Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2 ( Because Even a Mother-in-Law Was a Daughter-in-Law Once 2) is an Indian Hindi-language television series premiered on 29 July 2025 on StarPlus and streams digitally on JioHotstar. Produced by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor under Balaji Telefilms Limited, it is a sequel and reboot of the Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Smriti Irani and Amar Upadhyay returned to portray the leads, Tulsi and Mihir Virani.
Following a positive response to the reboot version, a separate storyline featuring Angad and Vrinda, initially as an extension of Kyunki Saas... , was launched and subsequently developed into a standalone spin-off titled Kyunki Rishton Ke Bhi Roop Badalte Hain.
Plot
Twenty-five years later, Tulsi and Mihir celebrate their 38th anniversary with their children Gautam, Shobha and Karan visiting from abroad. Tulsi also raises her late cousin Kesar and Anupam’s children—Angad, Paridhi and Hrithik. Mihir’s aunts Daksha and Gayatri remain fixtures in the family, with Daksha who still love's gossiping about films and Gayatri questioning Hemant’s place in the household.
Paridhi’s relationship with Ranvijay causes trouble when Angad is wrongly arrested for a hit-and-run. Witness Vrinda proves his innocence, while the real culprit, Viren Mehta, is arrested. Mihir’s NRI college friend Noina Sarabhai helps Paridhi marry Ajay after Ranvijay abandons her, but secretly loves Mihir. Paridhi exploits Noina’s feelings to separate Tulsi and Mihir. Ranvijay returns, and Paridhi falsely accuses Ajay’s family of domestic violence, but Tulsi testifies for them. Mitali falls for Angad, while Vrinda is engaged to Ranvijay’s abusive friend Suhas. Angad and Vrinda expose Mitali and Suhas, breaking both alliances. After Mitali blackmails Angad, they elope and are banished from Shanti Niketan.
Noina stages a suicide attempt and manipulates Mihir into spending a night with her. As Kiran pushes Mihir towards divorce, he transfers his property to Tulsi. Meanwhile, maid Manjuri, posing as “Munmun,” falls for Hrithik; Tulsi discovers the truth, sends her to a hostel and sponsors her education. After learning about Mihir and Noina and failing to stop Paridhi and Ranvijay’s marriage, Tulsi leaves Shanti Niketan for Amba’s ancestral home in Anjar.
6 years later Tulsi has established the Bandhej handloom cooperative with poor girls, including designer Vaishnavi. Noina controls Shanti Niketan, while Mihir still longs for Tulsi but keeps Noina at a distance. Paridhi suffers Ranvijay’s abuse, Hrithik remains in an unhappy marriage with Mitali, and Angad and Vrinda live happily with Akshay and Madhavi. Manjuri is now Mumbai’s District Collector. Tulsi returns to Mumbai for an exhibition, reunites with Angad and Vrinda and encounters the Viranis. Dev develops feelings for Vaishnavi, while Mihir pretends to love Noina so Tulsi can move on.
After Tulsi saves Hrithik from suicide, Gayatri apologizes to her. Tulsi discovers the Viranis’ financial crisis and that Shanti Niketan is mortgaged to Prataprai Dhangiri. She also uncovers Ranvijay’s plan to seize Virani Industries through Angad’s shares. At Prataprai’s great-grandson’s wedding, Gayatri asks Tulsi to pretend she and Mihir are still together to gain time to repay the loan. Tulsi agrees for her children and Shanti Niketan, exposes Ranvijay’s betrayal, and the events eventually lead to Dev marrying Prataprai’s granddaughter Saloni.
Tulsi tells the divorce counsellor she wants to end her marriage, but a video proves Mihir and Noina were never intimate. Mitali abducts Timsi, leading to a custody battle that Hrithik wins. Gautam takes responsibility for Damini’s accident to protect Nakul. Noina falsely claims to have cancer and asks Mihir to marry her. Tulsi brings her home and fulfils her supposed final wishes, but discovers the deception before the wedding and throws her out. Tulsi and Mihir reconcile and remarry, but Mihir leaves for America after a factory fire.
Paridhi accidentally kills Ranvijay and is supported by Ajay. With Aryan’s help, they remarry and eventually move to the US with Sunny and Garima. Meanwhile, Rio, Ansh and Niyati’s son, enters the family and discovers that Ansh was never on the plane believed to have crashed. Niyati regains her memory, while Rio and Parth clash over the family business.
