[1] The series cast veteran Bollywood actresses Poonam Dhillon and Padmini Kolhapure, along with Krystle D'Souza and Karan Sharma.
[2] The story, based on a Gujarati play titled Sharda,[3] takes on the issue of women's empowerment through education.
[4] Ek Nayi Pehchaan focuses on the relationship between a mother-in-law and her daughter-in-law in an affluent Indian household.
Sharda eventually excels and goes on to start her own small business while still trying to earn her husband's love and respect.
Later, it is revealed that Suresh has two other children, Shanaya and Arav born out of wedlock with another woman Pallavi (Padmini Kolhapure).