''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2'' ( ; English: ''It all feels so good'') is an Indian Hindi-language television romantic drama series that premiered on 30 August 2021 on
Sony Entertainment Television
Sony Entertainment Television (SET) is an Indian Hindi-language general entertainment pay television channel, that was launched on 30 September 1995, and is owned by Culver Max Entertainment, a subsidiary of the Japanese Sony.
SET India's You ...
. It is digitally available on
Sony LIV
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. Produced by
Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...
under
Balaji Telefilms
Balaji Telefilms is an Indian company that produces Indian soap operas, reality TV, comedy, game shows, entertainment, and factual programming in several Indian languages. Balaji Telefilms is promoted by Ekta Kapoor and Shobha Kapoor and is a ...
, the show is a spiritual sequel or reboot version of the
2011 series of the same name. It stars
Nakuul Mehta
Nakuul Mehta (born 17 January 1983) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television. He made his acting debut in 2012 with ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara'' portraying Aditya Kumar. He earned wider recognition with his ...
and
Disha Parmar
Disha Parmar Vaidya (born 11 November 1994) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2012 and is known for her portrayal of Pankhuri Gupta in ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara''. She earned w ...
.
Plot
Priya Sood hails from a middle-class family and lives with her mother, sisters Sara, Maitri, Sandy and cousin Akshay. Her father Mahendra, left them, now living with his second wife and their son. Established business tycoon, Ram Kapoor was deserted by his girlfriend Vedika and now, entirely focuses on work and family, which consists of his stepmother Nandini and half-siblings Shubham and Shivina.
Shivina and Akshay are having an affair, but Akshay refuses to marry before Priya, thus Ram marries her, much to Nandini's displeasure. Vedika, hoping to get Ram back, reveals their past affair to Priya. Ram and Priya, however, triumph against all odds.
Sara's son Eshan and husband Varun, shift to Mumbai to live with her. Ram decides to reopen the investigation of his father's murder with the help of Krish, a
private investigator
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. Varun and Mahendra are implicated with this murder and are incarcerated. On Shubham's provocation, Shivina tries to leave Sood House, but dies when Eshan accidentally pushes her in the staircase. Priya takes the blame and goes to prison. She discovers being pregnant with Ram's child but is manipulated by Nandini, in keeping the child away.
5 years later
Priya serves her sentence and is blessed with a girl who she names Pihu. Ram signs a costly deal for which he reunites with Priya in the public eye. While Sara marries Vikrant, both Ram and Pihu, learn about being father-daughter. Ram corners Eshan and ends up knowing the truth behind Shivina's death. Ram, Priya and Pihu finally unite, stronger than ever. Soon enough, Vedika, Shubham and Nandini are exposed in front of Ram who subsequently has a fatal accident and loses his memory. Nandini schemes to make Ram and Vedika come closer whereas Priya disguises as Lovely Singh and becomes Ram's
PA. She teaches Shubham a lesson by making him walk the path of self-dependency, much to the shock of Nandini, as Shubham no longer considers supporting her. Meanwhile Ram gains memory, but creates confusion in everyone's minds by pretending his memory loss. On the other hand, Priya learns of her pregnancy and devises a plan to help Ram regain his memory by pretending to be Krish's wife. Ram refuses to marry Vedika, and decides to teach his family a lesson by making them bow to his demands. Meanwhile, Sid and Shubham plans to crack a deal with the Khannas with Ram's help, unknowingly setting Ram to cross paths with his much-alive mother Swati Kapoor, who was separated from her family by Nandini. Meanwhile, Ram remarries Priya and confronts Nandini for taking undue advantage of Shivina's death.
Cast
Main
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Nakuul Mehta
Nakuul Mehta (born 17 January 1983) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television. He made his acting debut in 2012 with ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara'' portraying Aditya Kumar. He earned wider recognition with his ...
as Ram Kapoor – Virendra and Swati's son; Nandini's stepson; Shubham and Shivina's half-brother; Priya's husband; Mahendra and Meera's son-in-law; Pihu's father (2021–present)
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Disha Parmar
Disha Parmar Vaidya (born 11 November 1994) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2012 and is known for her portrayal of Pankhuri Gupta in ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara''. She earned w ...
as Priya Ram Kapoor / Lovely Singh (Fake) – Mahendra and Meera's second daughter; Saranghi, Maitri and Sandhya's sister; Raj's half-sister; Akshay's cousin; Ram's wife; Pihu's mother (2021–present)
* Aarohi M. Kumawat as Pihu Ram Kapoor – Ram and Priya's daughter; Virendra and Swati's granddaughter; Nandini's step granddaughter (2022–present)
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Manraj Singh
Manraj Singh Sarma is an Indian theater and television actor. He is best known for playing the role of Jugal in the web series ''Romil & Jugal''.
