Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai (transl. What is this relation called) also known by the initialism YRKKH is an Indian Hindi-language romantic family drama television series that airs on StarPlus and streams on Disney+ Hotstar. It premiered on 12 January 2009 and is the longest running Indian television soap opera. Produced by Rajan Shahi under the banner of Director's Kut Productions, it formerly starred Hina Khan, Karan Mehra, Shivangi Joshi, Mohsin Khan, Pranali Rathod and Harshad Chopda. Currently, it stars Samridhii Shukla and Rohit Purohit (replaced Shehzada Dhami), as the fourth generation leads.

Main cast

• Hina Khan as Akshara Maheshwari Singhania: Rajshri and Vishambhar's daughter; Shaurya's sister; Naitik's wife; Naksh and Naira's mother; Krish Singhania, Kairav and Akshara Sharma's grandmother; Abhir and Abhira's great-grandmother (2009–2016)
• Karan Mehra / Vishal Singh as Naitik Singhania: Gayatri Singhania and Rajshekhar's son; Devyani's step-son; Rashmi's brother; Naman and Muskaan Awasthi's step-brother; Akshara Singhania's widower; Naksh and Naira's father; Krish Singhania, Kairav and Akshara Sharma's grandfather; Abhir and Abhira's great-grandfather (2009–2016) / (2016–2018)
  • Yash Pandey as Child Naitik Singhania (2012)
• Shivangi Joshi as
  • Naira Singhania Goenka: Akshara Singhania and Naitik's daughter; Naksh's sister; Kartik's first wife; Kairav and Akshara Sharma's mother; Abhir and Abhira's grandmother (2016–2021)
    • Ashnoor Kaur as Child Naira Singhania (2015–2016)
    • Mishka Jain as Baby Naira Singhania (2015)
  • Sirat Shekhawat Goenka: Naira's look-alike; Sheela's daughter; Mukesh's step-daughter; Sonu's half-sister; Ranveer Chauhan's widow; Kartik's second wife; Aarohi's mother; Kairav and Akshara Sharma's step-mother; Ruhi's grandmother; Abhir and Abhira's step-grandmother (2021)
    • Drashti Bhanushali as Child Sirat Shekhawat (2021)
• Mohsin Khan as Kartik "Kittu" Goenka: Soumya and Manish's son; Swarna's step-son; Keerti's brother; Shubham's half-brother; Naira's widower; Sirat's second husband; Kairav, Akshara Sharma and Aarohi's father; Abhir, Ruhi and Abhira's grandfather (2016–2021)
  • Vedant Pandya as Child Kartik Goenka (2021)
• Pranali Rathod / Preeti Amin as Advocate Akshara "Akshu" Goenka Sharma: Naira and Kartik's daughter; Sirat's step-daughter; Kairav's sister; Aarohi's half-sister; Abhinav's widow; Abhimanyu's ex-wife; Abhir and Abhira's mother (2021–2023) / (2023)
  • Prachi Thakur as Child Akshara Goenka (2021)
  • Kairav Waghela as Baby Akshara Goenka (2020–2021)
• Harshad Chopda as Dr. Abhimanyu "Abhi" Birla: Manjari and Harshvardhan's son; Neil's half-brother; Akshara Sharma's ex-husband; Aarohi's ex-fiancé; Abhir's father; Ruhi's foster father (2021–2023)
  • Het Makwana as Child Abhimanyu Birla (2022)
• Samridhii Shukla as Advocate Abhira Sharma Poddar: Akshara Sharma and Abhinav's daughter; Abhir's half-sister; Armaan's wife (2023–present)
• Shehzada Dhami / Rohit Purohit as Advocate Armaan Poddar: Madhav and Shivani's son; Vidya's step-son; Rohit's half-brother; Abhira's husband; Ruhi's ex-fiancé (2023–2024) / (2024–present)
