Nath (TV series)

Nath is an Indian romantic drama television series. It premiered 23 August 2021, and it was aired on Dangal under Story Square Production.

It formerly starred Chahat Pandey, Arjit Taneja, Avinash Mishra, Abhishek Tiwari and Ankit Gera under the title Nath – Zewar Ya Zanjeer  The show replaced Prem Bandhan.

In 10 May 2023 The series was retitled Nath – Krishna Aur Gauri Ki Kahani. It stars Aalisha Panwar, Chahat Pandey, Arjun Singh Dalal and Ishita Ganguly.

Plot
Mahua, a bright girl in a village, meets Shambhu Singh Thakur, the elder grandson of a wealthy woman. They argue and hate each other. Mahua is sold to Ramesh, who tries to kill her. She is saved by Shambhu, who marries her. After their marriage, Shambhu died in the hands of Ramesh and Mahua's elder sister, Boondi whom is his ex-fiancé whom had obsessive towards on him, and Mahua marries Inspector Aryan Mishra, her best friend. Mahua, gets pregnant and giving birth to two daughters, steals one from her father, Garjan Mishra. She steals the child from a woman selling it, and Aryan and Mahua separate, each taking one of their daughters.

5 years later
Mahua, is a school teacher in the village, raises her daughter Krishna, while Aryan is in love with Kajal while raising his daughter Gauri. Aryan decided to divorce Mahua to marry Kajal and live happily. Mahua refuses to sign the divorce papers, and Ammaji announces Aryan and Kajal's wedding in front of the villagers. While Mahua's aunt, Poonam fixes her marriage with Kishor. Aryan and Mahua reunited, but Aryan is killed by Ramesh. Mahua mistakenly goes to Pakistan, but with the help of Shoaib, she escapes and returns to India. After that she marries Captain Aditya Rathore. Padma is murdered, and Ramesh is arrested. Mahua helps Janaki, but Sukant Narayan tortures her. Mahua exposes Sukant's crimes, but he kills her by throwing her off from a under construction building.

16 years later
Durga, Krishna, and Gauri live in poverty due to Mrs. Narayan's deceitful theft of the Thakur family's ancestral house. Gauri falls in love with Jeet Narayan, but they get married. Gauri tries to win back Jeet but fails. She marries Sukant Narayan, Jeet's paternal uncle, to take revenge. Sukant kills himself but is sent to a mental asylum. Krishna discovers Sukant inherited the ancestral house from Mrs. Narayan. Gauri betrays Krishna, claiming she is Sukant's wife and orders her to leave. Jeet eventually falls in love with Krishna and realizes Gauri's evil, but shortly afterwards Krishna is shot and falls off a cliff and is presumed dead. With this we are introduced to Gopala, a young woman who suffers a heart attack during her wedding, at the same time as Krishna's attack. Gopala loses her memories and is left with Krishna's emotions, falling in love with Jeet and following him to the Nayaran residence, convinced that he is her husband. Jeet initially rejects her, still in mourning for Krishna, but after escaping from Gauri's traps with the help of Gopala, he decides to accept Gopala's love and take her as his wife. But Krishna is actually alive, being held captive by Ajju, Gopala's ex-fiance, who intends to carry out a coup against the Nayaran. When Ajju is arrested, Krishna manages to escape and return home, at the same time that Gopala would be welcomed as Jeet's wife by the Family. Due to Krishna's health being fragile, everyone hides the truth from her, and Jeet and the Nayaran are divided over who Jeet's wife really is. Jeet chooses to stay by Gopala's side and after some conflicting situations, Krishna discovers the truth and decides to leave home with his grandmother. But as soon as this happens, she discovers that Gopala has recovered his memory, and together with Ajju she is determined to take the Nayaran fortune and end Jeet's life. Krishna decides to take back the residence as the owner to protect Jeet from Gopala, and shortly afterwards he is shot in the head when he prevents Jeet from being killed by Gopala. In a coma, Krishna's spirit watches over Jeet, who realizes his love for Krishna, Gauri's redemption and Gopala's attempts to kill Jeet. Finally, Krishna manages to regain consciousness, just in time to prevent Gopala and Jeet's remarriage. With the help of a remorseful Gauri for her mistakes, Krishna manages to send Gopala to prison and decides to resume his marriage with Jeet. However, Gopala is revealed to be an heiress to a rich family, and even in prison, she manipulates her older brother Rudra to continue her revenge. Believing that Gopala was the victim of Krishna and Jeet's crimes, Rudra creates situations to incriminate the Nayaran, but they always end up failing because of Krishna. In yet another of his plans, Rudra kidnaps the Nayarans during Krishna and Jet's wedding ceremony, however without his knowledge, a bomb is planted at the place at the behest of Gopala and his wife arrives there to try to exact revenge on Rudra. In the midst of the chaos, Krishna and Rudra's wife are hit by the explosion, being seriously injured, but they only manage to survive. Believing once again that Krishna is to blame for his family's suffering, Rudra blackmails her and forces her to marry him in exchange for the Nayaran's safety, with the intention of constantly punishing her. Thus, Krishna marries Rudra and Jeet suffers from his abandonment, which renews Gauri's hopes of winning him back, just as Gopala becomes even more determined to see Krishna's suffering.Krishna quickly manages to escape from Rudra and return to her marriage with Jeet, soon discovering that she is pregnant. However, Gauri has already become evil end creates a scheme to make Krishna believe that she suffered a miscarriage, while she herself fakes a pregnancy. He then convinces everyone that Krishna tried to attack her and sends her to prison, but on the way the police car explodes and Krishna is presumed dead.

