Kkusum

This show is about a middle class girl, Kusum Deshmukh (Nausheen Ali Sardar), everyone in her family is dependent on her. She becomes engaged to Prakash Chitre (Prakash Ramchandani), but Prakash leaves her because she isn't willing to leave her family with their responsibilities. Kusum's parents, Vishwanath (S.K. Batra / Saurabh Dubey) and Sumitra (Savita Prabhune) are shattered. Then comes Nitin Kapoor (Nitin Trivedi), who asks Kusum's hand in marriage for his son, Abhay Kapoor (Anuj Saxena) . Kusum is shocked, but she meets him and puts forth a condition that she will take her family's responsibilities after their marriage also. Abhay agrees with her. Kusum is impressed with Abhay's progressive nature. They start meeting each other regularly and Kusum gradually starts falling for Abhay. He always gifts her something. They happily marry each other. On their wedding night, he shows his weird sparks. He just tells her that he really likes her and pretends to go to sleep. She is confused. Weird incidents happen with the chandelier, snake, fire etc. and Kusum does not understand anything. Abhay also is having commitments with other girls. He is a playboy.

Kusum finds out Abhay's truth but he always lies and saves himself. Kusum also finds out that Abhay only married her because she is Akhand Saubhagyavati (meaning a girl whose husband will not die). Kusum still stays because of Vishwanath and Sumitra's respect. Abhay's friend Aryaman Oberoi (Aashish Kaul) befriends with Kusum. Then later on, a girl named Esha Chopra (Shweta Kawatra) comes along. Esha and Kusum also become very good friends. But Esha starts liking Abhay, Abhay is also attracted to her, they get together, and have an extra-marital affair, Kusum consummates her marriage when Abhay comes to the Kapoor house intoxicated. Kusum becomes pregnant but Abhay says that the child is of Aryaman. Kusum slaps Esha and leaves the Kapoor house when she finds out about Abhay and Esha's affair. She is alone during her pregnancy stages. But Kusum comes to the Kapoor Industries because her "in-laws" call her. Kusum does not talk to Abhay. But due to some incidents, they become friends. Esha leaves because she thinks that Abhay is neglecting her and even Abhay realizes that he likes Kusum so he proposes Kusum again. Kusum and Abhay patch up with each other. But Kusum finds out that now Abhay cannot be a dad because of an accident that's why he called her back, because she is pregnant. Esha also comes back and befriends with Kusum again. But Kusum miscarries and holds Abhay responsible for the same. Kusum again decides to leave the Kapoor house but Sarala Nitin Kapoor (Rupa Divetia) insists Kusum to stay in so that Kusum does not leave the Kapoor house. Abhay is hurt by what Kusum said so Kusum apologizes to him. Kusum and Abhay are happy but then on Abhay's birthday Kusum goes to pick Abhay up from a farmhouse where Kusum hears Abhay saying that he still has to act in front of Kusum that he loves her. Kusum's phone rings and Abhay and Esha are scared that someone heard them. Then they see Kusum over there. Kusum goes away from there to the Kapoor house. Kusum waits for Abhay and when Abhay comes, Kusum slaps Abhay twice and leaves saying that she will never come back but Sarala stops Kusum. Sarala tells Abhay to get out. Abhay leaves the Kapoor house for sometime.

