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Ansh reveals to his father that he pretends to be nice with the Viranis because of Nandini. He is still with Aditya Gujral and fools the Viranis. He comes back home and Tulsi and Mihir are happy that their son is back.

Ganga and Saahil come back from Goa and announce that Ganga is pregnant. There is a moment of double celebration for the Viranis because both Ganga and Damini are pregnant at the same time. Baa decides to keep a puja.

Nandini asks Karan to take her to the mandir. Karan's car keys go missing. Ansh has stolen them. Nandini takes up a job in a news channel. Everybody comes back from the mandir and finds that Ansh has thrown a party to toast the new would-be mothers.

Everybody is happy. The Virani industry manager comes and announces that the workers have gone on a strike as a fire had broken out in the factory.

The police raid the hotel and arrest Nandini. She is unable to prove herself innocent as her press card goes missing. Reporters come and click her photograph. Karan goes to bail her out and Sejal passes snide remarks about Nandini.

This incident is flashed across the television channels. Nandini breaks down. Karan believes her and trusts her. She is ready to fight against all odds. Karan and Nandini visit the hotel again and interrogate the waiter but he refuses to say anything.

The situation is heated and they leave. Payel calls Tulsi and suggests to investigate. Nandini's editor gives her a last chance and sends her to cover a press conference. She becomes the cynosure of all eyes and reporters hound her with questions. Nandini is cornered and scared when Ansh comes to her rescue.

Tulsi is worried about Karan and his future. Damini encourages Karan to propose Nandini. Tulsi feels Ansh is lonely and needs a friend. She tells Nandini to be with Ansh. Nandini accepts. Karan confesses his love for Nandini on a tape and keeps the tape in Nandini's room. Nandini misses the tape by a fraction of a second and Ansh gets the tape. He decides to create a rift between the two. Sejal doubts Ansh. Nandini invites Ansh to have coffee with her. Ansh finds out that she has invited Karan also. He works out things such that Karan is not able make it.

Karan is in a dilemna, to give priority to his love or to his work. Nandini is restless as Karan has still not yet come to meet her at the coffee shop and she doesn't know what to say to Ansh.

Ansh comes to the coffee shop and she is disheartened since Karan has still not come. Karan and Gautam are at the bank and the bank is ready to finance their NRI project. Karan comes to the coffee shop but as soon as Ansh sees him, he takes Nandini out of the place.

Ba and Savita missing Tulsi as she had to leave for Haridwar to pay homage to her forefathers. Karan is dejected as he could not meet Nandini. He tells Damini about it. Damini scolds him for recording his feelings on a tape.

Ansh overhears their conversation. Karan and Nandini have a fight. Ansh is happy and steals the tape from Nandini's room. Ansh keeps the tape along with the scarf and Nandini's torn dress in a cupboard for future use.

Nandini goes to cover a story on an orphanage and Ansh comes with her. Karan decides to talk to Nandini but she is not in her room as she has left already.

Nandini is upset with the fight she had with Karan. Gautam tells Karan that the bank has refused to give them any loan as in this project NGOs are involved and it might turn out to be a public issue.

Ansh gets into a fight in the orphanage and Nandini stops him and teaches him how to control his temper. Karan goes to the orphanage and gets into an argument with the trustee as he had told the Viranis that he will give them the orphanage plot so has now gone back on his word.

Aditya's manager records the entire conversation on a tape. The manager gives Ansh the tapes. Ansh manipulates it such that Nandini hears an edited version of the conversation and gets a wrong idea. She is shocked and determined to stop Karan from obtaining anything illegally.

Ansh tells Ba that he wants to come closer to all his siblings. They are still aloof from him. Ba tells him to have patience. Everybody decides to go for a picnic at their Khandala farmhouse. Ansh's eyes follow Nandini wherever she goes.

Ansh tries to get friendly with her. Karan and Nandini become friends again. Karan is about to leave for Mumbai to finalise a deal with Tanya as she is leaving town, but she is right there at Khandala so he decides not to leave the picnic.

Tanya comes and joins the picnic. Karan discusses the NRI project with her. The Mumbai-Pune highway is blocked so Karan asks Tanya to stay at their farmhouse. Tanya agrees. Nandini catches Tanya and Karan in an odd moment where Tanya is in Karan's arms. Nandini is shattered.

Nandini leaves the room. Ansh tries to stop her. She wants to be left alone. Karan follows her and tries to stop her. Ansh is disgusted seeing them together. Nandini accuses Karan of playing dirty with Tanya. They have a fight.

Damini makes Nandini understand how much Karan loves her. Nandini goes and says sorry to Karan. Karan takes her in his arms. Ansh is very angry to see them this close. He tells Nandini that he will help Karan and Nandini come closer. It is actually a fake act.

Ansh tells Aditya about his plans for foul play between Karan and Nandini. He admits that he hates Karan. Shantanu proposes to Karishma. Karishma announces that she wants to marry Shantanu, but the family refuses to accept the proposal as he is a lot older than Karishma. Karishma is stunned.

