Anupamaa

Anupamaa
Genre	Drama
Developed by	Leena Gangopadhyay
Written by	Bhavna Vyas
Screenplay by	Namita Vartak Zama Habib
Story by	Bhavna Vyas
Directed by	Romesh Kalra
Creative director	Ketaki Walawalkar
Starring	Rupali Ganguly Sudhanshu Pandey Madalsa Sharma Gaurav Khanna Shivam Khajuria Alisha Parveen Khan/>Adrija Roy
Country of origin	India
Original language	Hindi
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	2000
Production
Producers	Rajan Shahi Deepa Shahi Vipin Reshammiya
Cinematography	Gulshan Shah
Camera setup	Multi-camera
Running time	30—34 minutes
Production company	Director's Kut Productions
Release
Original network	StarPlus
Original release	13 July 2020 (2020-07-13) – present
Chronology
Related shows	Aai Kuthe Kay Karte Sreemoyee Anupama: Namaste America Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai
External links
[{{#property:P856}} Website]

Anupamaa is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that premiered on 13 July 2020 on StarPlus and streams digitally on Disney+ Hotstar. Produced by Rajan Shahi and Deepa Shahi under the banner of Director's Kut Productions, it is a remake of Star Jalsha's Bengali series Sreemoyee. It is one of the longest-running Indian television soap opera. Rupali Ganguly plays the titular role and formerly starred Sudhanshu Pandey, Madalsa Sharma and Gaurav Khanna. Since October 2024, the series stars Ganguly with Adrija Roy (replaced Alisha Parveen Khan) and Shivam Khajuria as second-generation leads.

The show revolves around Anupamaa Shah, a homemaker whose family has a low opinion of her and whose husband cheats on her. She gains more self-respect and becomes more independent. She navigates relationships and societal expectations while on her path of personal growth.

Plot

Anupamaa is a middle-aged housewife who toils for her family but is always insulted by her husband, Vanraj, and her mother-in-law, Leela, for being uneducated. Anupamaa's constant emotional supports are her younger son, Samar, and her father-in-law, Hasmukh. However, on her 25th wedding anniversary, upon discovering that Vanraj has cheated on her with his colleague, Kavya, she feels heartbroken and sets out to create her identity. Meanwhile, Anupamaa's elder son, Paritosh, marries Kinjal, while Samar and Nandini, Kavya's niece, fall for each other. Anupamaa and Vanraj divorce, and he marries Kavya soon after her divorce from her husband, Aniruddh.

Anupamaa, along with Samar and Nandini, opens a dance academy due to their shared passion for dance. However, Nandini breaks up with Samar and leaves him forever because of her misunderstandings and insecurities towards him. Anupamaa later reconnects with her college classmate, Anuj Kapadia, who has been in love with her since her college days. Anupamaa eventually falls in love with Anuj, and they marry. Together, they adopt a girl, Chhoti Anu. Anupamaa struggles to balance her responsibilities between her two families. Amidst all this, Kinjal gives birth to a baby girl, Aarya, and learns that Paritosh has cheated on her, but they reconcile for the sake of their child. Anupamaa's daughter, Pakhi, marries Adhik, who is the younger brother and foster son of Anuj's sister-in-law, Barkha. Samar marries a rape victim, Dimple, who herself was divorced by her husband after her rape.

Later on, Chhoti Anu's biological mother, Maya, arrives and takes Chhoti Anu with her. Anuj and Anupamaa feel devastated on Anu's departure, and Anuj leaves Anupamaa to stay with Maya and Chhoti Anu. Maya and Barkha conspire to keep Anuj and Anupamaa apart. Later on, Anupamaa has a chance to be a part of Malti Devi's Academy, Gurukul. Malti Devi is impressed with Anupamaa's hard work and dedication, and offers her a three-year contract to work with her and declares that she would be the heir of Gurukul. Maya realizes her mistake when she tries to separate Anuj and Anupamaa and asks for their forgiveness, but a truck hits her, and Maya dies. Before leaving for America, Anupamaa learns that Anu's health has deteriorated, and she rushes back to her. This angers Malti Devi, so she expels Anupamaa from her Gurukul. Meanwhile, Kavya is pregnant with Aniruddh's child, and Vanraj learns about that and avoids her. Later on, Anupamaa finds Malti Devi roaming in the streets, in a deteriorated condition, and brings her to her house. On Anuj's birthday, the entire family is shocked to know that Malti Devi is Anuj's biological mother, but Anuj refuses to accept her. Later on, Samar is murdered at a party, leaving behind Dimple, who is pregnant with his child. Anupamaa, Vanraj, and Anuj find out Samar's murderer and have him arrested. Paritosh, Kinjal, and Aarya move out of India.

Pakhi, Barkha, and Malti Devi instigate Chhoti Anu against Anupamaa, and she goes against her, whereas Dimple meets a dancer, Tapish, and they become friends. Vanraj tells Dimple to stay away from Tapish, or else he will keep Dimple's child away from her. Kinjal, Paritosh, and Aarya return to India to celebrate Aarya's first birthday. Anupamaa comes to meet Aarya, but Vanraj asks her to leave and tells her to never return to the house. Kavya also leaves the house after Vanraj tells her that her child has no place in this house. Malti Devi and Barkha collaborate to expel Anupamaa from Anuj's life and start instigating Chhoti Anu against Anupama. Anupamaa, Kinjal, Aarya, and Chhoti Anu go out for a picnic, but the car meets with an accident. Although Anupamaa rescues everyone, she is berated by Vanraj and Paritosh. Anupamaa decides to never return to the Shah house and returns to the Kapadia house. Chhoti Anu berates Anupamaa and avoids her. Anuj feels that Anupamaa has never paid attention to Chhoti Anu and the Kapadia family, and has always paid attention to the Shah family, and feels that he has married Anupamaa hastily. Anupamaa then decides to leave Anuj and Chhoti Anu forever and leaves the house. Anuj divorces Anupamaa and renames Chhoti Anu to Aadhya and leaves India

5 years later, Anuj and Aadhya have shifted to America and Anupama stays locked in her mother Kanta's house. Later, her friend Devika came and approached her to go to America. Aadhya hates Anupama for the last 5 years event. While Paritosh, Kinjal and their daughter Pari also shifted to America. Pakhi have a daughter named Ishani and had given diivorce to Adhik. Dimple have a son named Ansh and he spent most of the time with Vanraj. Dimple always remembers Samar. While, Baa, Bapuji, Vanraj and Kavya remains the same. Kavya has a daughter named Mahi but Vanraj doesnt love Mahi. In America, Anuj have a finace named Shruti whom Aadhya loves and wants them to engaged.

