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Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan release date: Gaurav Khanna and Shraddha Arya’s Star Plus show premieres on 24 November

By Rohan Jain

Updated on November 12, 2026
IST 12:47 am

Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan premieres on Star Plus on Monday, 24 November 2026, and will also stream on JioHotstar. The romantic family drama from Ektaa Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms brings Gaurav Khanna and Shraddha Arya together on screen for the first time. Star Plus announced the date on 4 November with a set of nine character posters.

A promo still from Star Plus show Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan showing two men and a woman in a pink sari

When does Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan start on Star Plus?

The first episode of Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan airs on 24 November 2026. The date was shared by Star Plus on 4 November, as reported by the news agency ANI and by Pinkvilla. The show will air on Star Plus and stream on JioHotstar, the same pattern the channel follows for its other daily shows.

The channel has not yet announced the daily time slot. Early reports at the end of October spoke of a prime-time slot, but Star Plus has not confirmed a time. PBTrendz will update this page once the slot is official. Until then, viewers can expect the time to be revealed in the final promos in the week before launch.

A small note on the title: news reports spell it two ways, “Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan” (ANI, Bollywood Hungama) and “Dil Ki Bewafaiyaann” (Pinkvilla, NewsBytes). The show’s own JioHotstar page uses “Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan”, which is the spelling we follow.

The JioHotstar listing, marked “Releasing soon”, also gives the first official outline of the story: “Married to his best friend Janaki, Manav longs for the grand love story they never lived. Now in his forties, can he give their bond a romantic makeover?” It tags the show as romance, drama, family and second-chance romance.

Who is in the cast of Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan?

The two confirmed leads are Gaurav Khanna and Shraddha Arya. This is their first show together. Both actors are among the best-known faces of Hindi daily television, and this pairing is the main selling point of the launch.

Several other actors have been linked to the show in trade reports over the past two weeks. However, neither Star Plus nor Balaji Telefilms has announced the wider cast, and the actors named in those reports had not confirmed their roles at the time of writing. PBTrendz lists only cast members announced by the channel or the actors themselves, so this list will grow as official announcements come in.

Apart from Manav and Janaki, named in the JioHotstar listing, the characters’ names have not been made public. The nine posters released on 4 November introduce the characters and their relationships, but the launch reports do not name them.

What is Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan about?

Star Plus has described Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan as a romantic family drama. According to Pinkvilla, the story centres on relationships, emotions and conflicts. The title itself, which roughly means “the betrayals of the heart”, hints at a story where love and trust will be tested.

The nine-poster reveal was called a “first-of-its-kind” step for a television series in the ANI report. The posters are meant to give an early look at the characters, their bonds with each other and the dramatic world of the show. Before that, Star Plus had shared a short clip of Gaurav Khanna and Shraddha Arya arriving at the Balaji Telefilms office, which first set off talk about the project. The two actors also took part in a puja on the set before the shoot began.

No detailed plot has been released yet. As with most Balaji Telefilms dramas, fans can expect the full story set-up in the launch week promos.

Who is producing Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan?

The show is produced by Ektaa R Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms, the company behind long-running hits such as Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi. Ektaa Kapoor has spoken openly about why she chose this pairing.

“Both have earned so much love from viewers, and I’ve wanted to see them share the screen for a long time,” she said, as quoted by ANI and Bollywood Hungama. She added that she is “excited, nervous, and already imagining how audiences will react to them together!”

Gaurav Khanna also shared his excitement. In the ANI report, he said he can finally say “GK is back!” and that he and Shraddha are bringing “something new”, with more details to come.

Is Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan replacing Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2?

Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan is Balaji Telefilms’ next show on Star Plus after Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2 came to an end. The sequel, which brought back Smriti Irani as Tulsi Virani, premiered on 29 July 2025 and aired its last episode on 20 October 2026, according to ThePrint.

The show was first planned for 167 episodes but ran for 450. “It’s time to say bye to the show that we were to do for 167 eps but ended up doing for 450 eps,” Ektaa Kapoor wrote in her farewell post, as reported by Outlook India.

When she announced the new show, Ektaa Kapoor linked the two directly: “Kyunki gave viewers a finale to remember. Now, it’s time to give them a new beginning they’ll fall in love with,” she said, as quoted by Bollywood Hungama. Star Plus has not said which time slot the new show will take, so it is not yet confirmed that it will air in Kyunki’s old slot.

Where have you seen Gaurav Khanna and Shraddha Arya before?

Gaurav Khanna is best known to Star Plus viewers for Anupamaa. Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan marks his return to daily fiction. In between, he won Bigg Boss 19 in December 2025, taking home a cash prize of ₹50 lakh, after winning Celebrity MasterChef earlier the same year, as reported by UNI.

Shraddha Arya played Dr Preeta Arora Luthra in Kundali Bhagya from 2017 to 2024, a seven-year run as the lead of the show. Before that, she played the title role in Tumhari Paakhi (2013–2014). Her television debut was Main Lakshmi Tere Aangan Ki in 2011. Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan is her return to daily fiction and her move to Star Plus.

Both actors have large fan bases on social media, which is one reason the first teaser of the two arriving at the Balaji office drew so much attention.

Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan: key facts

Premiere date: 24 November 2026
Channel: Star Plus
Streaming: JioHotstar
Genre: Romantic family drama
Producer: Ektaa R Kapoor’s Balaji Telefilms
Lead cast: Gaurav Khanna and Shraddha Arya (first on-screen pairing)
Time slot: Not yet announced
Launch campaign: Nine character posters, released on 4 November 2026
Previous Balaji show on Star Plus: Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2 (450 episodes, ended 20 October 2026)

What to watch next

If you are waiting for Dil Ki Bewafaiyaan, there are a few ways to fill the gap on Star Plus and JioHotstar. Anupamaa, the show that made Gaurav Khanna a household name, continues to air on Star Plus. Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 2, the Balaji drama that came before this launch, streamed on JioHotstar, so anyone who missed its 450-episode run can catch up there. Fans of Shraddha Arya can also look back at Kundali Bhagya, where she played Preeta for seven years. For other Star Plus stories, read our pieces on the Apsara launch and Udne Ki Aasha’s latest twist.