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Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (Template:Lang-en, Template:Lang-hi) is a popular Indian television drama series that premiered on May 30, 2011 on Sony Entertainment Television India. It airs every Monday to Thursday at 10:30 PM (IST). It also airs on Sony Entertainment Television Asia in Singapore from Monday to Thursday at 1:00 AM, in Africa, UK and USA from Monday to Thursday at 10:30 PM and in Australia from Tuesday to Friday at 9:30 PM. Its story is based on the Hindi novel "Patrani" (English: Chief Queen), by Imtiaz Patel and is the story of two unmarried strangers. The show has been created by famous Indian television and film producer and the joint managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, Ekta Kapoor.

The show explores the worlds of two different personalities; Priya Sharma and Ram Kapoor; who accidentally discover love after they marry. The series is also produced by Ekta Kapoor and stars actors Sakshi Tanwar and Ram Kapoor in the leads. After the story took a five-year leap in June 2012 many new actors and characters were introduced, including Samir Kochhar, who plays the parallel male lead role of Rajat Kapur.

The show's title and it's theme music has been adopted from the 1976 Bollywood movie Balika Badhu's song Bade Achhe Lagte Hain.

The show became one of the most watched show of 2011 and has also made Sony Entertainment Television India number 2 GEC.

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain was also dubbed in Telugu and started to air on Gemini TV from April 9, 2012 as Nuvvu Nachhav or Nuvvu Nachhavu (English: I Like You), at 2 p.m. However, it suddenly went off-air on August 31, 2012 leaving behind an incomplete story, covering only about some 205 episodes.

Overview

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain revolves around the life struggle of Priya and Huge Business man Ram, Ram is is at the age of 40s while Priya at 30s, The Show explores the world of two different personalities Who are Unmarried, Due to some reasons and after a series of miscommunications and misunderstandings, destiny contrives to get the two married and after marriage Ram and Priya slowly start developing feelings for each other, Finally they both fall in love with each other

Plot

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain is the story of Ram (Ram Kapoor) whose younger stepsister, Natasha (Sumona Chakravarti), and Priya's (Sakshi Tanwar) younger brother, Kartik , fall in love and wish to get married. But Kartik (Mohit Malhotra) wants Priya to get married first and both of their families recommend that Ram should marry Priya. Nevertheless, after a series of miscommunications and misunderstandings, destiny contrives to get the two married and after marriage Ram and Priya slowly start developing feelings for each other through the small but significant moments they share together. They even go to Australia, on the force of their family, for honeymoon.

Priya and Ram finally realise that they have fallen in love with each other and consummate their marriage. Their relationship blossoms.

But Niharika (Eva Grover) has other plans to get Priya out of the house by creating misunderstandings between Ram and Priya, as Ram was keeping Priya before her. Priya curious about Niharika's past ultimately finds out that Niharika was earlier married to a doctor named, Dr. Jayesh Karekar (Amit Bhalla) and they had kids, Siddhanth (Mahesh Shetty) and Ishika (Kajal Pisal). But as she wanted more money she tricked Ram's father into marrying her by making Ram's biological mother, Krishna wrong in his eyes and divorced Jayesh. Priya find out Jayesh, who advices Priya to get away from Ram's life and his family, as only then she would be able to expose Niharika's dark ways and Priya heeds his advice. Events force Niharika to bring Priya back home. But before revealing the truth Priya is falsely accused in a case of making poisonous medicines by Siddhanth and is put behind bars for the next 14 years, after her sister, Ayesha (Chahat Khanna) states a statement against her, as Ayesha has fallen in love with Siddhanth; but it was too late when Ayesha gets know that she has been cheated by him.

Siddhanth plans to kill Ram by a car accident. Niharika fearing about Ram's death turns emotional and saves Ram by getting in his car. She meets with an accident and dies, but before her death she reveals every truth of her life, leaving Ram shocked.

