Kundali Bhagya

Preeta realises that she is pregnant but soon she discovers it was a false pregnancy, saddening her and her family. They then adopt a child, Pihu. It is later revealed that Karan's college friend and one-sided lover, Sonakshi, made Preeta believe that it was not possible for her to conceive and the former gave her pills which unknowingly stopped her from conceiving. Sonakshi hires a goon to create an accident, in which Pihu dies, and the entire Luthra family blame Preeta for it and expel her from the house. Karan expels Sonakshi from his house for coercing him to marry her. Preeta leaves for Bangalore with her grandmother.

Preeta is back in Mumbai and works as a physiotherapist at a clinic. She accidentally meets Mahesh who is irrational and has been confined in a mental institution. She then goes to the Luthra mansion where she learns about what happened in the past two years where Prithvi captured the Luthras' property and business, and that Mahesh suffers from mental illness because of Prithvi. Sherlyn and Prithvi bring a con woman named Natasha in the house to seduce Karan, so that he forgets Preeta but fails.

Preeta re-enters the Luthra mansion by presenting Mahesh's will defeating Prithvi's attempt to confiscate the Luthra property and business. She then resolves the family's problems and brings Rishabh back, who was stuck in Dubai due to a case plotted against him by Prithvi and Sherlyn. Rishabh exposes them. Thus, Sherlyn and Rishabh as well as Kritika and Prithvi get divorced. The Luthras overcome their hatred towards Preeta and accept her.

Sherlyn and Natasha convince Karan that Preeta and Rishabh are having an affair. Natasha and her boyfriend Roxy, push a drunk Karan off the dam and he is presumed to be dead. They then go into hiding. Preeta discovers that she is pregnant with Karan's child. The Luthras perform the custom, Chadar Andazi, where Rishabh marries Preeta to give her child a paternal identity.

Preeta has given birth to her and Karan's baby, a daughter, Kavya. She and Rishabh have a marriage in name only, moreover share a friendly and respectful relationship. Srishti and Sameer as well as Sherlyn and Prithvi are now married.

Karan is revealed to be alive but has suffered a memory loss plus plastic surgery after his accident. He is now known as Arjun Suryavanshi and is engaged to a businesswoman named Nidhi Hinduja who saved him. Later he regains his memory and sets out to destroy Rishabh and Preeta because he believes that they pushed him off the dam. He is accompanied by Nidhi's sister, Anjali.

After some time, Karan takes over Luthra mansion. He offers to allow the family members to stay in the house if Preeta marries him. Preeta gets several clues that Arjun is Karan so she agrees to his terms. The judge declares Rishabh and Preeta's marriage to be invalid, and they divorce. The latter marries Karan, angering Anjali who is obsessed with Karan. The Luthras discover that Arjun is in fact Karan. Karan reveals his mission to destroy Rishabh and Preeta as he believed they pushed him off the dam. Rishabh and Preeta prove themselves innocent by showing him the CCTV footage of the dam on the day of his accident. Thus, Karan and Preeta reunite and Karan severs his ties with Anjali after learning of her misdeeds. The Luthra family have Natasha and Roxy arrested when they learn their truth.

Later, Preeta gives birth to fraternal twin sons, Rudraksh and Shaurya. Karan has Anjali arrested when she kidnaps Rudraksh and forces Karan to marry her in lieu of his son's life, but soon she escapes from jail and hits them with a truck and kidnaps Rudraksh once again. Karan's face is disfigured and he falls into a coma. Preeta escapes from the accident, however the Luthras blame her for everything and expel her from the house, keeping Kavya and Shaurya with them. Preeta saves Rudraksh, but Anjali falls off a cliff and dies. Srishti then separates from Sameer due to his mistrust of her sister and for how the Luthras mistreated Preeta. Soon after, the Luthras presume Rudraksh and Preeta dead.