Vanraj and Kavya always gets into fight. Leela and Hasmukh learns about papers and signs it and Vanraj gets happy. On the next day. Anupama and Vanraj finds out that Leela and Hasmukh are missing so they both starts finding them and found them in old age home. Baa and Bapuji tell them both that they will stay here only and they both go back. Anuj learns about Shruti's truth and he leaves him. Shruti goes back to US. While. Few days later, Anupama and Anuj decides to reunion and get married again but not tell Aadhya. Later, Aadhya learns that Anuj have leaved for India so Aadhya decides to stop him but Devika stops and slaps her leaving Aadhya angry. While, Aadhya secretly leaves the house. While Anupama and Anuj are happy but they both get into a acciident leaving them seperated.

Few Months Later, Anupama is seen to be living in a old age home named, Asha Bhawan with Hasmukh and other members. While, the Shahs are seen staying temporarily in a mansion till their penthouse came. Baa is also seen staying with shahs. While, Kavya has separated with Vanraj. Dimpy have became greedy by seeing money and always gets into fight with Tapish. While, Ansh, Pari and Ishani also have became greedy. Anupama always remember Anuj and Aadhya. Anuj is revealed to be alive and staying in a temple as he have lost his memories. Anupama decides to meet Ankush and Barkha to know the whereabouts of Anuj. While, Ankush and Barkha are happy as they have acquired the Kapadia Empire.

It is revealed that Anuj had a accident and had been saved by Ankush and Barkha. Anuj have lost his memories and Ankush in greed makes him sign the papers of Kapadia Empire and he drops him in a temple. Anupama goes to Kapadia mansion and meets them both. They both lied that they have heard about Anuj and Aadhya's death. Later, Anupama finds Anuj and brings her to Asha Bhawan. Devika gets emotional seeing Anuj. Later, Anuj's memory is returned and reunited with Anupama. While, Aadhya is revealed to be alive and staying with Sanghavis. Viren Sanghvi feels bad for Aadhya but her wife Megha believes that she is her daughter. Priya (lookalike of Aadhya). Later, Anupama finds Aadhya and reunited her with Anuj but Megha tries stabs Anupama instead of Aadhya. Anupama gets hospitalized but later she gets recovered and Megha pleads from Anupama. Anupama forgives her and promises that she will find Priya. Meanwhile. Anupama and Anuj open thier Business named, Anu Ki Rasoi. While, Vanraj is revealed to be runaway From Ahemdabad by taking loan from many peoples and from builder. Later, few man came and make the shahs out from that house. Later, Shahs stay in Asha Bhawan. Later, Vanraj's sister's daughter Dr. Meenkashi came back to india and gets in love with Sagar, A law student and a member in Asha Bhawan. Paritosh and Pakhi learns about this and they called Dolly, Vanraj's sister. On the day of Ganesh Chaturthi, Anuj meets Ankush and challenges him in a court case and later sees the downfall of Kapadia Industries. Later, Dolly returns. While, Meenkashi marries Sagar.

While, The Shahs plan to make Anupama and Anuj marry again. Anupama and Anuj gets excited. Later Anuj goes out for a work and he promises Anupama that he will return back in their wedding. Later, for the sake of Ansh, Dimple and Aadhya get into a fight in which Dimple gets burned in a fire and gets dead. Tapish gets emotional and returns to mumbai. While, Ankush arrives at the place of Anuj with a motive to end Anuj. While, Dolly blames Aadhya for Dimple's death. and Later, Aadhya hears From Anupama that if Aadhya have done a crime she will bring her to police. Later, Aadhya runs away From house. While, Anuj and Ankush come face to face and gets into a fight. Later, Anukush pushes Anuj From a cliff and he fall down and Ankush gets Happy and thinks that Anuj is dead. Anupama learns that Aadhya have ran away. Later. Anupama prays for Aadhya and Anuj's safety. Aadhya reaches Haridwar.

10 Years later, Anupama have fight with the builder and brings back the shah house. Anupama have grown older and still remembers Anuj and Aadhya. Her grandchildrens Pari, Ansh and Ishani have grown up. Ansh is a game developer, Pari is a designer and Ishani is a model. Kavya's daughter, Mahi have grown up and staying with Anupama. Anupama have raised Mahi like his own daughter.

Cast

Main

• Rupali Ganguly as Anupamaa Joshi (Formerly Shah and Kapadia): Former owner of Anupama Dance Academy and Anu Ki Rasoi; Kanta's daughter; Bhavesh's sister; Devika's best friend! Vanraj and Anuj's ex wife; Samar, Paritosh and Pakhi's mother; Rahi and Mahi's adoptive mother; Ansh, Pari and Ishani's grandmother; Pranshi's adoptive great grandmother (2020–present)
• Sudhanshu Pandey as Vanraj Shah: Leela and Hasmukh's son; Dolly's brother; Anupama's ex husband; Kavya's husband; Samar, Paritosh and Pakhi's father; Mahi's step-father; Ansh, Pari and Ishani's grandfather; Pranshi's adoptive great grandfather (2020–2024)
• Madalsa Sharma as Kavya Shah: A model; Nandini's aunt; Aniruddh's ex-wife; Vanraj's wife; Mahi's mother (2020–2024)
• Gaurav Khanna as Anuj Kapadia: Owner of Kapadia Empire; Malti Devi's son; Ankush's adoptive cousin; Malvika's adoptive brother; Shruti's ex fiance; Anupama's ex husband; Rahi's adoptive father (2021–2024) (Dead)
• Alisha Parveen Khan / Adrija Roy as Rahi "Choti Anu/Aadhya" Kapadia Kothari: Maya's daughter; Anupama and Anuj's adoptive daughter; Samar, Paritosh, Pakhi and Mahi's adoptive sister; Prem's wife (2024–present)
  • Aurra Bhatnagar Badoni as Teenage Aadhya Kapadia (2023—2024)
  • Priya Sanghvi; Aadhya's look-alike; Megha and Viren's daughter (2024)
    • Asmi Deo as Child Anu "Chhoti" Kapadia (2022—2023)
• Shivam Khajuria as Prem "Tinku" Kothari: Former Chef in Anu Ki Rasoi; Gayatri and Parag's son; Prathana's brother; Aryan's half-brother; Raja and Badshah's cousin; Prerna's former business partner; Mahi's ex fiance; Rahi's husband (2024–present)
  • Parth as Child Prem (2025)

