''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' ( ; English: ''They Look So Good'') is a

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that aired on

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from 30 May 2011 to 10 July 2014. Based on the

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play ''Patrani'' by Imtiaz Patel, the soap opera was created and produced by

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under the banner of

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. The title of the show, along with the title-track, was derived from a song composed by

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, from the soundtrack of the 1976

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film '' Balika Badhu''. Ekta Kapoor had got the name, ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'', registered about six years before the soap opera premiered. The show explores the worlds of Priya Sharma ( Sakshi Tanwar) and Ram Kapoor (

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), who accidentally discover love after getting married. After the storyline moved five years ahead in June 2012, many new actors and characters, including

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and

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who played the roles of Rajat Kapur and Peehu respectively, were introduced. According to ''

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'', ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' is the seventh most-watched television show of 2011 in India. The soap opera won the ''Kalakar Award'' for the ''Best Serial '' and the ''

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'' for ''Favourite TV Drama'', both in 2012. The soap opera was voted the ''Most Inspiring Soap ''in 2013, receiving a vote count of 43.68%. It has been dubbed and rebroadcast in English,

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, and

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Plot

Ram Kapoor is an unmarried, wealthy, established, and well-reputed

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-based businessman in his early forties. Priya Sharma is a working woman in her early thirties and comes from a middle-class Mumbai family. Ram's half-sister, Natasha Kapoor, and Priya's brother, Kartik Sharma fall in love and have to consider the

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taboo of younger siblings marrying before their elder siblings. Ram has yet to select a prospective spouse so the marriage of Kartik and Natasha is pending. There is a solution. Ram and Priya agree to the Punjabi practice of

watta satta Watta satta or shighar ( ur, ،شغار،وٹہ سٹہ), is an exchange marriage common in Pakistan and Afghanistan.economic disparity between their families. Ram and Priya considers each other arrogant and quarrelsome. They become closer with time and consummate their marriage. Kartik and Natasha are about to divorce as Natasha is unable to adapt to her reduced economic status. The divorce provokes disagreements between Ram and Priya. Priya, however solves things between Kartik and Natasha and mends their marriage. Priya is pregnant, has an accident that others believe has killed her. She moves to

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5 years later

In Dubai, Priya lives with her and Ram's daughter, Pihu. Ram and Priya cross paths. Ram is furious at Priya for abandoning him and seeks custody of Pihu. Priya returns to Kapoors to be with Ram. They have daughters, Myra and Pari.

8 years later

Pihu, Myra and Pari are grown up. Pihu, who is a spoiled brat now, falls in love with her college friend Varun. Priya objects this as Varun's father was probable candidate for Ram. This makes Pihu to hate Priya. Priya finds Pihu and Varun together. Pihu accuses Varun of raping her. Priya finds the truth and tries to rectify Pihu's misdeeds. Varun is shocked by Pihu's betrayal and kills himself. Priya and Pihu meet with an accident and Priya falls into a coma.

7 years later

Priya recovers and returns to the Kapoors'. Priya's friend, Juhi, has cared for Pihu, Myra and Pari. Juhi falls in love with Ram and tries to make him divorce Priya, getting Ram's sympathy for her daughter, Naina. Pihu falls in love with Samar, who has an affair with Priya's doctor, Suhani. Priya finds this and objects to Pihu's relationship. Pihu threatens to kill herself if she cannot marry Samar, so her parents acquiesce. Suhani is pregnant with Samar's child. She kills Samar after his marriage with Pihu. Ram is accused of Samar's murder and is arrested. Priya proves his innocence and Pihu reunites with her. Juhi works to separate Ram and Priya, but is exposed, arrested and Ram and Priya reunite.