5 years later
Jeet married Gauri to help her raise her son Shiv, but he never forgot Krishina. At the same time, we learn that Krishna faked her own death after feeling betrayed by Jeet and his family, she became a police officer and raises her and Jeet's daughter, Gopika, as a single mother. But it doesn't take long for Krisnha and Jeet to meet again, as Shiv and Gopika end up meeting and becoming friends, making Krishna have to face his past once again. This approach leaves Gauri scared and obsessive, as she now fears losing not only her position as Jeet's wife, but also her son, since Shiv is in reality not her biological son but his adopted one, and possibly the son of Krishna herself.She creates countless situations to prevent Jeet from meeting Krishna, seeing Gopika with bad eyes and feeling guilty for leaving Shiv aside. But before long the truth about Gopika's paternity is revealed and Jeet decides to separate from Gauri and try to reconcile with Krishna. Finally, Gauri accepts that she has lost Jeet and tries to fake a good relationship with Krishna to keep Shiv with her. But peace doesn't last long, as Gopala reappears in Jeet and Krishna's lives. No longer a inmate but a renowned writer and speaker, she became known as a good Samaritan. However, this is all a facade to hide their true nature and work, child trafficking. She kidnaps Gopika without knowing that she is Krishna and Jeet's daughter and takes her prisoner, and later decides to use this as a trump card in her revenge against the couple.

