Jhanak

Jhanak is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that aired on StarPlus from 20 November 2023 to 31 May 2026 and streams digitally on JioHotstar. Produced under Magic Moments Motion Pictures, the series originally starred Hiba Nawab, Krushal Ahuja and Chandni Sharma in the lead roles. The story of the first generation was inspired by the Star Jalsha's Bengali series, Jol Nupur.

Since June 2025, the show featured Riya Sharma in the titular role as Jhanak (the daughter of Jhanak, previously portrayed by Hiba Nawab), along with Arjit Taneja (later replaced by Rajveer Singh) and Twinkle Arora. The second-generation storyline is a loose adaptation of Star Jalsha's Bengali series, Ishti Kutum.

The show also featured Megha Chakraborty as Ishani in a parallel storyline. Following the positive response to Ishani's storyline, it was developed into a standalone series titled Ishani, which premiered from 3 July 2025 to 27 October 2025.

After her mother's death, Jhanak is forced to marry her cousin Arshi's fiancé, Aniruddh, to escape her stalker, Tejas. Although Aniruddh and Arshi have been together for seven years, Jhanak enters their lives under distressing circumstances and begins working as a maid in the Bose household. While some family members treat her kindly, others constantly insult and belittle her. Despite Arshi's presence, Jhanak and Aniruddh grow close and become intimate when he is intoxicated during a trip to Kashmir.

Their secret marriage is later exposed, causing major tension within the family. Though humiliated, Arshi decides to stay. Jhanak moves to Mumbai to pursue her dream of becoming a dancer and later returns, claiming to be pregnant with Aniruddh's child. However, it is later revealed to be a tumour. Aniruddh suffers a heart attack, and Jhanak is presumed dead after being targeted by Srishti and Tejas. She is rescued by Kulbhushan, Brijbhushan's lookalike, and soon learns that Brijbhushan is her biological father. Kulbhushan, with the help of Srishti and Urvashi, had stolen Brijbhushan's identity. Determined to expose them, Jhanak returns disguised as Nutan. During an anniversary celebration, their truth is revealed. Kulbhushan murders Brijbhushan, and Aniruddh, still in love with Jhanak, falsely claims to have cancer to marry her. Arshi reveals to everyone that she is pregnant with Aniruddh's child. It is revealed that she had spiked his drink and posed as Jhanak in order to have sex with him, hoping to bind him to her forever because of their baby. Upon discovering the truth, a heartbroken Jhanak breaks off ties with Aniruddh and leaves for Mumbai with Aditya Kapoor.

Kulbhushan's men later kidnap Jhanak, but she manages to escape. Meanwhile, property disputes erupt in the Bose family, and Jhanak ends up in Gujarat disguised as Vihaan's late wife, Avni. She is shocked to discover that Aniruddh is Vihaan's close friend. At a family wedding, Arshi exposes Jhanak's true identity. A marriage is arranged between Jhanak and Vihaan, but she flees before the ceremony.

Jhanak is captured again by Kulbhushan's men but is saved by an elderly couple. She ends up in a red-light area and escapes to a police station, where Choton finds her and brings her back to the Bose house, shocking everyone. During Arshi's baby shower, Srishti publicly apologises and claims to be Jhanak's mother. Later, Arshi gives birth to a daughter and Jhanak becomes the caretaker of the child but continues to face humiliation and abuse from the family. Jhanak eventually learns that Arshi's daughter was swapped at birth. During the Holi festival, she exposes the truth and begins searching for the real child. Meanwhile, Laal divorces Bipasha after her father, Sarveshwar, reappears. Bipasha conspires with him to send Jhanak to Banaras.

Jhanak tracks down the man responsible for stealing Arshi's baby and attempts to expose him. Meanwhile, Mimi and Anirban plan their wedding, and a false case is filed against Jhanak. She is arrested, but Aniruddh and Mimi testify in her defence, revealing the constant mental abuse she endured in the Bose household. Inspector Sanjay Sarkar uncovers that several police officers helped Shubho, Tanuja, and Arshi frame Jhanak by suppressing evidence, and exposes this to the court. The judge ultimately dismisses the case due to lack of evidence and clears Jhanak of all charges. Shubho, Tanuja, and Arshi are left humiliated as the truth comes to light, and justice finally prevails for Jhanak.

