Naamkarann

15 years later

Avni is now a grown woman, renaming herself Ananya Verma. She was saved by Neela after she got shot and fell, she lives with Neela and together they both plot Dayawanti's ruination and getting Aman/Amol back from Dayawanti. She is a generous thief who steals money from rich people and donates the money to hospitals. Neil Khanna is working her case attemtping to find out her identity.

Neil and Avni bump into each other at the cliff where Avni was shot and get into a minor fight. Suspicious of her, Neil asks his colleague and friend DD to investigate her. Meanwhile, Avni's childhood friend Ali is shown to be Neil's best friend. He runs a cafe, of which he and Avni dreamt of opening as they were young and has faith she is alive.

Ananya finds out that Dayawanti is planning to get her other granddaughter Riya married to the son of a rich businessman Prakash. This is because Dayawanti is drowning in debt. To prevent the wedding, Ananya wins Dayawanti over and befriends Riya. Riya's fiancé turns out to be Neil. A series of events bring Ananya and Neil closer. Meanwhile, Amol returns but is shown to have grown into a spoilt brat. Ali suspects that Ananya is Avni but Neela convinces him to keep the secret if he wants Ananya to succeed in her revenge.

Neil's mother, Shweta, dislikes Ananya from the beginning. On his wedding day, Neil finds out about Ananya being Avni but does not tell anyone. Seeing the only way to stop Neil and Riya's wedding, Ananya replaces the bride and is married to Neil. Neil believes the wedding to be fake but Neela and his father Prakash recognize Ananya to be his wife. Avni tries to leave Neil but he convinces her to stay and promises. Neil starts developing a soft corner for Avni after Neela tells him all the troubles she faced and how she managed to not be evil despite the difficulties. After a series of investigations and difficult tasks completed by Neil, Avni, Ali, Neela and Neil's colleague Mitali, it is revealed Ashish was murdered by Dayawanti after he discovered the truth of Ayesha’s murder. He left the tape of Dayawanti’s confession somewhere for someone trustworthy to find, Avni enraged by her parents’ murders goes to murder Dayawanti unhesitant of becoming a criminal. After Neil consoles her explaining how she shouldn’t burn in the fire of hatred, she calms down and prevents herself from murdering Dayawanti. Dayawanti is arrested along with her another children - Ketan and Diksha. Amol realises Dayawanti's truth and accepts his sister, Avni, yet Avni believes he hasn't earned his mother's name, Ayesha, yet.

The story then focuses on Neil and Avni's confused emotions regarding each other. Neil wants Avni to stop considering herself as a sin and burden on others after Dayawanti made her believe so throughout her entire life. Neil becomes jealous of Ali because of his bond with Avni. Shweta and Riya try to use this to their advantage but fail. When they return, Shweta reveals Avni's identity and her illegitimacy to everyone prompting Neil's grandmother Harleen to throw Avni out of the house. Neil is then critically injured in a bomb blast planned by Amol, who turns out to be a backstabber after he earned Avni's trust and he secretly plots with Dayawanti. Avni saves Neil's life and is welcomed back into the family.

Neil attempts to arrest human trafficker Ragini Pandit. Pandit joins forces with Dayawanti to destroy Neil and Avni. Meanwhile, Avni saves Neil's ex-girlfriend Juhi, whom Neil believed to have been dead, from Pandit. Therefore, she hands herself to Ragini Pandit in Rang Mahal in order to save Juhi as she was in the misconception that Neil still loved Juhi and Avni wanted Neil to get his love back, however Neil loved Avni but was unable to express so. After Neil discovers Avni put herself in danger, he goes with his team to save Avni and all the girls. Amol holds Neil at gunpoint to which Avni steals a gun and holds it at Amol ready to shoot her brother broken by the fact her brother betrayed her and was ready to trade her. Dayawanti hides in Rang Mahal with Amol, until Neil convinces Amol, he'll be safe if he comes out and helps to catch Dayawanti. Amol comes out and Dayawanti,furious, holds a gun and shoots at Amol unaware there are fake bullets, Avni doesn't know there are fake bullets and comes infront to save Amol. Amol realises Dayawanti has been using him and turns over a new leaf. Circumstances end in him burning Dayawanti alive to which resulted him being sentenced and Dayawanti dies. Shweta also accepts Avni as her daughter-in-law.

