<P> Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani (translation: This is a story of love) was an Indian supernatural television series produced by Ekta Kapoor that aired on STAR One from 18 October 2010 to 15 December 2011 . </P> <P> The show was earlier tentatively titled "Fanaa". It was one of the more "ambitious" projects by producer Ekta Kapoor . The plot of the show was inspired by the Twilight vampire series and The Vampire Diaries . Vivian Dsena's portrayal of a vampire in the show helped establish his public notability . </P> <P> Pyaar Kii Ye Ek Kahaani is a story about the forbidden love between a vampire and a human . Abhay Raichand (Vivian Dsena), a 200 - year - old vampire, falls in love with the orphan, Piyali Jaiswal, also known as Piya (Sukirti Kandpal), who resembles his first love Maithali (also played by Kandpal), a picture of whom he keeps in his wallet . Piya is the illegitimate daughter of Arnab Dobriyal (Anupam Bhattacharya) who abandoned Piya and her mother, Sugandh (Neeta Shetty), when Piya was a child . Piya has lived in an orphanage since Sugandh's death, when she was 10 . </P> <P> After receiving a scholarship Piya moves to Dehradun to pursue her degree at Mount College . While at college, she meets her father, Arnab, her step - mother, Madhu (Papiya Dey Sengupta), her half sisters, Misha (Priya Wal) and Panchi (Vahbbiz Dorabjee), as well as Abhay, a handsome young man who not only saves her life again and again, but also stands by her when no one else would . She meets him in the chill of the dense forests surrounding the college, but Abhay's mysterious disposition raises questions in Piya's mind . Unlike the other boys at college, he is a recluse, yet despite this, there is a charm about him that draws Piya . </P>

Real name of piya in pyaar ki yeh ek kahani