Qayaamat Se Qayaamat Tak

Qayaamat Se Qayaamat Tak (transl. From apocalypse to apocalypse) is an Indian Hindi-language television romantic drama series that premiered from 29 January 2024 to 24 May 2024 on Colors TV and streams digitally on JioCinema.^[1] Based on the novel November Rain, by Abhigyan Jha, the series starred Trupti Mishra and Karam Rajpal.^[2]

Plot[edit]

18 year old Poornima, who is raised in a poor household, has taken up responsibility of her family. She makes money by selling flowers. She has been hardened from her upbringing and has a no-nonsense attitude. Raj is the heir of the Raghuvanshi family, who is adored by all his family members. He is engaged to Shaina, who his parents see as being equal in status to him. Despite all odds, Raj and Poornima fall in love with each other. Initially, Raj's parents are against their union because Poornima is poor, but they finally accept her after seeing her dedication to Raj and the family. Damayanti declares that Poornima is Raj's "rakshya kavach" and she will save him from all harm, which Poornima had been doing.

One fateful day, Poornima and Raj get into an accident that was planned by Shaina, who is obsessed with Raj, and a masked person. Poornima sees her murderers before dying, but is unable to tell anyone. However, she promises Raj that she will come back again to fulfill their love story. Unfortunately, they find Chirag by the truck that caused the accident and arrest him.

18 years later, Poornima has reincarnated as Poonam. Poonam sees visions of her past life, but does not realize it as such. Poonam wants to become a doctor and tutors kids on the side. Kuhu, Raj and Shaina's daughter, becomes attached to Poonam, and tricks Shaina into hiring Poonam as her nanny. Poonam arrives at Raghuvanshi house, but Raj refuses to believe that she is his Poornima. Raj has become an alcoholic, who is distanced from his family. However, he cares deeply about Kuhu, who is asthmatic.

Unfamiliar with her past, Poonam promises to reunite Raj and Shaina as per Kuhu's wish. However, she finds out that Shaina is cheating on Raj with Vicky. Poonam tries to expose Shaina, but Shaina tricks her into believing that she wants a second chance with Raj. Little by little, Poonam's visions become clearer and she recognizes Raj as the man in her visions. She also finds a picture of Poornima and Raj's wedding and is shocked to see how much her face matches with Poornima.

Later on, Poonam realizes that Shaina lied to her and is planning to ursurp all of Raj's property. Poonam is looking for proof when she finds out that Shaina is pregnant with Vicky's child. Shaina, afraid of being ousted from the house, plans to murder Poonam by burying Poonam alive with the car. However, Raj ends up saving Poonam on time. Through this ordeal, Poonam remembers her past life. However, as she still has no proof, she pretends to have lost her memory and acts as a princess of faraway kingdom. Eventually, she is able to expose Shaina.

In a shocking turn, police reveal that Shaina is dead and that Raj killed her. Poonam manages to acquit Raj and she reveals her truth to everyone. Raj and Poonam have a heartfelt reunion. Poonam also tells them about Shaina and the masked person. Poonam starts investigating who the masked person could be. Initially, she doubts Nirvan is the masked person and tells Sumitra. However, the masked person is revealed to be Raviraj. Raj and Poonam find him in a wounded state and he dies before he can say anything. The family are shocked to find out the truth and Nirvan is heartbroken that his father is a murderer.

All seems to be going well finally, when Kuhu suddenly turns antagonistic towards Poonam. She despises Poonam for lying to her about uniting her parents, but planning to marry Raj herself. Raj promises Kuhu that he will not marry Poonam. Raj also encourages Poonam to focus on her studies first. In a shocking twist of events, Sumitra is revealed to be the masked person. Sumitra reveals how Haribol swapped her stillborn child with Damayanti's illegitimate son, and threatened Sumitra to never reveal this to anyone. Haribol announced that Raj would become the Raghuvanshi family's heir and continue the lineage. Sumitra was bitter about raising a child that was not even hers. Specially after she had her biological son, Shrey, she despised Raj even more, as he took everything that was rightfully Shrey's as the eldest child of Gururaj.

Sumitra plots to create a rift between Raj and Poonam through Poonam's closeness with another medical student, who is also named Rajneesh. Raj starts feeling insecure about his age as Poonam is 18 years his junior.

