Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi 20th December 2025 Written Update: Noina Takes Over Shanti Niketan, Tulsi Goes Away from her loved ones.
Today’s episode marks the emotional beginning of the much-awaited six-year leap, and it wastes no time in showing how drastically lives have changed.
Tulsi leaves the chawl where she had been living with Angad and Vrinda far away from the grandeur of Shanti Niketan. She goes away from her children and makes an apology. She doesn’t want anyone to find her. The space is smaller, the surroundings humbler, but Tulsi’s faith remains untouched. In a deeply moving moment, Tulsi is seen praying to the Tulsi plant, addressing it as Tulsi Maa. She softly reflects that places may change, but relationships of faith do not. She calls the Tulsi plant the essence of her life, her values, her strength, and the one deity before whom she can bow her head every morning. Her prayer carries pain, but also quiet resilience. Tulsi admits she has suffered a blow she could not even comprehend fully, yet she seeks protection, balance, and inner strength rather than revenge.
This scene powerfully establishes that while Tulsi has lost her home, marriage, and status, she has not lost herself.
In stark contrast, Shanti Niketan presents a completely different picture. Noina is now seen taking Tulsi’s place in the Virani mansion. The visuals are deliberately unsettling. Noina welcomes the family members exactly the way Tulsi once did, standing at the centre of the house, greeting everyone, managing the household, and slowly asserting her presence as the new authority. It feels less like warmth and more like a takeover.
Gayatri stands firmly beside Noina, finally achieving what she always wanted—control and domination within the family. Gayatri’s support for Noina is no longer hidden behind concern or manipulation; it is clear she backed Noina only to secure power for herself. Together, the two women appear to have the Virani family firmly under their influence.
The episode subtly hints that Noina has not just replaced Tulsi physically, but is attempting to rewrite her legacy. However, the atmosphere in Shanti Niketan feels hollow. The rituals continue, the house runs smoothly, but something sacred is missing. The values that once held the family together seem replaced by control, strategy, and quiet fear.
Episode ends… poetic. Players changed… but the game of relationships… still goes on. Old players… watching from the sidelines. New ones… in the arena. Bonds… different colour. Relationships… different tone. But the mirror… stays the same… showing truths… that can’t stay hidden forever.
This episode beautifully contrasts power with peace, control with faith, and appearance with reality. Tulsi may have lost her mansion, but she has retained her soul. Noina may have gained the house, but whether she can ever command the respect Tulsi earned remains the biggest unanswered question.