Early life
Manraj believes in spirituality rather than religion.
Career
Manraj started out as ...
as Shubham Kapoor "Shubhu" – Virendra and Nandini's son; Shivina's brother; Ram's half-brother; a spoil brat and a cool characters
(2021–present)
Recurring
* Shalini Arora as Swati Kapoor – Virendra's first wife; Ram's mother; Priya's mother-in-law; Pihu's grandmother (2022-present)
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Shubhaavi Choksey
Shubhaavi Choksey is an Indian television actress known for playing Meera Singhania in '' Kyunki Saas Bhi Kabhi Bahu Thi'', Rishika Rai Choudhary in ''Kahaani Ghar Ghar Kii'' and Mohini Basu in '' Kasautii Zindagii Kay''. She is also a trained ...
as Nandini Garewal Kapoor – Sanjeev's sister; Virendra's second wife; Shubham and Shivina's mother; Ram's stepmother; Priya's stepmother-in-law; Akshay's mother-in-law; Pihu's step grandmother (2021–present)
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Piyush Sahdev
Piyush Sahdev (born 12 March 1982) is an Indian television actor. He has appeared in several TV daily soaps but is known for his roles of Rama in ''Devon Ke Dev...Mahadev'', Kabir Tripathi in ''Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke'', Pawan Bakshi in''Devan ...
as Krish Dixit – Priya's college mate; Ram's private investigator (2022–present)
*Reena Aggarwal as Vedika "Vedu" Kumar – Ram's former girlfriend; Shashi's ex-wife (2021–present)
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Alefia Kapadia
Alefia Kapadia is an Indian television actress. She has done many roles in various Indian television shows. She made her television debut in Just Mohabbat, followed by Daaman. She has been also seen in episodics like Star Bestsellers, Risht ...
as Sarangi "Sara" Sood Arora – Mahendra and Meera's eldest daughter; Priya, Maitri and Sandhya's sister; Raj's half-sister; Akshay's cousin; Varun's ex-wife; Vikrant's wife; Eshan's mother (2021–present)
* Kanupriya Pandit as Meera Mehra – Dhirendra's sister; Mahendra's ex-wife; Saranghi, Priya, Maitri, Sandhya's mother; Raj's stepmother; Eshan and Pihu's grandmother (2021–present)
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Ajay Nagrath
Ajay Nagrath (born 16 February 1986) is an Indian television and movie actor and is the son of Bollywood actor Anil Nagrath. Recently, he played the role of ''Pankaj'' in ''C.I.D.'' He has done many roles in many TV shows and even films, but t ...
as Aditya "Adi" Shekhawat – Ram and Priya's friend; Brinda's husband (2021–present)
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Aanchal Khurana
Aanchal Khurana is an Indian television actress. She is the winner of ''MTV Roadies (season 8)'', and has worked in ''Sapne Suhane Ladakpan Ke''. She also appeared in episodes of '' Arjun'', ''Savdhaan India'', ''Aahat
''Aahat'' (English: ...
as Brinda Shekhawat – Ram and Priya's friend; Aditya's wife (2021–present)
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Abhinav Kapoor as Vikrant Arora – Ram and Priya's friend; Twinkle's ex-husband, Saranghi's husband; Eshan stepfather (2021–present)
* Maanya Singh as Sandhya "Sandy" Sood – Mahendra and Meera's youngest daughter; Sara, Priya and Maitri's sister; Raj's half-sister; Akshay's cousin (2021–present)
* Krushag Ghuge as Eshan Arora – Sara's son; Varun adoptive son; later Vikrant's adoptive son (2022–present)
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Meet Mukhi
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Career
Mukhi started his career ...
as Teenage Eshan (2022)
* Jitendra Nokewal as Siddharth "Sid" Sahil Babbar – Sahil's younger son; Shashi's brother; Shubham's friend (2021-Present)
* Yajuvendra Singh as Yash Khanna, Mrs. Khanna's husband, Avni's father (2022-Present)
* Jyoti Tiwari as Mrs. Khanna, Yash's wife, Avni's mother (2022-Present)
*
Anjum Fakih
Anjum Fakih (born 12 September 1989) is an Indian actress and model. She is best known for her work in Zee TV popular shows '' Ek Tha Raja Ek Thi Rani'' and ''Kundali Bhagya''. In a short span of time, she has established herself as one of the ...