Shahs

• Sarita Joshi as Kaushalya "Moti Baa" Shah; Hasmukh's mother; Vanraj and Dolly's grandmother; Samar, Paritosh, Pakhi and Meenakshi's great grandmother; Mahi's step great grandmother; Ansh, Aarya and Ishani's great great grandmother; Pranshi's adoptive great great great grandmother (2022; 2024 – flashbacks only)
• Alpana Buch as Leela "Baa" Shah; Jignesh's sister; Hasmukh's wife; Vanraj and Dolly's mother; Samar, Pakhi, Paritosh and Meenakshi's grandmother; Mahi's step grandmother; Ansh, Aarya and Ishani's great grandmother; Pranshi's adoptive great great grandmother (2020–present)
• Arvind Vaidya as Hasmukh "Bapuji" Shah: Kaushalya's son; Leela's husband; Vanraj and Dolly's father; Samar, Paritosh, Pakhi and Meenakshi's grandfather; Mahi's step grandfather; Ansh, Aarya and Ishani's great grandfather; Pranshi's adoptive great great grandfather (2020–present)
• Aashish Mehrotra / Gaurav Sharma / Manish Naggdev as Paritosh "Toshu" Shah: Anupamaa and Vanraj's elder son; Samar and Pakhi's elder brother; Rahi's adoptive brother; Mahi's half brother; Meenakshi's cousin; Kinjal's husband; Aarya's father (2020–2024) / (2024) / (2024–present)
  • Dheer Bhanushali as Child Paritosh (2022) (archival footage of Anupama: Namaste America)
• Nidhi Shah / Milloni Kapadia as Kinjal Dave Shah: Rakhi and Pramod's daughter; Paritosh's wife; Aarya's mother (2020–2024) / (2024–present)
• Paras Kalnawat / Sagar Parekh as Samar "Bakuda" Shah: A Dancer and Former teacher in Anupama Dance Academy; Anupamaa and Vanraj's younger son; Paritosh and Pakhi's brother; Rahi's adoptive brother; Mahi's half brother; Meenakshi's cousin; Nandini's ex fiance; Dimple's late husband; Ansh's father; Pranshi's adoptive grandfather (2020-2022) / (2022-2023; 2025) (Dead)
  • Vidvaan Sharma as Child Samar (2022) (archival footage of Anupama: Namaste America)
• Varun Kasturia as Ansh Shah: Dimple and Samar's son; Tapish's step son; Pari and Ishani's cousin; Prathana's widower; Prerna's husband; Pranshi's adoptive father (2024–present)
• Muskan Bamne / Chandni Bhagwanani / Krutika Desai as Pakhi "Sweety" Shah: Anupamaa and Vanraj's daughter; Samar and Paritosh's sister; Rahi's adoptive sister; Meenakshi's cousin; Adhik's ex wife; Diwakar's ex fiance; Ishani's mother (2020–2023) / (2024) / (2024–present)
• Sheersha Tiwari as Prarthana Kothari Shah: Gayatri and Parag's daughter; Prem's sister; Aryan's half sister; Gautam's ex wife; Ansh's late wife; Pranshi's mother (2024–2026) (Dead)
• Bhawna Ajwani / Nidhi Shetty as Prerna Desai Shah: Rajni's daughter; Varun's sister; Prem's former business partner and former love interest; Ansh's second wife (2025—2026) / (2026—present)

Joshis

• Mehul Nisar as Bhavesh Joshi: Kanta's son; Anupama's brother; Nihar's father (2020–2024; 2025)
• Madhavi Gogate / Savita Prabhune as Kanta Joshi: Anupamaa and Bhavesh's mother; Samar, Paritosh, Pakhi and Nihar's grandmother; Ansh, Pari and Ishani's great grandmother; Pranshi's adoptive great great grnadmother(2020–2021) / (2021–2023; 2025) (Dead)
• Yachit Sharma as Nihar Joshi: Bhavesh's son (2020)

Dhamechas

• Ekta Saraiya as Dolly Shah Dhamecha; Leela and Hasmukh's daughter; Vanraj's sister; Sanjay's wife; Meenakshi's mother (2020–2023; 2024–2025)
• Paresh Bhatt as Sanjay Dhamecha: Dolly's husband; Meenakshi's father (2020–2022)
• Sonal Khilwani as Dr. Meenakshi "Meenu" Dhamecha: Dolly and Sanjay's daughter; Sagar''s wife (2024)
  • Lavishka Gupta / Stuti Zakarde as child and teenage Meenu (2020) / (2020–2022; 2023)

Daves

• Tasneem Sheikh as Rakhi Dave: Pramod's wife; Kinjal's mother; Aarya's grandmother (2020–2023)
• Farooq Saeed as Pramod Dave: Rakhi's husband; Kinjal's father; Aarya's grandfather (2020)