Main

 * Chahat Pandey as
 * Inspector Mahua Aditya Rathore: Dharma and Chanda's youngest daughter; Bablu and Boondi's youngest sister; Shambhu and Aryan's widow; Aditya's wife; Krishna and Gauri's mother; Shiv and Gopika's grandmother (2021–2023) (Dead)
 * Inspector Krishna Mishra / Krishna Jeet Narayan/ Krishna Rudra Pratapsingh: Aryan and Mahua's elder daughter; Gauri's elder twin sister; Garjan's elder granddaughter; Premlata's elder step-granddaughter; Aditya's elder stepdaughter; Jeet's first wife and Rudra’s ex-wife; Shiv and Gopika's mother (2023–present)
 * Aditi Mishra as child Krishna Mishra (2022–2023)
 * Arjit Taneja as Shambhu Singh Thakur: Avtaar and Tejo's eldest son; Janki's stepson / foster son; Adhiraj's elder twin brother; Radhe's cousin; Boondi's ex-fiance; Mahua's first husband (2021–2022) (Dead)
 * Avinash Mishra as
 * Inspector Aryan Mishra: Garjan's elder twin son; Premlata's elder stepson; Viren's elder twin brother; Pramod's elder nephew; Mahua's second husband; Krishna and Gauri's father; Shiv and Gopika's grandfather; Shambhu's best friend; Jhelum, Kajal and Garima's ex–fiancé (2022–2023) (Dead)
 * Viren Mishra: Garjan's younger twin son; Premlata's younger stepson; Aryan's younger twin brother; Pramod's younger nephew; Mahua's one–sided obsessive lover (2022) (Dead)
 * Ankit Gera as Captain Aditya Rathore: Mahua's third husband; Krishna and Gauri's stepfather (2023)
 * Aalisha Panwar as Gauri Mishra / Gauri Jeet Narayan: Aryan and Mahua's younger daughter; Krishna's younger twin sister; Garjan's younger granddaughter; Premlata's younger step-granddaughter; Aditya's younger stepdaughter; Jeet's third wife; Sukant's ex-wife; Shiv's adoptive mother (2023–present)
 * Puvika Gupta as child Gauri Mishra (2022–2023)
 * Arjun Singh Dalal as Jeet Narayan: Raghuvendra and Sarasvali's son; Sukant and Kalavati's nephew; Abhimanyu's elder cousin; Krishna and Gauri's husband; Gopala's ex–husband; Shiv and Gopika's father (2023–present)
 * Ishita Ganguly as Gopala: Rudra's younger sister; Ajju's ex-fiancé; Jeet's second former wife; Krishna's enemy; Gopika’s kidnapper (2023–present)
 * Reyaansh Vir Chadha as Rudra Pratap Singh: Gopala's elder brother; Krishna's second former husband; Shiv and Gopika's stepfather (2024)

