Saath Nibhaana Saathiya () is an Indian Hindi-language television series produced by Rashmi Sharma under Rashmi Sharma Telefilms. It premiered on 3 May 2010 on StarPlus and became one of the longest-running Indian television series. The series starred Giaa Manek (later replaced by Devoleena Bhattacharjee), Rucha Hasabnis, Rupal Patel, Mohammad Nazim, Vishal Singh, and Loveleen Kaur Sasan.
The series follows the lives of the members of the Modi family, exploring the morals and values of a typical Gujarati joint family. Initially, it focuses on cousins Gopi and Rashi and their lives in the Modi house after marrying the Modis' sons, Ahem and Jigar, respectively. After a time leap, the series focuses on Gopi's daughters, Meera and Vidya. A further leap focuses on Ramakant, Gopi's son, and Sita. The storyline includes multiple time leaps: one year in June 2013, eight years in February 2014, ten years in February 2015, four years in May 2016, and three months in March 2017. The series ended on 24 July 2017, completing 2,182 episodes.
The second season of the series, Saath Nibhaana Saathiya 2, premiered on 19 October 2020 on StarPlus, featuring Devoleena Bhattacharjee, Rupal Patel, and Mohammad Nazim in cameo roles, and starring Sneha Jain and Harsh Nagar.
Plot Gopi is an orphan who lives with her aunt Urmila Shah, uncle Jeetu Shah, and cousin Rashi in a chawl, having been estranged from her parents at a young age. Urmila and Rashi torment and humiliate Gopi, making her do all the household chores. Urmila keeps Gopi uneducated, viewing her as a burden. Kokila Modi, belonging to an affluent Gujarati family from Rajkot, decides to have her son Ahem Modi marry Gopi, though he is already in a relationship with Anita. Kokila forces Ahem to break up with Anita, and her brother Umang vows revenge.
Urmila and Rashi plot to have Rashi marry Jigar, Ahem's younger cousin, by creating doubts in the mind of his fiancée Sonal. Soon, Ahem marries Gopi and Jigar marries Rashi.
Initially, Gopi faces many hardships in the Modi household, as Kokila is strict and Ahem rejects her due to her illiteracy. Rashi, aided by Urmila, continues to plot against Gopi to gain influence in the household. Ahem's sister Kinjal is married to Urmila's nephew Dhaval after being deceived by Umang. Over time, Kokila grows closer to Gopi but does not support her desire to study. Eventually, Ahem accepts Gopi and helps her pursue her education. Gopi becomes confident and earns the family's respect. Rashi's schemes are exposed, leading to her temporary expulsion, but she is later forgiven after showing remorse.
Eight years later, Gopi gives birth to a daughter, Meera, while Rashi has twin sons, Sahir and Samar. Gopi's parents, Madhu and Jayantilal, along with her sister Radha, return. Radha marries Umang, who is later murdered by his first wife Tripti. Tripti falsely implicates Gopi, and Radha turns against her. However, Kokila, Gopi, and Rashi expose Tripti, who is imprisoned. Gopi later becomes pregnant again.
Radha plots against Gopi and causes an accident during a picnic, resulting in Meera falling into a river. Believed to be dead, Meera's loss devastates the family. Kokila and Ahem blame Gopi, who leaves the Modi house while pregnant.
Gopi raises her second daughter, Vidya, alone. Kokila arranges Ahem's marriage to Radha. On the wedding day, Rashi reunites Gopi and Ahem, and Vidya is revealed to be their daughter. It is discovered that Meera is alive but was raised in a temple under difficult conditions. Gopi and Ahem reunite, and Radha's crimes are exposed. Radha and Tripti are imprisoned.
Rashi's cousin Paridhi enters the Modi house. Rashi sacrifices her life to save Gopi, leaving Jigar devastated. He later marries Paridhi under family pressure. Radha returns, manipulates Jigar, and gives birth to a daughter named after Rashi. When Radha threatens the child, realizing she will never reform, Gopi kills her by stabbing with a Trishul 20 times in self-defence and is sentenced to 14 years in prison.
Ten years later Gopi is released early from prison. She learns that Kokila lives separately and that Ahem has distanced himself from the family. He lives in Mumbai with Meera and Vidya, along with Mansi Raheja. Relationships within the family are strained.
Gopi, Kokila, and Jigar reunite with Ahem and his daughters. Vidya is kind, while Meera has grown rebellious. Eventually, the family reconciles. Vidya marries Shravan, while Meera is forced into marriage with Dharam due to a conspiracy by Gaura, who seeks revenge against Kokila. Various conflicts unfold, including kidnappings, impersonation, and revenge plots. Gaura is eventually exposed and arrested.
