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Gathbandhan

Indian television series

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 23, 2026
Entity authorityQ62608080
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Gathbandhan (transl. Alliance) is an Indian television action drama romance series that was aired from 15 January to 27 November 2019 on Colors TV by airing 224 episodes. Produced by Jay Mehta under Jay Production, it starred Shruti Sharma, Abrar Qazi and Sonali Naik. It is the love story of Don of Dombivli Mumbai and IPS from Surendranagar

Plot

Dhanak Parekh from Surendranagar, Gujarat and Raghu Bharat Jadhav from Mumbai, Maharashtra, are two people with clashing personalities who ultimately become tied by the strings of marriage, friendship, and love.

Raghu is a petty criminal, a goon who has a fearsome reputation. Shortly he becomes one of the most powerful Dons in Mumbai. Savitri, his mother, controls their organization, and encourages him to resort to violent acts to increase their wealth and reputation. Dhanak is an aspiring IPS officer who keeps on the right side of the law. Raghu falls in love with her at first sight and forces her into marriage by holding her family as hostages. Dhanak hates Raghu and his lawlessness at first, but soon falls for him. After that she started loving him more than anything, even more than her life.

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