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serial, ''

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Plot

The story begins with Mr. Saxena and his five marriageable daughters who are kind, innocent, and gentle and live in

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. A young man from

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named Amrit manages to impress Mr. Saxena's second daughter, Saroj but in reality he is having an affair with a married woman named Sarla. Saroj and Amrit get married. On the same day Saroj's elder sister, Karuna, marries Mr. Saxena's friend's son, Madan. After marriage, Saroj learns of Amrit's affair but keeps it to herself. Saroj is desperate to save her marriage but fails. Though his aunt and brother try to make him realise Saroj's importance, Amrit sends her back to her home in Agra. However, after some time, Amrit and his family start missing Saroj and bring her back thus giving a new lease of life to their marriage. Amrit's mother Kaushalya reveals details of his affair with Sarla to Saroj. She also assaults Saroj and ties her up with ropes. Saroj escapes to find Amrit but walks in on his stabbed dead body. Kaushalya blames Saroj. With help from Vinod and her sisters, Saroj is proved innocent and Sarla's husband is arrested for the murder. Saroj is discovered to be pregnant. While the family plans to get her married to Vinod against both their wishes, Saroj stops the wedding after discovering Vinod and Neelu's relationship. The two are married and the family meet Manthan, Amrit's look-alike, at the wedding.

1 year later

Saroj has been married to Manthan and they are raising their son who they have named Amrit. Madan and Karuna, too, have a son named Rohan. Thus, the story ends on a good note.

Cast

Rakesh Bedi Rakesh Bedi is an Indian film, stage and television actor. He is known for his comic roles in films such as ''Mera Damaad'' and '' Chashme Buddoor'' (1981). He has also appeared in television shows like ''Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi'' (1984), ''Shrimaa ...

as Brijmohan Saxena *

Shafaq Naaz Shafaq Naaz is an Indian television actress and trained Kathak dancer, known for her role of Kunti in ''Mahabharat'' and Mayuri in ''Chidiya Ghar''. She is the sister of actress Falaq Naaz. Career In 2019, Shafaq acted in web series Halala f ...

as Karuna Saxena * Krutika Gaikwad as Kanchan Saxena * Neha Narang as Meenakshi Saxena *

Neha Janpandit Neha Janpandit is an Indian television actress. She debuted on the small screen with '' Woh Rehne Waali Mehlon Ki'' on Sahara One. She also acted in '' Shraddha'', '' Tere Liye'', '' Chhajje Chhajje Ka Pyaar'', ''Shubh Vivah'', '' Rab Se Sohna ...

as Saroj Saxena / Saroj Amrit Nigam *

Eijaz Khan Eijaz Khan (born 28 August 1975) is an Indian film and television actor. He rose to fame by playing the lead roles in Balaji Telefilms serials ''Kkavyanjali'', and '' Kyaa Hoga Nimmo Kaa''. He appeared in the leading role of Raidhan Raj Katara ...

as Amrit Nigam / Manthan *

Vinay Rohrra Vinay Rohrra (born 15 March 1986) is an Indian television actor. He is well-known for playing the lead role of ''Ranbir'' in TV show Ranbir Rano on Zee TV and male lead role of Sharad on Badi Door Se Aaye Hai. Most recently he has played Madh ...

as Vinod Nigam *

Vinny Arora Vinny Arora Dhoopar ( Arora; born 28 June 1991) is an Indian television actress. She started her acting career with '' Kasturi''. She later appeared in ''Kuchh Is Tara'' and ''Aathvaan Vachan''. She went on to portray prominent roles in shows l ...

as Neelu Saxena / Neelu Vinod Nigam * Meenakshi Verma / Tiya Gandwani as Kaushalya Nigam * Priya Ahuja as Shikha Nigam * Yuvraj Malhotra as Bansi * Aashka Goradia as Sarla Awasthi *

Asha Negi Asha Negi (born 23 August 1989) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing Purvi Deshmukh in ''Pavitra Rishta'' and Gauravi Karmarkar in ''Baarish''. In 2010, Negi debuted into television with the role of Madhura in ''Sapnon Se ...

as Seethalakshmi Bai. * Abhishek Duhan as Madan * Sharat Sonu as Chhabban *

Pankaj Berry Pankaj Berry (born 8 January 1956) is an Indian film and television actor. He did his post-graduation from Department of Indian Theatre, Panjab University, Chandigarh where he acted in many theatre productions of the department. His first majo ...

as Mr. Sodhi * Vishavpreet Kaur as Mrs. Sodhi * Amit Dolawat as Amardeep Sodhi * Arav Chowdhary as Mr. Awasthi * Khyaati Khandke Keswani as Advocate Konkona Mukherjee * Rahul Lohani as Gyan * Niyati Joshi as Chachi (Amrit and Kaushalya's landlady) *

Anup Soni Anup Soni (born 30 January 1975) is an Indian actor and anchor. He is an alumnus of the National School of Drama. Soni began his career with roles in television serials such as '' Sea Hawks'' and '' Saaya''. He then took a break from television ...

as Anup Soni

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