Rudraksh was renamed to Rajveer Arora by Srishti after Preeta lost her memory, and they have been living together in a different city. Preeta and Rajveer are unaware that they are biological mother and son, and he thinks Srishti is his mother and Preeta is his aunt. Preeta feels traumatized whenever she tries to remember her past memories. Rajveer grows up to be generous and kind-hearted yet sharp-minded. On the other hand, Shaurya lives with the Luthras and has grown up spoilt and over-pampered and he thinks Nidhi, who is now Karan's wife, is his mother. Karan, who came out of coma amidst the leap, has become a stern business tycoon, who still mourns the supposed deaths of Preeta and Rudraksh, but hates Preeta at the same time believing that she intentionally left the hospital.

Rajveer overhears Srishti about him being Preeta's son and questions her, and she reveals Preeta's past and the fact that he has a twin brother named Shaurya. He vows to return Preeta's honour and make Luthras realize their mistake. Rajveer who once considered Karan as his business idol starts hating him after learning that he never tried to search them after waking up from coma and married Nidhi. Rajveer decides moving to Mumbai with Preeta, however, the bus boarded by them meets with an accident due to Shaurya's rash driving. This way they meet Dr. Palki Khurana who treats them medically and also help them get a room on rent through her aunt. Rajveer and Shaurya soon establish enmity and revengeful nature towards one another, but at the same time Shaurya develops a soft-corner for Preeta.

Rajveer and Palki start liking each other. Palki's sister Mahi, who's a fan of Shaurya starts admiring Rajveer but is also sore towards him due to his middle-class lifestyle. Palki's alliance gets fixed with a filmmaker Ketan Bansal. On the other hand, Shaurya keeps making attempts to trouble Rajveer and Palki. Shaurya's goons kidnap Palki a day before her marriage but Rajveer rescues her. Shaurya uses morphed images of Rajveer and Palki to slander them of having an affair on her wedding day, however, Rajveer proves both of them innocent while Palki calls off her marriage. Rajveer realises Shaurya being the mastermind and reaches Luthra house to teach him a lesson besides saves Karan and Preeta when a fire breaks out there. To figure out Rajveer's relationship with Preeta, Karan offers him a job which he accepts to keep him away from Preeta.

Kavya returns to Luthra mansion and is soon to get married, but her memory of her mother's face has faded away through the years. Nidhi decides to use Shaurya's stubborn nature and get complete control over family and business. Rajveer meets Kavya and comes to know about latter being his elder sister, and she too feels a connection with him so invites him in her pre-wedding rituals. Meanwhile, Shaurya's insecurities keeps on increasing and he starts plotting against Rajveer with Nidhi's help. In the meantime, Srishti comes back to Mumbai sensing Preeta and Rajveer's lives at risk while Palki's another sister Shanaya too arrives back. Meanwhile Karan hires a private detective to keep a watch over Preeta and Rajveer to know their relation who turns out to be Nidhi's henchman.

Soon Shanaya gets interested in Shaurya's money and decides to marry him and tries to use Rajveer by spreading rumors of her and Rajveer's affair to get Shaurya's attention but herself gets attracted for the former meanwhile Palki and Rajveer falls for each other.

• Shraddha Arya as Dr. Preeta Arora Luthra: Sarla and Raghuveer's second daughter; Pragya, Bulbul and Srishti's sister; Karan's wife; Pihu's adoptive mother; Rishabh's ex-wife; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's mother (2017–present)
• Dheeraj Dhoopar as Karan Luthra: Rakhi and Mahesh's younger son; Rishabh and Ruchika's brother; Sameer and Kritika's cousin; Preeta's husband; Pihu's adoptive father; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's father; Nidhi's illegitimate husband (2017–2022)
  • Shakti Arora replaced Dhoopar as Karan Luthra (2022–2023)
  • Shakti Anand replaced Arora as Karan Luthra (2023–present)
• Manit Joura as Rishabh Luthra: Rakhi and Mahesh's elder son; Karan and Ruchika's brother; Sameer and Kritika's cousin; Sherlyn and Preeta's ex-husband; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's uncle (2017–2021; 2022–present)
• Paras Kalnawat as Rajveer Luthra: Preeta and Karan's elder son; Pihu's adoptive brother; Kavya's younger and Shaurya's twin brother; Palki's love-interest (2023–present)
• Baseer Ali as Shaurya Luthra: Preeta and Karan's younger son; Pihu's adoptive brother; Kavya's younger and Rajveer's twin brother; a rap artist (2023–present)
• Sana Sayyad as Dr. Palki Khurana: Shailendra and Daljeet's eldest daughter; Shanaya and Mahi's elder sister; Rajveer's love-interest; Ketan's ex-fiancée; Dr. Avinash's assistant; Bani's doctor (2023–present)

