[3] It starred Sumeet Sachdev, Pallavi Subash, Muhammad Iqbal Khan and Yash Tonk.

[4][5] Sanyogita Maheshwari as Kamya Gauri Chatterjee is a charming and innocent middle-class Bengali girl who lives with her family.

Her father Alok's best friend and wealthy businessman Mahen Kapoor and his wife Nikhila dote on Gauri who is motherless.

However, on the day of her wedding, Gauri is told that Shashank has refused to marry her and the Kapoors have forced Shiv to stand in as the bridegroom.

Shiv has been in love with his childhood friend Ipshita and wanted to save her from the effects of his horoscope.

Shiv and Gauri have three children, twin sons - Om and Priam and a daughter, Shanti.

While Gauri is busy with the kids, Shiv sometimes misses Ipshita who is now a famous writer and has separated from Anupam.

Mahen's nephews, Moksh and Asim enter the Kapoor mansion, accompanied by Shashank, their business associate.

Samar has turned into a cold-hearted business tycoon, and Gauri, who has lost her memory, is living in another town as Shivangi.

They lead a modest life until a spoilt rich girl named Kamya falls in love with Samar.

Kamya and her mother poison Samar's mind and make him believe that Gauri is having an affair.

Gauri is pregnant with Samar's baby but he begins to suspect that her supposed lover has fathered the child.

[8] Besides, Sumeet Sachdev, Aparna Mehta, Amarnath Kapoor, Rajiv, Delnaaz Paul, Salil Ankola, Geetanjali Tikekar, Achint Kaur, Rupa Ganguly, Jaya Battacharya, Karan Patel, Karan Kapoor, Rahul Jagtiani were cast then.

[11] Speaking about the series Producer Ekta Kapoor said, "Karam is a simple identifiable story.

"[12] In November 2006, Kapoor filed a petition in Bombay High Court when Salil Ankola quit the series for participating in Bigg Boss show of rival channel Sony Entertainment Television which violated his contract to work only for Balaji Telefilms and not any other programs.

[11] However, soon he returned to the series after he was made to leave the show by the channel Sony after court orders.

[17] In November 2008, the shootings and telecast of all the Hindi television series including this series and films were stalled on 8 November 2008 due to dispute by the technician workers of FWICE (Federation of Western India Cine Employees) for increasing the wages, better work conditions and more breaks between shootings.

[26] Rediff stated, "The serial is truly different from the usual stuff dished out by Balaji Telefilms, and that's perhaps the reason it's gaining popularity by the day.