CONCEPT & STORY

This is a story about a middle class girl named Kasturi and her struggle to protect her family�s legacy.

The story of her dreams and aspirations which are so closely intertwined with her family. The ambience is pure Delhi. Kasturi�s father has a saree shop in Chandni Chowk. Kasturi is born in a middleclass Punjabi family. She is bright, intelligent, chirpy, bubbly and loves to have Puchkas in Karol bagh right on the street. She is a girl who finds happiness even in the smallest and simplest of things.

The story opens with Kasturi, rushing to the temple early morning - even as the family gets up to the morning chores - to get the priests blessing as her result is about to be declared. Kasturi is humble and polite but innately very strong - who's fighting to forge her own identity.

Remember, Kasturi is not the typical hep, outgoing girl - Her beauty is in her simplicity and her respect for tradition. She is not averse to carrying the Hanuman Chalisa on her maiden job interview. But it is the same discipline and inherent strength that enables her to stand up and fight. Her mother is at par with God for her, as she takes her blessing before the Lord�s.

The family thinks and believes that there is no need for the lady of the house to work but KastUri subtly protests against this idea- as she creates her own mark in this world. The results of the University come out and Kasturi graduates with top honours from the University. Kasturi�s father who was earlier not opposed to her carrying on with her education, suddenly changes his mind as he is afflicted by Engina.

From this juncture starts the real struggle. The family wants her to marry but Kasturi wants to do something in her life. Unknown to the family Kasturi begins to work at a firm. From here the trials and tribulations, the vicissitudes of life begin to emerge through which Kasturi forges her identity.

CAST & CREW

Chawla Family:-

Bauji (S M Zaheer)
He is the head of the family, he is strict & has two sons Vishesh & JP who is addressed as Lalaji by everyone. He believes that his granddaughters should not work. He gets angry when he founds out that Kasturi working.

Beegi (Kanika Shivpuri)
Bauji's wife who considers Kasturi as Ghar Ki Lakshmi.

JP(Jiban Prakash) aka Lalaji (Sanjay Taneja)
Baujii & Beeji�s eldest son he has three daughters-Kasturi, Tannu & Navneet. He runs a saree shop at Chandni Chowk in Delhi & is a heart patient. He disowns Kasturi after she marries Robbie but later forgives her.

Kaushalya Chawla (Rupa Ganguly)
Kasturi�s mother, she is very supportive & have always stood by her husband in bad times. She is a great pillar strength for Kasturi.

Kasturi Chawla (Shubhangi Atre)
Born in a middle class Punjabi family, Kasturi is a graduate. She is bright, intelligent, chirpy, bubbly & loves to have Puchkas in Koral Bagh right on the street. She is a girl who finds happiness even in smallest & simplest of things. She is also an ambitious person in life but doesnot forget her traditions. To get money for her father�s treatment she starts working at Sabharwal company as Robbie's secretory with whom she falls in love but marries Raunak. She marries Robbie to take revenge as she thinks he killed Raunak but falls for him.

Tannu Chawla (Madhurima Tuli)
Kasturi�s sister who dreams big. She is in love with Ariv but marries Vikas but eventually falls in love with him.

Navneet Chawla (Sai)
Kasturi�s other sister who is a tomboy.

Vishesh Chawla (Raja Sevak)
Lalaji�s brother married to Alka & has four sons out of which Ajay is the eldest & other one is Tiku.

Alka Chawla (Priya Arya)
Vishesh�s wife whose main grouse is that the family business is controlled by JP's family. Having come from a rich family Alka wants to control the family & have a say in everything. She can�t bear to see Kasturi in love with a rich guy & leaves no stone unturned to put JP's family down.

Ajay Chawla (Prabhat Bhattacharya)
Vishesh & Alka�s eldest son who gets married to Pooja. He loves her sister Kasturi alot. He is the only one earning in the family.

Pooja Chawla (Amita Chandekar)
Pooja is an ambitious girl. Though she belongs to a middle-class family she dreams big and wants to be in the company of rich people. Her job as Robbie�s secretary was her ticket to mingle with the rich and famous. She has an affair with Robbie's sister's husband Nikhil. She lost the job & holds Kasturi responsible for it. She gets married to Ajay to take revenge from Kasturi.

Tiku Chawla (Tiku Sharda)
Vishesh & Alka�s other son, he always imitates bollywood stars & dresses up like Sunny Deol. He is always saves Kasturi from Alka.

Sabharwal Family:-

Purshotam Sabharwal
Married to Devika, he supports his friend Dushant & his family much to his wife's dislike. He knows Devika very well & is aware that she won't let Kasturi come in Robbie's life.

Devika Sabharwal (Sheeba Chadha)
She wants to throw out Kasturi out of Robbie life & Singhania's out of Sabharwal house & get successful in doing so.