Priya meets with a road accident in the coming days. During the mess she is given the responsibility of a young girl named Raina, by her dying mother, Jyoti (Priya Marathe). Priya and Raina survive the disaster but Jyoti dies. The Kapoors and Sharmas unknown about Priya's survival assumes her to be dead and Priya plans to leave Mumbai and get away from Ram's life, as this may take him out of all the worries and he may move on. Priya takes Raina to her family in Dubai, where she gets to know that she is pregnant. There she find out a job for herself, to support her coming baby and life.

The story takes a five-year leap. In these years Rajat Kapur (Samir Kochhar), the caretaker of Raina has given Priya a bookshop in a mall on rent, where she sells book. Priya is happy with her five-year-old daughter, Peehu (Amrita Mukherjee) who has same qualities as her father Ram, and Priya thinks her life to be as good as it used to be five years ago. After Priya's so-assumed-death, Priya's mother, Shipra (Renuka Israni) was sent to stay with Ayesha and since then she lives with her and her personality has changed a lot too. Ayesha lives in Ram's house and has become a top model. After Priya's so-assumed-death Ram married Ayesha to do her justice, as Ayesha was left behind with her and Sid's son, who was named Khush (Neev Ritesh Jain). Ram is Rajat's friend but Rajat is unaware of Priya's past and Priya has changed her name to Pooja Sharma (Sakshi Tanwar). Rajat is also a writer with the pen name of Anjaan.

Ram meets Peehu, unaware that he is her father and Peehu has no knowledge that who is her father. In the small time they come close to each other. Priya gets to know it and regrets. She plans to reunite with Ram but steps back after she gets to know about his marriage with Ayesha. However Ayesha gets to know that Priya is alive but keeps shut for the sake of living a peaceful life. While, on the other hand Rajat slowly evolves feelings for Priya (or Pooja) while Priya has none for him.

Priya has to go to Mumbai, after five years, as Kadambari/Kady has fled there. But as fate had, there she ends up meeting Ram. Finally, the Sharmas and the Kapoors get to know that Priya is alive but a series of misunderstandings happen with Ram asking for Peehu's custody. Priya frightened with her separation from Peehu fights the case alongside Rajat while she wants Peehu to get both parents' love. But it is because of Peehu that they keep on coming close to each other, starting from her school admission to other jobs related to her. While on the other hand Shipra and Ayesha plan to separate Priya and Ram and let Priya live with Rajat, which annoys both Priya and Rajat, as Rajat does not want to steal her wishes any more knowing what she wants, that is, a peaceful life with Ram and Peehu.

Soon later Priya opens up a new book-cafe in partnership with Rajat, as it may help Priya win Peehu's custody. At the same time Ram starts realizing that Priya cares for him, while Priya gets to know that Ram has changed nothing in his lifestyle in the past five years, starting from their bedroom which she decorated and so on. Ram also starts feeling jealous for Rajat, as he is very fit and handsome and he is a dream boy of every woman and also as Priya might start loving him. ram appoints a dietician named shanaya and trainer to reduce some weight.

In a crossover episode of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain and Kya Huaa Tera Vaada Anushka (Mauli Ganguly) comes and aims her gun at Priya. Rajat comes to save her and says that he is doing so because he loves Priya. Ram comes and tries to take the gun from Anushka's hand to save Priya and in course of doing so he got hurt himself. Priya takes Ram to the hospital. Neha (Tarana Raja Kapoor) and Vikram (Jai Kalra) meet Priya in the hospital. Priya says that she is responsible for Ram's condition because Anushka initially pointed her gun on her and while saving her Ram got hurt.Doctor says that Ram is a good now and he needs to take a day's rest.But Ram insists that he needs to go the Court for custody case the next day.

