Relive BALH Discussion Thread #1 *Episode 40 on page -148 # 18-09-2014

1. First episode: May 30, 2011
2. Final episode: July 10, 2014

Ram Kapoor is a well reputed, rich and powerful businessman in his early 40s. Priya Sharma, who happens to be in her late thirties, comes from a middle-class family. She is sensible, philosophical and more mature than Ram. The story begins when Ram's younger step sister Natasha and Priya's younger brother Kartik, who fall in love with each other. Kartik does not think he should marry before his older sister marries. To solve this problem, Ram agrees to marry Priya to allow Kartik and Natasha marry. Initially, Ram and Priya dislike each other but as time passes and they spend more time with one another and they begin to respect and love each other. However, their relationship remains difficult"every time Priya and Ram grow closer, problems arise and drive them apart. As the story progresses, several antagonists are introduced. The narrative moves between discontinuous time periods.

However, finally Ram and Priya's love wins and they succeed in removing all hurdles from their life. And they live happily ever after, with their family.

• Sakshi Tanwar as Priya Ram Kapoor
• Ram Kapoor as Ram Amarnath Kapoor
• Eva Grover as Niharika a.k.a Sweety
• Chahat Khanna / Akanksha Juneja as Ayesha
• Amrita Mukherjee / Aanchal Munjal / Fenil Umrigar / Sonia Balani as Peehu
• Ekta Kaul as Suhani
• Samir Kochhar as Rajat Kapur
• Shubhavi K. as Juhi
• Jai Kalra as Vikram Shergill
• Tarana Raja Kapoor as Neha Vikram Shergill (ne Singh)
• Niti Taylor as Naina
• Neev Ritesh Jain / Gaurav Sharma / Aditya Kapadia / Ankit Narang as Khush
• Rohan Shah / Yuvraj Thakur / Lavin Gothi as Samar Vikram Shergill a.k.a Sammy
• Madhu Raja as Krishna Amarnath Kapoor
• Rajinder Kaur Manchanda as Daadi a.k.a Parminder Kaur Kapoor
• Sumona Chakravarti as Natasha Amarnath Kapoor a.k.a Nuts/Choti
• Sunny Goraya as Rishabh
• Dipti Shrikant / Amrin Chakkiwala as Saumya Rishabh Kapoor
• Salim Shah / Deepak Qazir Kejriwal as Shiney a.k.a Mamaji
• Prithvi Sankhala as Sudhir Sharma
• Renuka Israni as Shipra Sudhir Sharma
• Mahesh Shetty as Siddhant
• Ashnoor Kaur / Vinti Idnani as Mayra
• Zaynah Vastani / Pragati Chourasiya as Pari
• Azaan Rustam Shah / Anshul Pandey as Rahul Vikram Shergill
• Arshima Thapar as Kadambari a.k.a Cady
• Kanika Shivpuri as Dai Jaa
• Ruhee Bagga as Riddhima
• Mohit Malhotra / Chirag Thakkar as Kartik Sudhir Sharma
• Sonal Parihar as Jhanvi
• Harsh Khurana as Ashwin Khanna
• Madhumita Das as Shruti Ashwin Khanna
• Rohan Mehra as Varun Ashwin Khanna
• Amit Bhalla as Dr. Jayesh Karekar a.k.a Jayesh Patil
• Asha Negi as Apeksha
• Priya Marathe as Jyoti
• Vaibhav Joshi as Rehaan
• Yatin Mehta as Raunak
• Kajal Pisal as Ishika Aditya Dhanrajgir (ne Kapoor)
• Saptrishi Ghosh as Rishi Shandeliya
• Karan Mehra as Bhanu Shergill
• Charu Asopa as Saudamini
• Anshuman Singh Mahant as Shags
• Rakshanda Khan as Isha Singhania
• Rushad Rana as Shekhar
• Nandini Sen as Nandini Bittu Singh
• Nivin Ramani as Robin
• Arjit Taneja
• Mandar Jadhav
• Mamta Luthra as Naani
• Parakh Madan as Harvinder a.k.a Harry
• Shiwani Chakraborty as Shanaya

Accolades

Sakshi Tanwar and Ram Kapoor won the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award while Ekta Kapoor won the Best Producer award.The show also won the Kalakar Award for theBest Serial. In addition, the show has won six Indian Television Academy Awards, two Global Indian Film and Television Honours, three Star Guild Awards, fiveIndian Telly Awards, three FICCI Frames Excellence Honours and two People's Choice Awards, until 2013.