Meanwhile, there is a marriage proposal that comes to Tanya Kapoor (Ekta Sharma) who is Abhay's cousin sister. (The Kapoors love Kusum and hate Abhay) Kusum is supposed to do the set up of the pre-marriage but the groom Siddharth Kanwar (Sandeep Rajora) falls for Kusum instead of Tanya. Kusum marries him despite not wanting to because of some unwanted reasons. Siddharth's paternal aunts, Pamela (Bhumika Seth), Natasha "Tashu" Kanwar (Narayani Shastri), maternal aunt, Raima Talwar (Amita Chandekar), stepmother Reema Raman Kanwar (Prabha Sinha) and biological mother Devanshi Narang (Krutika Desai Khan / Unknown) are evil so they try to break Kusum and Siddharth's relation but they fail because Siddharth loves Kusum. Kusum also starts to love Siddharth. Natasha announces that she will marry none other than Abhay. Natasha and Abhay marry. Later, it is revealed that Abhay married Natasha so that he could get closer to Kusum (because Natasha is Siddharth's paternal aunt). Natasha is also interested in Abhay's wealth. Now, Abhay wants to create problems between Siddharth and Kusum but fails. Reema and Devanshi takes all of Siddharth's property so that Kusum and Siddharth are beggars. Siddharth and Kusum leave in a chawl. Kusum exposes Natasha and Abhay divorces Natasha. Natasha is kicked out of both Kapoor and Kanwar family. Later on, Abhay has brain tumor, and he changes for the good forever, and again due to a series of events, Kusum and Abhay become friends. Siddharth starts to suspect Kusum and Abhay and he questions Kusum about her character. Kusum is deeply hurt because of Siddharth. Kusum and Siddharth get divorced. Siddharth goes back to Reema and Devanshi. But Siddharth finds out that Kkusum was not lying about the brain tumor case so he calls her while driving. Siddharth crashes into Abhay's car and dies. Kusum is shattered.

A while later, everyone figures out that Abhay has brain tumor and then Sarala comes to Kusum for saving Abhay's life. Sarala wants Kusum to marry Abhay. After a lot of dragging, Kusum and Abhay marry and go to the United States Of America. Abhay is treated there and now he is completely cured of brain tumor. With the help of medical sciences, he can now become a father as well. One day, They meet Esha. They live with Esha. Abhay starts to fall for Kusum (for real this time) and Esha also starts liking Kkusum. But Kusum can not forget Siddharth. They go back, Esha comes back after sometime, Kusum starts to fall for Abhay again, they both do not tell each other about their feelings, Esha comes to live in with them and she too falls for Abhay despite knowing that he is married. She tries to get close to Abhay but fails. Kusum finally confesses to Abhay that she loves him and they consummate. Esha is shattered. Then everyone finds out that Abhay accidentally killed Siddharth when he was having brain tumor attack while driving. For a while, Kusum is mad at Abhay but later realizes that it was not Abhay's fault at all. Kusum still forgives him. Then Kusum and Abhay find out about Esha's truth and Abhay kicks Esha out. Kusum becomes pregnant but miscarries again. Esha tells the doctors to declare Kusum barren. When everyone wants an heir that Kusum cannot give, Kusum gets a surrogate mother Mahi (Poonam Narula), who also falls for Abhay. Mahi creates such situations that Kusum suspects Mahi and Abhay. Kusum leaves without interrogating. But on the train Kusum finds out that she is pregnant. Kusum goes to tell Abhay but mistakenly assumes that Mahi and Abhay are sharing a bed. She leaves for Ludhiana. But Kusum's train crashes and Kusum is presumed dead. Mahi gives birth to her daughter with Abhay, Kali (via surrogacy) and Kusum gives birth to a slightly younger girl, Kumud.

