# Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin
**Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin** (गुम है किसी के प्यार में) is an Indian Hindi-language television soap opera that premiered in 2020 on Star Plus. It began as the story of Sai Joshi, a fearless young woman who aspires to become a doctor, and her marriage of convenience to IPS officer Virat Chavan, and it has since been extended through repeated cast changes and story leaps centered on new generations of characters.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) • [2](https://urbanasian.com/entertainment/indian-tv-news/2025/05/why-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiins-new-story-is-problematic/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Format | Hindi soap opera (drama, romance) on Star Plus, aired from October 2020 until its conclusion on July 4, 2025, with episodes of about 20 minutes[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) • [3](https://tvheat.com/show/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin) • [18](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-param-singh-on-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-wrap-up-says-i-saw-it-coming-as-the-trp-had-been-declining-im-just-happy-for-the-journey-and-everything-we-achieved-during-the-show/amp_articleshow/122245971.cms) |
| Origin | A remake of the Bengali show *Kusum Dola*, adapted rather than copied scene for scene according to its creative director[4](https://www.indiaforums.com/article/were-not-copypasting-the-content-siddhartha-vankar-on-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-being-a-remake_179826) |
| Producer | Cockcrow and Shaika Films[4](https://www.indiaforums.com/article/were-not-copypasting-the-content-siddhartha-vankar-on-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-being-a-remake_179826) |
| Original leads | Ayesha Singh as Sai Joshi, Neil Bhatt as ACP Virat Chavan, Aishwarya Sharma as Patralekha (Pakhi)[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) |
| Later leads | Bhavika Sharma as Savi, Shakti Arora as Dr. Ishaan Bhosale, Hitesh Bharadwaj as Rajat, Param Singh as Dr. Neil[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) • [5](https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/i-dont-know-if-its-a-perfect-comeback-or-not-param-singh-on-returning-to-tv-with-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-exclusive) |
| Scale | 1,625 episodes listed on IMDb[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) |
| Audience score | 4.1/10 on IMDb from about 2,000 votes; a MouthShut score of 23 to 27 percent from 593 votes[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) • [6](https://www.mouthshut.com/product-reviews/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-Discussion-926074248) |
## Premise and first generation
The opening story follows Sai Joshi, a girl who wants to study medicine, who marries Virat Chavan, an [Indian Police Service](https://www.edgepedia.org/indian-police-service) officer, under an arrangement both treat as a deal. The drama centers on her life inside Virat's orthodox joint family and on the slow development of love between the two.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) A third principal character, Pakhi, whom Virat had loved before his marriage, turns the setup into a sustained love triangle among Sai, Virat, and Pakhi.[7](https://www.aajtak.in//entertainment//television/story/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-love-triangle-cringe-story-tv-dramas-making-fun-of-marriage-relationship-extra-marital-affairs-tmovh-1682690-2023-04-26)
The triangle drove both the show's success and its criticism. AajTak's 2023 television coverage described the serial as representative of a post-pandemic shift in Hindi drama toward love triangles and extramarital-affair plots, noting that the show topped weekly TRP (television Rating Point, India's TV audience measure) ratings even as viewers trolled its content for treating marriage casually.[7](https://www.aajtak.in//entertainment//television/story/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-love-triangle-cringe-story-tv-dramas-making-fun-of-marriage-relationship-extra-marital-affairs-tmovh-1682690-2023-04-26) The Broadcasting Content Complaints mechanism of the Indian Broadcasting and Digital Foundation also recorded a complaint that a storyline, in which a man continued living with a second wife knowing his legally wedded wife was alive, promoted bigamy; the channel's response characterized the show as fiction relying on larger-than-life drama with little to no basis in reality.[8](https://www.ibdf.com/sites/default/files/DECISIONS%20updated%20till%20122nd%20meeting.pdf)
## Remake origins
The serial is an adaptation of the Bengali show *[Kusum Dola](https://www.edgepedia.org/kusum-dola)*. In a 2021 interview, the show's creative director Siddhartha Vankar said the production was not copy-pasting content but adapting it, changing cultural contexts and using the knowledge of the original's larger story arcs to shape characters and remove elements that had not worked.[4](https://www.indiaforums.com/article/were-not-copypasting-the-content-siddhartha-vankar-on-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-being-a-remake_179826) The franchise has also used the actress Rekha in its promotional material; the trailer for the Savi era shows her welcoming the new chapter of the story.[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/)
