Karthika Deepam (Telugu TV series)

Karthik, a doctor, and Deepa frequently meet. Karthik is impressed by Deepa's kindness and generosity. His brother Aditya falls in love with Deepa's stepsister Sravya, who loves Karthik. Aditya's mother, Soundarya, and Sravya's parents agree to the match. Sravya, initially overjoyed (assuming that she will marry Karthik), threatens suicide unless Karthik marries her. Karthik asks permission to marry Deepa, and Sravya's father (with whom she lives) is evasivee. Karthik and Deepa marry at a temple and announce their marriage at a party, angering Soundarya and Sravya. Soundarya allows Deepa into the household; Sravya marries Aditya, but initially wants to get rid of Aditya and Deepa.

Karthik's childhood friend Monitha returns, and wants him. She causes Sravya to miscarry and falsely convinces Karthik that Deepa is having an affair with her friend, the novelist Vihari. Deepa becomes pregnant, and is accepted by Soundarya.

Karthik has a fertility test, and Monitha (who was responsible for the death of Hima, his college girlfriend) switches the samples. She botches several attempts to have Deepa killed, and hires Durga to kill her; after seeing Deepa's kindness, however, Durga protects her. Monitha unsuccessfully tries to have them killed in a car accident. Durga reveals his identity to Deepa but, because he is in love with Monitha, he blames Karthik. Deepa prepares to leave the house; Karthik says that he is not the father of Deepa's child, and thinks that Vihari is the father. Deepa leaves; Karthik's father and brother ask him to be retested, but Monitha convinces him not to do so.

Deepa gets a job at a petrol station. Soundarya asks Deepa to return; Deepa unknowingly gives birth to twins, and Soundarya takes one home. Karthik begins to love the child, and names her Hima after his late girlfriend; Deepa leaves the city with her other child, Sourya.

Eight years later

Deepa runs a village tailor shop. She and Sourya return to the city for her medical treatment; working as a cook, she crosses paths with Karthik and his family. Deepa learns that Karthik has adopted Hima; she refuses to return to him because he did not trust her. Sourya and Hima become friends, and Hima becomes attached to Deepa. She learns that Karthik is her father, and Deepa and Karthik know that Hima is her twin daughter. Deepa learns that Monitha was behind the death of Karthik's girlfriend, and unsuccessfully tries to prove it to him. She leaves again; Soundarya and Murali Krishna look for her, and Karthik promises to marry Monitha if she finds Hima. Deepa runs a successful tiffin centre, but again becomes ill; Karthik decides to retake the fertility test.

He finds Deepa, Sourya and Hima, and brings them back to the city (Deepa for the sake of the children). Karthik learns that Deepa is seriously ill, and has her treated. He invites Monitha to a family gathering, and she poisons Deepa's medicines. Karthik tells Deepa about her illness, and she fears for her children's future if she dies; Soundarya comforts her.

Karthik learns that Deepa never had an affair with Vihari. Guilty about accusing Deepa, he decides to apologize at a puja held for her. Monitha accuses Karthik of impregnating her, and Deepa moves into a rented house. Karthik and the girls join her, and he tries to reconcile with her. Deepa begins to suspect Monitha (who tries to force Karthik to marry her), and Karthik tries to find out if he is the father of her child.

Monitha approaches ACP Roshini, and accuses Karthik of impregnating and deceiving her. Roshini investigates and Deepa finds Anji, a former contact killer who killed Karthik's girlfriend. Monitha kidnaps Anji after confessing her crimes; Deepa records her confession, and plays it for Karthik.

Karthik confronts Monitha, who says that she impregnated herself with his sperm sample. Deepa's stepmother Bhagyam, who is held captive in Monitha's room for threatening her to leave Karthik and Deepa alone hears a gunshot from the hall, and thinks that Monitha is dead. Roshini arrests Karthik for killing Monitha and hiding her body. A disguised Monitha tries to kill Deepa, who recognizes her. She escapes, and Deepa's family does not believe her. Monitha bribes a constable to meet Karthik in disguise, but he suspects that she is Monitha. She gives him pills which makes him ill, and he is hospitalized. Disguised as a doctor, threatens to kill Karthik's family unless he marries her. Deepa takes Monitha to court, and she is sentenced to 18 months' imprisonment. Karthik is acquitted, and Monitha (faking a heart attack in prison) goes to Karthik's hospital. Hima misunderstands an overheard conversation, and begins to suspect Karthik. Monitha's maid, Priyamani, gets a job at Karthik's house to pass information to her. However, Priyamani is soon exposed to Deepa, who ousts her and scolds herself for trusting her. Monitha is freed from prison under excuses of maternity problems and starts to torment Karthik's family. Hima and Sourya reconcile with Karthik but Monitha tries to manipulate Deepa into believing that her newborn child is Karthik's son through natural means. Surprisingly, Deepa supports Karthik after Monitha's child is named after Karthik's father Ananda Rao. She is exposed during the naming ceremony and the family finally reunites but Monitha spoils Karthik's surgery resulting in the patient's death. Karthik names all of his properties, which he earned, not inherited to the victim's wife and daughters and decides to leave to a village with his wife and children.

