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Avinash Sachdev as Shlok Agnihotri: Aastha's husband and the CEO of Agnihotri Educational Trust Inc. After a painful breakup, he becomes a troubled, chauvinistic business tycoon who often discourages and degrades women's achievements. As his character evolves, Shlok gains a fabricated reputation for opening educational institutions for the less fortunate (2013–2015) •
Shrenu Parikh as Aastha Agnihotri (née Kirloskar): Shlok's wife, a fearless, liberal, and optimistic woman who strives to promote equality. She navigates the complexities of the Agnihotri residence with determination to bring about change. Aastha holds passionate beliefs about equality and inspires the women in her family to recognize their importance (2013–2015)
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Manish Wadhwa as Niranjan Agnihotri: Shlok's father and Anjali's husband, a wealthy businessman who increasingly resorts to violence and deception to control his family. He escalates domestic violence against his wife to impose regressive household traditions. Niranjan is portrayed as a master of manipulation and deceit, holding misogynistic beliefs and using his wife to achieve his goals (2013–2015) •
Geetanjali Tikekar as Anjali Agnihotri: Shlok's mother and Niranjan's wife, initially portrayed as a strict and controlling mother-in-law. She is later revealed to be suffering from spousal dominance, which causes her to unwittingly devalue women and promote inferior household traditions. Anjali's true emotions toward her children emerge through Aastha’s persistent efforts to foster change, ultimately provoking anger in Niranjan (2013–2015) •
Samir Sharma as Varad Agnihotri: Shlok’s elder brother and Sojal's husband, a media director (2013–2015) •
Shalmalee Desai as Sojal Agnihotri: Varad's wife and Kavya's mother (2013–2015) • Grace Girdhar as Kavya Agnihotri: Varad and Sojal's daughter (2013–2015) • Sachin Parikh as Vinayak Agnihotri: Niranjan's younger brother, a talented artist with a friendly personality who is often seen as unassociated with the other men in the Agnihotri family. He does not support or participate in regressive traditions (2013–2014) • Manjushree Kulkarni as Jaya: Sojal's mother, a foodie with an obsession for material pleasures, who often provides
comic relief in the series. (2013–2015) •
Tushar Dalvi as Avdhoot Kirloskar: Aastha's father and Kalindi's husband (2013–2015) •
Prachee Shah as Kalindi Kirloskar: Aastha’s mother and Avdhoot's wife (2013–2015) • Minal Karpe as Ajju: Aastha’s grandmother and Avdhoot’s mother (2013–2015) • Deep Jaitley as Abhay Deshmukh: Jyoti's ex-husband, a cruel and aggressively violent man who
verbally,
physically, and
emotionally tortures his wife due to his own dissatisfaction. Abhay uses his wife to release checks issued by Shlok, wrongfully seeking financial stability (2013–2014) • Sheetal Dabholkar as Jyoti Lokhande (née Agnihotri) (formerly Deshmukh): Shlok’s sister, Abhay's ex-wife, and Siddharth's wife. Suffering from abuse, she reluctantly undergoes
illegal abortions twice, ultimately compelling her to escape from her
misogynistic and abusive in-laws, who plan to abort her third unborn child based on gender (2013–2015) • Pratibha Goregaonkar as Sulbha Deshmukh: Jyoti's ex-mother-in-law and Abhay's mother, who seeks to acquire jewelry for monetary gain from the Agnihotris while assisting Abhay in creating an unpleasant atmosphere around Jyoti (2013–2014) • Karan Gangwal as Suresh: Shlok's assistant (2013–2014) •
Shivani Tomar as Swati: Shlok's ex-girlfriend, who breaks up with him after Anjali insists that she adapt to Agnihotri traditions, forcing her to end the relationship abruptly (2013–2014) •
Shefali Rana as Mangala (2013) •
Neha Sargam as Aditi: Shlok and Aastha’s enemy and Swati's sister. Initially shrouded in mystery, she attempts to separate Shlok and Aastha. It is later revealed that her motivation stems from an obsessive desire to eliminate love from Shlok's life, as she holds him responsible for Swati's unstable health condition (2014) • Ankit Modgil as Siddharth Lokhande: Jyoti's second husband and Aastha’s cousin. A humble, joyful and charming man, he enters Jyoti's life as a source of relief, providing her accommodation after she runs away from her in-laws during her pregnancy. Siddharth supports Jyoti, striving to make her feel happy and at ease, and eventually falls in love with her (2014–2015) • Nupur Alankar as Renuka Lokhande: Siddharth's mother (2014–2015) • Sharmin Kazi as Riya Lokhande: Siddharth's sister (2014) • Kabeer Maira as Ankush Joshi: Aastha's
half-brother and Kalindi's son, an undisciplined and unmannered young man required to reside with Kalindi indefinitely to obtain his inheritance. During his stay, he causes disruption and mischief to irritate Kalindi and her family (2014–2015) •
Anchal Sabharwal as Mansi: Varad’s extramarital affair (2014–2015) • Aakshi Khari as Apsara: A chirpy village girl who is self-obsessed with her looks (2014–2015) •
Priya Raina as Dr Surbhi: Shlok's childhood friend and a medical doctor who treats Aastha’s memory loss (2015) •
Aarav Chowdhary as Indrajeet Sarkar: An ambitious businessman who illegitimately obtains the
Power of Attorney over all of the Agnihotris' assets through deception, motivated to defame their earned reputation. Indrajeet takes advantage of Aastha's memory loss and poses as her husband, illegally changing her identity to Barkha (2015) •
Dolly Minhas as Ahilya Vinas: A woman who deliberately attempts to destroy Niranjan and his family while dishonestly claiming ownership of his properties (2015) • Roma Bali as Kavita Vinas: Ahilya's daughter (2015) •
Swati Rajput as Poornima Sarkar: Indrajeet's sister (2015) • Lakshya Wahi as Shantanu Sarkar: Indrajeet's son (2015) • Reet Sharma as Mishti Sarkar: Indrajeet's daughter (2015) • Satish Sharma as Pradeep Vinas: Indrajeet's uncle (2015) • Jaanvi Sangwan as Mousami Vinas: Indrajeet's aunt (2015) ==Production==