai and Savi's caretaker; Kamal's foster sister (2020–2022)/(2022–2023)
Jia Sheth as Pari: Sai's best friend (2020)
Bhagya Bhanushali as Balakram: Sai's best friend (2020)
Shalini Singh as Neha: Patralekha's best friend (2020)
Pankaj Vishnu as Inspector Pawar (2020–2023)
Rakesh Rajwant as Officer Gopal Shinde (2020–2023)
Deepak Soni as Inspector Sachin Kadam (2020)
Kushagre Dua as Amey Gupte: Sarita's husband; Shivani's former boyfriend (2021)
Aditya Bansal as Milind: Sai's college friend (2021)
Riddhi Gupta as Sandhya: Sai's college friend (2021)
Manasi Salvi as Dr. Isha Bhosale: A teacher; Shantanu's wife; Ishaan's mother; Savi's mentor and foster mother; Kiaan and Saisha's foster grandmother (2023–present)
Indraneel Bhattacharya as Shantanu Bhosale: Yashwant and Nishikant's brother; Isha's husband; Ishaan's father; Savi's foster father; Kiaan and Saisha's foster grandmother (2023–present)
Nimai Bali as Yashwant "Rao Saheb" Bhosale: Shantanu and Nishikant's brother; Surekha's husband; Chinmay's father (2023–2024)
Astha Agarwal as Shikha Shinde Bhosale: Chinmay's wife (2023–2024)
Vijhay Badlaani as Nishikant "Nishi" Bhosale: Yashwant and Shantanu's brother; Asmita's husband; Dhurva and Anvi's father (2023–2024)
Minal Bal as Asmita Bhosale: Nishikant's wife; Dhurva and Anvi's mother (2023–2024)
Nandini Tiwari as Dhurva Bhosale: Nishikant and Asmita's elder daughter; Anvi's sister; Chinmay and Ishaan's cousin; Samrudh's ex-fiancée (2023–2024)
Purnima Tiwari as Anvi Bhosale: Nishikant and Asmita's younger daughter; Dhurva's sister; Chinmay and Ishaan's cousin, Savi's friend (2023–2024)
Muni Jha as Advocate Swanand Marathe: Swati's husband; Reeva's father (2023–2024)
Aradhana Uppal as Swati Marathe: Swanand's wife; Reeva's mother (2023–2024)
Madhvendra Jha as Ram Narayan Shukla: Ishaan's employee (2023–2024)
Umesh Ghadge as Mandar Latkar: Local goon of Ramtek; Samruddh's father (2023–2024)
Paaras Madaan as Samruddh Latkar: A drunkard and womanizer; Mandar's son; Savi and Durva's ex-fiancé; Bhavani, Vinayak, Ashwini and Ninad's murderer (2023–2024)
Udit Shukla as Kiran Sawant: Ramesh and Susheela's son; Harini's late husband (2023–2024)
Raman Khatri as Ramesh Sawant: Susheela's husband; Kiran's father (2023–2024)
Unknown as Susheela Sawant: Ramesh's wife; Kiran's mother (2023–2024)
Rishi Saxena as ACP Bajirao Rane: Shantanu's former student; Ishaan's former classmate (2023–2024)
Kritika Singh Yadav as Mannat Malik to promote Deewaniyat (2024)
Navneet Malik as Jeet Chaudhary to promote Deewaniyat (2024)
Production
Controversy
In July 2022, a lawsuit against the series makers was filed at IBF by some viewers against the then-ongoing surrogacy track where viewers claimed that Pakhi was shown becoming a surrogate mother through an illegal procedure.[7]
Casting
In May 2023, Aishwarya Sharma Bhatt, who portrayed one of the key characters Patralekha, quit the series "to explore new opportunities" after a period of 2.5 years.[8][9]
In May 2023, it was confirmed that the show was taking a generation leap and thus all the cast would be making their exit from the show except Kishori Shahane, Bharati Patil and Shailesh Datar who would remain on the show in a lesser capacity. Their roles ended in the show in January 2024 due to the track revolving around Savi and Ishaan's wedding which resulted in their characters' deaths.[10][11][12]Shakti Arora, Bhavika Sharma & Sumit Singh were finalised to play the lead roles as Ishaan, Savi & Reeva post leap.[13] Sumit Singh's character was initially named Sharvari in pre-production phase, later it being transformed to Reeva.[14]
Sharma, Arora and Singh at Star Parivaar Awards 2023
Shakti Arora also revealed that he was approached initially to play the role of Virat Chavan which he declined due to budget issues.[15] Arora on joining the show said, "I treat every show like it is my debut show; excitement and jitters go hand in hand with every new show I venture in."[16]Bhavika Sharma, on the other hand, said, "I am very excited and grateful, but at the same time nervous because ‘Ghum Hain Kisikey Pyaar Meiin’ already holds a legacy with itself; The show has set a benchmark, and we really hope to reach that height. We have mixed emotions with a touch of nervousness and happiness."[17] In June 2024, after another leap of 7 years, Hitesh Bharadwaj replaced Shakti Arora as the lead actor.[18]