Ahem later dies in a car accident, leaving the family devastated.
Five years later, Gopi becomes withdrawn after Ahem's death. Family divisions deepen, with members living separately. Vidya has a daughter, while Meera faces personal struggles. Kokila arranges Gopi's marriage to Krishna Raheja, who later reveals malicious intentions. Gopi eventually divorces him and marries Jaggi, Ahem's lookalike, who loves her.
It is later revealed that Jaggi is Parag's illegitimate son. Meanwhile, new conspiracies emerge involving Gaura, who returns seeking revenge. She is eventually defeated.
Gopi learns that her biological son, Ramakant, is alive. He grows up spoiled and initially behaves selfishly. He later reforms and marries Sita. Sameera, seeking revenge, attempts to destroy the family but is exposed. The series concludes with Ramakant and Sita's marriage, bringing happiness back to the Modi family.
Cast Main Giaa Manek as Gopi Kapadia Modi: Jayantilal and Madhu's daughter (2010–2012) Devoleena Bhattacharjee replaced Manek ad Gopi Modi (2012–2017) Rucha Hasabnis as Rashi Shah Modi: Jitu and Urmila's daughter (2010–2014) Mohammad Nazim as Ahem Modi: Parag and Kokila's son (2010–2016) Jaggi Modi: Parag and Urvashi's son (2016–2017) Rupal Patel as Kokila Desai Modi – Revati's elder daughter (2010–2017) Vishal Singh as Jigar Modi – Hetal and Chirag's son (2010–2016) Bhavini Purohit as Radha Kapadia Modi – Jayantilal and Madhu's younger daughter (2013–2015) Loveleen Kaur Sasan as Paridhi Mehta Modi – Jay and Veena's daughter (2014–2017) Tanya Sharma as Meera Modi Suryavanshi – Gopi and Ahem's daughter (2015–2017) Mazel Vyas as child Meera "Gauri" Modi (2014–2015) Mahi Bafna / Riti Bafna as baby Meera Modi (2012–2014) Sonam Lamba as Vidya Modi Suryavanshi – Antara's daughter (2015–2017) Palak Panchal as child Vidya Modi (2014–2015) Amar Upadhyay as Dharam Suryavanshi – Gaura's son (2015–2017) Kunal Singh as Shravan Suryavanshi – Dharam and Durga's son (2015–2017) Rohit Suchanti as Ramakant "Ricky" Modi – Gopi and Ahem's son (2017) Shruti Prakash as Sita Modi – Keshavlal's daughter (2017)
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Vandana Vithlani as Urmila Shah – Veena and Baldev's sister (2010–2017) Susheel Johari as Jitu Shah – Madhu's brother (2010–2014) Jyotsna Karyekar as Janko "Baa" Modi – Tolaram's widow (2010–2011) Aparna Kanekar replaced Karyekar as Janko (2011–2016) Neeraj Bharadwaj as Chirag Modi – Tolaram and Janko's elder son (2010–2016) Swati Shah as Hetal Modi – Chirag's wife (2010–2016) Paras Babbar as Sahir "Molu" Modi – Rashi and Jigar's son (2015–2017) Ishant Bhanushali as child Samar (2014–2015) Rashmi Singh as Sonakshi "Sona" Modi - Madhu's adoptive daughter (2015-2017) Ayaan as Jai Modi – Sonakshi and Sahir's twin son (2016–2017) Vihaan as Veeru Modi – Sonakshi and Sahir's twin son (2016–2017) Pratap Hoda as Samar "Tolu" Modi: Rashi and Jigar's son (2015–2017) Eklavya Ahir as child Samar (2014–2015) Uppekha Jain as Monica "Mona" Modi - Samar's wife (2016-2017) Hiteeka Ruchchandran as Jr. Rashi Modi – Radha and Jigar's daughter (2015–2016) Manish Arora as Parag Modi – Tolaram and Janko's younger son (2010–2017) Shagufta Ali as Urvashi Singh - Parag's ex-lover (2016-2017) Ashish Sharma as Dhaval Desai - Baldev's son (2011-2015) Firoza Khan as Kinjal Modi Desai – Kokila and Parag's daughter (2010–2016) Paras Tomar as Prateek "Pappu" Modi – Kinjal and Dhaval's son (2015) Vansh Sayani as child Prateek (2014–2015) Sanjeev Bhatt as Jayantilal