• Vijay Kashyap as Raghuveer Arora: Daljeet's son; Sarla's husband; Pragya, Preeta, Bulbul and Srishti's father; Pihu's adoptive maternal grandfather; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's maternal grandfather (2017)
• Supriya Shukla as Sarla Arora: Raghuveer's widow; Pragya, Preeta, Bulbul and Srishti's mother; Pihu's adoptive maternal grandmother; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's maternal grandmother (2017–2022)
• Anjum Fakih as Srishti Arora Luthra: Sarla and Raghuveer's youngest daughter; Pragya, Preeta and Bulbul's younger sister; Sameer's estranged wife; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's aunt (2017–present)
• Abhishek Kapur as Sameer "Sammy" Luthra: Rishabh, Karan, Ruchika and Kritika's cousin; Srishti's estranged husband; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's uncle (2017–2023)
• Madhu Raja as Daljeet Arora: Matriarch of the Arora family; Raghuveer's mother; Pragya, Preeta, Bulbul and Srishti's grandmother; Pihu's adoptive maternal great-grandmother; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's maternal great-grandmother (2017–2023)
• Jasjeet Babbar as Janki: The Aroras' handmaiden (2017–2021)
  • Mehnaaz Shroff replaced Babbar as Janki (2021–2023)
• Twinkle Vashisht as Kritika Luthra: Kareena's daughter; Rishabh, Karan, Ruchika and Sameer's cousin; Akshay's ex-fiancée; Prithvi's ex-wife (2017–present)
• Mrinal Singh Lal as Ruchika Luthra: Mahesh and Rakhi's daughter; Rishabh and Karan's sister; Sameer and Kritika's cousin (2017)
• Neelam Mehra as Bani Luthra: Matriarch of the Luthra family; Mahesh, Suresh and Kareena's mother; Rishabh, Karan, Kritika, Sameer and Ruchika's grandmother; Pihu's adoptive paternal great-grandmother; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's paternal great-grandmother (2017–present)
• Naveen Saini as Mahesh Luthra: Bani's elder son; Suresh and Kareena's brother; Rakhi's husband; Karan, Rishabh and Ruchika's father; Pihu's adoptive grandfather; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's grandfather (2017–present)
• Anisha Hinduja as Rakhi Luthra: Mahesh's wife; Rishabh, Karan and Ruchika's mother; Pihu's adoptive paternal grandmother; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's paternal grandmother (2017–present)
• Pyumori Mehta Ghosh as Kareena Luthra: Bani's daughter; Mahesh and Suresh's sister; Kritika's mother (2017)
  • Usha Bachani replaced Ghosh as Kareena Luthra (2017–present)
• Sahil Phull as Deepak: Preeta's ex-fiancé (2017)
• Shyn Khurana as Malishka: Karan's ex-girlfriend (2017)
• Ruhi Chaturvedi as Sherlyn Khurana Malhotra: Sanjana's daughter; Rishabh's ex-wife; Prithvi's wife (2017–2023)
• Sanjana Phadke as Sanjana Khurana: Sherlyn's mother; Kareena's friend (2017–2022)
• Roma Arora as Sofia: Karan's former girlfriend (2017–2018)
• Sanjay Gagnani as Prithvi Malhotra: Pawan's brother; Preeta's ex-fiancé; Kritika's ex-husband; Sherlyn's husband (2017–2023)
• Ajay Basnur as Girish: Luthra's servant; Girija's husband (2017–present)
• Mahira Sharma as Monisha Sharma: Karan's ex-fiancée (2018–2019)
• Isha Anand Sharma as Tapsee: Prithvi's former girlfriend (2018)
• Mandeep Bamra as Vicky (2019)
• Ashish Mehrotra as Akshay Ahuja: Ruchika's boyfriend; Megha's husband; Kritika's ex-fiancé (2017)
  • Mukul Harish replaced Mehrotra as Akshay Ahuja (2018)
  • Naveen Sharma replaced Harish as Akshay Ahuja (2021)
• Girish Thapar as Mr. Ahuja: Akshay's father (2017–2018; 2021)
• Parveen Kaur as Mrs. Ahuja: Akshay's mother (2017–2018; 2021)
• Swati Kapoor as Mahira Khanna: Karan's obsessive one-sided lover and ex-fiancée; Ramona's daughter (2019–2021)