Cast and characters

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The show was also shot in Dubai in UAE from Episode 235-Episode 270 in mid 2012 for the post five year leap in partnership with Binali Tourism LLC and Shreenathji Holidays. Priya is shown living with her five year old daughter, Peehu in dubai until she has to come back to Mumbai. However the team landed in trouble as they forgot to obtain the right permit to shoot in Dubai. Reports claimed that the police arrived on the sets and requested to see the right paperwork. The crew was not able to show it and were asked to pack up and head back. Soon rumours spread that Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar were kept under house arrest in Dubai. Later Ram Kapoor clarified saying: "The house arrest rumours are utter nonsense. The only thing which is true is that we ran into some permission problems because of which we had to stop the shoot. And we returned the same night without any problem." Samir Kochhar also clarified saying: "We were shooting for almost a week but later got into some work permit issues. But everything is sorted now."

Music

The soap opera's theme music - "Bade Achhe Lagte Hain" - has been sung by Shreya Ghoshal & Trijayh Dey. The song's lyrics have been peened up by Nawab Arzoo and Lalit Sen has given the music.

Some Bollywood songs have also been taken for background musics and film promotions, which are provided by Abhishek Singh.

Marketing

The first look of Bade Acche Lagte Hain and short promos were aired on Sony TV in early March 2011. Also the online promos were too launched. The show's trailer on YouTube got over 500,00 hits in one day. Meanwhile, the other promos were also aired on various other channels like on Sony Max during IPL 4. This caught the great eyeballs of the audience. As the promos were refreshing and new with a rare couple, it grabbed more eyeballs. Since the show was about a middle aged couple and love after marriage, a time when social backdrop and other issues were taken up by the channels and producers and converted in soaps, the producers and channel took a bold step to show something different. The premiere of the show was made in Agra in the presence of yesteryear star Jeetendra.

Special appearances

Till date Bade Achhe Lagte Hain has seen three special appearances as follows:

Vidya Balan and Emran Hashmi (to promote their film The Dirty Picture)

It is shown that Vidya has come to Australia’s Sydney to promote her film , The Dirty Picture, along with Emraan. She stays in the same hotel where Ram and Priya are doing during their honeymoon. Ram is a big fan of Vidya but is very rigid to let others know that, however, Priya is aware about that. Vidya and Priya come across each other when Vidya gets in Priya’s room to escape from the media. She sees a saree which is gifted to Priya and is similar to the one Vidya is wearing. Priya wears that and escapes but is followed by the media thinking her to be Vidya. Ram by mistake bumps into her, and thinking her to be Vidya reveals her, his feeling for Vidya. When he gets to know the truth he sighs. Later, he is told by Emraan that his wife, Priya is very pretty and beautiful, when she shakes a leg on stage with Vidya.

Ronit Roy (to promote his television series Adaalat)

It is shown that Ronit Roy, who is a very good friend of Ram, attends a party where Ram and Priya are also present, just a few nights before Priya reveals Ram, her feelings for him. Ronit was unaware about Ram's wife, Priya as he had never met her. Priya introduces herself to Ronit and even tells him that she loves his show, Adaalat. She also compliments him on the manner in which he has maintained himself and his health, just to make Ram jealous so he reveals Priya, his feelings for her. Soon, jealous Ram no more to tolerate it comes and introduces Priya to Ronit, as her wife. But, he bring no impact on Ram and Priya's relationship.

Tusshar Kapoor and Ritesh Deshmukh (to promote their film Kyaa Super Kool Hain Hum)

Kapoor and Deshmukh appeared in the show to promote their film, aired on 26 July 2012 for 1 Hour, The Episode started with Priya and Peehu going to a party organised by Rajat, Peehu and Priya aka Pooja are invited to the party by Ram. Priya wants that She tells Ram about Peehu and Her that She is alive But everything changes when Priya comes to Know about the relationship of Ayesha and Ram's Marriage and She Decides to go away from Ram's Life for the better Future of Ayesha.

