Pavitra Rishta (International title: Sacred Relationship) is a 2009 Indian soap opera produced by Ekta Kapoor of Balaji Telefilms, that aired on Zee TV from 1 June 2009 to 25 October 2014. It is an adaptation of Tamil television series Thirumathi Selvam. In late 2018 and later in 2020 after the death of Rajput, the series was rebroadcast on Zee TV. After this rerun received good ratings, they decided to bring a new series. A web series titled Pavitra Rishta - Its Never too Late aired on Zee5 from 15 September 2021 starring Ankita Lokhande reprising her role as Archana and Shaheer Sheikh as Manav. Summary Archana Karanjkar is a hard-working, homely girl. Her mother, Sulochana fixes Archana's marriage with Manav Deshmukh, misunderstanding that Manav is a mechanical engineer. Archana has two younger sisters named Varsha and Vaishali and an elder brother named Vinod who is married to a mean woman, Manjusha. Manav lives with his father Damodar, mother Savita, younger brother Sachin and younger sister Vandita, in Anand Nivas chawl. Savita is a quarrelsome and combative woman who frequently fights with her chawl neighbours regarding the line of water and petty issues. Archana and Manav marry and her family learns that Manav is a mere mechanic. Gradually, Archana and Manav fall in love with each other. Manav's brother, Sachin dies in a car accident and his fiancée Shravani is pregnant with his child. Archana and Manav divorce to so that Sachin and Shravani's unborn child has a bright future. Vandita marries Ajit, the younger brother of Manjusha. Manav and Shravani's marriage is fixed, and Archana leaves Mumbai and completes her higher studies. Varsha gets married to Satish Deshpande. 2 years later Archana is now educated and returns to Mumbai. Shravani has delivered a boy, who is named after Sachin. Sulochana decides to get Archana married to Jaywant. Coincidentally, Manav and Shravani's marriage falls on the same date as Jaywant and Archana's wedding. At last, Manav and Archana marry and hence unite again. Shravani leaves for abroad giving Jr. Sachin to Archana and Manav. Archana's sister, Vaishali married with Manav's boss, Dharmesh, who dislikes Manav. It is revealed that Dharmesh has another wife named Madhuri and a son named Varun, which leads to a rift in his relationship with Vaishali. Archana gets pregnant but the child dies in her womb itself because Manav couldn't bring money for the operation at