Later, Arshi meets Siddharth Chatterjee and quickly falls in love with him, while Aniruddh leaves the Bose house to live in a live-in relationship with Jhanak. When Aniruddh learns of Arshi's growing closeness with Siddharth, he insists that Arshi divorce him so that he can marry Jhanak and she can be with Siddharth. The divorce proceedings nearly reach completion, but Siddharth betrays Arshi and elopes with his girlfriend, leaving her devastated. Aniruddh and Jhanak return to the Bose house and begin their wedding preparations. However, on the wedding day, Arshi returns and refuses to grant the divorce. Heartbroken, Jhanak runs away and, on her journey, finds Arshi and Aniruddh's kidnapped daughter, Aditi, affectionately nicknamed "Moon". She rescues her, boards a bus, and meets Parashar, who saves them both from Kulbhushan's goons and takes them to Shimulbuni. Over time, Jhanak and Parashar grow close as he supports her and helps raise Moon as his own daughter.

Although Aniruddh and Arshi remain married, their relationship turns cold and distant. Aniruddh continues to live in the memories of Jhanak, while in Shimulbuni, Parashar becomes a father figure to Moon, and Jhanak raises her as her own child. Unaware of Jhanak's presence in Shimulbuni, Aniruddh arrives there for an office project. The two reunite and have a one night stand. The next day, Aniruddh hears rumours that Jhanak is Parashar's wife and feels deeply betrayed. Jhanak then reveals the truth—that Moon is actually Aniruddh and Arshi's biological daughter.

Wanting the best for Moon, Jhanak sends her away with Aniruddh to Kolkata despite her heartbreak. Arshi struggles to bond with Moon. Soon after, Jhanak is poisoned in the village and rushed to the hospital by Parashar and the villagers. Aniruddh arrives, learns that Jhanak and Parashar were never married, and decides to marry Jhanak in the village. Parashar, secretly in love with Jhanak, is heartbroken but hides his pain and supports their union.

Aniruddh and Jhanak eventually marry, and Jhanak later reveals that she is pregnant with his child. However, Aniruddh refuses to believe her and accuses Parashar of being the father. Devastated by his mistrust and accusations, Jhanak severs all ties with him, realizing that, Aniruddh is unworthy of her love. The two part ways forever.

Jhanak has renamed herself Nutan and is raising her and Aniruddh's daughter, Jhanak, affectionately nicknamed "Phool", with love and care in their village along with Parashar. Jhanak aspires to become a doctor to give her mother a better life. Meanwhile, Arshi and Aniruddh have shifted to London with the Bose family. A grown-up Aditi, nicknamed "Moon" is now in a relationship, with a police officer, named Rishi Chatterjee. Rishi gets sent on a mission in Parashar's village in order to capture him where he meets Jhanak. Aniruddh and Arshi return to India and Arshi disapproves of Aditi and Rishi's relationship due to his simple family background.

In the village due to a misunderstanding, Jhanak is forced to marry Rishi. Jhanak shifts to Kolkota with Rishi for higher studies and they decide to keep their marriage as a secret. Jhanak enters Rishi's house as a maid named Phool. However, Aditi continues to point out Rishi and Jhanak's growing closeness. Regardless, Rishi and Aditi get married.

Nutan dies because of an illness which devastates Jhanak. Aniruddh learns of this through Rishi so he begins to connect the dots and finds out that Phool is married to Rishi. He offers her a ransom to leave Kolkata and Rishi for good, which she declines. Aniruddh exposes Rishi and Jhanak's secret marriage in order to steer her away forever. Aditi divorces Rishi and accuses him of having an extramarital affair with Jhanak. Jhanak refuses these claims and stands up for herself.

Jhanak moves out of the Chatterjee house and starts living in a hostel to focus on her studies. Aniruddh becomes vengeful towards Jhanak and decides to ruin her life. He frames her for wrongdoing that she didn't commit and tries to ruin her internship to somehow kick her out of the hostel. He even attempts to murder her, but all his efforts fail.