Kapadias

• Aneri Vajani as Malvika "Mukku" Kapadia: Anuj's adoptive sister; Vanraj's former business partner (2021–2022)
• Rohit Bakshi as Ankush Kapadia: Anuj's adoptive cousin; Barkha's husband; Sneha's ex boyfriend; Sara and Romil's father (2022–2024)
• Ashlesha Sawant as Barkha Mehta Kapadia: Adhik's sister; Ankush's wife; Sara's mother; Romil's step mother (2022–2024)
• Alma Hussein as Sara Kapadia: Ankush and Barkha's daughter; Romil's half sister (2022)
• Viraj Kapoor as Romil Kapadia: Ankush and Sneha's son; Barkha's step son; Sara's half brother (2023)

Mehtas

• Adhik Mehta as Adhik Mehta: Barkha's brother and foster son; Pakhi's ex husband; Ishani's father (2022–2024)
• Viidushi Tiwari / Akshita Vatsayan as Ishani "Ishu" Mehta: A model; Pakhi and Adhik's daughter; Pari and Ansh's cousin; Raja's ex love interest; Banku's love interest; (2024–2025) / (2025–present)
  • Aadhya Barot as Child Ishaani (2024)

Kotharis

• Alka Kaushal as Vasundhara "Moti Baa" Kothari: Parag, Anil and Pankhuri's mother; Prem, Prathana, Aryan, Raja and Badshah's grandmother; Pranshi's great great grandmother (2025–present)
• Rahil Azam as Parag Kothari: Vasundhara's son; Anil and Pankhuri's brother; Gayatri's widower; Khyati's husband; Prem, Prathana and Aryan's father; Pranshi's grandfather (2025–2026)
• Saee Barve as Gayatri Kothari: Parag's late wife; Prem and Prathana's mother; Pranshi's grandmother (2025) (in flashbacks only) (Dead)
• Zalak Desai as Khyati Patel Kothari: Parag's employee-turned-wife; Aryan's mother; Prem and Prathana's step mother; Pranshi's step grandmother (2025–present)
• Randeep Rai as Aryan "Mohit / Akela" Kothari: Khyati and Parag's son; Prem and Prathana's half brother; Mahi's late husband (2025) (Dead)
• Mazher Sayed as Anil Kothari: Vasundhara's son; Parag and Pankhuri's brother; Meeta's husband; Raja and Badshah's father (2025–present)
• Shiwani Chakraborty as Meeta Kothari: Anil's wife; Raja and Badshah's mother (2025–present)
• Jatin Suri as Raja Kothari: Anil and Meeta's elder son; Badshah's brother; Aarya's husband (2025–present)
• Ishita Modi as Aarya "Pari" Shah Kothari: Kinjal and Paritosh's daughter; Ansh's cousin; Raja's wife (2024–present)
  • Princy Prajapati as Child Aarya (2024)
    • Noorain Khan as Baby Aarya (2022–2023)
• Arisht Jain as Badshah Kothari: Anil and Meeta's younger son; Raja's brother (2025–2026)
• Satya Tiwari as Gautam Gandhi: Prarthana and Mahi's ex-husband; Pranshi's father (2025–present)
• Spreha Chatterjee as Mahi Shah: Kavya and Aniruddh's daughter; Vanraj's step daughter; Anupama's adoptive daughter; Samar, Paritosh and Pakhi's half sister; Rahi's adoptive sister; Prem's ex fiance and ex love interest; Aryan's widow; Gautam's ex wife (2024–present)
  • Pahal Chaudhary as Child Mahi (2024)

Singhs

• Manish Goel as Raghav Singh: Pankhuri's husband; Anupama's friend (2025)
• Neetu Bhatt as Pankhuri Kothari Singh: Vasundhara's daughter; Parag and Anil's sister; Raghav's wife (2025) (only in flashbacks)

Sharmas

• Kanwarjit Paintal as Pandit Manohar Sharma: Raahi, Lily and Dance Ranis's dance teacher; Tarun's father (2025)
• Devarsh Nagar as Tarun Sharma: Manohar's son (2025) (Jailed)

Sanghavis

• Jay Zaveri as Viren Sanghvi: Megha's husband; Priya's father; Rahi's foster father (2024)
• Shivani Gosain as Megha Sanghvi: Viren's wife; Priya's mother! Rahi's foster mother (2024)