Development
The filming of the series began in September 2020.[19] Mainly filmed in Mumbai, some initial sequences of the series were shot at Nashik.[20]
In March 2021, the filming was halted for a few days when Neil Bhatt and a crew member tested positive for COVID-19 virus, leading to a change in the track.[21]
On 13 April 2021, Chief Minister of Maharashtra announced a curfew from 15 April. On 16 and 17 April, the team shifted filming to Goa for a few weeks until the government issued a confirmation to resume shooting in Mumbai.[22]
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Uddhav Thackeray announced that shooting of all shows must halt within all parts of urban and rural Maharashtra. Hence, Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin producers moved to Goa and were permitted by the government to only shoot indoors, inside their bio-bubble.[23] Everything proceeded as planned, but in May 2021 the producers shot a scene at Goa Fort, violating the regulations.[24]
In May 2024 it was rumored that show would take a 10 year leap but then it was announced that it has been cancelled.[25][26][27] In June 2024, it was confirmed that show was indeed taking a leap and that the entire Bhosale family would exit including leads Shakti Arora and Sumit Singh.[28][29]
Filming
A massive fire broke out on the sets of the show located in Goregaon Film City on 10 March 2023[30] around 4:30 pm.[31] It was reported that nearly 2000 people were present when the accident took place. Earlier reported to be fire from a cylinder blast[32][33] later reports claimed that a short circuit happened due to a technical failure in a scheduled fire sequence.[34][35] No casualties were reported however it was reported that whole set has been burnt down to ashes and the fire even reached the neighboring sets of Ajooni and Teri Meri Doriyaann.[36][37][38]
Release
The first promo of the series was released on 12 September 2020 featuring then-leads Ayesha Singh and Neil Bhatt. The promo was released on 1 October 2020 and featured veteran actress Rekha promoting the series.[39] The following promo released before premiere featured Deepika Singh in her character Sandhya Rathi from Diya Aur Baati Hum to promote the series.[40]
On 4 August 2021, Rekha again made an appearance in a teaser to promote the track of Sai and Virat's outdoor trip as well as Samrat's return in the series.[41][42] On 23 June 2023, Rekha again made another appearance to promote the generation leap.[43]
Crossovers
On 17 April 2024, Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin aired one hour Ram Navami special episode wherein Imlie Reddy, Surya and Indira from Imlie attended the celebrations.[44]
On 27 May 2024, Udne Ki Aasha had a crossover with Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin.[45]
On 9 September 2024, Maati Se Bandhi Dor had a crossover with Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin on account of Ganesh Chaturthi special.[46]
The cast of Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin participated as a team in the musical game show Ravivaar With Star Parivaar.[47] It competed with the teams of Star Plus's other shows.[48]Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin emerged as the 4th runner-up of the show.[49]
Pradeep Kumar Rajesh Ram Singh Pia Bajpiee Shaika Parween
The title song "Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin" is a remake of the song "Ghum Hai Kisi ke Pyar Mein" from the 1972 film Raampur Ka Lakshman, originally composed by R.D. Burman, written by Majrooh Sultanpuri and sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Kishore Kumar. The song was recreated for the series, with the music composed by Dhruv Dhalla.[50]