Crossover

A crossover of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain has been planned with Balaji Telefilms's second show on Sony Television India, Kya Huaa Tera Vaada. Kya Huaa Tera Vaada is the story of Mona (Mona Singh) and Pradeep (Pawan Shankar), who have been married since last twelve years. However there is a wedge between the couple and Pradeep starts an affair with his college time girlfriend, Anushka (Mauli Ganguly). He also leaves Mona. Thus begins Mona's battle for her own identity and her children to show Pradeep and Anushka that she is more than just a mere housewife. In mean time Pradeep realise his true love for Mona. Later Anushka's ex-husband, Shaurya arrives stating to be her cousin brother. He starts blackmailing her and she ends up killing her. However she accuses Pradeep of the murder. Pradeep realises that she is just using her and denies to spend life with her. Mona getting to know this leaves no stone upturned to save Pradeep. They even get to know the truth of Shurya's identity and also that Anushka was his wife. Since then Anushka has been trying to take revenge.

The crossover episode has been planned to be an hour long episode, from 10:00 pm to 11:00 pm (IST) and will premiere on December 4, 2012. According to the promos, Anushka of Kya Huaa Tera Vaada will try to shoot Mona at a party thrown by Rajat (Samir Kochhar). Priya (Sakshi Tanwar) and Ram (Ram Kapoor) will try to save their friend Mona but Anushka will end up shooting Ram. When he is taken to the hospital the doctor tells Priya that they are unable to save Ram. This episode bring drastic twists in both soap operas. Some news reports suggest that Pradeep, Mona's husband, will also get shot during the fight and will die leading to a 8–10 years leap of Kya Huaa Tera Vaada. They also claim that Ram will battle to survive after being shot. He will be seen fighting against death but will be cured in future episodes.

Reception

Response

It's sure that Bade Achhe Lagte Hain is going to take a leap. However, Ekta will announce this to the media holding a proper press conference. It will be a huge progression for the show, and you can tell it as a re-launch...

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain was very well received by the audience because of its mature love story and also because of the superb chemistry between its leads. It was declared a "Hit" by many news channels, newspapers, forums and blogs. Co-producer and creator Ekta Kapoor said: "When we started Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, the plan was to run it for only 150 episodes. But fortunately, the show has done well. Now the challenge is: how to take the storyline forward and maintain the freshness?"

The show became one of the most watched show of 2011 and has also made Sony Entertainment Television India number 2 GEC.

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain was also dubbed in Telugu and started to air on Gemini TV from April 9, 2012 as Nuvvu Nachhav or Nuvvu Nachhavu. However, it suddenly went off-air on August 31, 2012 leaving behind an incomplete story, covering only about some 205 episodes.

The plot saw quite a bit of changes and touched new dimensions altogether a few months before the five year leap. And to maintain the freshness of the show and the very good TRPs Ekta Kapoor had to introduce the five-year leap. Post leap, Samir Kochhar plays the role of Rajat Kapur, the parallel male protagonist in the show and the story also took a complete different turn. Post leap some 36 episodes (Episode 102-117) was shot in Dubai. The leap was not well received by majority of the people. Ekta was also told to have received hate mails. She said: "My inbox has also been jammed. Honestly speaking, hate mail can get quite unnerving at times." She even considered taking a six-month season break but she said: "But in India, unlike the West, we don’t have such a structure. Plus, we can’t keep making it dramatic with day-to-day happenings."

Awards

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain bagged Sakshi Tanwar and Ram Kapoor their first Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award. The Show went on to win four Indian Television Academy Awards, three Apsara Film & Television Producers Guild Awards and three FICCI Frames Excellence Honours all including Best Serial and Best Actress. The other main achievements included those of story, screen play and direction

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External links

• Bade Achhe Lagte Hain official site on SET India
• Ekta Kapoor on leap of Bade Acche Lagte Hain
• Watch all episodes of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (courtesy SET India)
• Priya Ram Kapoor's blog
• Bade Achhe Lagte Hain's channel (You Tube)
• Bade Achhe Lagte Hain website at SET Asia
• Ram on a mission to lose weight in Bade Achhe? by Times of India (21 November 2012)

• Sony Entertainment Television series
• Indian drama television series
• Indian television soap operas
• 2011 Indian television series debuts