  • Pratyaksh Vardhan Singh as Child Armaan Poddar (2023)

Character	Generations
	1 (2009–2016)	2 (2016–2021)	3 (2021–2023)	4 (2023–present)
Akshara Maheshwari Singhania	Main	Recurring
Naitik Singhania	Main	Recurring
Naira Singhania Goenka	Recurring	Main
Kartik "Kittu" Goenka		Main
Akshara "Akshu" Goenka Sharma		Recurring	Main	Guest
Dr. Abhimanyu "Abhi" Birla			Main
Abhira Sharma Poddar				Main
Armaan Poddar				Main

Recurring cast

• Pratiksha Honmukhe / Garvita Sadhwani as Ruhi "Rooh" Birla Poddar: Aarohi and Neil's daughter; Abhimanyu's foster daughter; Rohit's widow; Armaan's ex-fiancée and one-sided obsessive lover (2023–2024) / (2024–present)
  • Hera Mishra as Child Ruhi Birla (2023)
• Shivam Khajuria as Advocate Rohit Poddar: Vidya and Madhav's son; Armaan's half-brother; Ruhi's husband (2023)
  • Shivaan as Child Rohit Poddar (2023)
• Anita Raj as Kaveri Poddar: Matriarch of Poddar family; CEO of Poddar & Poddar Associates; Madhav, Kajal and Manoj's mother; Armaan, Rohit, Charu, Krish Bansal, Kiara and Aryan's grandmother (2023–present)
• Shruti Ulfat as Vidya Poddar: Madhav's second wife; Rohit's mother; Armaan's step-mother (2023–present)
• Sandeep Rajora as Inspector Madhav Poddar: Kaveri Poddar's elder son; Kajal and Manoj's brother; Shivani's widower; Vidya's husband; Armaan and Rohit's father (2023–present)
• Sikandar Kharbanda as Advocate Manoj "Mannu" Poddar: Kaveri Poddar's younger son; Madhav and Kajal's brother; Manisha's husband; Kiara and Aryan's father (2023–present)
• Shruti Rawat as Manisha "Meenu" Poddar: Manoj's wife; Kiara and Aryan's mother (2023–present)
• Preeti Puri as Kajal Poddar Bansal: Kaveri Poddar's daughter; Madhav and Manoj's sister; Sanjay's wife; Charu and Krish Bansal's mother (2023–present)
• Siddharth Vasudev as Advocate Sanjay Bansal: Kajal's husband; Charu and Krish Bansal's father (2023–present)
• Rishabh Jaiswal as Krish Bansal: Kajal and Sanjay's son; Charu's brother (2023–present)
• Saloni Sandhu as Charu Bansal: Kajal and Sanjay's daughter; Krish Bansal's sister; Dev's former employee and former love-interest (2023–present)
• Sharon Varma as Kiara Poddar: Manisha and Manoj's daughter; Aryan's sister (2023–present)
• Manthan Setia as Aryan Poddar: Manisha and Manoj's son; Kiara's brother (2023–present)
• Vineet Raina as Advocate Dev Shekhawat: Abhira and Charu's former boss; Charu's former love-interest; Sanjana's ex-husband (2024)
• Jay Soni as Abhinav Sharma: Muskaan Goenka's foster brother; Akshara Sharma's second husband; Abhira's father; Abhir's step-father (2022–2023)
• Karishma Sawant as Dr. Aarohi "Aaru" Goenka Birla: Sirat and Kartik's daughter; Kairav and Akshara Sharma's half-sister; Abhimanyu's ex-fiancée; Neil's widow; Ruhi's mother (2021–2023)
• Paras Priyadarshan as Neil Birla: Avni and Harshvardhan's son; Manjari's step-son; Abhimanyu's half-brother; Aarohi's husband; Ruhi's father (2021–2022)
• Shreyansh Kaurav as Abhir Birla: Akshara Sharma and Abhimanyu's son; Abhinav's step-son; Abhira's half-brother (2023)
