StarPlus show Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai, produced by Rajan Shahi under Director’s Kut Productions, entertains the audience with major dramas and nail-biting twists. Samridhii Shukla and Rohit Purohit play the lead roles.
Check out Yeh Rishta Kya Kehlata Hai’s written episode 1716 update, airing on 17 July 2025.
Today’s episode begins with Geetanjali worrying as Maira disappears. Meanwhile, Abhira (Samridhii Shukla) sees Maira coming wearing Pookie’s outfit. Geetanjali asks Maira about her outfit, and Maira reveals that she is playing the character of Pookie to make Abhira happy on her special day. Maira goes near Abhira, which makes her, however, Abhira thinks about Geetanjali before hugging Maira. Maira tells Abhira to hug her, but she shouts at her, telling her to go to her parents and not irritate her. Maira tells Abhira that she is bad and that is why her Pookie left her. Armaan (Rohit Purohit) scolds Maira, but she doesn’t listen to him and hugs Geetanjali.
Kiara confronts Abhir and tells him to call Charu as she wants to talk to her. However, Abhir ignores her and leaves. Abhira feels bad, and Geetanjali’s grandfather tells her she scolded Maira too much. Abhira shares that she had to do it because she was getting close to her, which Geetanjali doesn’t like, and she doesn’t want to steal anyone’s daughter. Geetanjali and Armaan get emotional. Abhira cries, and Anshuman comes to console her.
Armaan tries to tell Maira to apologise to Abhira, but she doesn’t listen. While Abhira tells Anshuman that she wants to stop her search for Pookie, she gets emotional. Kiara discovers Charu’s death as Abhir performs the last rites at the Poddar house. Manoj tries to record Krish’s confession, but he fails. Later, Abhira calls the police and tells them to stop searching for Pookie, and she also tears up her book. Abhira cries seeing little Pookie’s photo.
Precap: Abhira tries to connect with Armaan as she needs his help to find Pookie, but he is in the hospital. As Armaan tries to answer the call, he faints and falls to the ground. On the other hand, Kaveri realises her mistake of not letting Armaan tell Abhira the truth, thinking that if Anshuman finds out about Pookie, all the blame will fall on Armaan. She calls Armaan, but he stays unconscious.