Jhanak finds out that Aniruddh is her biological father, a claim Aniruddh blatantly rejects. Jhanak takes the issue to court to clear her mother's name and demands a DNA test. The results confirm that Jhanak is Aniruddh's biological daughter. Arshi confronts Aniruddh over hiding the fact that he fathered a child with her arch nemesis, Nutan. Aniruddh makes Arshi understand that Nutan is dead and that he has had no connection with her since the last 20 years. He also begins to regret for unknowingly plotting to kill his own daughter. Arshi and Aniruddh continue to argue over his betrayal. Aditi convinces them to divorce each other and work on themselves separately. Rishi continues to support Jhanak emotionally. Meanwhile, Rishi's family begins to see Jhanak's positive and hardworking side. They sympathize with her hardships and gradually change their perception of her.

Jhanak tops her exams and gets her medical license fulfilling her dream of becoming a doctor. Jhanak and Rishi realize that they have gotten used to one another and have fallen in love. They get married with everyone's blessings. Aniruddh asks Jhanak for forgiveness and strives to be a present and better father to her. Aditi moves on and forgives Aniruddh, Jhanak and Rishi. She accepts Jhanak as her half-sister and gets married to Kaushik. Jhanak gains respect in the Chatterjee house for her character and behavior.

However, Arshi continues to be vengeful against Jhanak and holds her and Nutan responsible for constantly ruining her life. She poisons Jhanak in order to kill her. However, Jhanak recovers from the poison and Rishi is sure that Arshi is the culprit. Aditi proves Arshi guilty and shames her for her inhumane action. When Rishi is about to arrest Arshi, Jhanak pleads to let Arshi go and to not arrest her.

Arshi is touched by her gesture and begins to regret her behavior towards Nutan and Jhanak. She begs Jhanak for forgiveness. Jhanak forgives her since her mother never held any grudge against Arshi. She makes Arshi and Aniruddh realize that they have always belonged to each other and gets them married.

Parashar gets arrested by his rival since he was trying to make their village a better place. Jhanak and Rishi together try their best to free him. Eventually, they succeed in their mission. However, this ends up costing Rishi his job. The villagers encourage Jhanak to continue her mother Nutan's incomplete dream of social service. Hence, she decides to take part in politics with the support of Rishi, Parashar and everyone else. She wins the election and becomes the MLA of Shimulboni. She pledges to be an honest leader and promises to help every person in need. Jhanak and Rishi reminisce their journey and he promises that he will always be by her side.

• Hiba Nawab / Parvati Sehgal as Jhanak "Nutan" Raina Bhanushali: A dancer; Srishti and Brijbhushan's daughter; Urvashi's adopted daughter; Vinayak's step-daughter; Arshi's half-sister; Tejas's ex-fiancée; Aniruddha's ex-wife; Vihaan's fake wife; Jhanak Chatterjee's mother; Aditi's foster mother (2023–2025) / (2025) (Dead)

• Krushal Ahuja / Sumeet Sachdev as Aniruddha "Ani" Bose: Shubhankar and Tanuja's son; Mimi and Rumi's brother; Jhanak Raina's ex-husband; Arshi's husband; Aditi and Jhanak Chatterjee's father; Vihaan's best friend (2023–2025) / (2025–2026)

• Chandni Sharma / Ashlesha Sawant as Arshi Mukherjee Bose: A dancer; Srishti and Vinayak's daughter; Jhanak Raina's half-sister; Siddharth's ex-fiancée; Aniruddha's wife; Aditi's mother; Jhanak Chatterjee's step-mother (2023–2025) / (2025–2026)

• Riya Sharma as Dr. Jhanak "Phool" Bose Chatterjee: Jhanak Raina and Aniruddha's daughter; Parashar's foster daughter; Arshi's step-daughter; Aditi's half-sister; Rishi's second wife (2025–2026)