Juhi tells Neil that Neil and her had an illegitimate daughter, Mishti, who is being held by Pandit's son Vidyut. Avni rescues Mishti who grows close to Avni. Jealous of Mishti's closeness to Avni and wanting Neil back, Juhi tries to create misunderstandings between them. It is revealed that Mishti is in fact Vidyut's daughter, not Neil's. Avni and Neil find out Juhi's truth and get her to confess but she escapes to Vidyut's house with Mishti. After Juhi is at a cliff with Mishti, Avni attempts to scare her by holding a gun at her, unaware that Vidyut is behind with a gun at Juhi ready to shoot Juhi. Vidyut makes it look like Avni shot Juhi who died and forces Neil to put Avni behind bars. He gave Neil an option to either put Avni behind bars or give Avni to him as he got obsessed with her. Neil takes Neela’s permission to allow him and had to act as if he doesn’t believe Avni’s innocence which created misunderstandings.

6 months later

Heartbroken by the blame of killing Juhi and the lack of trust between her and Neil, Avni learns new fighting skills to fight back for crimes she didn’t commit. She plans to escape from jail with Ali's help and take revenge against Vidyut. Neil has been taking a double role of Neo so he can prove Avni’s innocence while breaking the law as Neo. Whereas Vidyut abducts Neela and tells Avni to escape from jail with Ragini Pandit to save Neela. Avni manages to send a message to Neil who rescues Neela and, believing in Neil, decides not to escape from prison. Neela discovers Mishti is alive. Neil saves Neela Maa and Mishti. Neil manages to get Vidyut to confess that Pandit killed Juhi and Avni is innocent. Pandit goes to jail and Vidyut is placed under house arrest. Vidyut breaks into Neil's house and Avni has a feeling of something bad happening during the celebration party held in the Khanna house that welcomes Avni back and her doubt turns right when Neela gets shot during the dark after Vidyut enters and is killed. Avni mourns over Neela’s death and cremates her feeling guilty . Avni blames herself for Neela's death claiming she killed all her loved ones by her bad luck, she calls herself ominous after her imagination of Dayawanti tells her to jump in the cremation fire and end herself and her life as Dayawanti says because of Avni, Ayesha and Ashish died and now Neela, her step mother who treated her like her daughter. Avni helps Neil thwart Vidyut's men and later that night they consummate their marriage.

Vidyut reveals to Avni that he drugged Neil's father Prakash to kill Neil but Neela came in the way and was killed. Vidyut threatens Avni that to save Neil's father, she will have to marry Vidyut. To stop all that from happening, Avni decides to burn Vidyut's house and enters his house as a bride. Neil tries to save Avni but fire fighters find two dead bodies in the house leaving Avni's fate unknown.