• Mayank Arora / Abeer Singh Godhwani as Kairav Goenka: Naira and Kartik's son; Sirat's stepson; Akshara Sharma's brother; Aarohi's half-brother; Muskaan Goenka's husband; Anisha's ex-fiancé (2021–2022) / (2023)
  • Shaurya Shah / Tanmay Shah / Aarambh Trehan as Child Kairav Goenka (2019) / (2019–2020) / (2020–2021)
  • Krishiv Mutha as Baby Kairav Goenka (2019)
• Shambhavi Singh as Muskaan Goenka: Neelima's granddaughter; Abhinav's foster sister; Kairav's wife (2023)
• Parul Chauhan / Niyati Joshi as Swarna Goenka: Matriarch of Goenka family; Manish's second wife; Shubham's mother; Keerti and Kartik's step-mother; Krish Singhania, Kairav, Akshara Sharma and Aarohi's step-grandmother; Abhir, Ruhi and Abhira's step-great-grandmother (2016–2019) / (2019–present)
• Sachin Tyagi as Manish Goenka: Suhasini and Kamal's elder son; Akhilesh's brother; Saumya's widower; Swarna's husband; Keerti, Kartik and Shubham's father; Krish Singhania, Kairav, Akshara Sharma and Aarohi's grandfather; Abhir, Ruhi and Abhira's great-grandfather (2016–present)
• Nupur Joshi as Soumya Goenka: Priyanka's sister; Manish's first wife; Keerti and Kartik's mother; Krish Singhania, Kairav, Akshara Sharma and Aarohi's grandmother; Abhir, Ruhi and Abhira's great-grandmother (2017)
• Shilpa Raizada / Saee Barve as Surekha Goenka: Akhilesh's wife; Mansi, Luv and Kush's mother (2016–2021) / (2023–present)
• Sharan Anandani as Vansh Goenka: Gayatri Deora and Vivaan's son; Samarth's step-son; Vatsal's half-brother (2021–2022)
  • Maaz Champ / Siddharth Dubey as Child Vansh Goenka (2019–2020) / (2020–2021)
• Swati Chitnis as Suhasini "Mimi" Ajmera Goenka: Former Matriarch of Goenka family; Tejaswini and Purushottam's sister; Kamal's widow; Manish and Akhilesh's mother; Kartik, Keerti, Shubham, Mansi, Luv and Kush's grandmother; Krish Singhania, Kairav, Akshara Sharma and Aarohi's great-grandmother; Abhir, Ruhi and Abhira's great-great-grandmother (2016–2023)
• Nupur Joshi as Soumya Goenka: Priyanka's sister; Manish's first wife; Kartik and Keerti's mother; Krish Singhania, Kairav, Akshara Sharma and Aarohi's grandmother; Abhir, Ruhi and Abhira's great-grandmother (2017)
• Ali Hassan as Akhilesh "Akhil / AG" Goenka: Suhasini and Kamal's younger son; Manish's brother; Surekha's husband; Mansi, Luv and Kush's father (2016–2022)
• Farida Dadi as Neelima: Akshara Sharma and Abhinav's neighbour; Muskaan Goenka's grandmother; Abhinav's foster grandmother; Abhir and Abhira's foster great-grandmother (2023)
• Kanchi Singh / Deblina Chatterjee / Simran Khanna as Gayatri "Gayu" Deora: Rashmi and Nikhil's daughter; Sameer's step-daughter; Vivaan's ex-lover; Samarth's ex-wife; Vansh and Vatsal's mother (2016–2017) / (2018–2019) / (2019–2021)
  • Payal Bhojwani as Child Gayatri Deora (2015–2016)
  • Zenia Shastiker as Baby Gayatri Deora (2014–2015)
• Devaj Bhanushali as Vatsal Goenka: Gayatri Deora and Samarth's son; Vansh's half-brother (2020)
• Anmol Jyotir as Luv Goenka: Surekha and Akhilesh's elder twin son; Mansi's younger and Kush's twin brother (2020–2021)