• Arjit Taneja / Rajveer Singh as Inspector Rishi Chatterjee: Tanushree and Abhimanyu's son; Mishti's brother; Aditi's ex-husband; Jhanak Chatterjee's husband (2025) / (2025–2026)

• Twinkle Arora as Aditi "Moon" Bose Mitra: A professor; Arshi and Aniruddha's daughter; Jhanak Raina's foster daughter; Jhanak Chatterjee's half-sister; Rishi's ex-wife; Kaushik's wife (2025–2026)

  • Savi Jain as child Aditi "Moon" Bose (2025)

• Shilpa Tulaskar as Urvashi Raina: A dancer; Bharat, Laxman and Srishti's sister; Brijbhushan's ex-lover; Jhanak Raina's adoptive mother; Jhanak Chatterjee's adoptive grandmother (2023) (Dead)

• Bharat Kaul as Bharat Raina: Srishti, Laxman and Urvashi's brother; Kaushalya's husband; Aarya's father (2023-2024)

• Ekta Sharma as Kaushalya Raina; Bharat's wife; Aarya's mother (2023)

• Anand Sharma as Laxman Raina: Bharat, Srishti and Urvashi's brother; Urmila's husband (2023)

• Neetu Bhatt as Urmila Raina: Laxman's wife (2023)

• Dolly Sohi / Poorva Gokhale / Parinita Seth as Srishti Raina Mukherjee: A dancer; Urvashi, Bharat and Laxman's sister; Brijbhushan's ex-wife and murderer; Vinayak's wife; Kulbhushan's partner-in-crime; Arshi and Jhanak Raina's mother; Aditi and Jhanak Chatterjee's grandmother (2023–2024) / (2024–2025) / (2025)

• Saurabh Agarwal as Vinayak Mukherjee: A scientist; Srishti's second husband; Arshi's father; Jhanak Raina's step-father; Aditi's grandfather; Jhanak Chatterjee's step-grandfather (2023–2025)

• Sanjay Gandhi as

  • Brijbhushan Bhanushali: A dance teacher; Kulbhushan's twin brother and enemy; Srishti's ex-husband; Urvashi's ex-lover; Jhanak Raina's father; Jhanak Chatterjee's grandfather (2024) (Dead)
  • Kulbhushan Bhanushali: Brijbhushan's twin brother, imposter, enemy and murderer; Jhanak Raina's kidnapper; Shrishti's partner-in-crime (2023–2025)

• Kajal Pisal as Tanuja Bose: Shubhankar's wife; Aniruddh, Mimi and Rumi's mother; Aditi and Jhanak Chatterjee's grandmother (2023–2025)

• Sachin Verma as Advocate Shubhankar "Shubho" Bose: A dishonest and disgrace lawyer; Amitabh and Arundhati's second son; Rupankar and Bablu's brother; Tanuja's husband; Aniruddh, Mimi and Rumi's father; Aditi and Jhanak Chatterjee's grandfather (2023–2025)

• Puneet Panjwani as Rupankar "Choton" Bose: Amitabh and Arundhati's younger son; Shubhankar and Bablu's brother; Mrinalini's husband (2023-2025)

• Deepali Pansare / Ankita Sharma as Mrinalini "Minu" Ghosh Bose: A school principal; Rupankar's wife (2024–2025) / (2025)

• Reena Pimpale as Anjana Bose: Bablu's wife; Aparajita and Laal's mother (2023–2026)

• Ajay Chakraborty as Bablu Bose: Amitabh and Arundhati's eldest son; Shubhankar and Rupankar's elder brother; Anjana's husband; Aparajita and Laal's father (2023–2026)

• Srijani Banerjee as IAS Mimi Bose: Tanuja and Shubhankar's elder daughter; Aniruddh and Rumi's sister; Anirban's love interest (2023–2025)

• Meghna Kukreja / Aarshavi Joshi / Simran Khanna as Rumi Bose: Tanuja and Shubhankar's younger daughter; Aniruddh and Mimi's sister (2023–2024) / (2024–2025) / (2025)

• Sunny Sachdeva as Laal Bose: A college professor; Anjana and Bablu's son; Aparajita's brother; Bipasha's ex-husband (2023–2025)