• Nausheen Ali Sardar / Manasi Joshi Roy as Kusum Deshmukh / Kusum Abhay Kapoor / Kusum Siddharth Kanwar (2001–2004) / (2004–2005) (Dead)
• Shilpa Saklani as
  • Kusum Deshmukh / Kusum Abhay Kapoor (after plastic surgery) (2005) (Dead)
  • Swati Abhinav Gautam (2005) (Dead)
• Anuj Saxena / Rohit Roy / Anuj Saxena as Abhay Kapoor (2001–2002) / (2002–2003) / (2003–2005) (Dead)
• Sandeep Rajora as Siddharth Kanwar (2002–2003) (Dead) – Raman and Devanshi's son; Reema's step–son; Aastha, Muskaan and Simran's elder step–brother; Manik, Bobby and Trishul's elder paternal cousin; Kusum's second husband
• Aashka Goradia as Kumud Kapoor / Kumud Garv Sachdev / Kumud Kshitij Oberoi / Kumud Karan Oberoi (2003–2005)
• Poonam Narula as Mahi Abhay Kapoor (2003–2005)
• Nasir Khan as Karan Oberoi (2005)
• Chetan Hansraj as Advocate Garv Sachdev (2003–2005)
• Amit Sarin as Kshitij Oberoi (2003–2005) (Dead)
• Akashdeep Saigal as Trishul Kapoor (2005)
• Karanvir Bohra as Nakul Oberoi (2003–2005)
• Narayani Shastri as Natasha Kanwar / Natasha Abhay Kapoor (2002–2003; 2005) – Raman and Pamela's younger sister; Siddharth, Aastha, Muskaan and Simran's paternal aunt; Manik and Bobby's maternal aunt; Rajeev's ex–wife; Vikram's ex–wife; Abhay's ex–wife; Trishul's mother
• Mouli Ganguly as Vidhi Chopra / Vidhi Trishul Kapoor (2005)
• Aashish Kaul as Aryaman Oberoi (2001–2005) – Neelam's son; Sakshi's husband; Kshitij and Nakul's father; Abhay's best friend; Kusum's sworn brother
• Karishma Randhawa / Mayuri Kango / Shalini Kapoor / Mandeep Bhandar as Sakshi Aryaman Oberoi (2003) / (2003–2004) / (2005) / (2005)
• Rucha Gujarathi as Kali Kapoor / Kali Garv Sachdev / Kali Nakul Oberoi (2003–2005)
• Eijaz Khan as Advocate Sohan Kapoor (2004–2005) (Dead)
• Shweta Kawatra as Esha Chopra (2001–2002; 2003–2004)
• Manav Gohil / Hiten Tejwani as Vishal Mehra (2001–2002) / (2003)
• Tasneem Sheikh as Jyoti Deshmukh / Jyoti Vishal Mehra (2001–2003)
• Smita Singh / Smriti Shetty as Sonali Deshmukh (2001–2002) / (2002–2003)
• Savita Prabhune as Sumitra Vishwanath Deshmukh (2001–2005)
• S.K. Batra / Saurabh Dubey as Vishwanath Deshmukh (2001–2002) / (2002–2003)
• Nitin Trivedi as Nitin Kapoor (2001–2005)
• Rupa Divetia as Sarala Nitin Kapoor (2001–2005)
• Pratim Parekh as Kapil Kapoor (2001–2005)
• Manisha Kanojia / Usha Bachani as Arundhati Kapil Kapoor (2001–2004) / (2004–2005)
• Moonmoon Banerjee / Unknown / Kanika Kohli as Ruhi Kapoor (2001–2002) / (2003) / (2003)
• Bakul Thakkar as Lalit Kapoor (2001–2005)
• Raymon Singh / Natasha Rana as Nikita Malhotra / Nikita Lalit Kapoor (2001–2005) / (2005)
• Jennifer Winget as Simran (2003–2004)
• Harmeet Gulzar / Vishal Watwani as Yash Deshmukh (2001–2002) / (2002–2003)
• Simple Kaul as Aastha Kanwar / Aastha Yash Deshmukh (2002–2003)
• Rajesh Kumar / Amit Behl as Shashank Deshmukh (2001–2003) / (2005)
• Chandni Toor / Monalika Bhonsle as Priyanka Shashank Deshmukh (2001–2002) / (2003)
• Vishal Puri as Jimmy Tolani (2002–2003)
• Puneet Vashisht as Anil Nagpal (2001–2002)
• Amar Upadhyay as Dr. Abhinav Gautam (2005)
• Abir Goswami as Sandeep (Sangu) Gujral (2001–2002)
• Vikas Bhalla as Mohnish Manchandani (2002–2003)
• Sonia Sahni as Mrs. Talwar (Siddharth's Nanimaa) (2002–2003)
• Amita Chandekar as Raima Talwar (2002–2003)
• Abhimanyu Singh as Ajay Maliya (2002; 2003)
• Ekta Sharma as Tanya Kapoor (2001–2004; 2005)