10 years later

Neil quit the job as a police officer and has become a radio jockey on the radio channel Raabta and often visits the cliff where Avni and Neil met for the first time. After 10 years, Avni rechristens herself as Neilanjana and dedicates her life to the well-being of illegitimate children in an orphanage. She has changed her identity to Neilanjana and takes care of a 17 year old Sayesha, who is Mishti and other orphan children along with Sunheri, Tara and Sitara in Kashid. Sayesha is shown to be an aspiring singer who is an ardent fan of actor Karan Kapoor/ KK. Neil has become KK's body double. KK went Kashid for shooting with Neil and there they met with the orphan kids and KK especially made a special bond with Sayesha. Neil met with kids & Sunheri but haven't yet met with Neilanjana aka Avni & is unaware of Avni's existence. Meanwhile, DD and Mitali are back in Neil's life. Mitali came to know about Avni's identity but for Avni's (intentionally for her gain as she is in love with Neil) sake she kept it secret from Neil. Mitali is plotting against Avni to throw out Avni from Neil's life. Sayesha and KK got kidnapped when they got lost in jungle. Avni and Neil individually went in jungle to find them where Avni thought Neil as kidnapper and started to beat him. During their fight, Neil managed to look at Avni's face and got to know that she is alive. Neil and Avni somehow rescued them. The rumours about KK and Sayesha have to lead to his mother to propose Sayesha for KK but Avni was not interested. But as Neil advised Avni, she agreed to let Sayesha get engaged to KK. But Kamini Kapoor comes to know the truth of Sayesha being an orphan and calls off the engagement. Meanwhile, the media gets informed about Avni being alive and file a case against her fake death drama. Avni gets taken under custody for interrogation. Neil reaches police station and bailed Avni. On the other hand, Sayesha and KK decide to run away and marry. Sayesha reaches the venue and waits for KK all the night outside the temple. But KK didn't come as his mom emotionally blackmails him. Avni get worried about Sayesha's whereabouts but doesn't get a piece of news. Finally, KK's dad calls Avni secretly to tell her about Sayesha's whereabouts. They reach the temple, where Sayesha faints. Sayesha is revealed to be pregnant and Avni decides to abort the child. But before abortion, KK reached there.Later,it is revealed that it was Avni's plan to reunite KK and Sayesha and make them realise their mistake.Soon after this, they get married in a register office.Sayesha is often treated badly by Kamini without KK noticing. Avni is in search of new homes for the kids and gets a call from a home owner. It is later revealed that it was a plot set up by Kamini to make Avni realise her mistake by her acceptance of KK and Sayesha's marriage. The goons drug Avni and she somehow manages to run away from them but only to be surrounded by the goons later on. Neil comes and saves Avni. Later, Prakash gets a call from the Central Jail that Vidyut is dead. Sayesha gets to know about her true identity. Mowgli is found to have many similarities with Neil. It is revealed to Prakash that Mowgli is Avni and Neil's son. After, Neil wants the custody of Mowgli. Due to this, they go to court and fight for his right on his son and Neil gets the rights over Mowgli. Later, Mowgli gets sick and Avni is called to look after Mowgli for that day. After some incidents including Mowgli getting kidnapped Neil gives Mowgli's legal custody to Avni. Avni decides to leave the city along with Mowgli so that Neil can start a new life with Mitali. Soon Sayesha tells Neil about the sacrifice made by Avni to save his dad from Neela's murder case, Neil asks forgiveness from Avni for his rudeness. Avni reminds him of his promises made to Mitali and sends him back. Neil with a heavy heart gets ready to marry Mitali. On the wedding day Mitali tells Neil to return to Avni as he can only be happy with her. Happily he tells Mitali that he will be her best friend forever. His family asks him to bring Avni and Mowgli back. He rushes to them and reunites with Avni thus having a normal happy family. The show ends on a good note with Avni having her perfect happy family which she desired for years.

Main

• Zain Imam as Neil Khanna, Avni's husband, Shweta-Prakash's son, Mowgli's father, IPS officer (ACP), RJ Neil at Raabta Radio channel and KK's body double, Neo (fake name) (2017–2018)
• Aditi Rathore as Avni Neil Khanna (née Ayesha) - Neil's wife, Asha & Ashish's daughter,Dayawanti's granddaughter, Neela's adopted daughter, Aman's elder sister, Mowgli's mother, Ali's childhood friend and his Love interest and Riya's cousin sister, Sayesha's legal guardian, Neelanjana (fake name), Ananya Verma ( fake name). (2017–2018)
• Arsheen Naamdaar as young Avni Ayesha, Asha & Ashish's daughter, Dayawanti's granddaughter, Neela's adopted daughter, Aman's elder sister and Riya's cousin sister. (2016-2017) (Replaced)
• Reema Lagoo as Dayavanti Mehta
• Barkha Sengupta as Ayesha Mehta/Asha Mehta (Ayesha Haider), Ashish's wife, Avni and Aman's mother (2016-2017) (Dead)
• Sayantani Ghosh as Neela Parikh, Ashish ex-wife and Avni's adoptive mother (2016-2018) (Dead)
• Viraf Patel as Ashish Mehta, Asha's husband, Avni and Aman's father (2016-2017) (Dead)
• Ragini Shah as Dayawanti Mehta (replaced Reema Lagoo^[5] due to her death)^[6] Avni, Riya and Aman's grandmother (2016-2017) (Dead)
• Shubh Kalra as young Ali (2016) (Replaced)
• Jahaan Arora as DD(Dhakal Dayal) Junior polica officer of Neil khanna.
• Nalini Negi as Riya Mehta, Avni and Amol's cousin, Ketan and Hetal's daughter, Dayawanti's granddaughter, who wants to marry Neil (2017) (Left)
• Gautam Vig as Ali, Avni's childhood best friend,Neil's friend,Chamko cafe's owner who loved Avni. (2017-2018) (Left)
• Sana Amin Sheikh as Mitali Sharma,Ananya Verma (fake Ananya) police inspector, Neil's friend. (2017–2018)
• Karam Rajpal as Vidyut R, Ragini Pandit's son, Mishti's father (2017-2018) (Dead)
• Ayesha Vindhara as young Mishti, Juhi-Vidyut's daughter. (2017-2018) (Replaced)
• Soni Singh as Sunheri, Avni's friend and her well-wisher, who was in jail with Avni. (2017–2018)
• Kabir Shah as Mowgli Khanna, Neil and Avni's son (2018)
• Payal Bhojwani as Sayesha Karan Kapoor (Mishti), Juhi-Vidyut's daughter, who lives with Avni and Karan's wife. (2018)
• Zaan Khan as Karan Kapoor (KK), film industries superstar, Sayesha's husband and Neil's friend. (2018)
• Jayati Bhatia as Kamini Kapoor, Karan's mother. (2018)