• Patrali Chattopadhyay as Bipasha Jha Bose: Nandini and Sarveshwar's daughter; Laal's ex-wife; Arshi's best friend; Jhanak Raina's enemy (2023–2025)

• Madhuri Sanjeev as Arundhati Bose: Matriarch of the Bose family; Amitabh's wife; Bablu, Shubhankar and Rupankar's mother; Aparajita, Laal, Aniruddh, Mimi and Rumi's grandmother; Aditi and Jhanak Chatterjee's great-grandmother (2023–2025)

• Prithvi Zutshi as Amitabh Bose: Patriarch of the Bose family; Arundhati's husband; Bablu, Shubhankar and Rupankar's father; Aparajita, Laal, Aniruddh, Mimi and Rumi's grandfather; Aditi and Jhanak Chatterjee's great-grandfather (2023–2025)

• Ankita Chakraborty as Aparajita "Appu" Bose Chatterjee: An honest famous singer: Bablu and Anjana's daughter; Laal's sister; Lalon's first wife (2023-2025) (Dead)

• Bhavya Sachdeva as Lalon Chaterjee: An honest famous singer; Anuradha and Pranay's son; Jimli's brother; Aparajita's widower; Kajol's husband (2024-2025)

• Isha Pandey / Enakshi Ganguly as Kajol Sen Chatterjee: An honest teacher; Jimli and Aparajita's friend; Lalon's friend and second wife (2024–2025) / (2025)

• Barsha Chatterjee / Chitrapama Banerjee as Anuradha Chatterjee: Pranay's widow; Lalon and Jimli's mother (2024–2025) / (2025)

• Komal Thakur as Jimli Chatterjee: Anuradha and Pranay's daughter; Lalon's sister; Anindo's ex-wife (2024–2025)

• Kunal Verma as Dr. Vihaan Parekh: Ketki and Mahendranath's youngest son; Bhavesh, Hitesh and Mehek's brother; Avni's widower; Ahaan's father; Aniruddh's friend; Jhanak's fake husband (2025)

• Ahil Sharma as Ahaan Parekh: Avni and Vihaan's son (2025)

• Vaishali Thakkar as Ketki Parekh: Matriarch of the Parekh family; Mahendranath's wife; Bhavesh, Hitesh, Vihaan and Mehek's mother; Priyanshi, Riddhi and Ahaan's grandmother (2025)

• Muni Jha as Mahendranath Parekh: Patriarch of the Parekh family; Ketki's husband; Bhavesh, Hitesh, Vihaan and Mehek's father; Priyanshi, Riddhi and Ahaan's grandfather (2025)

• Jignesh Joshi as Bhavesh Parekh: Ketki and Mahendranath's eldest son; Hitesh, Vihaan and Mehek's brother; Prachi's husband; Priyanshi's father (2025)

• Piyali Munshi as Prachi Parekh: Bhavesh's wife; Priyanshi's mother (2025)

• Aarya Dharamchand Kumar as Hitesh Parekh: Ketki and Mahendranath's second son; Bhavesh, Vihaan and Mehek's brother; Sejal's husband; Riddhi's father (2025)

• Soniyaa Kaur as Sejal Parekh: Hitesh's wife; Riddhi's mother (2025)

• Rupali Thapa as Mehek Parekh: Ketki and Mahendranath's daughter; Bhavesh, Hitesh and Vihaan's sister (2025)

• Mahi Khan as Priyanshi Parekh: Bhavesh and Prachi's daughter (2025)

• Jia Narigara as Riddhi Parekh: Sejal and Hitesh's daughter (2025)

• Jyoti Mukherjee as Tanushree Chatterjee: Abhimanyu's wife; Rishi and Mishti's mother (2025–2026)

• Ujjwal Rana as Abhimanyu Chatterjee: Jyotirmay's and Surjeet's brother; Tanushree's husband; Rishi and Mishti's father (2025–2026)

• Saloni Rathi / Surbhi Rohra as Dr. Mishti Chatterjee: Tanushree and Abhimanyu's daughter; Rishi's sister (2025–2026)