  • Shreshth Saxena as Child Luv Goenka (2016–2019)
• Apoorv Jyotir as Kush Goenka: Surekha and Akhilesh's younger twin son; Mansi's younger and Luv's twin brother (2020-2021)
  • Shubh Saxena as Child Kush Goenka (2016–2019)
• Gaurav Wadhwa as Shubham Goenka: Manish and Swarna's son; Keerti and Kartik's half-brother; Suhana's ex-fiancé (2017–2018)
• Samir Onkar as Samarth Goenka: Avdhesh's son; Gayatri Deora's ex-husband; Vatsal's father; Vansh's step-father (2018–2020)
  • Vansh Sayani as Child Samarth Goenka (2018)
• Kritika Sharma as Suhana: A con woman; Shubham's ex-fiancée (2017–2018)
• Preyal Shah as Reem: Akshara Sharma and Abhimanyu's wedding planner; Vansh's love-interest (2021–2022)
• Ami Trivedi as Manjari Birla: Mahima's sister; Harshvardhan's wife; Abhimanyu's mother; Neil's step-mother; Abhir's grandmother; Ruhi's step-grandmother (2021–2023)
• Vinay Jain as Dr. Harshvardhan "Harsh" Birla: Anandvardhan's brother; Manjari's husband; Abhimanyu and Neil's father; Abhir and Ruhi's grandfather (2021–2023)
• Pragati Mehra as Dr. Mahima Birla: Manjari's sister; Anandvardhan's wife; Parth, Anisha and Nishtha's mother; Shivansh's grandmother (2021–2023)
• Ashish Nayyar as Dr. Anandvardhan "Anand" Birla: Harshvardhan's brother; Mahima's husband; Parth, Anisha and Nishtha's father; Shivansh's grandfather (2021–2023)
• Neeraj Goswami as Dr. Parth Birla: Mahima and Anandvardhan's son; Anisha and Nishtha's brother; Shefali's husband; Shivansh's father (2021–2023)
• Sehrish Ali / Nisha Nagpal as Shefali Birla: Parth's wife; Shivansh's mother (2021) / (2021–2023)
• Nirbhay Thakur as Shivansh "Shivu" Birla: Parth and Shefali's son (2023)
  • Orrish Arora as Baby Shivansh Birla (2022–2023)
• Kashish Rai as Anisha Birla: Mahima and Anandvardhan's elder daughter; Parth and Nishtha's sister; Kairav's ex-fiancée (2022)
• Niharika Chouksey / Nancy Roy as Nishtha Birla: Mahima and Anandvardhan's younger daughter; Parth and Anisha's sister (2021–2022) / (2022–2023)
• Pankaj Bijlani as Dr. Rohan Shah: Doctor at Birla Hospital and Medical Institute; Abhimanyu's best friend (2021–2023)
• Mrunal Jain as Dr. Kunal Khera: Abhimanyu's physiotherapist; Maya's brother (2022)
• Navika Kotia as:
  • Maya "Mau" Khera: Kunal's sister (2022)
  • Prerna "Chikki" Singhania: Singhania's adoptive daughter (2013–2014)
    • Reem Shaikh as Child Prerana Singhania (2012)
• Medha Jambotakar as Kaveri Singhania: Mahendra's widow; Nandini's mother; Anmol's grandmother; Yash's adoptive grandmother (2009–2021)
• Sanjay Gandhi / Abhijeet Lahiri as Mahendra Pratap Singhania: Patriarch of Singhania family; Parvati and Rajshekhar's brother; Kaveri Singhania's husband; Nandini's father; Anmol's grandfather; Yash's adoptive grandfather (2009–2010) / (2010–2015)
• Sandeep Mehta as Rajshekhar "Raj" Singhania: Mahendra and Parvati's brother; Gayatri Singhania's widower; Devyani's second husband; Naitik and Rashmi's father; Naman and Muskaan Awasthi's step-father; Naksh, Gayatri Deora and Naira's grandfather; Mishti's step-grandfather; Krish Singhania, Vansh, Kairav, Vatsal and Akshara Sharma's great-grandfather; Abhir and Abhira's great-great-grandfather (2009–2018)