Others

• Rushad Rana as Aniruddh Gandhi: Kavya's ex-husband; Mahi's father (2020–2021; 2023)
• Shekhar Shukla as Jignesh "Mamaji": Leela's brother (2020–2022; 2025)
• Jaswir Kaur as Devika Mehta: Anupamaa's best friend; Jaya's adoptive mother (2020–2024; 2025–2026)
• Payal Nair as Parul Sharma: Pakhi's principal (2020–2021)
• Bhakti Chauhan as Jhilmil: Gudiya's mother; Shah Family's maid (2020)
• Anagha Bhosale as Nandini "Nandu" Iyer: A dancer and former teacher of Anupamaa Dance Academy; Kavya's niece; Samar's ex fiance (2020–2022)
• Tulika Patel as Kaamini (2020)
• Vivan Singh Rajput as Siddharth "Sid" Desai: Pakhi's classmate (2020)
• Riyaz Panjwani as Mr. Dholakia: Vanraj, Kavya and Kinjal's former boss (2020; 2021)
• Arup Pal as CEO: New CEO of Vanraj's office (2020; 2021)
• Parull Chaudhary as Dr. Mona Chopra: Pakhi's psychiatrist (2021)
• Apurva Agnihotri as Dr. Advait "Adi" Khanna: Owner of Blissdom's Wellness Resort; (2021)
• Sunita Rai as Manasi Jain: Food critic at Vanraj's café (2021)
• Kiara Khantwal as Kiara: Video blogger at Vanraj's café (2021)
• Varun Sharma as Rohan: Nandini's former boyfriend and obsessive lover (2021) (Jailed)
• Deepak Gheewala as Gopichand "GK" Karodia: Anuj and Malvika's caretaker (2021–2022)
• Rishabh Jaiswal as Nirmit: Dimple's ex-husband (2022)
• Nishi Saxena as Dimple aka Dimpy: Pammi's daughter; Nirmit's ex wife; Samar's widow; Tapish's late wife; Ansh's mother; Pranshi's adoptive grandmother (2022–2024) (Dead)
• Kunwar Amar as Tapish aka Titu: A dancer and former teacher at Anupamaa Dance Academy; Sheela's son; Dimple's widower; Ansh's step father; Pranshi's adoptive step grandfather (2023–2024)
• Nitesh Pandey as Dheeraj Kapoor: Anuj's best friend (2023)
• Amit Pachori as Mohit: Kavya's modeling photographer (2023) (Jailed)
• Chhavi Pandey as Uttara alias Maya: Priest's daughter; Rahi's biological mother; Anuj's ex love interest (2023) (Dead)
• Renuka Sharma as Sushma: A former prostitute and Maya's friend (2023)
• Mahi Soni / Yashti Pamnani as Bhairavi: Student at Anupamaa Dance Academy (2023) / (2023)
• Apara Mehta as Malti "Gurumaa" Devi: Former owner of Gurukul; Anupama and Nakul's former teacher; Anuj's mother; Rahi's adoptive grandmother (2023)
  • Khushali Jariwala as young Malti Devi (2023)
• Aman Maheshwari as Nakul: Malti's former student and accomplice (2023)
• Lovish Saini as Shivansh "Sonu" Rathore: Suresh's son; Samar's murderer (2023; 2025) (Jailed)
• Kumar Hegde as Suresh Rathore: A corrupt politician; Shivansh's father (2023) (Jailed)
• Kaddy Trawally as Kaddy: Waitress at "Spice and Chutney" restaurant (2023–2024)
• Rituraj Singh as Yashpal Dhillon: Owner of "Spice and Chutney" restaurant; Manjeet's elder son; Yashdeep's brother (2023)
• Sunny Sadhwani as Vikram: Chef in "Spice and Chutney" restaurant; (2023–2024)
• Sukirti Kandpal / Samiksha Bhatnagar as Shruti "Shru" Ahuja: A photographer; Anuj's ex fiance; Aadhya's mother figure (2023–2024) / (2026–present)
• Rahul Ojha as Rahul: Chef in "Kebabs & Curries" restaurant; Former chef in "Spic and Chutney" restaurant (2023–2024)
• Dishi Duggal as Manjeet Kaur Dhillon: Yashpal and Yashdeep's mother (2024)
• Vaquar Shaikh as Yashdeep "Deepu" Dhillon: A retired army officer; Manjeet's younger son; Yashpal's brother; Anupama's friend, Business partner and former admirer (2023—2024)
• Parakh Madan as Diya: A dancer; Anupama's student (2024)
• Aman Sachdev as Aarush: Pakhi's friend and business partner (2024)
• Yajuvendra Singh as Mr. Gulati: Owner of "Kebabs & Curries" restaurant; Yashpal and Anupama's rival (2024) (Jailed)
• Akshita Tiwari as Nandita: Resident at Asha Bhavan; Asha's mother (2024)
• Parveen Kaur Hoogan as Indira: Resident at Asha Bhawan; Anupama's friend (2024)
• Raaj Gopal Iyer as Bala: Resident at Asha Bhavan; Indira's lover (2024)
• Nitin Babu as Sagar: Resident at Asha Bhavan; A rickshaw driver and a Law student; Meenakshi's husband (2024)
• Shahab Khan as Mr. Vyas: Owner of "Shishu Chhaya Ashram" (2024)
• Nidhi Pandya as Babli aka Bubbles: Raahi's best friend and helper from "Shishu Chhaya Ashram" (2024)
• Sejal Shah as Janki: Anupamaa's well-wisher and head chef in "Anu Ki Rasoi" (2024)
• Hera Mishra as Radha: Anupamaa's employee's daughter (2024–2025)
• Gurpreet Kaur as Jaspreet "Jassi / Jass / Preeto" Kaur: Anupamaa and Bharti's roommate (2025–2026)
• Arti Birajdar as Bharti Desai: Anupamaa and Jaspreet's roommate; Pushkar's ex wife; Vikrant's ex fiance; Varun's wife (2025–2026)
• Asha Dnyate as Sarita: Gajanan's wife; Anupama, Jaspreet, Bharti and Reeta's neighbour (2025–2026)
• Reeta Prajapati as Reeta: Anupamaa, Jaspreet, Bharti and Sarita's neighbour (2025)
• Unknown as Prakash Bhau; A corrupt politician and a human trafficker with Shivansh Rathore (2025)
• Rinku Dhawan as Rajni Desai: Anupamaa's college friend and rival; Varun and Prerna's mother (2025–2026)
• Mukul Harish as Varun Desai: Rajni's son; Prerna's brother; Bharti's husband (2025–2026)
• Kuldeep Singh as Diwakar: Rahi's Professor and former obsessive lover; Pakhi's ex fiance (2025)
• Unknown / Unknown as Jaya: Devika's adoptive daughter (2025) / (2026-present)
• Sachin Tyagi as Digvijay Sood: Ranvijay and Saavi's father; Anupama's friend (2026-present)
• Unknown as Saavi Sood; Digvijay's daughter; Ranvijay's sister (2026) (Dead – Flashbacks only)
• Dushyant Wagh as Banku: A househelper in Digvijay's house; Anupama's well wisher; Ishani's love interest (2026-present)
• Amit Dolawat as Kunal (2026)

Production

Development

In February 2020, Rajan Shahi, the producer of Aai Kuthe Kay Karte, announced his plan to produce its Hindi remake, Anupamaa, stating, "This interesting concept around a mother's journey has been so inspirational that Star wants to bring it in Hindi too".

To celebrate Raksha Bandhan in 2020, the cast of the series created a special song titled Aaj Rakhi Nau Tyohaar Chhe (Today is Raksha Bandhan's festival). This unique song blended Gujarati, Hindi, and English languages.