• Sanjeev Seth as Jyotirmay Chatterjee: Patriarch of the Chatterjee family; Abhimanyu and Surjeet's brother; Indumati's husband; Dhritiman, Neelu and Putul's father (2025–2026)

• Purva Parag as Indumati Chatterjee: Matriarch of the Chatterjee family; Jyotirmay's wife; Dhritiman, Neelu and Putul's mother (2025–2026)

• Harsha Khandeparkar as Putul Chatterjee Mukherjee: Jyotirmay and Indumati's younger daughter; Dhritiman and Neelu's sister; Arya's wife (2025–2026)

• Astha Agarwal as Neelu Chatterjee: Jyotirmay and Indumati's elder daughter; Dhritiman's and Putul's sister (2025–2026)

• Shrey Pareek as Dr. Dhritiman Chatterjee: Jyotirmay and Indumati's son; Neelu and Putul's brother; Sanjhbati's husband (2025–2026)

• Amaira Jairath as Sanjhbati Chatterjee: Dhritiman's wife (2025–2026)

• Anuj Khurana / Vishal Nayak as Dr. Surjeet Chatterjee: Jyotirmay and Abhimanyu's brother; Payal's husband; Kaju and Badam's father (2025–2026) / (2026)

• Amita Kulkarni as Payal Chatterjee: A school teacher; Surjeet's wife; Kaju and Badam's mother (2025–2026)

• Nandini Karmarkar as Kaju Chatterjee: Surjeet and Payal's daughter; Badam's sister (2025–2026)

• Jivansh Gupta as Badam Chatterjee: Surjeet and Payal's son; Kaju's brother (2025–2026)

• Rajani Gupta as Radha: Urmila's friend (2023)

• Rishi Kaushik as Tejas Kumar: A corrupt politician; Jhanak's obsessive lover turned enemy; Aniruddha's enemy (2023-2024)

• Satvik Sankhyan as Rahul: Jhanak's college best friend and one-sided love interest (2023-2024)

• Pankaj Bijlani as Dr. Anirban Sen: Mimi's love interest (2024-2025)

• Ajeet Agrawal as Guru Ji: Head of the Ashram; Brijbhushan's friend (2024)

• Amit Dolawat as Advocate Devashish Roy: Jhanak and Brijbhushan's lawyer (2024)

• Tarun Raj Nihalani as Rudra Pratap Singh "Guru ji": An honest dance teacher; Jhanak's mentor; Pallavi s husband (2024)

• Sanjana Sinha as Pallavi Pratap Singh; Pratap's wife (2024)

• Salman Shaikh as Aditya Kapoor: A famous actor; Jhanak's friend and one sided love interest (2024)

• Saurabh Gumber as Anindo: A fraudster; Jimli's ex–husband (2024)

• Piyush Sahdev as Siddharth "Sid" Chatterjee: Arshi's ex love interest (2025)

• Gaurav Sharma/Sachal Tyagi as Anant Kumar Nihar "Parashar": an honest tribal leader; Jhanak's helper (2025)/(2025–2026)

• Ruchi Tripathi/Puja Sharma as Kanka (2025)/(2025–2026)

• Komal Srivastav as Sakhi: Nutan's friend (2025–2026)

• Unknown/Unknown as Bua Ji: Parashar's aunt (2025)/(2025-2026)

• Shivam Singh Mandloi as Veer: Parashar's friend (2025)

• Adish Vaidya as Ankush: Indranath's rival; Rishi's kidnapper (2026)

• Rakesh Kukreti as Indranath: An education minister (2026)

• Ayush Anand / Pulkit Bangia as Kaushik Mitra: Mr. Mitra and Gopa's son; Aditi's second husband (2026)/(2026)

• Mridula Oberoi as Gopa Mitra: Mr. Mitra's wife; Kaushik's mother (2026)

• Krishna Soni as Mr. Mitra: Gopa's husband; Kaushik's father (2026)

• Arham Abbasi as Arya Mukherjee: Putul's husband (2026)