Recurring

 * Pratima Kazmi as Durga Singh Thakur: Avtaar, Ramesh and Sheela's mother; Shambhu, Adhiraj and Radhe's grandmother (2021–present)
 * Jigruksha Chaudhary as Gopika Jeet Narayan: Krishna and Jeet's daughter; Shiv's younger sister (2024-present)
 * Unknown as Shiv Jeet Narayan: Krishna and Jeet's son; Gauri's adoptive son; Gopika's elder brother (2024-present)
 * Unknown as Dharma: Chanda's husband; Bablu, Boondi and Mahua's father (2021)
 * Shraddha Singh as Chanda: Dharma's wife; Bablu, Boondi and Mahua's mother (2021–2022)
 * Ankur Dwivedi as Bablu: Dharma and Chanda's eldest son; Boondi and Mahua's elder brother (2021)
 * Vaibhavi Kapoor as Boondi: Dharma and Chanda's eldest daughter, Bablu's younger sister; Mahua's elder sister and enemy; Radhe's ex-wife; Shambu's ex-fiancé and obsessive lover-turned-murderer (2021–2022) (Dead)
 * Akanksha Gilani as Poonam: Dharma's younger sister; Bablu, Boondi and Mahua's aunt (2021–2022)
 * Ravi Gossain as Avtaar Singh Thakur: Durga's elder son; Ramesh and Sheela's elder brother; Tejo's ex-boyfriend; Janki's husband; Shambhu and Adhiraj's father (2021–2022) (Dead)
 * Pyumori Mehta Ghosh as Janki Singh Thakur: Avtaar's wife; Shambhu and Adhiraj's stepmother; Shambhu’s foster mother (2021–2022) (Dead)
 * Anurag Sharma as Ramesh Singh Thakur: Durga's son; Avtaar's younger brother; Sheela's elder brother; Padma's husband; Radhe's father; Shambhu and Aryan's murderer (2021–2023)
 * Anjana Singh as Padma Singh Thakur: Ramesh's wife; Radhe's mother (2021–2023) (Dead)
 * Achal Tankwal as Radhe Singh Thakur: Ramesh and Padma's son; Boondi's ex-husband (2021–2023)
 * Unknown as Sheela Singh Thakur: Durga's youngest daughter; Avtaar and Ramesh's younger sister (2021–2022)
 * Shivani Gosain as Tejo: Avtaar’s ex-girlfriend; Shambhu and Adhiraj's mother (2021–2022)
 * Karan Khanna as Adhiraj Singh Thakur: Avtaar and Tejo's younger twin son; Janki's younger stepson; Shambhu's younger twin brother; Durga's grandson (2021–2022)
 * Rashmi Gupta as Tara: Her mother had been killed by Durga (2022)
 * Ekta Methai as Supriya
 * Shahbaz Khan as Garjan Mishra: Aryan and Viren's father; Krishna and Gauri's grandfather (2022)
 * Roma Navani as Premlata "Prema": Garjan's second wife; Aryan and Viren's stepmother; Krishna and Gauri's step-grandmother (2022)
 * Vijay Badlani as Pramod Mishra: Aryan and Viren's paternal uncle (2022)
 * Hridayansh Shekhawat as Sajjan Singh: Garjan's grandson (2022)
 * Urvashi Pardeshi as Jhelum (2022)
 * Urmila Sharma as Sheetal Devi: Jhelum's mother (2022)
 * Pratiksha Rai as Kajal (2023)
 * Ankita Khare as Garima (2023)
 * Abhishek Tewari as Shoaib: Mahua’s one-sided lover
 * Shravani Goswami as Sabina: Shoaib's mother
 * Urvashi Upadhyay as Haseena Bhegam
 * Bhawna Hada as Zara
 * Nishat Ruby as Saba
 * Diksha Nisha as Riya
 * Vicky Ahuja as Raghuvendra Narayan
 * Sanjana Phadke as Sarasvali
 * Ajay Chaudhary as Sukant Narayan : Jeet's uncle; Gauri’s ex-husband (2023–2024)
 * Vandana Vithlani as
 * District Magistrate (DM): Dance competition judge (2021)
 * Mrs. Narayan: Sukant's mother; Jeet's grandmother (2023–2024)
 * Anupama Solanki as Kalavati
 * Nitin Babu as Abhimanyu
 * Aditi Asija as Janki: Sukant's sister-in-law who has become a widow
 * Nandini Maurya as Chikki
 * Unknown as Hariya: Chikki's father
 * Riya Bhattacharjee as Kajri
 * Shubha Saxena as Social worker
 * Krishnakant Singh Bundela as Panditji
 * Sanjeev Khanna as DSP
 * Md Rafi Khan as doctor who treated Tejo
 * Ayesha Vindhara as Rani
 * Manoj Chandila as Rudra
 * Pallavi Mukherjee as
 * Rahulram Manchanda as Kishore
 * Khushboo Sawan as Phoolia
 * Radhika Chhabra as Reena
 * Aloknath Pathak as Panditji
 * Amit Sinha as Monica Kinnar
 * Abhinav Gautam as Factory owner
 * Ahmad Kabir Shadan as Senior Police Inspector who rescued kidnapped children from neighboring countries
 * Aman Maheshwari as Ajju: Gopala's ex-fiancé (2023–2024)
 * Nyshita Bajaj as Radha (2024-present)
 * Samaksh Sudi

Cameo appearances

 * Shruti Anand as Ruchita Nihar Goel from Mann Sundar (2022)

Release
The series was announced on Dangal by Story Square Productions. Chahat Pandey and Arjit Taneja were signed as the lead. The show was released on 23 August 2021.

Casting
Taneja quit the show in February 2022 as he was not happy with the growth of his character in the show and his role did not shape up the way he imagined.

In March 2022 Avinash Mishra as Aryan is cast as the lead. In February 2023, Avinash Mishra also quit the series, saying " My character had no scope left. My track had reached a saturation point. I felt there was nothing more that I could give to the show. My character had no growth and so I thought that it was best to move on."