Chasing My Heart: plot summary, full story, cast with images, teasers
The Chasing My Heart series focuses on Raghav Mehra and Naina Batra's love story. Their relationship becomes rocky when Naina accepts to be a surrogate for Rehaan Khurana and his wife. She gives her earnings to Raghav to help him start a new business but he misunderstands her and thinks she had an affair with Rehaan. This article shares Chasing My Heart's full story with images of the cast members.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
- Key takeaways
- What is the real name for Chasing My Heart?
- Chasing My Heart's plot summary
- What is the story of Pardes Mein Hai Mera Di?
- How does Chasing My Heart season 1 end?
- Is there Chasing My Heart season 2?
- Where can you find the Chasing My Heart's teasers?
- Where can you watch Chasing My Heart's full movie?
- What songs play in the Chasing My Heart StarLife series?
Key takeaways
- Chasing My Heart first aired on Star Plus on 7 November 2016 and went off air on 30 June 2017 with 170 episodes.
- The series is primarily available on Star Life channels across different regions, particularly in Africa, where it has gained significant popularity.
- Depending on your location, you can stream Chasing My Heart's episodes on Hulu and Roku.
What is the real name for Chasing My Heart?
The real name of Chasing My Heart (international title) is Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil (translated as My Heart Is in a Foreign Land).
The story is set in Austria and was inspired by the 1997 film Pardes and Manju Kapur's 2008 novel The Immigrant. The series was filmed in various locations including, India, Vienna, and Innsbruck in Austria.
Chasing My Heart's plot summary
Chasing My Heart's full story revolves around Raghav Mehra and Naina Batra, who immigrate from India for greener pastures in Austria. They encounter ups and downs in their lives in an interesting storyline.
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What is the story of Chasing My Heart in Starlife?
Naina Batra Khurana moves to Austria to look for a better job to enable her to care for her sick mother, Asha Batra, who has a heart condition. While in Austria, she breaks off with her fiancé, Amit Vishwakarma, after discovering that he is married to somebody else.
Raghav works for the Mehras, a rich Indian family based in Austria, when he meets Naina, a college lecturer. As a friend, he pays for her mum's heart treatment without her knowledge.
With her mother in hospital, Naina breaks up with Amit. She then meets the Mehras and the family matriarch, Dadi, manipulates her to marry Veer. Meanwhile, Raghav is in love with his cousin, Sanjana, who ignores his feelings.
Sanjana's mum wants her to marry her other cousin, Veer, to get hold of the Mehra family business. So, Raghav decides to marry Naina when Veer goes missing on their wedding day.
Later, it is revealed that Sanjana is pregnant with Veer's baby. Veer returns home and Dadi makes him marry Sanjana. Despite being married, Sanjana and Veer are jealous of Naina and Raghav's marriage.
Raghav plans to start a new business when Dadi goes into a coma. Along the way, Naina meets Ahana, who begs her to be a surrogate mother for her and her husband, Rehaan.
Sanjana learns about this and tells Raghav the half-truth. Although Naina helps Raghav with money to start his business, Raghav divorces her believing she had an affair and got pregnant for someone else.
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Three months later, Naina and Raghav live separate lives in India. He has become a rich but arrogant businessman and buys the Mehra mansion. The two meet by chance and argue over their past relationship but she does not tell him about the surrogacy.
Naina and Raghav confess their love for each other after she gives birth to a premature baby boy. Ahana gets into a car accident planned by Rehaan's stepmother, Harjeet. Before she takes her last breath, Ahana requests Naina to protect the baby from danger.
Dadi wakes up and tells Raghav that Veer caused her coma. She also thinks Naina's baby is Raghav's. Raghav sends Veer to jail and Rehaan learns that Ahana hired a surrogate.
Rehaan begins to search for Naina and also learns that his stepmother wants to kill the baby. Harjeet sends thugs to kidnap the baby from Naina's home. When Rehaan learns about it, he attacks Raghav thinking he has kidnapped the child.
