''Parvarrish – Kuchh Khattee Kuchh Meethi / Nayi Umar Nayi Chunauti - Parvarrish Agla Padav'' (English: ''Upbringing - Some Sour Some Sweet'' / New Age New Hurdles - Upbringing Next Level), abbreviated as ''Parvarrish'' or ''Parvarish'', is an

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that aired on

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and

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. The show premiered on 21 November 2011 and ended on 14 August 2013. The serial is about two families having different ways of raising their kids. The story focuses on the lives, morals, and rituals of the families. It stars

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and Vishal Singh in lead roles.

Plot summary

''Parvarrish'' primarily revolves around two families who are relatives: the Ahluwalias and the Ahujas. It focuses on the troubles they go through in bringing up their children and the lessons they learn from these experiences. Sweety Ahluwalia (

) is very strict with her children, Rocky and Ginny (

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, Aashika Bhatia), to the point where they get frustrated with her and secretly rebel. Although she constantly scolds them and complains about their studies, she considers them her life. With her supportive husband Lakvir Singh (

), she tries to provide them with the best she can. On the other hand, Sweety's younger sister, Pinky Ahuja (

/ Barkha Bisht Sengupta), wants to take care of her children, Raavi, Raashi and Sunny ( Aanchal Munjal,

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, Rakshit Wahi) by being friends with them. However, her overreacting nature often suffocates her kids and creates problems in the relationship she shares with them. She often finds a supportive friend in her caring and loving husband Jeet ( Vishal Singh).

Cast

; Ahluwalia Family *

as Sweety Kaur Khanna Ahluwalia – Rajesh's elder daughter; Pinky and Lovely's sister; Lucky's wife; Rocky and Ginni's mother.(2011-2013) *

as Lakvinder "Lucky" Singh Ahluwalia – Sweety's husband; Rocky and Ginni's father.(2011-2013) *

as Rakvinder "Rocky" Singh Ahluwalia – Sweety and Lucky's son; Ginni's brother.(2011-2013) * Aashika Bhatia as Gunwant "Ginni" Kaur Ahluwalia – Sweety and Lucky's daughter; Rocky's sister.(2011-2013 * Unkwown as Bebe - Lucky's mother; Sweety's mother in law ; Rocky and Ginni's grandmother ;Ahuja Family *

(Episode 1–343) / Barkha Sengupta (Episode 344–388) as Pinky Kaur Khanna Ahuja – Rajesh's younger daughter; Sweety and Lovely's sister; Jeet's wife; Raavi, Rashi and Sunny's mother.(2011-2013/2013) * Vishal Singh as Jeet Ahuja – Pinky's husband; Raavi, Rashi and Sunny's father.(2011-2013) * Aanchal Munjal as Raavi Ahuja – Pinky and Jeet's elder daughter; Rashi and Sunny's sister.(2011-2013) *

as Rashi Ahuja – Pinky and Jeet's younger daughter; Raavi and Sunny's sister.(2011-2013) * Rakshit Wahi as Sunny Ahuja – Pinky and Jeet's son; Raavi and Rashi's brother.(2011-2013) Khanna Family *

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as Rajesh Singh Khanna – Sweety, Pinky and Lovely's father; Rocky, Ginni, Raavi, Rashi and Sunny's grandfather.(2011-2013) *

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as Lovely Singh Khanna – Rajesh's son; Pinky and Sweety's brother; Dolly's husband(2011-2013) * Namrata Ramsay as Dolly Kaur Khanna – Lovely's wife; Rajesh's daughter in law; Sweety and Pinky's sister in law; Rocky , Ginni, Raavi, Rashi and Sunny's aunt.(2011-2013) Others *

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as Amit Kapoor *

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as Nithin Mehta – Raavi's boyfriend *

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as Senior Mr. Ahluwalia – Lucky's father; Rocky and Ginni's grandfather. * Raanveer Chahal as Vicky * Samara as Aishwarya Soonawaala *

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as Aarav Sengupta * Param Singh as Yudhishthir Sharma (Yudi) – Rocky's friend *

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as Mandira Bharat Sharma, Yudishthir (Yudi)'s mother *

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as Bharat Sharma *

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as Siddarth Mathur *

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as Meera Siddart Mathur *

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as Parminder (Pam) – Ahuja's Neighbor * Eshaan Sahney as Dev Sawhney * Aman Verma as Advocate Raghav Jaitley (RJ) *

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as Monty Singh *

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* Mahip Marwah * Anoop Gautam as Football Coach * Athar Siddiqui as Kapil (Games teacher) *

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as Miss Mini Mehtab (Theater Artist)

Season 2

In May 2015, it was announced that the show would return with a

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. In September 2015, it was announced that actors like

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, Vinay Jain and

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would star in the sequel. The sequel began from 23 November 2015 and ended on July 7, 2016.

Adaptation

The series was remade into

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and telecasted as ''Snehajalakam'' on Surya TV.

Awards and nominations

* Indian Telly Awards 2012 **Best Child Artist (Female) - Aanchal Munjal ** Best Ensemble Cast * ITA 2012 **Best Actress (Jury) -

**Best Serial (Jury) **Best Direction *Kalakr Awards 2013 **Best Actress (Jury) -

* Indian Telly Awards 2013 **Best Actress (Jury) -

References

External links

''Parvarrish's'' website at SET Asia
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