Parth secretly tries to sell Shanti Niketan. When Vaishnavi discovers the deal, he pushes her off a cliff and frames Rio. Rio confronts Parth, who shoots him dead. Nandini discovers Parth’s crime and kills him. Tulsi takes responsibility to protect Nandini and is imprisoned for ten years.
10 years later After her release, Tulsi returns to a fractured Shanti Niketan. Karan rejects her and blames her for Parth’s death, while Gautam remains hostile. Tulsi learns Mihir never returned, reclaims Shanti Niketan, and removes the partition in the house. She supports Vaishnavi against Karan and Gautam, and Nakul marries Vaishnavi. During the wedding, Karan’s business partner Subhash Dasgupta arrives with his wife Tripti, who is also the ex-wife of Sahil. Tripti uses her son Sid’s affair with Samaira to manipulate the Viranis into accepting their marriage.
Tripti reveals she knew the truth about Parth’s death because she was the buyer to whom he was selling Amba Bhawan. Tulsi learns that Tripti murdered Aparna, Subhash's wife, through her driver Shankar, who is also killed by Tripti. Manjuri and Hrithik visit Shanti Niketan, where Manjuri encounters Tripti and feels an inexplicable familiarity.
Tulsi unmasks Anupam Kapadia as the hooded infiltrator and searches for Mandira, unaware she lives in the US with Amar Sanghvi—actually Mihir, whose memory has been erased. As he gets flashes of his past, Mandira suppress them through injections. Anupam wants Mihir and Tulsi to unite and as cracks emerge between him and Mandira, he questions, but is blackmailed by her over saving his life.
Nandini confesses killing Parth, shattering Karan and making him regret his decade-long hatred of Tulsi. He reconciles with Tulsi who advises him not to divorce Nandini. While Mandira is away, Anupam plans to send Mihir to Mumbai as the search for him intensifies from Tulsi's end.
Cast Main Smriti Irani as Tulsi Virani: Owner of Bandhej Co-operative Industries; Matriarch of the Viranis (2025–present) Amar Upadhyay as Mihir Virani: Owner of Govardhan Virani group of Industries; Patriarch of the Viranis (2025–present)
Recurring Achint Kaur as Dr. Mandira 'Mandy' Kapadia: Anupam's sister (2026–present) Aman Verma as Anupam Kapadia: Mandira's brother (2026–present) Sumeet Sachdev as Advocate Gautam "Gomzi" Virani: Tulsi and Mihir's elder son (2026–present) Ravee Gupta as Damini Khanna Virani: Gautam's third wife (2026–present) Daksh Sharma as Nakul Virani: Gautam and Damini's younger son (2026–present) Swati Sharma as Vaishnavi Virani: Tulsi's trusted aide in her business; Parth's widow (2025–present) Ritu Chaudhary as Shobha Virani Choudhary: Tulsi and Mihir's daughter, Abhishek's wife (2025–present) Akashdeep Saigal as: Riyansh "Rio" Virani: Ansh and Niyati's illegitimate son (2026) Ansh Gujral: Tulsi and Mihir's younger son; Niyati's ex-boyfriend; Shraddha and Nandini's late husband (2026) (analepsis appearance) Parakh Madan as Niyati Oberoi Virani: Ansh's ex-girlfriend; Riyansh's mother (2026–present) Hiten Tejwani as Karan Virani: Mandira and Mihir's son (2025–present) Gauri Pradhan as Nandini Thakkar Virani: Karan's wife (2025–present) Sohil Singh Jhuti as Parth Virani: Karan and Nandini's elder son (2025–2026) Nidhiksh Jadav as child Parth Virani (2026) (analepsis appearance) Aanchal Soni as Samaira Virani: Karan and Nandini's daughter; Siddharth's fiance (2026–present) Jia Narigara as teenage Samaira Virani (2025–2026) Azhar J Malik / Abrar Ali as Raunak Virani: Karan and Nandini's younger son (2026) / (2026–present) Samar Birje as child Raunak Virani (2025) Rohit Suchanti as Angad Virani: Anupam and Kesar's elder son (2025–2026) Tanisha Mehta as Vrinda Gokhale Virani: Malti and Parameshwar's daughter (2025–2026) Ansh Saini as Akshay Virani: Angad