Cast

Main

* Sakshi Tanwar as Priya Sharma Kapoor – Shipra and Sudhir's elder daughter; Ayesha and Kartik's sister; Ram's wife; Pihu, Mayra and Pari's mother (2011–14) *

as Ram Kapoor – Amarnath and Krishna's son; Natasha and Rishab's half-brother; Priya's husband; Pihu, Mayra and Pari's father (2011–14) * Fenil Umrigar /

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as Pihu Kapoor Shergill – Ram and Priya's eldest daughter; Mayra and Pari's sister; Samar's wife (2013–14) ** Aanchal Munjal as Teenage Pihu Kapoor (2013) **

as Child Pihu Kapoor (2012–13)

Recurring

Sumona Chakravarti Sumona Chakravarti (born 24 June 1988) is an Indian film and television actress. She is well known for her roles in ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'', ''Comedy Nights with Kapil, Comedy Nights With Kapil'' and ''The Kapil Sharma Show''. Career She b ...

as Natasha Kapoor – Amarnath and Niharika's daughter; Rishabh, Siddhant and Ishika's sister; Ram’s half-sister; Kartik's first wife (2011–14) * Madhu Raja as Krishna Kapoor – Amarnath's first wife; Ram's mother; Apeksha's adoptive mother; Pihu, Mayra and Pari's grandmother (2011–14) * Chahat Khanna /

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as Ayesha Sharma – Shipra and Sudhir's younger daughter; Priya and Kartik's sister; Siddhant's fiancée; Khush's mother (2011–13) *

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as Niharika Talwar Kapoor – Shiney's sister; Jayesh ex-wife; Amarnath's second wife; Ram's step-mother; Siddhant, Ishika, Natasha and Rishab's mother; Khush's grandmother (2011–13) *

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as Vikram Shergill – Neha's husband; Ram's friend and business partner; Rahul, Samar and Riddhima's father (2011–14) * Tarana Raja Kapoor as Neha Shergill – Vikram's wife; Rahul, Samar and Riddhima's mother (2011–14) * Salim Shah / Deepak Qazir Kejriwal as Shiney Talwar (Mamaji) – Niharika's brother; Ram's uncle; Saudamini's boyfriend (2011–14) *

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as Siddhant Karyekar – Jayesh and Niharika's son; Ishika's brother; Natasha and Rishab's half-brother; Ayesha's fiancé; Khush's father (2011–14) *

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as Juhi – Priya's childhood friend; Naina's mother (2011–14) * Gaurav Sharma /

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/ Ankit Narang as Khush Karyekar – Siddhant and Ayesha's son; Ram and Priya's nephew (2013–14) ** Neev Ritesh Jain as Child Kush Karyekar (2012–13) * Vinti Idnani as Mayra Kapoor – Ram and Priya's second daughter; Pihu and Pari's sister (2013–14) **

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as Child Mayra Kapoor (2013) *

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as Pari Kapoor – Ram and Priya's youngest daughter; Pihu and Mayra's sister (2013–14) ** Zaynah Vastani as Child Pari Kapoor (2013) *

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/ Yuvraj Thakur / Lavin Gothi as Samar "Sammy" Shergill – Vikram and Neha's son; Riddhima and Rahul's brother; Pihu's husband; Suhani's fiancé; Gudiya's father (2013–14) *

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/ Chirag Thakkar as Kartik Sharma – Shipra and Sudhir's son; Priya and Ayesha's brother; Natasha and Jhanvi's husband; Raunak's father * Renuka Israni as Shipra Sharma – Sudhir's wife; Priya, Ayesha and Kartik's mother; Pihu, Khush, Mayra, Pari and Raunak's grandmother * Prithvi Sankhala as Sudhir Sharma – Shipra's husband; Priya, Ayesha and Kartik's father; Pihu, Khush, Mayra, Pari and Raunak's grandfather * Rajinder Kaur Manchanda as Mrs. Kapoor (Dadi) – Amarnath's mother; Ram, Natasha and Rishab's grandmother *

as Rajat Kapoor – Ram's friend; Jyoti's ex-boyfriend *

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as Dr. Suhani Malhotra – Priya's nurse; Samar's fiancée; Gudiya's mother * Sunny Goraya as Rishabh Kapoor – Amarnath and Niharika's son; Natasha's brother; Ram, Siddhant and Ishika's half-brother; Saumya's husband * Dipti Shrikant / Amrin Chakkiwala as Saumya Kapoor – Rishabh's wife *

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as Rajeev – Juhi's husband *

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as Naina – Juhi's and Rajeev's daughter * Azaan Rustam Shah / Anshul Pandey as Rahul Shergill – Vikram and Neha's son; Samar and Riddhima's brother * Ruhee Bagga as Riddhima Shergill – Vikram and Neha's daughter; Samar and Rahul's sister * Kanika Shivpuri as Daai Jaa – Rajat's aunt and caretaker *