Kapadia – Madhu's husband (2013–2014) Jaya Ojha as Madhu Shah Kapadia - Jitu's sister (2013-2016) Vandana Pathak as Gaura Suryavanshi – Karunesh's younger sister (2015–2017) Pubali Sanyal as Durga Suryavanshi – Dharam's first wife (2015–2016) Pratibha Tiwari as Naiya Suryavanshi Agarwal - Dharam and Durga's daughter (2016–2017) Kashvi as Priyal Suryavanshi – Vidya and Shravan's daughter (2016–2017) Harsh Rajput as Prakash Agarwal – Naiya's husband (2016–2017) Ashnoor Kaur as Panna – Sonia's sister; Gopi's little neighbour (2010) Digangana Suryavanshi as Sonia – Panna's sister (2010) Gopi Desai as Revati Desai – Praful, Paresh, Kokila and Jigna's mother (2010–2015) Seema Deshmukh as Jigna Sameer Rajput – Revati's younger daughter (2012–2013) Neeru Agarwal as Mani Chatterjee – Meethi's cousin; Modis' first maid (2011–2012) Beena Bhatt as Meethi Chatterjee – Mani's cousin; Modis' second maid (2012–2016) Iira Soni as Anita Mehta – Umang's sister (2010–2012) Raaj Gopal Iyer as ACP Aman Verma – an evil officer who killed his daughter-in-law and tried to kill Modi family (2013) Akshay Sethi as Umang Mehta – Anita's brother (2010) (Dead) Anas Khan replaces Sethi as Umang Mehta (2010) Pooja Welling as Tripti Umang Mehta – Umang's first wife and murderer (2013–2014) Deepak Dutta as Jay Mehta – Veena's husband; Paridhi's father (2014–2015) Manoj Chandila as Anurag Joshi – Gopi's colleague and obsessive lover; Meera's tutor; Rashi's murderer. (2015) Shresth Kumar as Vivaan Khanna – Paridhi's ex-fiancé (2014–2015) Khalid Siddiqui as Dr. Krishna Raheja – Pramila's son; Mansi's brother; Gopi's doctor and seocnd ex husband (2016) Kajal Pisal as Mansi Raheja – Pramila's daughter; Krishna's sister; Ahem's obsessive lover; Meera and Vidya's foster mother (2015–2016) Utkarsha Naik as Pramila Raheja – Krishna and Mansi's mother (2016) Karan Khandelwal as Sanskar Patel – Meera's ex-lover (2015–2016) Hemakshi Ujjain as Premlata – Kokila's imposter (2016) Anju Tiwari as Chanda – Medha and Jr. Ahem's surrogate mother (2016–2017) Priya Tandon as Sameera Pankaj Jaiswal – Nilesh and Anita's daughter; Ramakant's ex-wife; Pinku's wife (2017) Vishal as Pankaj "Pinku" Jaiswal – Sameera's second husband (2017) Rajesh Puri as Keshavlal "Keshav" Rathod – Bhavani's husband; Sita's father (2017) Priya Marathe as Bhavani Keshavlal Rathod – Keshavlal's second wife; Sita's step-mother; Dharam's obsessive lover (2017) Puneett Chouksey as Karan Kapoor – Dharam's business partner (2017) Nutan Rai as Shanella – Ramakant's ex-lover (2017) Payal Ghosh as Radhika – Jaggi's bride (2016) Siddharth Sen as ACP Ritesh Parmar (2016) Soni Singh as Karishma Shregill – Rashi's colleague (2010) Garima Tiwari as Sonal – Damini's daughter; Jigar's ex-fiancée (2010) Akanksha Juneja as Daksha – Savita's daughter; Jigar's childhood friend (2013) Gurpreet Kaur as Neelam / Kusum – A woman who came in as a maid to create trouble for the Modis (2012)
Guest appearances Actor Character Year(s) Notes Parul Chauhan Ragini Rajvansh 2010 From Sapna Babul Ka... Bidaai Sara Khan Sadhna Rajvansh 2010 Harshad Chopda Anurag Ganguly 2010 From Tere Liye Anupriya Kapoor Tani Ganguly 2010 Hina Khan Akshara Singhania 2012 From Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai Divyanka Tripathi Ishita Raman Bhalla 2014 From Yeh Hai Mohabbatein Shah Rukh Khan Raj Bakshi 2015 To promote Dilwale Kajol Meera Malik 2015 Kriti Sanon Ishita Malik 2015 Varun Dhawan Veer Bakshi 2015
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