• Sonali Verma as Gayatri Singhania: Rajshekhar's first wife; Naitik and Rashmi's mother; Naksh, Gayatri Deora and Naira's grandmother; Krish Singhania, Vansh, Kairav, Vatsal and Akshara Sharma's great-grandmother; Abhir and Abhira's great-great-grandmother (2009–2013)
• Kshitee Jog as Dr. Devyani Singhania: Suresh's ex-wife; Rajshekar's second wife; Naman and Muskaan Awasthi's mother; Naitik and Rashmi's step-mother; Mishti's grandmother; Naksh, Gayatri Deora and Naira's step-grandmother; Krish Singhania, Vansh, Kairav, Vatsal and Akshara Sharma's step-great-grandmother; Abhir and Abhira's step-great-great-grandmother (2014–2021)
• Rohan Mehra / Rishi Dev / Shehzad Sheikh as Naksh "Duggu" Singhania: Akshara Singhania and Naitik's son; Naira's brother; Tara's ex-fiancé; Keerti's second husband; Krish Singhania's father (2015–2016) / (2016–2018) / (2019–2021)
  • Shivansh Kotia as Child Naksh Singhania (2012–2015)
  • Harsh / Bani as Baby Naksh Singhania (2012)
• Mohena Singh / Harsha Khandeparkar as Keerti Goenka Singhania: Manish and Soumya's daughter; Swarna's step-daughter; Kartik's sister; Shubham's half-sister; Aditya's ex-wife; Naksh's wife; Krish Singhania's mother (2016–2019) / (2020–2021)
• Saksham Vasu as Krish Singhania: Naksh and Keerti's son (2020–2021)
  • Dwiti Gajera as Baby Krish Singhania (2019)
• Neha Saroopa as Rashmi Singhania Desai: Gayatri Singhania and Rajshekar's daughter; Devyani's step-daughter; Naitik's sister; Naman and Muskaan Awasthi's step-sister; Nikhil's ex-wife; Sameer's wife; Gayatri Deora's mother; Vansh and Vatsal's grandmother (2009-2016)
• Mazher Sayed as Sameer Desai: Rashmi's second husband; Gayatri Deora's step-father; Vansh and Vatsal's step-grandfather (2015–2016)
• Anshul Pandey as Naman Agrawal: Devyani and Suresh's son; Rajshekhar's step-son; Muskaan Awasthi's brother; Naitik and Rashmi's step-brother; Karishma's ex-husband; Mishti's estranged father (2014–2016)
• Priyanka Udhwani as Karishma Agrawal: Naman's ex-wife; Mishti's estranged mother (2014–2017)
• Rhea Sharma as Mishti Agrawal: Karishma and Naman's estranged daughter; Rajshri and Vishambar's foster daughter (2019)
  • Aarna Sharma as Child and teenaged Mishti Agrawal (2015–2017; 2019)
• Zarina Roshan Khan as Muskaan Agrawal Awasthi: Devyani and Suresh's daughter; Rajshekhar's step-daughter; Naman's sister; Naitik and Rashmi's stepsister; Alok's wife (2014–2015)
• Amit Dolawat as Alok Awasthi: Akshara Singhania's college-mate and former admirer; Muskaan Awasthi's husband (2009; 2014–2015)
• Pooran Kiri as Suresh Agrawal: Devyani's ex-husband; Naman and Muskaan Awasthi's father; Mishti's grandfather (2014–2015)
• Shravani Goswami as Rama Deora: Rajendra's wife; Nikhil's mother; Gayatri Deora's grandmother; Vansh and Vatsal's great-grandmother (2011–2016; 2018–2020)
• Nidhi Uttam as Nandini Singhania Chauhan: Kaveri Singhania and Mahendra's daughter; Mohit's wife; Anmol's mother; Yash's adoptive mother (2009–2019)