Robbie Sabharwal (Karan Patel)
He is a successful super rockstar who is very arrogant & is sued to always having his way. A complete brat, he doesnot believes in love. He is very attached to her mother Devika Sabharwal & childhood friend Raunak. Initially he use to hate Kasturi but gradually he deeply falls in love with her. He hates Raunak for marrying Kasturi. He proposes Kasturi on Raunak's Chautha.

Alaana Sabharwal (Priti Gupta)
She is besotted by husband Nikhil. She dislikes Kasturi & always tries to put her down in front of others.

Divya Sabharwal
She gets pregnant with her boyfriend Sagar's child & later on does an abortion. She considers Raunak as her brother. On day of Raunak & Kasturi wedding, she tells Robbie the truth about the abortion reports.

Shivani Sabharwal (Mouni Roy)
She was in love with Raunak but on day of marriage she left him as she realized she loved someone else. She loses her mental balance & is admitted in mental asylum by Raunak. She is brought back to home by Devika.

Naina Sabharwal ()
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Ariv Sabharwal()
He finishes his IIT studies & comes back home. He opens a call centre. Ariv & Vikas don't go hand in hand. He hates Vikas as because of him he lost one of his leg in childhood. He is too possessive about Tanu & makes her get married to Vikas for his own selfish reasons. When Tanu falls for Vikas he breaks Vikas's car breaks because of which Vikas gets paralyzed.

Singhania Family:-

Dushant Singhania
Purshotam Sabharwal's best friend & business partner who stays with her family at Sabharwal house.

Nandini Singhania
Dushant's wife who is sweet & caring in nature but is brainwashed against Kasturi by Devika. She starts hating Kasturi & blames her for every mishap in the house.

Raunak Singhania (Jatin Shah)
Dushant & Nandini's son, he is Robbie�s childhood best friend, he is simple & sweet. He understand Robbie better than anyone else in the world. He marries Kasturi to save her reputation but falls in love with her. He dies & late ron returns back in the show. It is revrealed he never loved Kasturi & used her to destroy Robbie.

Navina Singhania ()
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Vikas Singhania ()
He is straightforward & tells what he feels without thinking what the other person standing in front will feel. He falls in love with Tanu whom he gets married to.

Vandy Singhania ()
She is sweet in nature & completely romantic.
Others:-

Mahika (Panchi Bora)
Kasturi�s best friend who wanted to be like Indira Gandhi but got married.

Siya (Sakshi Talwar)
Kasturi�s best friend who when tensed starts doing makeup.

Nikhil (Nikkhil Arya/Salil Ankola)
Alaana's husband, he knows his wife is besotted by him so he conveniently parks himself at his in laws place & lives off them. He is a very demanding boss who dislikes Kasturi & hence gives her lot of grief. He has an extra martial affair with his employee Pooja.

Shakuntala
She is Pooja's mother for whom money is everything. She tells Pooja to marry Ajay as it's her passport to gave an affair with Nikhil. She always supports he rkids in wrong doing.

Girish (Naman Shaw)
Kasturi�s fiance who purposely burns JP's shop for claiming insurance money but after knowing the truth JP cancels the wedding. He falls in love with Drishti & marries her.

Ishita Mital (Garima Bhatnagar)
Robbie childhood friend who is in love with him. She proposes Robbie after Kasturi gets married to Raunak but he refuses her proposal.

Sagar
Divya's boyfriend who choses his career over Divya & leaves her when she gets pregnant with his baby.

Vaid Sigh Srivastav
The man with whom Kasturi family was going to get her married to who was more than JP's age.

Tanya ()
Shivani's friend who gives proof against Raunak to Kasturi. She later accuses Robbie of trapping Raunak but Devika is the mastermind behind all this.

Anjali ()
The head of a music company. She gives Kasturi Palash's address.

Palash (Bharat Arora)
He was a rockstar but then Robbie took over his place. Palash leave the place & didn't touch musical instruments henceforth. He agrees to do concert for Raunak after being insulted by Robbie but later comes to know the real motive behind Robbie act & back's off.

Vishambarnath
He is Kasturi's Mausaji with whose family she stays in Banaras. He runs a saree shop where Kasturi helps him. He is very self respected person who considers Kasturi as his daughter.

Mrs.Vishambarnath
Vishambar's wife. She considers Kasturi like her daughter Drishti.

Drishti
12th pass, she is bubbly; talkative & childish who doesn't know what to speak in front of people. Her marriage gets fixed with Girish. She he falls in love with him. She marries Girish.

Keshav
He is Vishambarnath's nephew who wants to get his house. He does some ghotala in the shop accounts & when he goes to burn the accounts book accidentally the entire shop catches fire.