Senior artist of Indian film and TV industry, Deepak Gheewala has been roped in to play a pivotal role in Rajan Shahi’s much-awaited spin-off of Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, titled ‘Yeh Rishtey Hai Pyaar Ke’.

Deepak who is a veteran Hindi and Gujarati artist has had a vast career with movies and TV shows. He has been part of TV shows Ek Mahal Ho Sapno Ka, Teen Bahuraniyaan, R.K. Laxman Ki Duniya and Diya Aur Baati Hum.

As per a reliable source, “Deepak will play the partriarch in the main boy’s family. He will play grand father to Shaheer Sheikh and Ritvik Arora’s characters.”

IWMBuzz.com has already reported about actors Ritvik Arora, Sangeeta Kapure, Chaitrali Gupte, Kaveri Priyam and Soniya Kaur playing pivotal roles.

As reported in media, Saathiya fame actress Rupal Patel will play the negative and scheming mother to the lead boys.

As we know, the promo of Yeh Rishtey Hai Pyaar Ke is out and Shivangi Joshi aka Naira is seen welcoming her sister Mishti via this new show. The role of Mishti will be played by Rhea Sharma.

We buzzed Producer Rajan Shahi, but did not get through.

We reached out to the channel spokesperson but did not get revert.

Watch this space for more updates.

Later, Producer Rajan Shahi confirmed the news via a text message to IWMBuzz.com.