Pavitra Rishta (International title: Sacred Relationship) is a 2009 Indian Hindi-language soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms that aired on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 to 25 October 2014.
[4] In late 2018 and later in 2020, after the death of Sushant Singh Rajput, who starred in this series, it was rebroadcast on Zee TV.
A series titled Pavitra Rishta – It's Never too Late aired on ZEE5 from 15 September 2021 starring Ankita Lokhande reprising her role as Archana and Shaheer Sheikh as Manav.
Archana is now educated and returns to Mumbai after 2 years, while Manav is raising Shravani's son, who is named after Sachin.
Thus, Manav moves abroad without Archana, who is left shattered and later adopts an orphaned baby girl, Purvi.
Archana’s other sister Vaishali leaves her husband, Dharmesh due to his abusive behavior on herself and her children.
18 years later, Manav returns to India with his family to finalize their divorce, and is ordered a six-month courtship together with Archana.
Varsha and Soham are revealed to be alive as goons "Jhumri" and "Vishnu Lala" in Bihar.
Ovi tells Purvi that if she lets her marry Arjun instead, then she will stop Manav from divorcing Archana.
It is revealed that Purvi actually got pregnant with Arjun's child when they accidentally made love while taking shelter in a cabin.
Manav and Archana decide to get Arjun and Purvi married so that Pari gets her full family.
Soham, revealed to be alive, has changed his name to Raghav Mhatre, and lives with his five children who are struggling financially due to his alcoholism.
She meets Naren Karmarkar, a mentally challenged businessman grieving the loss of his lover, Ahaana.
Ankita is compelled to marry Naren at the behest of his mother, Rushali, who agrees to offer her money and support her siblings financially.
It is revealed that Naren and Pari met each other in London where they exchanged fake names and fell in love but unfortunately a car accident separated them.
It is revealed that Rushali had stolen Arushi from Ankita and bribed the doctors to misinform her that her child was stillborn.
Sushant Singh Rajput who was playing the parallel lead in Kis Desh Mein Hai Meraa Dil of StarPlus was cast as Manav.
Zee TV did not accept him for casting as Manav as he was a parallel lead of the show in their rival channel.
[10] Around late 2008, producer Ekta Kapoor and her production house Balaji Telefilms declined when the ratings and popularity of all her hit soaps of the 2000s decreased and were axed and also when newly launched ones performed poorly.
It was due to the chance given by Zee TV for this series, the career of Kapoor and her production house was revived when it became one of the top-rated Hindi television programs.