• Prabha Sinha as Reema Talwar / Reema Raman Kanwar (2002–2003)
• Kruttika Desai / Unknown as Devanshi Narang / Devanshi Raman Kanwar (2002–2003) / (2003)
• Anil Dhawan as Raman Kanwar (2003) (Dead)
• Karishma Tanna as Muskaan Kanwar (2002)
• Sonia Kapoor as Naina Bajaj (2002)
• Priya Sampat as Simran Kanwar (2002–2003)
• Shivani Manchanda as Meghna Yash Deshmukh (2001–2002)
• Pratibha Goregaonkar as Sujata, Meghna's mother (2001–2002)
• Pratap Sachdev as Mr. Shastri, Sujata's brother and Meghna's maternal uncle (2001–2002)
• Malavika Arora as Mrs. Shastri, Meghna's maternal grandmother; Sujata and Mr. Shastri's mother (2001–2002)
• Bhumika Seth as Pamela (Pammi) Kanwar (2002–2003)
• Akhil Ghai as Rajeev Rawal (2002; 2003)
• Anand Suryavanshi as Gautam Bajaj (2001)
• Sandeep Baswana as Kamal (2002)
• Chinky Jaiswal as Child Simi Gautam (2005)
• Vinay Jain as Devkant Sahay (2002)
• Apurva Gupta as Child Sohan Kapoor (2001–2002; 2003)
• Mitalee Jagtap Varadkar as Sharmila, Kusum's office colleague and friend (2001–2002)
• Kusumit Sana as Suzanne (2001–2002)
• Talat Rekhi as Yash Raichand (2005)
• Neelam Mehra as Mrs. Raichand (2005)
• Saurabh Arya as Harry (2003–2005)
• Deepak Dutta as Shabir (2004)
• Preeti Puri as Jenny Anthony (2005) (Dead)
• Aliraza Namdar as Jagmohan Agarwal (2002; 2003)
• Anju Mahendru as Neelam Oberoi
• Sudha Shivpuri as Jimmy's grandmother (2002)
• Tarana Raja as Sonia Jhulka (2002)
• Shabnam Mishra as Mallika Bedi (2002)
• Kiran Dubey as Shivani Hinduja (2002)
• Kuljeet Randhawa as Shaila Khan (2002)
• Nilofer Khan as Geetika Mathur (2002)
• Shraddha Sharma as Preeti Mathur (2002)
• Kaushal Kapoor as Judge (2003)
• Sumukhi Pendse as Priya Sachdev, Garv and Garima's Paternal Aunt (2004)
• Rio Kapadia as Vikram Sachdev (2004)
• Reshma Modi as Meenakshi Vikram Sachdev (2004)
• Prakash Ramchandani as Prakash Chitre (2001; 2002)
• Anuj Gupta as Mack (2001–2002)
• Kunal Kumar as Cyrus (2001)
• Manmeet Gulzar as Radheshyam (Guddu) (2002)
• Rajesh Sabharwal as Rahul Kapoor (2001; 2002)
• Ritu Deepak as Poonam Rahul Kapoor (2001)
• Shamim Sheikh as Manohar Singh, Nikita's Tauji (2002)
• Afshan Khan as Monica (2001)
• Jayant Rawal as Ramakant (2001–2002)
• Faizan Kidwai as Manik (2002–2003)
• Bobby Bhonsle as Bobby (2002–2003)
• Sujata Sanghamitra as Vandana Vishal Mehra (2003)
• Madhur Arora as Agnivesh (2004–2005)
• Anand Abhyankar as Priyanka's father (2002)
• Utkarsha Naik as Uma (Priyanka's mother) (2002)
• Kishori Godbole as Kusum's Younger Sister (2001)
• Darshan Dave as Mohit Srivastav (2001)
• Rocky Verma as Kidnapper (2005)
• Rishina Kandhari as Sonia (2004)

• Eijaz Khan as Varun Raheja from Kahiin To Hoga (Episode 671) (2004)
• Poonam Joshi as Mehak Varun Raheja from Kahiin To Hoga (Episode 671) (2004)
• Shakti Anand as Party Host (Episode 821) (2005)
• Hiten Tejwani as Samay Punj from Kkoi Dil Mein Hai (Episode 821) (2005)
• Karishma Tanna as Kritika Samay Punj from Kkoi Dil Mein Hai (Episode 821) (2005)
• Apurva Agnihotri as Armaan Suri from Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (Episode 915) (2005)
• Rakhi Vijan as Anjali Suri from Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (Episode 915) (2005)
• Mahru Sheikh as Ila Purushottam Suri from Jassi Jaissi Koi Nahin (Episode 915) (2005)

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