• Kasturi Banerjee as Ramona Khanna: Mahira's mother (2019–2020)
  • Geetanjali Mishra replaced Banerjee as Ramona Khanna (2020–2021)
• Akshay Raj Jawrani as Shiv: Karan's friend; Preeta's one-sided lover (2019)
• Ankit Gupta as Pawan Malhotra: Prithvi's younger brother (2020–2021)
• Saptrishi Ghosh as Suresh Luthra: Bani's younger son; Mahesh and Kareena's brother; Pammi's husband (2021)
• Shravani Goswami as Parminder "Pammi" Luthra: Suresh's wife (2021)
• Priyanka Zemse as Ruchika: Akshay's girlfriend (2021)
• Ruchita Anchor as Megha Ahuja: Akshay's wife (2021)
• Mansi Srivastava as Sonakshi Raichand: Karan's college friend and one-sided lover (2021)
• Hemant Choudhary as Yashvardhan Raichand: Sonakshi's father (2021)
• Giriraj Kabra as Rajat Bedi: Sonakshi's fiancé (2021)
• Trupti Mishra as Dr. Deepali (2021)
• Swarna Pandey as Pihu Luthra: Preeta and Karan's adopted daughter; Kavya, Rajveer and Shaurya's adopted elder sister (2021)
• Rishika Nag as Natasha Khurana/Payal: A con-woman and Sherlyn's fake younger cousin sister (2021–2022; 2023)
• Gaurav Bora as Roxy: Natasha's boyfriend (2022; 2023)
• Vipin Sharma as Nagre: Prithvi's advocate (2021–2022)
• Niya Sharma as Nidhi "Nidz" Hinduja Luthra: Anjali's elder sister; Arjun's widow; Karan's illegitimate wife and obsessive lover; Aarohi's best-friend (2022)
  • Ira Sone replaced Sharma as Nidhi (2023)
  • Akanksha Juneja replaced Sone as Nidhi (2023–present)
• Sonal Vengurlekar as Anjali Hinduja: Karan's obsessive one-sided lover; Nidhi's younger sister (2022–2023)
• Prince Abhimanyu Singh Gill as Vipin: Rajveer's neighbour and best friend (2023)
• Preeth Balyaya as Sandy: Shaurya's friend (2023–present)
• Rishabh Jaiswal as Sanju: Shaurya's friend (2023–present)
• Rose Sardana as Mahi Khurana: Shailendra and Daljeet's youngest daughter; Palki's and Shanaya's younger sister; Shaurya's fan; Rajveer's admirer; an aspiring model (2023–present)
• Farukh Saeed as Shailendra Khurana: Gurpreet's brother; Daljeet's husband; Palki, Shanaya and Mahi's father (2023–present)
• Roma Bali as Daljeet Khurana: Shailendra's wife; Palki, Shanaya and Mahi's mother (2023–present)
• Niju Machhan as Gurpreet Khurana Bajwa: Shailendra's sister; Mohit's mother; Palki, Shanaya and Mahi's aunt; Rajveer and Preeta's landlady (2023–present)
• Sohil Singh Jhuti as Mohit Bajwa: Gurpreet's son; Palki, Shanaya and Mahi's cousin; Rajveer's friend (2023–present)
• Abhishek Sharma as Ketan Bansal: Mr. Bansal and Jasbir's son; a filmmaker; Palki's ex-fiancé (2023)
• Ridhi Budhkar as Jasbir Bansal: Mr. Bansal's wife; Ketan's mother (2023)
• Meera Sarang as Aarohi aka Roh: Nidhi's best-friend (2023–present)
• Sneha Das as Shreya: Palki's friend (2023–present)
• Mrinal Navell Chandra as Kavya "Kavu" Luthra: Karan and Preeta's daughter; Pihu's adoptive younger sister; Rajveer and Shaurya's elder sister; Varun's fiancée (2023–present)
  • Ananya Gambhir as young Kavya (2022–2023)
• Vivek Doshi as Viper: Shaurya's friend; a social media influencer; rap and hip-hop artist (2023)
• Ashish Trivedi as Varun: Rahul's brother; Kavya's fiancé (2023–present)
• Gayatri Soham as Varun and Rahul's mother (2023–present)
• Farooq Khan as Varun and Rahul's father (2023–present)
• Guneet Sharma as Rahul: Varun's brother (2023–present)
• Shalini Mahal as Shanaya "Sona" Khurana: Shailendra and Daljeet's younger daughter; Palki's younger and Mahi's elder sister; Rajveer's admirer; a fashion designer (2023–present)
• Ashish Kaul as Dr. Avinash: Shailendra and Gurpreet's friend; Palki's senior; Bani's doctor (2023–present)