Everyone believes Raghav is dead, so Naina marries Rehaan to help him look after Ahana's baby. A few months later, Naina gets possessed by Ahana's ghost and reveals that Harjeet planned Ahana’s accident and wants to kill the baby. Harjeet tries to shoot Naina while the police arrest her but Rehaan jumps in.
Seven years later, Naina lives happily with her baby and Dadi. She is a tuition teacher and narrates her love story with Raghav to her students. The viewers are left in suspense when they learn that Raghav died, making it a tragic love story.
Who is the main cast of Chasing My Heart?
The story's main characters are played by Indian actors Drashti Dhami (as Naina Batra Khurana), Arjun Bijlani (as Raghav Mehra), and Vineet Raina (as Rehaan Khurana).
1. Arjun Bijlani as Raghav Mehra
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- Full name: Arjun Bijlani
- Birthdate: 31 October 1982
- Place of birth: Mumbai, India
- Age: 42 years (as of January 2024)
Raghav is a distant relative of the Mehras. He moves with the family to Austria at a young age after his mother dies. Raghav is a nice guy, so he runs all the errands of the family.
Everyone in the family, except Dadi, treats him like a servant, mocks, and insults him at every opportunity, even though he is the pillar of Mehra Industries.
He meets Naina in Austria, and they fall in love. They support each other and their love flourishes for a while until fate separates them.
2. Drashti Dhami as Naina Batra Khurana
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- Full name: Drashti Dhami
- Birthdate: 10 January 1985
- Place of birth: Mumbai, India
- Age: 40 years (as of January 2024)
Naina bears a child for Rehaan through surrogacy. After Raghav's death, she married him to help him take care of the baby. Nevertheless, their marriage does not last long as Rehaan is killed by his stepmother.
3. Vineet Raina as Rehaan Khurana
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- Full name: Vineet Raina
- Birthdate: 30 August 1985
- Place of birth: Jammu & Kashmir
- Age: 39 years (as of January 2024)
Rehaan discovers his wife hired a surrogate called Naina after his wife's death. He accidentally kills Raghav thinking he wants to harm his child.
Naina reveals to him later that his evil stepmother killed his wife and wants to kill the baby too. Rehaan's stepmother tries to kill Naina but Rehaan takes the bullet.
Chasing My Heart's recurring cast members
The series has many recurring cast members. Here are some of Chasing My Heart's cast members who appear in the soap opera quite often:
1. Sudha Chandran as Harjeet Khurana
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- Full name: Sudha Chandran
- Birthdate: 27 September 1965
- Place of birth: Mumbai, India
- Age: 59 years (as of January 2024)
- Role: Rehaan Khurana's stepmother
Harjeet hates Rehaan and his wife, Ahana. She, therefore, kills Ahana and attempts to destroy Naina and the baby, but she ends up being arrested. She shoots and kills Rehaan while getting arrested.
2. Adaa Khan as Ahana Khurana
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- Full name: Adaa Khan
- Birthdate: 12 May 1989
- Place of birth: Mumbai, India
- Age: 35 years (as of January 2024)
- Role: Rehaan Khurana's wife
Ahana hires Naina as her surrogate because she cannot have kids. The women do not tell their husbands about it, which makes Raghav think Naina cheated on him. Before she takes her last breath, Ahana requests Naina to take care of her baby.
3. Laksh Lalwani as Veer Mehra
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- Full name: Laksh Lalwani
- Birthdate: 19 April 1996
- Place of birth: Delhi, India
- Age: 28 years (as of January 2024)
- Role: Raghav's cousin
Naina breaks up with Veer after discovering that his grandmother, Dadi, has selfish reasons for wanting them to get married. He eventually marries his cousin, Sanjana.