as Maitri Sood Bahl – Mahendra and Meera's third daughter; Saranghi, Priya and Sandhya's sister; Raj's half-sister; Akshay's cousin; Neeraj's wife (2021–2022)
* Puneet Panjwani as Minister – Kanika's husband (2022)
* Menka Rai as Kanika – Minister's wife (2022)
* Utkarsh Gupta as Kunal Jeet Baweja – Ram and Priya's friend; Ram's business partner (2021–2022)
* Aman Maheshwari as Neeraj Bahl – Priya's ex-boyfriend; Maitri's husband (2021–2022)
* Abhay Bhargava as Mahendra Sood – Meera's ex-husband; Rakhi's husband; Saranghi, Priya, Maitri, Sandhya and Raj's father; Eshan and Pihu's grandfather (2021–2022)
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Pranav Misshra
Pranav Misshra is an Indian film actor and writer. He has appeared as Prem Singh Rathod in ''Aisi Deewangi Dekhi Nahi Kahin'' show on Zee TV. He is also known for roles in Kya Huaa Tera Vaada as Ajay Gujral opposite Sargun Mehta, MTV Timeout W ...
as Akshay "Akki" Mehra – Dhirendra and Sarika's son; Saranghi, Priya, Maitri and Sandhya's cousin; Shivina's widower; Virendra and Nandini's son-in-law (2021–2022)
* Sneha Namanandi as Shivina "Shivi" Kapoor Mehra – Virendra and Nandini's daughter; Ram's half-sister; Shubham's sister; Akshay's wife; a spoil brat too (2021–2022) (Dead)
* Vineet Kumar Chaudhary as Shashwat "Shashi" Sahil Babbar – Sahil's elder son, Sid's brother; Vedika's ex-husband (2021–2022)
* Amit Singh Thakur as Sanjeev Garewal – Nandini's brother; Mitali's husband; Shubham and Shivina's uncle (2021–2022)
* Ritu Vashishtha as Mitali "Meetu" Garewal – Sanjeev's wife; Shubham and Shivina's aunt (2021–2022)
* Shantanu Monga as Varun – Sara's ex-husband; Eshan's adoptive father (2022)
* Geetu Bawa as Rakhi Sood – Mahendra's second wife; Raj's mother; Saranghi, Priya, Maitri, and Sandhya's stepmother (2021–2022)
* Ankit Shah as Raj "Bunty" Sood – Mahendra and Rakhi's son; Meera's stepson; Saranghi, Priya, Maitri and Sandhya's half-brother (2021–2022)
* Ajita Kulkarni as Sarika Mehra – Dhirendra's wife; Akshay's mother; Shivina's mother-in-law; Saranghi, Priya, Maitri and Sandhya's aunt (2021-2022)
* Krishna Saajnani as Dhirendra Mehra – Meera's brother; Sarika's husband; Akshay's father; Shivina's father-in-law; Saranghi, Priya, Maitri and Sandhya's uncle (2021-2022)
* Poorti Arya as Twinkle Singh – Priya's friend; Vikrant's ex-wife (2021)
Guest appearances
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Pawandeep Rajan
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in the song "Bhangra Ta Sajda" and "Bade Achhe Lagte Hain" during Ram and Priya's Sangeet Party (2021)
* Arunita Kanjilal in the song "Bhangra Ta Sajda" and "Bade Achhe Lagte Hai" during Ram and Priya's Sangeet Party (2021)
* School of Kids Choir in the song "Bade Achhe Lagte Hain" during Ram and Priya's Sangeet Party (2021)
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Raftaar
Dilin Nair (born 16 November 1988), better known by his stage name Raftaar, is an Indian rapper, lyricist, dancer, TV personality and music composer associated with Hindi and Punjabi music.
He started his career as a dancer. He began his car ...
to promote the song "Ghana Kasoota" (2021)
* Rashmeet Kaur to promote the song "Ghana Kasoota" (2021)
*
Darshan as Kids Manager (special appearance)
*
Sriimurali as Muralidhar Singh (special appearance)
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Prabhu Deva
Prabhu Deva (born 3 April 1973) is an Indian dance choreographer, film director, producer and actor who has worked predominantly in Tamil, Hindi, Telugu, and Kannada language films. In a career spanning 32 years, he has performed and designed a ...
as IPS Dildar Pandey (special appearance)
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Sakshi Tanwar
Sakshi Tanwar is an Indian actress and television presenter.
Early life
Tanwar was born in 1972 or 1973 to Rajendra Singh Tanwar, a retired CBI officer, in a middle-class Rajput family from Alwar, Rajasthan, India. She was educated in many Ken ...
as Sheel Chaudhary, to promote
Netflix India's series, ''Mai'' (2022)
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Taapsee Pannu
Taapsee Pannu (born 1 August 1987) is an Indian actress who works primarily in Hindi, Telugu and Tamil films. She is the recipient of three Filmfare Awards.
After a brief modelling career, Pannu ventured into acting with the Telugu film ''Jh ...
as Antara, to promote ''
Dobaaraa
''Dobaaraa'' (), also stylized as ''2:12'', Hindi-language science fiction mystery thriller film directed by Anurag Kashyap. The film stars Taapsee Pannu and Pavail Gulati.