The production and airing of the show was halted indefinitely in late March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[4] Due to the outbreak, the filming of television series and films was halted on 19 March 2020 and expected to resume on 1 April 2020 but could not and the series was last broadcast on 24 March 2020 when the remaining episodes were aired.[5][6][7] After three months, the production and filming of the series resumed on 29 June 2020 and broadcast to resume from 13 July 2020.[8][9][10]

In January 2022, Supriya Shukla playing Sarla Arora quit the show saying, "I had done everything as Sarla but there was not much left for me to do".[11]

First generation title screen featuring Shraddha Arya and Shakti Arora

In June 2022, actor Dheeraj Dhoopar, who played Karan Luthra, quit the series due to personal reasons and was replaced by Shakti Arora.[12][13]

In January 2023, a twenty-year generation leap and a new generation of leads were announced.[14] Arora, who replaced Dhoopar as Karan, quit owing to the generation leap, stating he didn't want to play a father to grown-ups and wanted to explore other things.[15][16] Arora was then replaced by Shakti Anand after the leap.[17][18] Sanjay Gagnani, who portrayed Prithvi Malhotra, also announced his decisions to quit the series as he wanted to take up new opportunities.[19] Shraddha Arya, who portrays Preeta Luthra, decided to continue as a mother to the new generation. Later in March 2023, Sonal Vengurlekar, playing Anjali Hinduja, also announced her decision to quit after the generation leap because she didn't wanted to age onscreen.[20] Ruhi Chaturvedi, who portrayed Sherlyn Khurana, also quit right before leap as she wanted to explore more as an actress.[21]

Paras Kalnawat, Baseer Ali and Sana Sayyad were introduced as new leads with Kalnawat as one of Preeta's twin sons, Rajveer Luthra, and Ali as Preeta's other twin son, Shaurya Luthra, and Sayyad as Dr. Palki Khurana.[22][23][24] In the same month, Rose Sardana was cast to play Mahi Khurana, Palki's sister.[25]

In May 2023, Anjum Fakih portraying Srishti Arora, who had initially taken a break from the show for participating in Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi 13, later confirmed quitting as her role was no longer challenging after the leap,[26] but also said that she will return back if the story requires her character,[27] and she reprised her role in July 2023, post her stint in the adventure-based reality show.[28]

Later Abhishek Kapur who portrayed Sameer Luthra too quit the series to try new spaces as an actor.[29] In June 2023, Ira Sone portraying Nidhi quit the series and Akanksha Juneja replaced her.[30] Later in the following month, Mrinal Navell Chandra was cast to play grown-up Kavya Luthra replacing Ananya Gambhir who played Kavya's younger version,[31] while Ashish Trivedi was cast opposite her as Varun and Guneet Sharma was cast to play his brother Rahul.[32][33] In following month Shalini Mahal joined the cast as Palki's sister Shanaya Khurana.[34]

Kundali Bhagya is one of the longest-running Indian television series. It took its generation leap on 16 March 2023 and completed its 1500 episodes on 10 April 2023.[35]

Anjum Fakih's character was slated to be negative after three months from the day of premiere of the show, but the love of audience to her positive character made the production revoke their decision.[36]