Recurring

• Gulfam Khan as Fatima Banu (Nanno), Avni's maternal grandmother, Ayesha's mother (2016-2017) (Left)
• Palak Dey as young Riya (2016) (Replaced)
• Rajesh Singh as Tiku, Fatima's nephew (2016) (Left)
• Kunwar Amarjeet Singh as Aladdin / Kabir (2016) (Left)
• Anaya Soni as Hetal Mehta (replaced Pooja Verma), Ketan's wife, Riya's mother, Avni's and Amol's aunt (2016) (Left)
• Vivek Madan as Hansmukh, Diksha's ex-husband (2016) (Left)
• Puru Chibber as Ketan Mehta, Dayawanti's son, Ashish's younger brother, Riya's father, Avni and Aman's uncle (2016-2017) (Arrested)
• Neelam Sivia as Diksha, Dayawanti's daughter, Ashish and Ketan's younger sister, Avni, Aman and Riya's aunt (2016-2017) (Arrested)
• Sushant Mohindru as Aman Ayesha (Amol), Asha & Ashish's son, Avni's younger brother and Riya's cousin (2017) (Left)
• Kushal Kulveer Moharaz as Young Aman Ayesha (Replaced)
• Shruti Ulfat as Shweta Prakash Khanna, Prakash's wife, Neil's mother and Avni's mother-in-law. Mowgli's grandmother (2017–2018)
• Sanjay Swaraj as Prakash Khanna, Shweta's husband, Neil's father and Avni's father-in-law. Mowgli's grandfather. (2017–2018)
• Neelu Kohli as Harleen Khanna, Neil's grandmother, Prakash's mother and Shweta's mother-in-law. Mowgli's great grandmother. (2017–2018)
• Karan Jagdish Singh as Avni's lawyer. (2018)
• Manini Mishra as Ragini Pandit, Vidyut's mother, leader of a human trafficking racket (2017-2018) (Arrested)
• Priya Tandon as Monica, a prisoner (2017-2018) (Left)
• Jahaan Arora as Dakhal Dayal (DD), Neil's close friend and colleague, a police officer, Sunheri's love interest. (2017–2018)
• Poonam Preet as Juhi, Neil's ex-girlfriend and Mishti's mother (2017) (Dead)
• Prakriti Nautiyal as Tara, Avni's friend, earlier a prisoner.(2017–2018)
• Pragya Nautiyal as Sitara, Avni's friend, earlier a prisoner.(2017–2018)
• Bhavesh Balchandani as Samrat, an orphan at sukoon house (2018)
• Swasti Katyal as Pinki, An Orphanage girl who lives with Avni (2018)
• Pawani sharma as Daisy, an orphan at sukoon house. (2018)
• Mohit Chauhan as Mr. Kapoor, Karan's father. (2018)