The story took a five-year leap on 20 December 2023, with Anuj and Anupamaa's divorce and Anupamaa visiting the USA. On 15 July 2024, the show took another leap of six months showcasing Anupamaa and Anuj separately living miserable lives without Aadhya. On 14 October 2024, the show took a ten-year leap showcasing Anupamaa finding Aadhya/Raahi and Raahi's love story with Prem Kothari.

Casting

Casting of the series started in February 2020 with Rupali Ganguly being cast as the protagonist Anupamaa Shah, returning to television after seven years. She said, "When I joined Anupamaa, I was a little plump and I told our producer Rajan Shahi that you want a heroine and at this age, let me lose some weight. But the producer told me that he didn't want a heroine but a mother instead. ‘I want a mother and you are perfect for the role because mothers are like this."

Sudhanshu Pandey was cast as Anupamaa's husband Vanraj Shah, Paras Kalnawat, Muskaan Bamne and Aashish Mehrotra as Anupamaa's children Samar Shah, Pakhi Shah and Paritosh Shah respectively, Alpana Buch and Arvind Vaidya being cast as Anupamaa's in-laws Leela Shah and Hasmukh Shah respectively. Later Madhavi Gogate and Mehul Nisar joined as Anupamaa's mother and brother, Kanta Joshi and Bhavesh Joshi, respectively, while Ekta Saraiya, Paresh Bhatt, Stuti Zakarde and Bhakti Chauhan were cast to play Dolly Shah Dhamecha, Sanjay Dhamecha, Meenakshi Dhamecha and Jhilmil respectively. However, days before the filming resumed after the COVID-19 outbreak in late June, Additi Gupta was confirmed to be infected with the virus. She was replaced by Madalsa Sharma and the sequences earlier shot by Gupta as Vanraj's girlfriend Kavya Gandhi, were reshot by Sharma.

Days after premiering in July 2020, Shekhar Shukla was cast to play Leela's brother Jignesh while Nidhi Shah was cast opposite Mehrotra as Kinjal Dave and Tassnim Sheikh and Farooq Saeed were signed to play Kinjal's parents Rakhi Dave and Pramod Dave respectively. The next month Anagha Bhosale was cast opposite Kalnawat as Nandini Iyer while Rushad Rana was cast as Kavya's husband Aniruddh Gandhi. In April 2021, Apurva Agnihotri joined the cast as Dr. Advait Khanna for a cameo and completed his role in June 2021.

In June 2021, rumours of "conflicts and groupism on sets" arose between cast members, one group led by Ganguly with Buch, Mehrotra and Bamne, and another by Pandey, with Sharma, Kalnawat and Bhosale which cast denied.

In late August 2021 Gaurav Khanna was cast opposite Ganguly as Anuj Kapadia.

In September 2021, Deepak Gheewala was cast to play Anuj's helper Gopichandra Karodia. Also that month, Varun Sharma was cast to play a cameo as Nandini's ex-boyfriend and obsessive lover Rohan and he finished off his role in October 2021. Next, Savita Prabhune replaced Madhavi Gogate (due to the latter's death) as Kanta Joshi in late October 2021. In December 2021, actress Aneri Vajani joined the cast to play Anuj's sister, Malvika Kapadia.

In January 2022, there were rumours of "ego clashes" between Pandey and Khanna, which they both publicly denied.

In March 2022, Anagha Bhosale playing Nandini announced her decision to take a break from acting, and later quit acting forever, ending Nandini's character and shot her last scene in February 2022. Later that month, Aneri Vajani playing Malvika also announced that her role was just a cameo and right now its shown on a long break due to viewers' disconnect with her role's negative development.

In May 2022, singer Mika Singh made a special appearance as Anuj's friend in Anupamaa and Anuj's Mehendi and Sangeet ceremony and to promote his upcoming show Swayamvar – Mika Di Vohti. During that month, Aneri Vajani announced her decision to participate in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 12 and quit the series permanently.

Later that month, Rohit Bakshi and Ashlesha Sawant were cast to play Anuj's brother and sister-in-law, Ankush Kapadia and Barkha Mehta Kapadia respectively while Alma Hussein and Adhik Mehta were cast to play Barkha's daughter and brother, Sara Kapadia and Adhik Mehta opposite Kalnawat and Bamne respectively. In an interview after being cast as Adhik Mehta, Mehta revealed that "he earlier auditioned for the role of Samar (which eventually locked to Kalnawat) in the casting phase of the series but it didn't happened at that time". Child artist Asmi Deo was also cast as an orphan Anu but her track was put on hold and resumed in July 2022 as Anuj and Anupamaa's adopted daughter.

In July 2022, Paras Kalnawat signed on to appear on the dance-based reality show Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa 10 on rival network Colors TV. Anupamaa makers objected and terminated his contract overnight on 26 July 2022. Kalnawat revealed that "after Bhosale's exit his character never evolved, and that he was unhappy with his role being reduced to a mere family member standing in background with nothing to do anything." Later after facing several controversies related to the series, makers replaced Kalnawat overnight by Sagar Parekh in the same month.

In September 2022, Alma Hussein who was cast opposite Kalnawat also quit the series, saying she was unhappy with the lack of character development and shot her last scene in early August 2022.

In January 2023, actress Chhavi Pandey was cast to do an extended cameo of Anu's biological mother, Maya, who wrapped up in July 2023 following her character's death. In May 2023, Apara Mehta was cast as Anuj's mother Malti Devi, while her daughter Khushali Jariwala played her younger version on screen and she quit the series prior to the first leap in December 2023.

In August 2023, Ekta Saraiya, who portrayed Vanraj's sister Dolly, quit the series for her show Kyunki... Saas Maa Bahu Beti Hoti Hai on Zee TV. In same month, Viraj Kapoor entered the show as Ankush's illegitimate son Romil Kapadia.

In October 2023, Sagar Parekh, who replaced Paras Kalnawat in the role of Samar in July 2022, was confirmed exiting the show with storyline showcasing Samar's death due to decreasing TRP ratings of the show. In the following month actor and dancer Kunwar Amar joined the cast as Tapish opposite Nishi Saxena.

