During the first year of the show's run, the protagonist is Rani Mittal (Reena Kapoor), a rich girl who gets married into a poor family and learns to adjust to lower middle class life.

After the death of her first husband Raj Goel, her family gets her married to his rich look-alike Prince Thapar.

Saumya dies after falling from a cliff, trying to save his cousin Sameer (Vikram Acharya).

In order to save Pari from another shock, so soon after losing her husband, Manav selflessly hands over his son to her.

Pari and Manav live happily with Shubham and also adopt a little orphan girl named Rani.

A freak accident at school causes Rani to lose her eyesight and Manav and Pari take care of her.

With great courage and patience, Rani sets about reforming her marital family and restoring order to their home.

Rani is left to fend for herself, her three widowed sisters-in-law, a blind uncle-in-law and two small children of Rishabh's brothers.