Cast[edit]

Main[edit]

• Trupti Mishra as
  • Poornima Sahariya Raghuvanshi: Ratan and Radha's elder daughter; Rati's sister; Rajneesh's first wife
  • Dr. Poonam Rajlakshmi Iyer Raghuvanshi: Poornima's reincarnation; Malini's elder daughter; Netra's sister; Rajneesh's third wife; Kuhu's adoptive mother
• Karam Rajpal as Dr. Rajneesh "Raj" Raghuvanshi: Damayanti's elder son; Sumitra and Gururaj's adoptive son; Chirag's half-brother; Nirvaan, Geetu, Shrey and Jay's cousin; Poornima's widower; Shaina's ex-husband; Poonam's husband; Kuhu's adoptive father

Recurring[edit]

• Madirakshi Mundle as Dr. Shaina: Rajneesh's ex–wife; Vikram's wife; Kuhu's mother
• Pallavi Rao as Sumitra Raghuvanshi: Gururaj's wife; Geetu, Shrey and Jay's mother; Rajneesh's adoptive mother; Kuhu's adoptive grandmother
• Amit Kaushik as Gururaj Raghuvanshi: Haribol's elder son; Raviraj and Damayanti's brother; Sumitra's husband; Geetu, Shrey and Jay's father; Rajneesh's adoptive father; Kuhu's adoptive grandfather
• Bobby Vats as Raviraj "Ravi" Raghuvanshi: Haribol's younger son; Gururaj and Damayanti's brother; Guneeta's husband; Nirvan's father
• Aartii Kandpal as Guneeta Bansal Raghuvanshi: Raviraj's wife; Nirvan's mother
• Gaurav Sharma as Nirvan Raghuvanshi: Guneeta and Raviraj's son; Rajneesh, Geetu, Shrey, Jay and Chirag's cousin
• Meghan Jadhav as Chirag: Damayanti's younger son; Rajneesh's half-brother
• Simran Singh as Geetu Raghuvanshi: Sumitra and Gururaj's daughter; Jay and Shrey's sister; Rajneesh, Nirvan and Chirag's cousin; Tony's fianceé
• Vipin Gurjar as Shrey Raghuvanshi: Sumitra and Gururaj's elder son; Geetu and Jay's brother; Rajneesh, Nirvan and Chirag's cousin
• Dhantejas Pandit as Jay Raghuvanshi: Sumitra and Gururaj's younger son; Shrey and Geetu's brother; Rajneesh, Nirvan and Chirag's cousin
• Riddhi Sharma as Kuhu Raghuvanshi: Shaina and Vikram's daughter; Rajneesh and Poonam's adoptive daughter
• Kamalika Guha Thakurta as Damayanti: Haribol's daughter; Gururaj and Raviraj's sister; Rajneesh and Chirag's mother; Kuhu's adoptive grandmother
• Pooja Somani as Netra Rajlakshmi Iyer: Poonam's younger sister
• Ajay Arya as Tony D'Souza: Geetu's fiancè
• Jyoti Gauba as Radha Sahariya: Ratan's estranged wife; Poornima and Rati's mother
• Pankaj Berry as Haribol Raghuvanshi: Gururaj, Raviraj and Damayanti's father; Nirvaan, Geetu and Jay's paternal grandfather; Rajneesh and Chirag's maternal grandfather
• Nandini Karmakar as Rati Sahariya: Ratan and Radha's younger daughter; Poornima's younger sister
• Ankit Raj as Vikram "Vicky": Sadhana's son; Shaina's husband; Kuhu's father
• Jugnu Modi Gandhi as Sadhana: Vikram's mother
• Adarsh Chaudhary as Library boy
• Unknown as Rajneesh: Sumitra's right-hand; Poonam's obsessive lover
• Unknown as Murli: Poornima's obsessive lover

Production[edit]

Development[edit]

Qayaamat Se Qayaamat Tak is produced by BBC Studios India and is based on the novel, November Rain, which is written by Abhigyan Jha.^[3] The series title is inspired by the 1988 Bollywood movie, Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak.^[4] The series also showcases the reunion of two lovers after rebirth.^[5]

Casting[edit]

Trupti Mishra and Karam Rajpal were cast to play the leads, Poornima and Rajneesh.^[6][7] In February 2024, post the leap, Poornima died and Trupti then played Poonam.^[8]

Pallavi Rao was cast to play Rajneesh's mother, Sumitra and Jyoti Gauba was cast to play Poornima's mother, Radha.^[9][10] In February 2024, Madirakshi Mundle was cast to play Shaina opposite Rajpal.^[11] That same month, Riddhi Sharma was cast to play Shaina and Rajneesh's daughter, Kuhu.^[12]

Filming[edit]

The series is primarily set in Ujjain, Madhya Pradesh. Intial portion was shot in Ujjain, including few scenes at Mahakaleshwar Temple.^[13] The remaining series was shot at Naigaon.^[10]

Cancellation[edit]

The series went off air on 24 May 2024, due to low TRPs, owing to Indian Premier League.^[14]

References[edit]

External links[edit]

• Qayaamat Se Qayaamat Tak at IMDb
• Qayaamat Se Qayaamat Tak on JioCinema