In December 2023, the show took its first leap of five years. Post-leap, child actress Asmi Deo was replaced by Aurra Bhatnagar Badoni to play the adolescent version of Aadhya Kapadia while Savita Prabhune's character Kanta was shown dead thus marking an end to her character. Child actor Trishaan Shah was cast to play Samar and Dimple's son Ansh Shah. The same month Muskan Bamne portraying Pakhi quit the series after three years as "she doesn't wish to play mother at such a young age and wants to move ahead in her career" and was later replaced by Chandni Bhagwanani while child actor Aadhya Barot was cast as her daughter Ishani Mehta the same month. Sukirti Kandpal too entered the show as Anuj's fiancée Shruti Ahuja the same month. Following this Rituraj Singh and Dishi Duggal too entered the show as Yashpal and his mother.

In April 2024, Aashish Mehrotra, who portrayed Paritosh, quit the series the following month after playing it for four years to participate in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 14 and was replaced by Gaurav Sharma the same month. In July 2024, Sukirti Kandpal aka Shruti's track ended marking her exit. In same month show took its second leap, a small leap of six months and Nitin Babu and Akshita Tiwari entered the show as Sagar and Nandita respectively while Sonal Khilwani entered the show as the adult Meenakshi Dhamecha thus replacing Stuti Zakarde.

On 28 August 2024, Sudhanshu Pandey announced his decision to quit the series after playing it for four years via his Instagram handle and said "his last appearance was in Raksha Bandhan special episodes and he will continue entertaining his audience through new roles."

In 2024 after Sudhanshu Pandey quit the show, Ekta Saraiya Mehta, who played Dolly Shah Dhamecha from 2020 to 2023, rejoined and reprised her role the following month while Madalsa Sharma playing Kavya also quit the series as she felt she was "sidelined after removal of grey element from her character". Later she said that Rupali Ganguly was "two-faced" thus confirming the earlier reported split amongst cast members in 2021.

The show took its first generation leap on 14 October 2024 with Aurra Bhatnagar Badoni being replaced by Alisha Parveen as grown-up Aadhya playing the new female lead whilst Shivam Khajuria was cast opposite her as Prem Kothari, the new male lead. Prior to leap Nishi Saxena portraying Dimple too exited the series as the storyline showcased her character's death while Kunwar Amar playing Tapish too announced his exit. Gaurav Sharma was also replaced by Manish Naggdev as older Paritosh due to Sharma's refusal to play and be typecast "as a father of 21-year-old Aarya". Additionally, Nidhi Shah, who has portrayed Kinjal since the show's inception, announced her exit before the leap as she "wants to focus more on other platforms and lead roles" and was replaced by Milloni Kapadia as older Kinjal. Chandni Bhagwanani too announced her exit from the show prior to the leap as she too "didn't wanted to play mother to a 22-years-old Ishani" and was replaced by Krutika Desai as older Pakhi. Child actors Trishaan Shah, Princy Prajapati, Aadhya Barot and Pahal Chaudhary were replaced by Varun Kasturia, Ishita Modi, Viidushi Tiwari and Spreha Chatterjee as grown-up Ansh, Aarya, Ishani and Mahi, respectively.

In December 2024, Gaurav Khanna portraying Anuj Kapadia confirmed his exit quoting "He felt it was best time for him to move on and expose himself to new opportunities" while the storyline had already showcased Anuj dead. On 20 December 2024, leading actress Alisha Parveen Khan was terminated overnight without any prior warning. Regarding her termination Khan said, "It is shocking and disappointing. I am not sure what exactly happened and why I am being replaced! Today was my last day on the set of Anupamaa." Within few hours she was replaced by Adrija Roy.

In early January 2025, Zalak Desai and Rahil Azam stepped in to play Prem's parents Khyati Kothari and Parag Kothari while Alka Kaushal stepped in as his grandmother thus bringing the track of a new Kothari family to the series while Sheersha Tiwari already started portraying his sister Prarthana Kothari in December 2024. while Mazher Sayed who earlier worked with the production house in 2015 in another show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai and Shiwani Chakraborty joined in as Prem's uncle and aunt.

In March 2025, actors Randeep Rai and Manish Goel joined as Prem's half-brother, Aryan Kothari and Raghav Singh respectively. However, Rai quit in June 2025, following the death of his character while Manish Goel playing Raghav also quit. In the same month, the show took a leap of eight months, and Aarti Birajdar and Gurpreet Kaur entered as Bharti and Jaspreet respectively. while veteran actor Kanwarjit Paintal entered as Pandit Manohar.

In October 2025, Sagar Parekh, who quit in 2023 owing the death of his character Samar, returned for a special segment as Samar's spirit. In the same month, Vidushi Tiwari playing Ishani, quit owning health issues and she is replaced by Akshita Vatsayan.

Filming

Set in Gujarat, the series is mainly shot at Film City in Mumbai. Some initial sequences were shot in Ahmedabad during early March 2020.

On 13 February 2021, the filming was halted for a day for sanitisation when Paras Kalnawat playing Samar, tested positive for COVID-19 virus. The sequences of Kalnawat with Anagha Bhosale playing Nandini were cancelled including proposal sequence of their characters and were replanned until his recovery and return in late February 2021. However he shot some sequences from his home under his and his mother's quarantine period.

On 2 April 2021, Rupali Ganguly, Sudhanshu Pandey and Aashish Mehrotra who portray Anupamaa, Vanraj and Paritosh respectively and producer Rajan Shahi tested positive for COVID-19. Certain sequences were postponed and the story focused more on the characters Rakhi, Kavya and Leela while Ganguly, Pandey and Mehrotra shot for few sequences from their homes. A few days later, Tassnim Sheikh, Alpana Buch and Nidhi Shah also tested positive for COVID-19 and the story focussed more on Samar, Nandini and Pakhi's characters.

On 13 April 2021, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra, Uddhav Thackeray announced a sudden curfew due to increased Covid cases in Maharashtra, while the production halted from 14 April 2021. Hence, the production location was soon shifted temporarily to Silvassa alongside other shows of the production house. In June 2021, the Maharashtra government permitted shooting within the state with certain restrictions, following which the whole cast and crew returned to Mumbai on 8 June 2021 and resumed shooting the following day.

