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Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (Template:Lang-en, Template:Lang-hi) is a 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 produced by Indian Television and Film Producer and the joint managing Director of Balaji Telefilms, Ekta Kapoor. 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.

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

The show revolves around two different individuals; Priya Sharma and Ram Kapoor; who fall in love after they marry. The series 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.

An one hr crossover episode of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain with Balaji Telefilms's second show on Sony Television India, Kya Huaa Tera Vaada was premiered on December 4, 2012.

Overview

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain revolves around the life struggle of Priya and businessman Ram. The show explores the world of two different individuals who are unmarried due to some reasons and after some miscommunications and misunderstandings, destiny contrives to get Ram and Priya married and after the marriage Ram and Priya slowly start developing feelings for each other. Finally they both fall in love with each other, They spend moments with each other facing with excitements, happiness and daily life problem.

Cast and characters

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The following is the cast of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain:

• Ram Kapoor as Ram Amarnath Kapoor — Ram Amarnath Kappor is the main male protagonist of the drama series. Ram was born to Amarnath Kapoor by his first wife Krishna. He is very emotional towards his family, especially towards his younger step-sister, Natasha and his wife Priya. He is a very famous business tycoon and he loves to have aloo-ke-paranthe (an Indian Punjabi dish) and is highly dependent on his tablets.
• Sakshi Tanwar as Priya Ram Kapoor — Priya is the main female protagonist. She is the happy-go-lucky daughter of Sudhir Sharma and Shipra Sharma and belonged to a middle-class family until her marriage with Ram. Her habits and philosophical advises please Ram even in the most difficult situations. However everything goes dark with the entry of Ram's step mother, Niharika. After Priya's so assumed death she moves to Dubai and starts living there with the name of Pooja Sharma.
• Chahat Khanna as Ayesha Ram Kapoor — She is the main antagonist after the five year leap. She is Priya and Kartik's younger sister. She is left behind with Sid's son after Priya's so-assumed-death. She is an aspiring model and ultimately reaches her goal after Ram marries her to do justice to her as she was left pregnant. However both, Ram and Ayesha are not quite comfortable with their so-called-marriage.
• Amrita Mukherjee as Peehu Sharma — Peehu Sharma or Peehu Ram Kapoor is the cute-little 5 year old daughter of Ram and Priya.
• Neev Ritesh Jain as Khush Kapoor- He is the five-year old son of Ayesha and Siddhanth, which he left after knowing about her pregnancy.
• Sunny Goraya as Rishabh Amarnath Kapoor — He is Ram's younger step-brother and the son of Niharika and Amarnath. He is very helpful and kind. He supports Priya to the limit and one of the favorites of
• Saumya Rishabh Kapoor — She is the caring and happy-go-lucky wife of Rishabh. She knows about the kind of relationship Ayesha and Ram has, and always worries for Ram.
• Mahesh Shetty as Siddhanth Amarnath Kapoor — He is the evil and cunning younger step-brother of Ram. Nicknamed as Sid he is the son of Niharika and Jayesh.
• Kajal Pisal as Ishika Amarnath Kapoor — She is Ram's younger step-sister. She is the daughter of Niharika and Jayesh. She is married.
• Eva Grover as Niharika Amarnath Kapoor — Lovingly called Sweety, she was the main antagonist before the 5 year leap. She was the but later tricked Ram's father and married him. Her dark and cunning ways finally lead herself to her death bed.
• Madhu Raja as Krishna Amarnath Kapoor — Krishna is a very pious and generous lady. She is Ram's biological mother.
• Rajinder Kaur Manchanda as Daadi — She is Ram's grandmother. She is very sweet and lovingly calls Ram as Golu. She is very caring as every grandmother is.
• Sumona Chakravarti as Natasha Kartik Sharma — Officially associated with her maiden name of Natasha Kapoor, she is a famous fashion designer. Lovingly called as Choti or Nuts, she is a deary to Ram, even being his step-sister. Her love for Kartik, leads to her marriage with Kartik. She struggles a lot to adjust in the middle-class family even after facing awkward situations.