## Cast turnover and story leaps
The show's defining production pattern is the replacement of its lead cast while keeping the title. When the first-generation leads left, the story moved to Savi, the daughter of Sai and Virat, played by Bhavika Sharma, paired first with Dr. Ishaan Bhosale ([Shakti Arora](https://www.edgepedia.org/shakti-arora)) and later with Rajat (Hitesh Bharadwaj).[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) • [2](https://urbanasian.com/entertainment/indian-tv-news/2025/05/why-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiins-new-story-is-problematic/) Ishaan was killed off to open a new arc, and the Savi–Rajat pairing became one of the most cherished pairings on Indian television in recent times, according to UrbanAsian's commentary.[2](https://urbanasian.com/entertainment/indian-tv-news/2025/05/why-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiins-new-story-is-problematic/) A third season shifted focus to an entirely new family rather than using a generational leap, and a fourth chapter killed off the female protagonist Tejaswini and brought Savi back, discarding the previous lead pairing.[2](https://urbanasian.com/entertainment/indian-tv-news/2025/05/why-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiins-new-story-is-problematic/) In the fourth chapter, Param Singh joined as Dr. Neil, his return to television after roughly four years away.[5](https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/i-dont-know-if-its-a-perfect-comeback-or-not-param-singh-on-returning-to-tv-with-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-exclusive)
Commentary on the franchise has repeatedly noted structural repetition. Business Upturn argued in 2024 that the Ishaan–Savi story closely mirrored the original Sai–Virat story, including a comparable love triangle and analogous characters such as the troublesome family matriarch.[9](https://businessupturn.com/entertainment/television/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-5-reasons-why-we-feel-that-the-present-narrative-is-a-replica-of-the-old-one/) Viewers have also compared a later promo to the show *[Bepannah](https://www.edgepedia.org/bepannah)*, with fans asking why the same stories keep repeating.[10](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/netizens-compare-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiins-new-promo-with-harshad-chopda-and-jennifer-winget-starrer-bepannah-fans-write-why-do-they-keep-repeating-the-same-stories/articleshow/120798564.cms)
## Ratings trajectory
The show was a ratings success for most of its first years. India Today reported in March 2021 that it had beaten *Imlie* in the weekly rating war while *Anupamaa* retained the top spot, and in September 2022 that it was giving *Anupamaa* a tough fight.[11](https://www.indiatoday.in/television/top-stories/story/anupamaa-retains-top-spot-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-beats-imlie-in-rating-war-1778211-2021-03-11) • [12](https://www.indiatoday.in/television/top-stories/story/tv-rating-war-anupamaa-gets-tough-fight-from-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-2003521-2022-09-22) In late 2020, Filmibeat's TRP coverage recorded the show re-entering the top five after [Indian Idol](https://www.edgepedia.org/indian-idol) 12 moved out of the list.[13](https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2020/latest-trp-ratings-indian-idol-12-out-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-re-enters-top-5/articlecontent-pf319212-307698.html)
The later years show a steep decline. The show subsequently recorded a TRP of 0.9, described in Hindi media coverage as its lowest ever, with viewers mocking the figure.[14](https://www.timesnowhindi.com/entertainment/television/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-gets-lowest-trp-viewers-laugh-at-makers-says-tight-slap-on-them-article-151886445) Trade commentary has framed these swings as typical of Indian television, where TRP pressure, budget constraints, and audience preference drive rapid creative and casting changes.[15](https://www.tellyexpress.com/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-bhavika-shaktis-comeback-to-rescue-ratings/)
## Reception
Audience scores are low relative to the show's commercial history: 4.1/10 on IMDb from about 2,000 votes[1](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/) and a MouthShut aggregate of 23 to 27 percent from 593 votes.[6](https://www.mouthshut.com/product-reviews/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-Discussion-926074248) Common criticisms in user reviews target repetitive conflict cycles, abrupt character deaths used for emotional impact, and storylines that reviewers describe as illogical, while some reviews separately credit the acting.[16](https://www.mouthshut.com/review/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-review-qnqnmrrmunp) Off screen, lead actors [Neil Bhatt](https://www.edgepedia.org/neil-bhatt) and Aishwarya Sharma, who played Virat and Pakhi, married in real life, a pairing noted in diaspora press coverage in 2021.[17](https://www.deshvidesh.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVER_VOL_2901.pdf)
## References
1. [Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin (TV Series 2020– ), IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13085534/)
2. [Why Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin's New Story is Problematic, UrbanAsian (May 8, 2025)](https://urbanasian.com/entertainment/indian-tv-news/2025/05/why-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiins-new-story-is-problematic/)