Controversy

On 14 November 2024, a 32-year-old, Vineet Kumar Mandal, who worked as a camera attendant was fatally electrocuted whilst filming. Following which AICWA lodged a case against the production house for negligence in safety measures of crew members on sets and trying to suppress the matter by being backed by the channel.

Release

Initially scheduled to premiere on 16 March 2020, it was postponed due to the coronavirus scare. Anupamaa finally premiered on 13 July 2020 on Star Plus, replacing Yeh Rishtey Hain Pyaar Ke. Since 2 October 2022, it is broadcast daily along with other Star Plus's shows.

Prequel series

Main article: Anupama: Namaste America

An eleven-episode prequel web series, Anupama: Namaste America, was released on Disney+ Hotstar on 25 April 2022. The story is set ten years after Anupamaa and Vanraj's marriage in the year 2005.

Special episodes

Ravivaar With Star Parivaar (2022)

Main article: Ravivaar With Star Parivaar

The cast of Anupamaa participated as a team in the musical game show Ravivaar With Star Parivaar. It competed with the teams of other Star Plus's shows. Anupamaa emerged as the 2nd runner-up of the show.

Crossovers

Anupamaa had three crossover with Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai. The first was from 26 March 2022 to 28 March 2022, the second from 21 December 2023 to 22 December 2023 and the third was on 19 August 2024.

On 3 December 2023, Anupamaa had a crossover with Baatein Kuch Ankahee Si.

Reception

Critics

India Today stated, "Rupali Ganguly fits the character perfectly and aces the role of a Gujarati homemaker. The show strikes a chord with the homemakers as they can identify with the protagonist. Anupamaa has the right amount of emotions, drama, and spice. The show has the right mix of family values and a modern outlook. The show is a heartwarming tale".

ThePrint appreciated the series, along with few other Hindi GECs based on the story of a mother, mentioning that it delivered moral lessons and calling the character Anupamaa a paragon of virtue and farcical.

On its popularity, Yashika Singla of The Print noted, "It has become a feminist movement in itself. From young women commuting in the Metro to mothers and grandmothers at home, everyone is watching it."

Shephali Bhatt of The Mint stated, "At a time when the plot points of Indian TV shows get more outlandish every day — Anupama seems to be rewriting the Indian television playbook".

In popular culture

Anupamaa's (Rupali Ganguly) "aapko kya" dialogue went viral on social media and was the subject of various memes and recreations.

In October 2024, after the fifteen-year generation leap in the story, netizens spotted similarities between the Aadhya-Anupamaa reunion track and reunion track of "Akshara-Naira"(2016) from Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, another popular soap of the same production house. The Times of India stated, "Now, fans have taken to their Instagram handles to find the exact same scene from the show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai when "Akshara" (Hina Khan) reunited with "Naira" (Shivangi Joshi) after a leap. As the fanpage posted both promos, many of them have commented, a user wrote, "Kitna vi kar le Akshara or naira jaisa nhi ho sakta" (They can never match Akshara and Naira)."

Adaptations

Star Plus's Anupamaa is an official Hindi remake of Star Jalsha's Sreemoyee. Sreemoyee's Marathi remake, Aai Kuthe Kay Karte, and Anupamaa both are produced by same producer Rajan Shahi under Director's Kut Productions and follow the same plot.

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee	Result	Ref.
2020	Gold Awards	Dynamic Actor	Sudhanshu Pandey	Won
2021	20th Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actor Popular		Won
		Best Actress Popular	Rupali Ganguly	Nominated
		Best Actress in Supporting Role	Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty	Nominated
		Best Show Popular	Anupamaa	Nominated
2022	21st Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actress Popular	Rupali Ganguly	Won
		Best Actress Jury		Nominated
		Best Actor Popular	Sudhanshu Pandey	Nominated
		Best Actor Jury	Sudhanshu Pandey	Won
		Best Show Popular	Anupamaa	Won
		Best Actress Comedy	Alpana Buch	Nominated
		Best Actor Comedy	Shekhar Shukla	Nominated
	22nd Indian Television Academy Awards	Best Actress Popular- Drama	Rupali Ganguly	Nominated
		Best Actor Popular- Drama	Gaurav Khanna	Nominated
			Sudhanshu Pandey	Nominated
		Best Show Popular- Drama	Anupamaa	Nominated
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role- Drama	Arvind Vaidya	Won
2023	Gold Awards	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Gaurav Khanna	Nominated
			Sudhanshu Pandey
		Best Actress in a Leading Role	Rupali Ganguly
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Paras Kalnawat
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Nidhi Shah
		Best Actress in a Negative Role	Madalsa Sharma Chakraborty
		Best Actor in a Comic Role	Shekhar Shukla
		Best Director	Romesh Kalra
		Best Fiction Show of the Year	Anupamaa
		Gold Best Onscreen Jodi	Gaurav Khanna and Rupali Ganguly
	Indian Telly Awards	Best Actor in a Lead Role	Gaurav Khanna	Nominated
			Sudhanshu Pandey	Nominated
		Most Outstanding Performance	Sudhanshu Pandey	Won
		Actor in a Lead Role (Jury)	Gaurav Khanna	Won
		Best Actress in a Lead Role	Rupali Ganguly	Won
		Best Actress in a Supporting Role	Alpana Buch	Won
		Best Actor in a Supporting Role	Aashish Mehrotra	Nominated
		Best Child Artiste - Female	Asmi Deo	Won
		Best Director	Romesh Kalra	Nominated
		Best Drama Series	Anupamaa	Won
		Best Onscreen Couple	Gaurav Khanna and Rupali Ganguly	Won
		Best Screenplay Writer	Bhavna Vyas	Won
		Best Choreographer	Himanshu Gadani	Won
		Best Background Music	Sargam Jassu and Nakash Aziz	Won

External links

• Anupamaa on IMDb
• Anupamaa on Disney+ Hotstar