• Mohit Malhotra as Kartik Sudhir Sharma — he is the ideal brother of Priya and Ayesha and an ideal husband of Natasha.
• Renuka Israni as Shipra Sudhir Sharma — She is the secondary antagonist after the five year leap. In family relationship she is the mother of Priya, Kartik and Ayesha, and the wife of Sudhir.
• Prithvi Sankla as Sudhir Sharma — He is the father of Priya, Kartik and Ayesha, and Shipra's husband.
• Mamta Luthra as Nani — She is Priya's grandmother.
• Samir Kochhar as Rajat Kapur — He is the parallel male protagonist. Rajat is a good friend of Ram and Priya's landlord. However he slowly develops feelings for Priya.
• Kanika Shivpuri as Dai Jaa — She is Rajat Kapur's Dai Jaa. She is very caring and helpful, she understands Rajat and his feelings.
• Priya Marathe as Jyoti Malhotra — She is Rajat Kapur's first love and mother of Kadambari (Kady) and Raina
• Arshima Thapar as Kadambari — Lovingly called as Kady, she is the elder daughter of Jyoti, c/o Rajat Kapur, elder sister of Raina and one of Priya's best friend in Dubai.
• Raina — She is the younger daughter of Jyoti and also the younger sister of Kadambari.
• Tarana Raja Kapoor as Neha Vikram Shergill — She is Vikram's wife and Priya's friend. She is a mother of three.
• Jai Kalra as Vikram Shergill — He is Ram's best friend and also a father of three.
• Azaan Rustam Shah (younger) / Anshul Pandey (elder) as Rahul Vikram Shergill — He is the eldest son and child of Neha and Vikram
• Riddhi Vikram Shergill — She is the only daughter and the second eldest child of Neha and Vikram.
• Samir Vikram Shergill — Nicknamed as Sammy, he is the youngest son and the third child of Neha and Vikram.
• Joshi as Rehan — He is the son of Neha and her college time boyfriend. He hates that her mother left her and married Vikram and he has no one in his life for which he is very aggressive. He is also the main cause for Vikram and Neha's divorce. However, Vikram treats him politely as he is at last Neha's son for which he later turns grateful to him.
• Harsh Khurana as Ashwin Khanna — He is Priya's ex-fiance and also her ex-boyfriend.
• Madhumita Das as Shruti Ashwin Khanna — She is Ashwin's wife and Priya's college friend.
• Anshuman Singh Mahant as Shags — Natasha's friend and colleague.
• Asha Negi as Apeksha Malhotra — She is the adopted daughter of Krishna.
• Salim Shah / Deepak Qazir Kejriwal as Raghav Sahay — Nicknamed as Shiny, he is Niharika's brother who walks on the path of Niharika and her ideologies.
• Parakh Madan as Harvinder — Called as Harry, she is Vikram's ex-boss.
• Amit Bhalla as Dr. Jayesh Karekar — He is Niharika's ex-husband and father of Siddhanth and Ishika. He was falsely accused in a medical racket by Niharika and Shiny due to which he was forced to change his identity and name, from Dr. Jayesh Karekar to Dr. Patil, to continue his medical career.
• Shiwani Chakraborty as Shanaya - She is Ram's dietician, after Ram feels insecure about Rajat and Priya's growing friendship and he will decide to lose some weight to become fit like Rajat.
• Deepak Qazir as Mamaji (Niharika's brother). He is the secondary antagonist of the serial and always poisoned Niharika and now Priya's sister Ayesha.

Production

Shooting

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain is shot in Mumbai, India. However, Episode 102-117 was shot in Sydney, Australia in late 2011 and Episodes 235-270 was shot in Dubai 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."

Casting

When the leap of 5 years was confirmed, The Actor of the character Rajat Kapur was chosen Eijaz Khan Eijaz Khan's fans got disappointed that He was supposed to play a plum role in the show, The role of Rajat Kapur later got replaced by IPL anchor Sameer Kochhar, Kochhar was called "The New Man in Priya's Life", After she shifted to Dubai

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 in which Ram and Priya are staying during their honeymoon. Ram is a big fan of Vidya but is hesitant 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 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.

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.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."

Marketing

The promos of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain was launched on various channels in March 2011. The online promo received 50,000 views per day.

Awards

Notes

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External links

• Bade Achhe Lagte Hain official site on SET India
• Bade Achhe Lagte Hain's channel (You Tube)
• Bade Achhe Lagte Hain website at SET Asia
• Bade Achhe Lagte Hain at IMDb

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