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language soap opera which aired on

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from 18 March 2002 to 23 May 2008 during weekday afternoons. The series was produced by

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Overview

Saroj is forced to assume the mantle of the daughter-in-law and give solace to Tilak's mother. She manages to save her life but is devastated at her loss. The adulation, love and total acceptance from each member of the family numbs her so completely that she decides, for the moment, to accept her position as "Pushpa bhabhi".

Cast

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Neha Mehta Neha Mehta is an Indian television actress. She is best known for her role of Anjali Taarak Mehta in India's longest-running sitcom TV serial '' Taarak Mehta Ka Ooltah Chashmah''. She ancestrally belongs to Patan, Gujarat, India but was broug ...

Dolly Sohi Dolly Sohi Dhanowa is an Indian television actress, known for playing the leads in shows like Bhabhi, Kalash. Dolly returned to television with shows like Meri Aashiqui Tum Se Hi and Khoob Ladi Mardaani...Jhansi Ki Rani Filmography Televis ...

as Saroj Tilak Chopra / Amisha Vivek Seth *

Manish Goel Manish Goel is an Indian film and television actor. He was the winner of the reality show ''Welcome – Baazi Mehmaan Nawazi Ki''. Goel made his television debut with ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii''. He also appeared in reality shows like, '' Zara ...

as Tilak Chopra * Bhanujeet Sudan as Nihal * Puneet Sachdev as Vishal (Vishwa) Chopra * Tejal Shah / Mandeep Bhandar as Guddo Chopra * Rakesh Paul /

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as Sukhi Uppal *

Rucha Gujarathi Rucha Gujarathi (born 1982/1983) is an Indian Bollywood, television actress and model. She has acted in several Bollywood movies, soap operas, music albums and reality shows. She also acted as a child artist in several movies. She is best rem ...

as Suhana Seth / Suhana Vishal Chopra / Suhana Dev Thakral * Eijaz Khan as Sohan, Nihal and Dr. Megha's Son *

Gaurav Khanna Gaurav Khanna (born 11 December 1981) is an Indian television actor and model. He is known for his roles of Neil in ''Jeevan Saathi'', Inspector Kavin in ''CID'' and Akshay in '' Tere Bin''. He currently portrays Anuj Kapadia in Star Plus's '' ...

as Bhuvan Sareen (Episode 813 - Episode 832) * Vishal Singh as Dr. Dev Thakral *

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as Kamal Thakral, Dev and Suhana's Son *

Abir Goswami Abir Goswami (21 April 1975 – 31 May 2013) was an Indian actor. He worked in television serials like ''Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki'', ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara'', etc. Television Movies * '' Khakee'' as Photographer * ...

as Bhairav *

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as Advocate Kunal *

Shilpa Shinde Shilpa Shinde (born 28 August 1977) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing Angoori Tiwari in &TV's ''Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai!''. In 2017, she participated in '' Bigg Boss 11'' and emerged as the winner by public votes. Early ...

as Manju Chatterjee (Before Plastic Surgery) (Episode 198 - Episode 383 & Episode 480 - Episode 671) *

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as Manju Chatterjee (After Plastic Surgery) / Meenakshi Chatterjee / Meenakshi Tilak Chopra *

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as Suhana Dev Thakral *

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as Sushma (Sush) Vishal Chopra (Episode 840 - Episode 1022) *

Prachi Shah Prachee Shah Paandya, also known as Prachi Shah, is an Indian actress and Kathak dancer who appears in Hindi films and television. She is known for her roles in television shows like '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'' and '' Ek Shringaar-Swab ...

as Seema *

Gurdeep Kohli Gurdeep Kaur Kohli, also known as Gurdip Punjj is an Indian actress. She is known for her television roles as Hemani Singh in '' Best of Luck Nikki'', Dr. Juhi in ''Sanjivani'', and Bani in ''Kasamh Se''. Early life Gurdip Kaur Kohli is of P ...

as Geetanjali Sabharwal / Geetanjali Dev Thakral *

Nazneen Patel Nazneen Patel is an Indian actress who appeared in Bollywood movies and Indian soap operas. Career Patel made her debut with Indian soap opera, '' Main Aisi Kyunn Hoon'' in 2007. She made her Bollywood debut with the movie ''Good Luck!''. Fi ...

