Character Relationship Map: Hum Do Hamare Do

Characters

• Dhruv Shikhar (played by Rajkummar Rao) — protagonist

  Dhruv Shikhar is an orphan who once worked at Purushottam's dhaba before becoming an entrepreneur. He falls in love with Anya Mehra and creates a pretend family, recruiting Purushottam and Deepti as h...

• Anya Mehra (played by Kriti Sanon) — supporting

  Anya Mehra is Dhruv Shikhar's love interest, whom he first meets at his virtual reality app launch. She hopes to marry a man with a loving family and a pet dog, but rejects Dhruv after discovering his...

• Deepti Kashyap (played by Ratna Pathak Shah) — supporting

  Deepti Kashyap was Purshottam Mishra's lost love and becomes Dhruv Shikhar's pretend mother. She once helped Dhruv by giving him money for new clothes and encouraging him to change his childhood name....

• Dr. Sanjeev Mehra (played by Manu Rishi Chadha) — supporting

  Dr. Sanjeev Mehra is Anya Mehra's uncle and one of the relatives responsible for her after the loss of her parents. He initially participates in arranging Anya's marriage to Dhruv, but later cancels i...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Deepti Kashyap → Anya Mehra (Family Prospective Mother Figure) — Deepti becomes connected to Anya through the proposed marriage and the constructed family.

  Deepti participates as Dhruv's pretend mother when Dhruv's family meets Anya's family and the marriage is arranged.

• Dr. Sanjeev Mehra → Anya Mehra (Family Uncle) — Dr. Sanjeev is part of Anya's guardian family after her parents' death.

  After Anya's parents died when she was seven, she began living with her aunt and uncle, including Dr. Sanjeev Mehra.

• Dhruv Shikhar → Deepti Kashyap (Family Pretend Mother) — A fabricated parent-child role gradually develops into a genuine family bond.

  Deepti agrees to act as Dhruv's fake mother after learning that she once helped him at the dhaba and encouraged him to adopt a more realistic name.

• Dhruv Shikhar → Anya Mehra (Romantic Partner) — Their romance drives Dhruv's attempt to construct a family image and ultimately leads to marriage.

  Dhruv meets Anya at his virtual reality app launch, becomes her friend, and eventually falls in love with her. They later marry after Anya realizes hi...

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Deepti Kashyap → Dr. Sanjeev Mehra (Conflict Rejected Mediator) — Their direct interaction marks the failure of the family's attempt to repair the relationship.

  Deepti joins the apology visit to Anya's family, where Dr. Sanjeev humiliates her and the other pretend parent.

• Dhruv Shikhar → Dr. Sanjeev Mehra (Conflict Romantic Gatekeeper) — Dr. Sanjeev represents the family authority opposing Dhruv's relationship with Anya.

  Dr. Sanjeev is part of Anya's family, and the family cancels her marriage to Dhruv after discovering that he is an orphan with a fake family.

Story Analysis

A man constructs a fake family to win love, only to discover that the invented family becomes emotionally real.

Plot Progression

1. A Love Built On Expectations — Dhruv rises from an orphaned childhood to become an entrepreneur and meets Anya at his app launch. Their friendship becomes love, but Anya reveals that she wants a partner with a warm family.
2. The Search For A Family — Dhruv tries to find people who can present themselves as his parents. He eventually returns to his past and discovers a connection that can make the family arrangement possible.
3. A Family Made Of Pretending — Deepti agrees to act as Dhruv's mother, allowing the constructed family to meet Anya's household. The deception appears successful, and the marriage is arranged.
4. The Lie Falls Apart — The truth about Dhruv's orphan status and fake family emerges during the sangeet. Anya's family cancels the wedding and arranges another marriage for her.
5. Love Beyond The Performance — Dhruv's pretend family becomes emotionally real, but an apology visit ends in humiliation. Anya finally recognizes Dhruv's devotion, proposes to him, and marries him.