• Ayush Agarwal / Shamik Abbas as Mohit Chauhan: Rukmini's son; Koyel's brother; Nandini's husband; Anmol's father; Yash's adoptive father (2009–2015) / (2015–2019)
• Sanchit Sharma as Yash Chauhan: Nandini and Mohit's adopted son; Anmol's adopted brother; Rose's husband (2015–2017)
  • Ansh Kaul as Child Yash Chauhan (2012–2015)
• Sippora Zoutewelle as Rose Wilkins Chauhan: Martha's daughter; Yash's wife (2016)
• Karan Pahwa as Anmol Chauhan: Nandini and Mohit's son; Yash's adopted brother; Mansi's husband (2016; 2018–2019)
  • Atharva Padhye as Child Anmol Chauhan (2015–2016)
• Shreya Sharma / Vaishnavi Rao as Mansi Goenka Chauhan: Surekha and Akhilesh's daughter; Luv and Kush's sister; Anmol's wife (2017) / (2018–2019)
• Urmila Sharma / Sunita Rao as Rukmini Chauhan: Mohit and Koyel's mother; Anmol's grandmother; Yash's adoptive grandmother (2009–2012) / (2012–2019; 2021)
• Trishika Tiwari as Koyel Chauhan: Rukmini's daughter; Mohit's sister (2009–2010)
• Kirti Sually as Parvati Singhania: Mahendra and Rajshekhar's sister (2010–2019)
• Divya Bhatnagar as Gulabo: Singhanias' former househelp (2009–2011)
• Nea Srivastav as Girija: Singhania's househelp (2011–2016)
• Rakesh Deewana as Maharaj: Singhanias' househelp (2009–2014)
• Ashish Kapoor as Nikhil Deora: Rajendra and Rama's son; Rashmi's ex-husband; Gayatri Deora's estranged father; Vansh and Vatsal's estranged grandfather (2011–2013)
• Manoj Jaiswal as Rajendra Deora: Rama's husband; Nikhil's father; Gayatri Deora's grandfather; Vansh and Vatsal's great-grandfather (2011–2013)
• Umang Jain as Nayantara "Tara" Singh Shekhawat: Naksh's ex-fiancée (2015–2016)
• Romit Sharma as Aditya Bansal: Keerti's ex-husband (2017; 2020)
• Lata Sabharwal as Rajshri Goyal Maheshwari: Ramola's daughter; Ratan's sister; Vishambharnath's wife; Shaurya and Akshara Singhania's mother; Ananya, Naksh, Naira and Kuhu's grandmother; Krish Singhania, Kairav and Akshara Sharma's great-grandmother; Abhir and Abhira's great-great-grandmother (2009–2019)
• Sanjeev Seth as Vishambharnath "Vishambhar" Maheshwari: Bhairavi's elder son; Omkarnath's brother; Rajshri's husband; Shaurya and Akshara Singhania's father; Ananya, Naksh, Naira and Kuhu's grandfather; Krish Singhania, Kairav and Akshara Sharma's great-grandfather; Abhir and Abhira's great-great-grandfather (2009–2018)
• Vineeta Malik as Bhairavi Maheshwari: Vishambharnath and Omkarnath's mother; Shaurya, Akshara Singhania and Anshuman's grandmother; Ananya, Naksh, Naira, Nishant and Kuhu's great-granndmother; Krish Singhania, Kairav and Akshara Sharma's great-great-grandmother, Abhira and Abhira's great-great-great grandmother (2009–2018)
• Neelima Taddepalli as Sunaina Maheshwari: Omkarnath's wife; Anshuman's mother; Nishant's grandmother (2009–2018)
• Manu Malik as Omkarnath "Omi" Maheshwari: Bhairavi's younger son; Vishambharnath's brother; Sunaina's husband; Anshuman's father; Nishant's grandfather (2009–2018)
• Ather Habib / Yash Gera as Shaurya Maheshwari: Rajshri and Vishambharnath's son; Akshara Singhania's brother; Varsha's husband; Ananya and Kuhu's father (2009–2013) / (2013–2017)