• Sumit Bhardwaj as Dr. Ayushmaan: Jhanak Chatterjee's boss (2026)

• Neha Harsora as Sailee Jadhav Deshmukh from Udne Ki Aasha (2024; 2025; 2026)

• Rutuja Bagwe as Vaijayanti "Vaiju" to promote Maati Se Bandhi Dor (2024)

• Kumar Sanu as himself (2024)

• Sonakshi Batra as Meghla Sen from Iss Ishq Ka Rabb Rakha (2024; 2025)

• Shreya Jain as Adrija Sen to promote Iss Ishq Ka Rabb Rakha (2024)

• Vaibhavi Hankare as Tejaswini Chavan from Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin (2025)

• Khushi Dubey as Gauri from Jaadu Teri Nazar – Daayan Ka Mausam (2025)

• Shritama Mitra as Anjali Awasthi from Advocate Anjali Awasthi (2025)

• Param Singh as Neelkant Pradhan from Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin (2025)

• Megha Chakraborty as Ishani Sengupta from Ishani (2025)

• Anupam Bhattacharya as Shashwat Sengupta from Ishani(2025)

• Aasiya Kazi as Nandini Mitra Sengupta from Ishani (2025)

• Richa Rathore as Pihu Sengupta from Ishani (2025)

• Tanmay Nagar as Yash Sengupta from Ishani (2025)

• Sneha Bhawsar as Ankita Ghosh from Ishani (2025)

• Shresth Kumar as Jeet from Ishani (2025)

• Divya Patil as Khushi from Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahi (2025)

• Manjeet Makkar as Krishna from Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahi (2025)

• Ashika Gopal Padukone as Deepa from Shehzaadi... Hai Tu Dil Ki (2025)

• Saisha Kumawat as Jyoti from Shehzaadi... Hai Tu Dil Ki (2025)

• Anuradha Paudwal as herself (2026)

• Kanwar Dhillon as Sachin Deshmukh from Udne Ki Aasha in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)

• Rohit Suchanti as Angad Virani from Kyunki Rishton Ke Bhi Roop Badalte Hai in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)

• Tanisha Mehta as Vrinda Gokhale Virani from Kyunki Rishton Ke Bhi Roop Badalte Hai in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)

• Krushal Ahuja as Yuvraj Shekhwat from Taara in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)

• Kanikka Kapur as Taara Shekhawat from Taara in Baisakhi Da Mela (2026)

Jhanak is produced by Leena Gangopadhyay and Saibal Banerjee under Magic Moments Motion Pictures. It is inspired from Jol Nupur.

Hiba Nawab was cast in the titular role of Jhanak. Krushal Ahuja was cast as Aniruddha Bose opposite Hiba Nawab. Chandni Sharma was cast as Arshi, the parallel lead. Dolly Sohi was cast as Arshi's mother Srishti, while Kajal Pisal was cast as Aniruddh's mother Tanuja. Rishi Kaushik was cast as Tejas, Jhanak's obsessive lover.

In January 2024, Sohi quit the show and was replaced by Poorva Gokhale. In April 2024, Deepali Pansare was cast as Mrinalini, opposite Puneet Panjwani.

Zohaib Siddiqui and Erica Fernandes were approached to play the new leads post the generation leap, but Riya Sharma, Arjit Taneja and Twinkle Arora were finalized. Krushal Ahuja was replaced by Sumeet Sachdev as the older Anirudh, while Parvati Sehgal took over the role of the older Jhanak, replacing Nawab. Ashlesha Sawant replaced Chandni Sharma as older Arshi.

The shooting of the series began in September 2023. It was primarily based in Kashmir and Kolkata, and some initial episodes were shot in both locations.

Nawab had learned to row a shikara within two days for the role of Jhanak.

The show got cancelled after loosings rating due to being shifted to the extremely late night slot of 11:30pm. It wrapped filming on 25 May 2026 in Mumbai after a course of 2 and a half years.

In June 2025, A promo for the 20 year leap was released featuring Riya Sharma and Arjit Taneja as new leads, respectively playing Jhanak and Rishi.

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