Karishma announces that she wishes to marry Shantanu and Savita slaps her. Everybody is shocked. Ansh tells Karishma that he is with her and he will help her get married to Shantanu. It is his way of getting closer to Nandini.

Ansh convinces Savita and Baa that Karishma is old enough to take her own decisions. Kiran tells Karishma that they have accepted Shantanu in the family. Karishma is happy. Kiran and Mihir convince everybody that Shantanu is a very good match for Karishma. Karishma is engaged to Shantanu. In the party, she discovers that Shantanu is the elder brother of Sasha who she had killed with the help of Tarun. Karishma is shocked.

Shantanu says he needs to have a word with Karishma but she refuses to speak to him and give him any explanation. Shantanu leaves the house in anger.

Karishma tells Tarun everything. Puja overhears them, she decides to tell Hemant. Karishma and Tarun are unable to stop her. Puja is unable to tell Hemant anything as he is already upset with Tarun. Ansh tells everybody that he will get to the crux of the matter. He tells Karishma that she has to give Shantanu an explanation. She says she will tell everybody.

Ansh says ok and gets the entire family together. Karishma spills the beans in front of the entire family about how Tarun and her murdered Sasha. Everybody is shocked. Karishma goes missing from the house. Mihir and Kiran go to Shantanu to solve matters but he refuses to help them. The police informs Shantanu that Karishma has surrendered herself to the police.

Kiran tells Mihir that Shantanu wants to punish Karishma for her crime. Hemant is frustrated as it is because of his son that Karishma gets into trouble. He beats up Tarun and refuses to get a lawyer for him.

Karishma and Tarun are arrested by the Police. They are interrogated separately. The Police commissioner tells Mihir and Kiran that on technical grounds, Karishma can be freed but not Tarun.

Gayatri has a confrontation with Hemant. He refuses to get a lawyer for him as he believes that if he gets out of jail, he will not tranform himself.

Gayatri is determined to get a lawyer for Tarun. Gautam brings Karishma home. Gayatri asks Nandini to help her find a lawyer and publicise the fact in her channel as a false news. Nandini refuses to support her as she feels that if he has committed a crime he should be punished.

Karan assures Gayatri will help her. He says he will get Tarun back at any cost. Karan is disgusted with Nandini's sense of right and wrong. They have a fight. He thinks she doesn't have a heart and challenges her that he will get Tarun out of jail.

Ansh is happy that Karan and Nandini are fighting and he is counting the hours before Nandini comes to him for help. Tanya helps Karan to get Manisha Tasaldar, one of the best lawyers in the country to fight the case. Shantanu also gets a lawyer. Tarun's hearing date is fixed. Puja is really tense and upset.

Kiran tells Karishma that he is very proud of her. Everybody comes to the court for the hearing. Manisha tries to steer the case towards self-defence and points out that Sasha did not die at the moment Karishma hit him. He was just knocked senseless.

Shantanu's lawyer points out that the hotel lawyer had seen them come out of Sasha's room. The hearing progresses and Ansh comes to the court and whispers to Manisha. Manisha calls the hotel waiter to the court and he testifies that he had seen them both coming out of the room but after they came out a man called Rajiv Agarwal had gone into the room. He had heard Sasha and Rajiv talking in the room after Karishma and Tarun left.

Manisha points out that it means that after they had both left the room Sasha was still alive. Rajiv Agarwal is called to the court. He confesses everything. Karishma and Tarun are freed from the case. Everyone thanks Karan and Manisha. Manisha says that actually Ansh should be thanked and that he came at the right time. Nandini thanks Ansh. Nandini is disturbed seeing Karan and Tanya close to each other. She is shocked.

Ansh gets Shantanu back to the house. Shantanu and Karishma patch up. Hemant apologises to Puja. Tarun has come back a better human being. Karishma and Shantanu decide to get married. The marriage is after seven days.

Karan and Tanya go out for coffee. Nandini is very upset that she might lose a good friend in Karan She talks to Ansh and starts crying. In a weak moment she keeps her head on Ansh's shoulders. Ansh is consoles her when Tulsi sees Ansh and Nandini in each others arms. She is shocked and surprised.

In this episode Nandini's parents go to Shantiniketan to speak to the Viranis about Ansh and Nandini's marriage. But they lay down one condition that Karan who is an illegitimate son of the Virani clan should be banished from the family because he would be a source of shame and embarrassment for them and it was against their ethics to give their daughter in a family where such relationships are nurtured.

Tulsi is absolutely against this and tells them that she would never encourage their decision and refuses to accept Nandini as her daughter-in-law. This decision of hers puts the entire Virani family in a fix.

Mihir Virani goes over to Nandini's parents house to convince them about going ahead with the marriage plans, but returns home disheartened as Nandini's parents are very serious about the condition and want the Virani family to comply.