''Dobaaraa'' is an official remake of the 2018 Spanish film ''Mirage ...
'' (2022)
Production
Development
In May 2021, it was confirmed that
Ekta Kapoor
Ekta Kapoor (born 7 June 1975) is an Indian television producer, film producer and director who works in Hindi cinema and soap opera. She is the joint managing director and creative head of Balaji Telefilms Limited, which was founded in 1994. ...
's show, ''
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain'' ( ; English: ''They Look So Good'') is a Hindi Indian soap opera that aired on Sony Entertainment Television from 30 May 2011 to 10 July 2014. Based on the Gujarati play ''Patrani'' by Imtiaz Patel, the soap opera was ...
'' which was originally broadcast from 2011 to 2014 will return with a fresh cast and different storyline.
Casting
Nakuul Mehta
Nakuul Mehta (born 17 January 1983) is an Indian actor who primarily works in Hindi television. He made his acting debut in 2012 with ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara'' portraying Aditya Kumar. He earned wider recognition with his ...
was finalized to play the male lead, Ram Kapoor. For the female lead Priya Sood,
Divyanka Tripathi
Divyanka Tripathi Dahiya ( Tripathi; born 14 December 1984) is an Indian television actress. She is known for playing Vidya Pratap Singh in Zee TV's ''Banoo Main Teri Dulhann'' and Dr. Ishita Iyer Bhalla in StarPlus, Star Plus's ''Yeh Hai Moh ...
was approached who rejected the offer and eventually,
Disha Parmar
Disha Parmar Vaidya (born 11 November 1994) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She made her acting debut in 2012 and is known for her portrayal of Pankhuri Gupta in ''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara''. She earned w ...
was signed by the makers.
The show marks the second collaboration between Mehta and Parmar as they previously co-starred in ''
Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara
''Pyaar Ka Dard Hai Meetha Meetha Pyaara Pyaara'' is an Indian drama television series produced by Rajshri Productions. It aired from 18 June 2012 to 1 November 2014 on Star Plus. It starred Disha Parmar and Nakuul Mehta as Pankhuri Gupta Kuma ...
'' (2012–2014).
Release
The first promo of the series was revealed and released by the show producer Ekta Kapoor on 12 August 2021 featuring Nakuul Mehta and Disha Parmar as Ram and Priya. The first look poster of the upcoming season of the series was unleashed by the show leads Disha Parmar and Nakuul Mehta, at the grand finale episode of ''
Indian Idol 12
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''. The show's premier date was officially announced on 19 August 2021.
Crossover
''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2'' and ''
Appnapan – Badalte Rishton Ka Bandhan
''Appnapan – Badalte Rishton Ka Bandhan'' is an Indian Hindi-language television drama series that ran from 15 June 2022 to 11 November 2022 at Sony Entertainment Television and from 14 to 18 November (last seven episodes) at Sony LIV app. P ...
'' came together for an integration week, called "Mahasangam Saptah". The episodes revolved around Vikrant and Sara's wedding ceremonies, which took place in
Meerut
Meerut (, IAST: ''Meraṭh'') is a city in Meerut district of the western part of the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. The city lies northeast of the national capital New Delhi, within the National Capital Region and west of the state capital ...
.
Reception
Critical reception
Letty Mariam Abraham of
Mid-Day
''Mid-Day'' (stylised as mid-day) is a morning daily Indian compact newspaper owned by Jagran Prakashan Limited. Editions in various languages were published in Mumbai, Delhi, Bangalore and Pune. In 2011, the Delhi and Bangalore editions were ...
stated "Mehta and Parmar put their best foot forward as they carry the show on their shoulders." She also noted that if the series is "relatable without indulging in melodrama ... it may well surpass its original."
Gursimran Kaur of
Times Of India
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stated "Nakuul Mehta steps into the shoes of Ram Kapoor beautifully. He does justice to his part. Disha Parmar takes the cake with her simplicity and genuinity."
Soundtrack
''Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2''s soundtrack music is given by Lalit Sen and Nawab Arzoo. The theme song music is composed by
R. D. Burman
Rahul Dev Burman (27 June 1939 – 4 January 1994) was an Indian music director who is considered one of the most influential composers of India. From the 1960s to the 1990s, Burman composed musical scores for 331 films. Burman did major work w ...
and sung by
Shreya Ghoshal
Shreya Ghoshal (born 12 March 1984) is an Indian singer and television personality. One of the highest-paid and most well-established playback singers of Indian cinema, she has received four National Film Awards, four Kerala State Film Awar ...
and Trijayh Dey.
Awards and nominations
See also
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List of programs broadcast by Sony Entertainment Television
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Weekend
Formerly broadcasts Acquired series
Anthology ...
References
External links
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