Plot
Archana Karanjkar is a hard-working, homely girl living in Mumbai who was able to study only till the eight standard due to her mother's ill health. Manav, a mere mechanic, falls for her. Savita, Manav's mother, lies to Archana's mother, Sulochana, that Manav is a mechanical engineer, so that Sulochana agrees for the wedding to take place. Archana and Manav get married and her family learns that Manav is a mere mechanic and are left distraught.
Gradually, Archana and Manav fall in love with each other. Sachin, Manav's brother, dies in a car accident and his fiancée Shravani is pregnant with his child. Archana and Manav divorce to so that Sachin and Shravani's unborn child has a bright future. Manav and Shravani's marriage is fixed, and Archana leaves Mumbai to complete her higher studies.
2 years later
Archana is now educated and returns to Mumbai. Shravani has delivered a boy, who is named after Sachin. Sulochana decides to get Archana married to Jaywant. Later, Archana and Manav come to know that Jaywant is marrying Archana only for his self-benefits and wishes to leave her alone in the future. Coincidentally, Manav and Shravani's marriage falls on the same date as Jaywant and Archana's wedding. At last, Manav and Archana marry and hence unite again. Shravani leaves for abroad, giving Sachin to Archana and Manav, who adopt Sachin.
Archana's sister, Vaishali marries Manav's boss, Dharmesh, who dislikes Manav. Archana suffers a miscarriage as Manav fails to pay for her operation on time. This makes Manav to determine himself to become successful and earn money. He meets a rich businessman, Digvijay Kirloskar, and starts working with him.
4 years later
Manav is now a rich business tycoon. Dharmesh tries to create difficulties in Manav's life, but in vain. Manav and Archana now have a son, Soham, who is specially liked by Archana's childless sister, Varsha. Later, Archana delivers twin daughters, Ovi and Tejaswini. Varsha abducts Soham and runs away. They fall into a river and were presumed dead. Archana gets blamed for the loss of Soham as she had previously ignored Manav's warning to keep Soham away from Varsha.
Manav decides to move to Canada with his family to further his business. He sends flight tickets to Archana through Savita, who doesn't tell her anything about the tickets and misinforms Archana that Manav wants divorce. Later, Savita signs on the divorce papers on Archana's behalf and lies to Manav that Archana wants divorce. Thus, Manav moves abroad without Archana, who is left shattered and later adopts an orphaned baby girl, Purvi. Vaishali leaves Dharmesh due to his abusive behavior on herself and her children.
18 years later
Manav returns to India to finalize their divorce, and is ordered a six-month courtship together with Archana. The Deshmukh family returns to India. Ovi's marriage is fixed with Digvijay's son, Arjun, while he is in love with Purvi. He soon reveals his love for Purvi and breaks his alliance with Ovi, leaving Ovi shattered. Tejaswini and Damodar expose Savita's conspiracy, uniting Archana and Manav. Varsha and Soham are revealed to be alive as goons in Bihar. Soham is now known as "Vishnu Lala" and Varsha as "Jhumri". Ovi tells Purvi that if she lets her marry Arjun instead, then she will stop Manav from divorcing Archana. For Archana's happiness, Purvi begs Arjun to marry Ovi and thus, Arjun-Ovi get married. Manav and Archana learn about Soham but he refuses to accept them as his parents. Vinod's elder daughter, Poornima, creates a rift between Ovi and Purvi, making Ovi believe that Arjun and Purvi are having an extra-marital affair. To save Ovi-Arjun's marriage life, Purvi shifts to Kolkata.
Six months later, Purvi, who is pregnant, is married to Dr. Onir, a gynecologist. Ovi is also pregnant having complications. Onir and Purvi return Mumbai to treat Ovi. Soham accidentally shoots Archana and she falls into a coma but she soon wakes up and Soham accepts both Manav and Archana as his parents. It's revealed that Purvi is actually pregnant with Arjun's child when they accidentally making love when they taking shelter in the cabin. Ovi loses her son while Purvi delivers a daughter. She replaces her daughter with Ovi's child with Onir's help. Arjun and Purvi's daughter is named Pari. Soon, Purvi is exposed by Punni. Ovi-Arjun and Onir-Purvi divorce. Manav and Archana decide to get Arjun and Purvi married so that Pari gets her full family. Ovi moves to Canada and finds out that she's pregnant again with Arjun's child.
Tejaswini falls in love with Snehlata's son, Sunny, who also falls in love with Vinod's youngest daughter, Ruchita. But, they have to break up as Savita and Snehlata are rivals. Soham falls in love with Dr. Gauri but her alliance gets fixed with Sachin. He kidnaps Gauri and tries to forcefully marry her in the temple. Gauri gets accidentally shot by Soham and falls into a river with him. Arjun meets Ovi in Canada and is shocked on learning about his and Ovi's daughter, Pia. Purvi misunderstands that Arjun has cheated on her with Ovi. She shifts to Canada with Pari and the entire family.
20 years later
Purvi returns to Mumbai and realizes the truth of Pia and Ovi. Arjun is revealed to have a brain tumor. Arjun and Purvi reunite and they move to Australia for Arjun's treatment. Pia helps Ovi to unite with her parents and her family.
Soham, who is revealed to be alive, lives as Raghav Mahatre, with his children, Ankita, Prashant, Mansi, Pranav, and Sonali, and they all suffer from a financial crisis. His eldest daughter, Ankita is exactly lookalike Archana. A mentally challenged businessman named Narendra Karmarkar is traumatized after the death of his lover, Ahaana. He meets Ankita and starts assuming her as Ahaana. Due to lack of money, Ankita is compelled to marry Naren at the behest of his mother, Rushali, who agrees to offer her money. Naren gets much better, and they consummate their marriage.
Pari is devastated after the death of her lover, Aman, and agrees to marry Shekhar. On Pari's wedding day, Naren discovers that Pari is Ahaana and she discovers that Naren is Aman. Soham meets his family but still holds a grudge against them. Naren regains his memory and forgets his memories with Ankita and marries Pari. For Naren and Pari's happy married life, Ankita leaves Mumbai and gives birth to their daughter, Arushi. Rushali steals Arushi and hands her to Naren and Pari, and misinforms Ankita that her baby was stillborn. Naren and Pari adopt Arushi.
5 years later
Ankita returns to Mumbai. Naren and Ankita learn that Arushi is their biological daughter. He regains his memories with Ankita and learns about Pari's evil schemes and divorces her. Pari realizes Ankita and Naren's true love. Ankita and Naren reunite. Purvi and Arjun return to Mumbai, and Pari accepts both her parents after some time and starts living with them. Manav and Archana forgive Soham and finally reunites with him.
Ankita and Naren remarry. Manav-Archana, Arjun-Purvi, and Ankita-Naren together commemorate their "Pavitra Rishta" (sacred relationship). Manav meets with a fatal accident and Archana dies of grief. Their family mourns their death. Their souls are shown to be in heaven together, expressing their undying love for each other.