• Pooja Joshi Arora as Varsha Maheshwari: Sulekha's daughter; Shaurya's wife; Akshara Singhania's best-friend; Ananya's mother; Kuhu's step-mother (2009–2020)
• Aman Sharma / Dheeraj Gumbar as Anshuman "Anshu" Maheshwari: Sunaina and Omkar's son; Jasmeet's husband; Nishant's father (2009–2015) / (2015–2016)
• Shirin Sewani as Jasmeet "Jassi" Kaur Sethi Maheshwari: Sukhwinder and Pammi's daughter; Anshuman's wife; Nishant's mother (2013-2018)
• Akshaya Naik as Ananya Maheshwari Sharma: Varsha and Shaurya's daughter; Kuhu's half-sister; Ranveer Sharma's wife (2015–2018)
  • Nairtiya Chandola as Child Ananya Maheshwari (2012–2015)
  • Afiya as Baby Ananya Maheshwari (2011–2012)
• Arjun Kohli as Ranveer Sharma: Ananya's husband (2016–2018)
• Kaveri Priyam as Kuhu Maheshwari: Sneha and Shaurya's daughter; Varsha's step-daughter; Ananya's half-sister (2019)
  • Yamini Makwana as Teenage Kuhu Maheshwari (2016–2017)
  • Harbandana Kaur as Child Kuhu Maheshwari (2015–2016)
• Anmol Jyotir as Nishant "Nannu" Maheshwari: Anshuman and Jasmeet's son (2016–2017)
  • Khushmeet Gill as Child Nishant Maheshwari (2015–2016)
• Sunita Rajwar as Dhaniya Singh: Maheshwaris' househelp; Bhola's wife (2009–2012)
• Anand Mani as Bhajinder "Bhola" Singh: Maheshwaris' househelp and foster son; Dhaniya's husband (2009–2012)
• Roshan Khan as Gopi: Bhairavi's close friend and maid; Shaurya, Akshara Singhania and Anshuman's grandmother-figure (2009–2012)
• Amardeep Jha as Shankari Tai: Maheshwari's match maker (2009–2016, 2018)
• Bhuvan Chopra as Ratan Goyal: Ramola's son; Rajshri's brother; Tanu's father (2009)
• Ruma Roma Sengupta as Ramola Goyal: Rajshri and Ratan's mother; Shaurya, Akshara Singhania and Tanu's grandmother; Ananya, Naksh and Naira's great-grandmother; Krish Singhania, Kairav and Akshara Sharma's great-great-grandmother; Abhir and Abhira's great-great-great-grandmother (2009–2011)
• Pragati Chourasiya as Tanu Goyal: Ratan's daughter (2010–2012)
• Charu Asopa as Sneha: Naitik's employee; Kuhu's mother (2010)
• Radhika Vidyasagar as Sulekha: Varsha's mother; Ananya's grandmother; Kuhu's step-grandmother (2009–2011)
• Akansha Kapil as Antara: Naitik's ex-lover; Siddharth's wife (2012)
• Kush Sharma as Siddharth aka Sid: Antara's husband (2012)
• Vaishali Takkar as Sanjana aka Sanju: Naksh's best-friend; Yash's former love-interest (2015-2016)
• Sheetal Tiwari as Sukanya: Naira's friend (2016)
• Tiya Gandwani as Dr. Priyanka: Soumya's sister (2017–2019)
• Varun Toorkey as Rishabh: Naksh and Naira's friend; Naira's one-sided lover (2019)
• Rituraj Singh as Purushottam "Puru" Ajmera: Suhasini's brother; Ila's father (2019)
• Aleya Ghosh as Ila Ajmera: Purushottam's daughter (2019)
• Karan Kundrra as Ranveer Chauhan: Narendranath and Saroj's son; Nidhi's brother; Sirat's first husband (2021)
  • Mayank Padia as Teenage Ranveer Chauhan (2021)
• Shahbaz Khan as Narendranath Chauhan: Saroj's husband; Ranveer Chuahan and Nidhi's father (2021)
• Anjali Gupta as Saroj Chauhan: Narendranath's wife; Ranveer Chauhan and Nidhi's mother (2021)