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as Jyoti Malhotra – Rajat's ex-girlfriend; Kadambari's mother * Arshima Thapar as Kadambari Malhotra – Rahul's wife; Jyoti's daughter * Vaibhav Joshi as Rehaan – Neha's son from her colleague *

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as Jhanvi Sharma – Kartik's second wife; Raunak's mother * Yatin Mehta as Raunak Sharma – Kartik and Jhanvi's son; Sudhir and Shipla's grandson; Natasha's adopted son *

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as Ashwin Khanna – Priya's ex-fiancé; Shruti's husband; Varun's father * Madhumita Das as Shruti Khanna – Ashwin's wife; Priya's friend; Varun's mother *

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as Varun Khanna – Ashwin and Shruti's son; Pihu's college friend (Dead) * Amit Bhalla as Dr. Jayesh Karyekar – Niharika's first husband; Siddhant and Ishika's father; Khush's grandfather *

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as Apeksha Malhotra – Krishna's adoptive daughter; Ram's adoptive sister (2011–12) *

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as Ishika Kapoor Dhanrajgir – Jayesh and Niharika's daughter; Siddhant's sister; Natasha and Rishabh's half-sister; Aditya's wife *

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as Harry * Saptrishi Ghosh as Rishi Shandeliya - Priya's boss *

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as Bhanu Shergill; Vikram's brother * Charu Asopa as Saudamini - Ayesha's friend; Shiney (Mamaji)'s girlfriend * Anshuman Singh Mahant as Shags – Natasha'a colleague *

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as Isha Singhania; Ram's crush; Ram, Vikram, and Neha's college friend *

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as Ram, Vikram, and Neha's college friend * Dimpy Ganguli as Preetika; Ayesha's friend *

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as Mandeep Bittu Singh — Pihu's ex-fiancé * Nandini Sen as Nandini Bittu Singh; Mandeep's mother * Mamta Luthra as Shipra's mother; Sudhir's mother-in-law; Priya, Kartik and Ayesha's grandmother * Jai Shahideu as Saksh * Nivin Ramani as Robin *

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as Daljeet Kapoor; Ram, Natasha and Rishab's cousin * Bobby Arora as Bobby Singh *

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as Jenny; Ram's Office secretary * Rajdeep Sikdar as Himself; Ram's Office staff

Guest appearances

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Production

Development

The name of the soap opera, along with its title track, has been inspired by a song of the same name, composed by

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, from the soundtrack of the 1976

film '' Balika Badhu''. Based on the

play ''Patrani'' by Imtiaz Patel,Opening credits of the show the soap opera is created by

and produced by her production company

. Ekta Kapoor had got the name, ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'', registered about six years before the soap opera premiered.

Filming

''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain '' is reportedly one of the soap operas in India which broke the monotone of endless indoors-only sequences. Most of its shooting has been done in India. But many episodes of the soap opera have also been shot in foreign locales. Sixteen episodes of the soap opera (episodes 102–117) were shot in Australia over 14 days, in partnership with

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, in late 2011, to portray the honeymoon of Ram (Ram Kapoor) and Priya (Sakshi Tanwar). ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' also received support from Destination New South Wales, Sony Entertainment Television India and Balaji Telefilms. During the summer of 2012, Ekta Kapoor introduced a five-year leap in the narrative. After this leap, thirty six episodes of ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain ''(episodes 235–270) had content which was shot in Dubai, UAE over a period of 10 days. These episodes portray Priya (Sakshi Tanwar) living with her five-year-old daughter Peehu (Amrita Mukherjee) in the city until she has to return to Mumbai, in India. The production team failed to obtain the correct permits to shoot in Dubai and had to briefly stop shooting until the paperwork was processed.

Music

The title track of the soap opera, inspired by the song ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' is composed by R. D. Burman, from the 1976 Bollywood movie, ''Balika Badhu''. The lyrics of the soap opera's title track have been penned up by Nawab Arzoo and the title track has been sung by

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and Trijayh Dey. Lalit Sen provided the music to the title track. The background music or the incidental music of the soap opera has been provided by Abhishek Singh and Mintu Jha. It also includes songs from soundtrack albums of few Bollywood movies. The

version of the title track song was sung by

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, with hummings of Shreya Ghoshal reused.