3. [Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin — Episode Ratings, Seasons & Reviews, TVHeat](https://tvheat.com/show/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin)
4. [We're not copy-pasting the content: Siddhartha Vankar on 'Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin' being a remake, India Forums (September 22, 2021)](https://www.indiaforums.com/article/were-not-copypasting-the-content-siddhartha-vankar-on-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-being-a-remake_179826)
5. ['I Don't Know If It's A Perfect Comeback Or Not': Param Singh On Returning To TV With Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin, Free Press Journal (February 17, 2025)](https://www.freepressjournal.in/entertainment/i-dont-know-if-its-a-perfect-comeback-or-not-param-singh-on-returning-to-tv-with-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-exclusive)
6. [Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin Reviews and Ratings, MouthShut](https://www.mouthshut.com/product-reviews/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-Discussion-926074248)
7. [संस्कारी नहीं रह गया टीवी का सास-बहू ड्रामा, AajTak (April 26, 2023)](https://www.aajtak.in//entertainment//television/story/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-love-triangle-cringe-story-tv-dramas-making-fun-of-marriage-relationship-extra-marital-affairs-tmovh-1682690-2023-04-26)
8. [IBDF Broadcasting Content Complaints Council decisions](https://www.ibdf.com/sites/default/files/DECISIONS%20updated%20till%20122nd%20meeting.pdf)
9. [Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin: 5 reasons why we feel that the present narrative is a replica of the old one, Business Upturn (February 12, 2024)](https://businessupturn.com/entertainment/television/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-5-reasons-why-we-feel-that-the-present-narrative-is-a-replica-of-the-old-one/)
10. [Netizens compare Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin's new promo with Bepannah, Times of India](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/netizens-compare-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiins-new-promo-with-harshad-chopda-and-jennifer-winget-starrer-bepannah-fans-write-why-do-they-keep-repeating-the-same-stories/articleshow/120798564.cms)
11. [Anupamaa retains top spot, Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin beats Imlie in rating war, India Today (March 11, 2021)](https://www.indiatoday.in/television/top-stories/story/anupamaa-retains-top-spot-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-beats-imlie-in-rating-war-1778211-2021-03-11)
12. [TV Rating War: Anupamaa gets tough fight from Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin, India Today (September 22, 2022)](https://www.indiatoday.in/television/top-stories/story/tv-rating-war-anupamaa-gets-tough-fight-from-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-2003521-2022-09-22)
13. [Latest TRP ratings: Indian Idol 12 out, Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin re-enters top 5, Filmibeat (2020)](https://www.filmibeat.com/television/news/2020/latest-trp-ratings-indian-idol-12-out-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-re-enters-top-5/articlecontent-pf319212-307698.html)
14. [GHKKPM की 0.9 टीआरपी देख दर्शकों ने उड़ाई मेकर्स की खिल्ली, Times Now Navbharat](https://www.timesnowhindi.com/entertainment/television/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-gets-lowest-trp-viewers-laugh-at-makers-says-tight-slap-on-them-article-151886445)
15. ["Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin: Bhavika & Shakti's Comeback to Rescue Ratings?", Tellyexpress](https://www.tellyexpress.com/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-bhavika-shaktis-comeback-to-rescue-ratings/)
16. [Overdramatic — Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin review, MouthShut (January 22, 2025)](https://www.mouthshut.com/review/ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-review-qnqnmrrmunp)
17. [Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin's Neil Bhatt and Aishwarya Sharma Tie the Knot, Desh-Videsh (December 2021)](https://www.deshvidesh.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/COVER_VOL_2901.pdf)
18. [Exclusive - Param Singh on Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin wrap-up; says 'I saw it coming as the TRP had been declining, I’m just happy for the journey and everything we achieved during the show', - Time](https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/exclusive-param-singh-on-ghum-hai-kisikey-pyaar-meiin-wrap-up-says-i-saw-it-coming-as-the-trp-had-been-declining-im-just-happy-for-the-journey-and-everything-we-achieved-during-the-show/amp_articleshow/122245971.cms)
---
*Topic: Encyclopedia › Arts and culture › Screen and stage › Film and television › Series and fictional screen worlds › International serial drama and telenovelas › South and Southeast Asian serials › Hindi serials and Indian Hindi-language dramas › Family and social dramas › Romantic dramas › Contemporary romantic serials*
*Initially written Sep 17, 2026 · Reviewed: Sep 30, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Edited: Sep 30, 2026; Oct 25, 2026 · Last review: Oct 25, 2026*
*Copyright 2026 EdgeChat AI, a subsidiary of Biostate AI.*
License: Edgepedia Community License 1.0, https://www.edgepedia.org/edgepedia/license