4. Additi Gupta as Sanjana Mehra
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- Full name: Additi Gupta
- Birthdate: 19 April 1996
- Place of birth: Bhopal, India
- Age: 36 years (as of January 2024)
- Role: Raghav's cousin
Raghav loves her but Sanjana does not feel the same way. Her mum wants her to marry Veer, the favorite grandson of the Mehra family so that she can take over the family business. Veer and Sanjana eventually get married but they become jealous when Raghav marries Naina.
5. Vicky Arora as Amit Vishwakarma
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- Full name: Vicky Arora
- Birthdate: 16 January 1986
- Place of birth: Delhi, India
- Age: 39 years (as of January 2024)
- Role: Naina’s ex-fiancé
Naina calls off her engagement to Amit when she realizes he is married to Bella D'Costa. She meets the love of her life, Raghav while taking care of her sick mother.
6. Alka Amin as Asha Batra
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- Full name: Alka Amin
- Birthdate: 2 November 1960
- Place of birth: Delhi, India
- Age: 54 years (as of January 2024)
- Role: Naina’s mother
Asha's illness forces her and her daughter, Naina, to move from India to Austria. Naina looks for a better-paying job that can help her pay for her mother's heart surgery.
7. Surekha Sikri as Dadi
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- Full name: Surekha Sikri
- Birthdate: 19 April 1945
- Place of birth: New Delhi, India
- Died: 16 July 2021
- Place of demise: Mumbai, India
- Age: 54 years (at the time of death)
- Role: Raghav’s grandmother
The Mehra family matriarch, Dadi, likes Raghav but does not stop the rest of the family members from looking down upon him. Raghav becomes rich later and buys the Mehra mansion as revenge against the family.
The other supporting cast members of Chasing My Heart include:
- Alok Narula as Rajeev Batra — Naina’s elder brother
- Sangeeta Kapure as Chanchal Batra — Rajeev Batra’s wife
- Sonia Rakkar as Parmeshwari "Pam" Mehra — Raghav’s aunt
- Manish Khanna as Balraj Mehra — Parmeshwari’s husband
- Lovekesh Solanki as Akash Mehra — Veer’s brother
- Manini Mishra as Sudha Mehra —Veer and Akaash’s mother
- Rakesh Kukreti as Madan Mehra — Veer and Akash's father
- Rini Das as Iranjali "Ira" Mehra Khurana — Veer’s cousin
- Pulkit Bangia as Armaan Khurana — Ira’s husband
- Ankit Shah as Sikandar "Shaurya" Mehra — Ira’s brother, Veer’s cousin
- Pareen Kaur as Mrs. Vishwakarma — Amit’s mother
- Lucinda Nicholas as Bella D'Costa — Amit’s girlfriend
What is the story of Pardes Mein Hai Mera Di?
Pardes Mein Hai Mera Dil and its English dubbed version, StarLife's Chasing My Heart TV series, are about two Indians, Naina Batra and Raghav Mehra, who fall in love in Austria. The story ends with viewers discovering that Raghav died without knowing that Naina never cheated on him with Rehaan.
How does Chasing My Heart season 1 end?
Towards the end, Naina, a college teacher, is seen living happily with her baby and Dadi. The series wraps up with her narrating her love story with Raghav to her students.
Is there Chasing My Heart season 2?
There is only one season of Chasing My Heart and no official announcement has been made regarding whether a second season will ever be released.
Where can you find the Chasing My Heart's teasers?
Read Chasing My Heart's teasers on the Blaster Series website and Instagram page to stay informed on what happens in every episode.
Where can you watch Chasing My Heart's full movie?
Depending on your location, you can stream Chasing My Heart's full episodes on Hulu and Roku.
What songs play in the Chasing My Heart StarLife series?
There are multiple Chasing My Heart theme songs, including Chance (Na Ham), Solace (Original Mix), and Marsh Mellow (Original Mix).
Chasing My Heart is a must-watch for all Indian soap opera lovers. The series depicts a tragic story of people who deeply love each other, but fate goes against them. Naina considers Raghav the love of her life even after his death.
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