Broadcast

''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' premiered on Sony Entertainment Television in India on 30 May 2011. It was initially intended to run for 150 episodes but it went on to telecast a total of 644 episodes, going off-air after completing a run of 3 years, 2 months and 41 days. Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' was dubbed in

and broadcast on Gemini TV as ''Nuvvu Nachhavu'', an afternoon soap opera, premiering on 9 April 2012. ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' has also been dubbed in Tamil under the title ''Ullam Kollai Poguthada'', and it premiered on

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, on 10 December 2012, with some of the characters' names changed.

Integration episodes

The show had two integration episodes with ''

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'' on 4 and 5 December 2012 and one with '' Kehta Hai Dil...Jee Le Zara'' on 6 December 2013.

Sequel

In July 2021, a sequel for the series was announced, with the title '

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was finalized as the male-lead of the sequel with character 'Ram'. And

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was approached and locked by the makers, doing her second project with Mehta after seven years. On 12 August 2021, the first teaser for the same was unveiled featuring leads, Mehta and Parmar, as Ram Kapoor and Priya. The show premiered on 30 August 2021.

Reception

Response

''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' had a television viewer rating of 1.3 in the debut week after its premiere, which increased ten weeks later to 3.7. It became the fifth most-watched Hindi television show in the thirty–fourth week (14–20 August) of 2011 in India, helping propel the broadcasting channel, Sony Entertainment Television India to number two in the rankings of the Hindi general entertainment television channels. The soap opera had a television viewer rating of 3.7 that week while Sony Entertainment Television India recorded a

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of 245. In the forty eighth week of 2011 (25 November – 1 December), the soap opera became the fourth most-watched television show in India with a TVR of 4.30, and is the seventh most-watched of 2011. Episode #166 of ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'','' ''directed by Anil V. Kumar and telecast on 12 March 2012, portrayed the protagonists (Ram and Priya) consummating their marriage. The episode was backed by a teaser to draw hype and interest. Within minutes of its telecast the episode went viral on

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with nearly 150,630 hits and counting. It also trended on social networking and microblogging sites such as

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. ''

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'' described the episode as "aesthetically shot" while''

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'' described it as "action packed". There was mocking of the episode and the overweight Ram Kapoor from some segments; Ram Kapoor responded that he would not lose weight for the television industry. ''

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'' commented, "Indian television is still a good few decades immature when it comes to sex on the TV screen. So much for all the matured relationships and relevant themes – love making on Indian TV is as painful and archaic as the shaking flowers replacing actors on screen when they kiss or make love. A small sigh of relief and Ekta Kapoor and the director can congratulate themselves for the real onscreen peck on the lips." The episode was hyped as a couple on an Indian television had never before been so bold. The episode worried certain viewers who did not want to watch the episode with their children. ''

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'' called it a "shocker to the Indian families". Yet ''India Today'' described it as a "big surprise for the audiences". ''Times of India'' rated the consummation scene as the ''Top Intimate Moment on TV''. The last couple who had kissed on Indian television was Aditya Jakhar ( Raqesh Vashisht) and Priya Jakhar (

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) in the

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soap opera, '' Maryada...Lekin Kab Tak?'' in 2010. Following the telecast of the episode Ram Kapoor tweeted a thank you. ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' is the second most-watched fictional Hindi television show in the weekdays of the twenty-ninth week of 2012 (15–21 July) with a

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(TRP) of 4.2, which was 0.5 points up from the TRP of the previous week (8–14 July) when the show had a TRP of 3.7. In early January 2013, the soap opera's TRP went down to 2.3. In a 2014 poll conducted by

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, Ram and Priya were voted the ''Favourite TV Couple'' by 42.3% of Indians. Fans even dub the on-screen couple Raya (also written as RaYa), which is a linguistic blend of the pair's names. Ram Kapoor was also called "the Indian husband we love" by a Sunday publication in 2012. Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar later came together to portray the role of a couple in the

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web-series '' Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat'', which premiered in 2017 and was noted for its common plot elements with ''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain''.

Accolades

''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain '' won the ''Kalakar Award'' for the ''Best Serial ''in 2012. In addition, the show has won six ''

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'', three ''

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'', five ''

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'', three ''FICCI Frames Excellence Honours ''and two ''

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'' (including the ''Favourite TV Drama'' award).

Footnotes

References

External links

*
Official webpage on balajitelefilms.com

Official webpage on sonyliv.com
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