One of the best ensemble casts in recent times, Yeh Hai Mohabbatein team pushed the boundaries with each passing episode. They brought a sense of maturity and experience to the show, while the newcomers Aditi Bhatia, Abhishek Verma, Krishna Mukherjee, Shireen Mirza added a youthful vibe. The show featured some of the most talented veteran actors like Neena Kulkarni, Sudha Chandran, Abhay Bhargava, Kaushal Kapoor and Sumeet Sachdeva among others. Together they also became one of the most loved jodis on television. Patel, who has confessed to being unprofessional and temperamental, turned a new leaf on the show. Giving her company was Karan Patel as the arrogant Raman, who melted like butter in the company of Ishita. While she attempted comedy, it was YHM that made her the star she is today.
Divyanka Tripathi has revealed that she wasn’t offered good roles on TV after her stint in Dulhan as fans associated her with the character. What stood out in Yeh Hai Mohabbatein was the stellar performance by the cast. The show accurately projected the aftermath of such an incident and how it can leave the person depressed and suicidal. A doctor, under the influence of alcohol, wrongly operated on Raman, leaving him in a wheelchair. Another striking storyline was when Raman was left paralysed after being given incorrect medical treatment. It was encouraging to see a daily soap focusing on crimes against women. One of the tracks in the show also had the entire family fighting for Aliya’s (Krishna Mukherjee) rights, when she faced marital rape. More Premium Stories > Yeh Hai Mohabbatein dealt with some sensitive topics. While it’s easy to say that the storyline was dragged on, we have to give due credit to the team for managing to hold the audience, in a time, when most shows cannot run even for three months. Be it the misunderstandings, family members trying to manipulate them against each other, or their arch-nemesis trying to create a rift, the couple faced all the challenges and managed to keep their love strong. Through the course of six years, Raman-Ishita’s journey saw multiple ups and downs. And that’s how the journey of Raman and Ishi maa began. Finding a mother figure in her South Indian neighbour Ishita, she gets her father to remarry. That’s when his young daughter Ruhi (Ruhanika Dhawan) gets Raman and Ishita together. After his wife left him for a rich businessman, Raman lost all faith in love. On the other hand, Raman Bhalla (Patel) was trying hard to bring up his children, after a bitter divorce with Shagun (Anita Hassanandani).
The show opened with Dr Ishita (Tripathi), a dentist, not being able to find a match as she cannot conceive. As the Ekta Kapoor produced Yeh Hai Mohabbatein is set to air its last episode tonight, we decided to revisit the popular drama that launched in December 2013.