Without informing Saundarya and family, Deepa and Karthik leave the city with their children to Thatikonda, a remote village feared by merciless money lender Rudrani, who torments the family of Kotesh and Srivalli. Deepa and Karthik shelter Kotesh and Srivalli, who suffers from a miscarriage, but Kotesh abducts Monitha's son Anand and brings him as an orphaned boy for adoption. After Rudrani has Kotesh and Srivalli killed, Deepa and Karthik adopt Anand unaware that he is Monitha's son. Sourya suffers from a heart disease, but Karthik saves her by operating on her without licence as the hospital doctors knew him as a famous cardio. Hima is kidnapped by Rudrani but Saundarya comes to her rescue and the family reunites. Monitha accepts to retrieve Karthik's license if he operates on her uncle and Karthik accepts. Monitha learns that Anand is being raised by Karthik and Deepa. She conceals it from the family and challenges Karthik that she will leave him if he finds her missing son. Karthik accepts unaware of her conspiracy while Saundarya and Deepa learn that Kotesh and Srivalli had adopted Monitha's son. Saundarya make Monitha to reveal Anand as her son by performing adoption ceremony and gives back Anand to Monitha and warns her to stay away from her family. Hima initially hates their idea as she had grown too close with Anand but comes to terms with it.

Karthik, Deepa, Hima and Sourya go on a trip to Chikmagalur where they enjoy themselves while Hima is fascinated to driving car. On a hill, Hima stubbornly starts to drive and Deepa boards the car unwillingly in Karthik and Sourya's absence. After the car loses balance, Hima starts to panic and Karthik boards the car to save his daughter and wife. Though the danger comes to a halt, his car unfortunately hits a rock and falls off the cliff killing Karthik, Deepa and Hima while Sourya, the sole survivor loses consciousness. Karthik and Deepa's near and dear mourn their demise while Monitha considers herself widowed and leaves handing over the responsibility of her properties and Anand to Aruna and Lakshman members of chawl, where she began to live by setting a hospital on Karthik's name. Due to Karthik's demise, Karthik's estranged elder sister Swapna reconciles with her family except for Saundarya after mourning his and Deepa's deaths. Hima, alive returns to see her family but upon hearing Sourya blaming her for Karthik and Deepa's deaths and expressing her hatred towards her, she leaves home leaving the family unaware of her existence. Saundarya tries to settle the dispute between Swapna and her husband, who are separated and their two twins lives with each of them. However, Saundarya attempts are foiled due to Swapna's unwillingness and insecurities about reuniting with her husband. While travelling with Prem and Nirupam, the former spots Hima and she is brought home.

Sourya refuses to accept and forgive Hima but rather insults her. Next morning, Saundarya finds Sourya to be missing who leaves the home out of disgust towards Hima, who is heartbroken.

After few years

Grown up Hima is a doctor, living with her grandparents while Sourya is an auto-driver, still separated from her family is raised by small-time yet kind-hearted thieves Chandramma and Indrudu. Aditya and Shravya live in America. Hima grows to be generous, soft-hearted and innocent while Sourya is short-tempered, headstrong and kind, though. Hima tries searching for Sourya. Sourya goes by the name Jwala while Swapna criticizes Hima blaming her for Karthik and Deepa's deaths. Hima is friends with Swapna's children Prem and Nirupam. Nirupam lives with his mother while Prem lives with his father Satyam. Hima and Sourya, simultaneously learn that Anand is their half-brother. Sourya falls in love with Nirupam after her foster parents get a job as Satyam's cooks while Prem loves Hima. Sourya clashes with Swapna, whom she doesn't know as she hadn't seen her for her being estranged to the family for many years. It is revealed that Aruna and Lakshman are killed for Monitha's property in past and a teenaged Anand is being raised by Aruna's elder sister who is compelled to take his responsibility but ill-treats him, blaming him for Aruna's death.

Hima and Sourya befriend Anand, who runs a tiffin center while simultaneously being educated to pursue his dream of becoming a doctor but is unaware that he is Anand as his name is different. After spotting Sourya's tattoo on her hand, Hima realizes that Jwala is Sourya but hides about her discovery from everyone feeling that she would be separated from Sourya if she does so. Sourya meets Saundarya and feels that she is not searching for her. Swapna burns Sourya's auto for bringing Satyam to Prem's photo exhibition and being close to Nirupam.

In late March 2020, the series' production and broadcast halted (along with that of all other Indian television series and films) due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[6][7] It resumed in June of that year.[8]

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