• Ashwini Shukla as Nidhi Chauhan: Narendranath and Saroj's daughter; Ranveer Chauhan's sister (2021)
• Vrushika Mehta as Dr. Riddhima: Kairav's psychiatrist (2020)
• Suraj Sonik as Fake Abhir Birla (2024)
• Gaurav Sharma as Yuvraj Chaudhary: Jagraj's son; Abhira's stalker and obsessive lover; Akshara Sharma's murderer (2023–2024)
• Ajay Kumar Nain as MLA Jagraj Chaudhary: Yuvraj's father (2023)

Guest appearances

Year	Actor(s)	Appearance
2009	Shubhangi Atre	as Kasturi Chawla Sabharwal	from Kasturi
	Puja Banerjee	as Vrinda Shehrawat	from Tujh Sang Preet Lagai Sajna
	Shweta Tiwari	as Prerna Sharma	from Kasautii Zindagii Kay
	Sara Khan	as Sadhna Rajvansh	from Sapna Babul Ka...Bidaai
	Angad Hasija	as Alekh Rajvansh
	Kinshuk Mahajan	as Ranvir Rajvansh
2010	Anupriya Kapoor	as Taani Banerjee Ganguly	from Tere Liye
	Neha Sargam	as Nivedita Viren Sood	from Chand Chupa Badal Mein
	Pooja Gor	as Pratigya Saxena / Pratigya Krishna Singh Thakur	from Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya
2011	Sanaya Irani	as Khushi Kumari Gupta Raizada	from Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doon?
	Barun Sobti	as Arnav Singh Raizada
	Soumya Seth	as Navya Anant Bajpai	from Navya..Naye Dhadkan Naye Sawaal
	Krystle D'Souza	as Jeevika Chaudhary	from Ek Hazaaron Mein Meri Behna Hai
	Nia Sharma	as Maanvi Chaudhary
	Karan Tacker	as Viren Singh Vadhera
	Kushal Tandon	as Virat Singh Vadhera
2012, 2016	Deepika Singh	as Sandhya Rathi	from Diya Aur Baati Hum
2012	Anas Rashid	as Sooraj Rathi
	Neelu Vaghela	as Santosh Rathi
	Kanika Maheshwari	as Meenakshi Rathi
	Aamir Khan	To promote Satyamev Jayate
2015	Hiba Nawab	as Amaya Mathur	from Tere Sheher Mein
2017	Badshah	for Dance Performance at Kartik and Naira's "Sangeet"
	Shah Rukh Khan and Anushka Sharma	To promote their film Jab Harry Met Sejal
	Akshay Kumar, Bhumi Pednekar and Sana Khan	To promote their film Toilet: Ek Prem Katha
	Alka Yagnik	Special performance for a tribute to Akshara on Naksh-Keerti's "Sangeet"
2018	Adaa Khan	for special dance performance on Valentine's Day
	Supriya Pathak	to promote her show Khichdi
2019	Namit Khanna	to promote their show	from Sanjivani
	Gurdeep Kohli
2021	Pooja Gor	as Pratigya Thakur	from Mann Kee Awaaz Pratigya 2
2022; 2023; 2024	Rupali Ganguly	as Anupamaa Joshi	from Anupamaa
2022	Gaurav Khanna	as Anuj Kapadia
	Sudhanshu Pandey	as Vanraj Shah
	Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty	as Kavya Shah
	Paras Kalnawat	as Samar Shah
	Arvind Vaidya	as Hasmukh Shah
	Nidhi Shah	as Kinjal Dave Shah
	Alpana Buch	as Leela Shah
	Tassnim Sheikh	as Rakhi Dave
	Shekhar Shukla	as Jignesh
	Kumar Sanu	Special performance on Akshara-Abhimanyu's sangeet
2023	Kajol	as Noyonika Sengupta	from The Trial
2023, 2024	Sayli Salunkhe	as Vandana Karmarkar Malhotra	from Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si
2024	Jazlyn Talwani	as Tara Malhotra
	Ankita Sharma	as Vedika Malhotra
	Leena Jumani	as Sonia
	Sheeba Akashdeep Sabir	as Pammi Sood
	Romiit Raaj	as Bobby Sood
	Garvita Sadhwani	as Mrunal Karmarkar Sood
	Bhoomi Trivedi	Special performance on Makar Sankranti