and Vrinda's son (2025–2026) Swara Kadam as Madhavi Virani: Angad and Vrinda's daughter (2025–2026) Shagun Sharma as Paridhi "Pari" Virani Parekh: Anupam and Kesar's daughter (2025–2026) Adhira Chavan as child Paridhi (2025) Nirvaan Anand as Ajay Parekh: Indira and Naveen's son (2025; 2026) Summit Jaiswal / Tanish Mahendru as Ranvijay "Ran" Singh: Shalini and Paridhi's ex-husband; Garima's father (2025) / (2025–2026) Drashti Bhanushali as Garima "Garu" Parekh: Paridhi and Ranvijay's daughter (2026–present) Kanak Arora as child Garima (2025–2026) Abhiman as Sunny Parekh: Ajay and Anandi's son; Paridhi's stepson (2026) Aman Gandhi / Shubh Karaan Bhopal as Hrithik Virani: Anupam and Kesar's younger son (2025–2026) / (2026) Aditi Sanwal as Mitali "Mits" Sarabhai: Noina's niece (2025–2026) Prachi Singh as DM Manjuri "Munni" Sinha Virani: Virani's ex-maid turned DM; Hrithik's second wife (2025–2026; 2026) Saavi Jain as Timsy Virani: Hrithik and Mitali's daughter; Munni's stepdaughter (2025–2026) Jiten Lalwani as Kiran Virani: Savita and Mansukh's younger son; Mihir's brother; Aarti and Mandira's ex–husband (2025) Ketaki Dave as Daksha Virani: Himmat's wife; Chirag and Suhasi's mother (2025) Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Gayatri Virani: Jamnadas's widow, Hemant and Sejal’s mother (2025–present) Shakti Anand as Advocate Hemant Virani: Jamnadas and Gayatri's son; Pooja's widower; Sahil and Tarun's father (2025–2026) Prachi Kowli as Pooja Singhania Virani: Rajeev's widow; Hemant's wife; Sahil and Tarun's mother (2025; 2026) Sandeep Baswana as Sahil Virani: Hemant and Pooja's elder son; Ganga's second husband; Tripti's second ex husband (2025; 2026–present) Navein Prakash as Dev Virani: Sahil and Ganga's son; Devika's brother; Saloni's husband (2025–2026) Shriya Tiwari as Saloni Dhangiri Virani: Parul and Gaurav's daughter; Dev's wife (2026) Unknown as Devika "Diya" Virani: Sahil and Ganga's daughter; Dev's sister (2025; 2026) Suvarna Jha as Tripti Dasgupta: Sahil's second ex-wife; Subhash's second wife; Siddharth's stepmother (2026–present) Aashish Kaul as Subhash Dasgupta: Aparna's widower; Tripti's third husband; Siddharth's father; Karan's close friend (2026–present) Harshit Joshi as Siddharth "Sid" Dasgupta: Aparna and Subhash's son; Tripti's stepson; Samaira's fiance (2026–present) Unknown as Didi Bhai: Subhash's sister; Siddharth's aunt (2026–present) Unknown as Maharaj: Virani's cook & helper; Tulsi's well wisher (2025–present) Barkha Bisht as Noina Sarabhai: Mihir's college friend, former one sided lover and business partner; Suchitra's sister; Mitali's aunt (2025–2026) Lucky Mehta as Suchitra "Suchu" Sarabhai: Noina's sister; Mitali's mother; Timsy's grandmother (2025–2026) Hemang Palan as Naveen Parekh: Indira's husband; Sandhya, Ajay and Priya's father (2025; 2026) Sanjivani Sathe as Indira Parekh: Naveen's wife; Sandhya, Ajay and Priya's mother (2025; 2026) Shrashti Maheshwari as Sandhya Parekh: Indira and Naveen's elder daughter; Viren's ex-wife (2025; 2026) Ami Joshi as Priya Parekh: Indira and Naveen's younger daughter; Sandhya and Ajay's younger sister (2025; 2026) Bharati Achrekar as Malti Gokhale: Parmeshwar's widow; Nitin and Vrinda's mother (2025–2026) Kunj Anand as Nitin Gokhale: Parmeshwar and Malti's son; Supriya's husband (2025) Bhavna Rokade as Supriya Gokhale: Nitin's wife; Gopu's mother (2025–2026) Saarth Kumar as Gopu Gokhale: Nitin and Supriya's son (2025) Sandeep Patil as Suhas: Ranvijay's friend; Vrinda's ex–fiancé (2025–2026) Pradeep Solanki as Vallabh Bhai: Mihir's personal assistant (2025–2026) Imran Hasnee as Raman: Noina's stalker; Naren's business partner (2025) Ashna Kishore as Shalini: Ranvijay's first ex–wife (2025) Medha Muskan as Ginni: Maid of the Virani's (2025)