as Dr. Megha * Pooja Bhatia as Rishika Thakral / Rishika Samar Kapoor *

Pariva Pranati Pariva Pranati is an Indian actress who mainly appears in Hindi soap operas. She has acted in''Vaada Raha'', ''With Love, Delhi''. Most recently, she was playing Amrita in the series ''Hamari Sister Didi''. She is currently starring as Vandana ...

as Alpa Seth / Alpa Bhuvan Sareen / Alpa Shubham Chopra *

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as Tilak Chopra * Aashka Goradia as Seema (Episode 342 - Episode 367) *

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as Vivek Seth *

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as Reshma Baldev Chopra * Amit Tandon as Nihal *

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as Tilak Chopra (Episode 452 - Episode 571) *

Rahil Azam Rahil Azam (born 25 September 1981) is an Indian actor and model, who has appeared as Hatim in '' Hatim'', as Nakul in ''CID'', as JD in ''Tu Aashiqui,'' as DSP Anubhav Singh in ''Maddam Sir,'' and as Rahul/Ajinkya in Achanak 37 Saal Baad. Ear ...

Manav Kaul Manav Kaul (born 19 December 1976) is an Indian theatre director, playwright, author, actor and filmmaker. He was nominated for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for his role in the films '' Tumhari Sulu'' (2017) and '' Saina'' (2021 ...

as Rakesh Chopra * Dharmesh Vyas / Dharam Taneja as Kukku Chopra *

Neelu Kohli Neelu Kohli (also Nilu Kohli ) is an Indian film and television actress. She has done many roles in many Indian television series, like Sangam, Mere Angne Mein, Maddam Sir and Choti Sarrdaarni. She is also worked in Hindi films such as House ...

as Nanda Kukku Chopra * Sunny Moza as Rahul * Pulkit Nanavati as Dapinder * Monty Patel as Vicky * Manmeet Chopra as Raju *

Shivshakti Sachdev Shivshakti Sachdev (born 21 May 1993), is an Indian actress who mainly works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2002 with ''Bhabhi'' portraying Mehak Thakral. She is best known for her portrayal of Bebo Narang Malhotra in ''Sabki ...

as Mehak Thakral *

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as Mr. Thakral * Niyati Joshi as Savitri Thakral *

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as Rishika Thakral / Rishika Samar Kapoor * Tarun Khanna as Samar Kapoor *

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as Raj Malhotra / Devansh Mehra (Episode 321 - Episode 383 & Episode 462 - Episode 516) * Arundev Sharma as Veeru (Episode 321-Episode 383) *

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as Shubham Chopra *

Swapnil Joshi Swapnil Joshi (Marathi pronunciation: ʋəpniːl d͡ʒoʃiː is an Indian film and television actor, in Hindi and Marathi languages. At nine years old, he appeared in the Ramanand Sagar show '' Uttar Ramayan''. He has done some of the most su ...

as Dr. Prakash Thakur * Raymon Singh as Sunaina Uppal / Sunaina Rakesh Chopra *

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as Jagdish Uppal * Prakash Ramchandani as Sudarshan * Manish Khanna as Advocate Gandhi * Priyanka Tiwari as Mandira *

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as Roshni Prem Khanna * Puneet Vashisht as Prem Khanna * Hans Dev Sharma Chamman Laal *

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as Radheshyam *

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as Advocate Rathore * Poonam Gulati as Kamini * Nikhil Guharoy as Sunil Saxena *

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as Soni * Yashodhan Rana as Siddharth *

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as Tanakesh * Yusuf Hussain as Dinanath Chopra * Nikhhil R Khera as Sushma's Boyfriend / Fiancée (Episode 880 - Episode 1010) *

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as Varun Badola (Special Appearance) * Sanjay Mitra

Production

playing Saroj quit the series on issues with the production house and

replaced her. Dolly Sohi who quit the series owing her marriage, re-entered the series in January 2007. When Sohi quit, Rucha Gujarati became the lead who also quit in September 2007 when she was to age after a generation leap in story and was replaced by

Jayshree Rao Jayshree may refer to: * Jayshree Arora, Indian actress, dancer * Jayshree Gadkar, Indian Marathi and Hindi film actress * Jayshree Khadilkar, Indian chess player * Jayshree Soni, Indiana actress * Jayshree T., Indian Marathi actress and dancer * ...

. On 17 August 2006, the series had a special wedding episode with cast from few other

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series then attending the wedding sequence.

References

External links

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