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For 1976 Hindi song, see Bade Achche Lagte Hain (song).

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (pronounced [bəˈɽeː ˈəttʃʰeː ləɡˈteː ɦɛ̃ː]; lit. They Look So Good) is an 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 created and produced by Ekta Kapoor under the banner of Balaji Telefilms. The title of the show, along with the title-track, was derived from a song composed by R.D. Burman, from the soundtrack of the 1976 Bollywood film Balika Badhu. Ekta Kapoor had got the name, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, registered about six years before the soap opera premiered.

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The show explores the worlds of Priya Sharma (Sakshi Tanwar) and Ram Kapoor (Ram Kapoor), who accidentally discover love after getting married.[8] After the storyline moved five years ahead in June 2012, many new actors and characters, including Samir Kochhar and Amrita Mukherjee who played the roles of Rajat Kapur and Peehu respectively, were introduced.

According to The Times of India, 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 People's Choice Award 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, Tamil, and Telugu.

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40 years old Ram Kapoor is an unmarried, wealthy, established, and well-reputed Mumbai-based Punjabi Hindu businessman in his early forties. 33 years old Priya Sharma is a diligent working woman in her and comes from a middle-class Mumbai family. Ram's step mother Niharika only uses him for money and is responsible for creating misunderstanding between his parents leading Ram's real mother to leave the house. Niharika 's son Siddhant aka Sid is also same like his mother and at times can be more cruel than her. Niharika's brother Shiny aka Mamaji is always concerned about his greed and sides with wrong people. However he loves Niharika and her children. Ram's best friend Vikram is worried about him. Priya's father Sudhir is a combination of best friend, mentor and big support for Priya. Ram's spoilt half-sister, Natasha Kapoor(Niharika's youngest daughter), and Priya's brother, Kartik Sharma fall in love and have to consider the Hindu culture taboo of younger siblings marrying before their elder siblings. Ram has yet to select a prospective spouse so the marriage of Kartik and Natasha must wait.

There is a solution. Ram and Priya agree to the Punjabi practice of watta satta although Priya dislikes the economic disparity between their families. Ram and Priya consider each other arrogant and quarrelsome. However they grow some respect for each other with time and gets married. Niharika is unhappy as Ram and Priya's relationship is improving day by day and now they are best friends. Niharika loses her control. Natasha always believed she was an unplanned child of Niharika due to her behaviour. She fears she won't be able to become a good mother so she aborts her baby and hides the fact from everyone that she was pregnant. She regrets it and becomes depressed. Priya's younger sister Ayesha starts blackmailing Natasha for showstopper position in Natasha's upcoming fashion show. Ram and Priya's trust in each other increases when Priya's ex Ashwin tried to cause misunderstanding but Ram exposed him without doubting Priya at all. Priya comes to know about Natasha's abortion but hides the fact to protect Natasha and help her realise her mistakes. Ram and Priya falls in love but the core of their relationship is friendship, trust and funny fights

Natasha does wardrobe malfunction of Ayesha. Sid maliciously reveals this to Ayesha hence Ayesha and Natasha have a nasty catfight in front of public. Priya solves their problems and Natasha tries to change but after this incident Priya's mother Shipra, Kartik and Ayesha becomes skeptical of Natasha. One day a nasty argument takes place due to Sudhir becoming ill. Kartik asks Natasha to leave the house. Niharika takes advantage of this and brutally beats up Natasha and manipulates her to frame Kartik. Mamaji supports Niharika in all this. This causes a difference of opinion between Ram and Priya. Eventually Natasha feels guilty and apologies to Priya and Kartik.

Niharika tricks Natasha into staying in a room while she frames Kartik for his kidnapping. Priya confronts Niharika and Niharika says she needs to leave Ram to save Kartik's life. Priya teams up with Vikram and his wife Neha to defeat Niharika. Natasha apologies to Sharma family and shames Niharika. Priya tries to expose Niharika with the help of Natasha, Vikram and Neha but fails. Sid causes a terrible fraud and frames Ram for the same. Niharika reveals her true face and Ram is devastated. Priya takes the blame to save Ram and gets arrested leaving Ram shattered. Ram tries his best to save Priya but Ayesha gives a testimony in Sid's favour under Sid's manipulation and promise of true love. Priya gets imprisoned. Sid plans to kill Ram but Niharika realises the error of her ways and saves Ram but herself dies leaving everyone heartbroken. Guilty and devastated Sid runs away. Priya is pregnant, has an accident that others believe has killed her. She moves to Dubai out of depression as she thinks she will never be proved innocent.

5 years later

In Dubai, Priya lives with her and Ram's daughter, Pihu. While Ram raises Sid and Ayesha's son Khush and married Ayesha just to save her reputation. However he still loves Priya. Priya feels guilty of keeping Ram and Pihu away. Priya is finally proved innocent in the case. Ayesha knew that Priya is alive but she deliberately hides this truth for her cunning reasons. A reformed Natasha schools Ayesha for ill treating Khush. Drunk Ayesha reveals how Natasha aborted her baby years ago and Priya knew about it. However everyone forgives Natasha and Ram warns Ayesha. Ram and Priya cross paths. Ram is furious at Priya for abandoning him and seeks custody of Pihu. Pihu stays with Ram however at times Ayesha ill-treated her. Later Ram and Priya reunites and solve their misunderstandings. Sid has been using Ayesha to get the property. Ram decides to give all his property to Ayesha so that she doesn't feel that she was used. Ram and Priya decides to start a new life with each other along with Pihu. However cruel and arrogant Ayesha throws Ram's family out of the house at midnight and not showing any mercy to Ram's grandmother and old mother. Since Mamaji is in Ayesha's good books hence he stays in the house.

Later Priya finds Sid and realises that Ayesha has been helping Sid to hide. Kapoors and Sharma plans to teach Sid and Ayesha a lesson. However Ayesha fools Sid and gets him arrested on their marriage day. But Ayesha also loses the property and is asked to leave. But a greedy and selfish Ayesha is still not ready to accept her mistakes and continues to trouble everyone. Priya is again pregnant making everyone extremely overjoyed. On the other hand, inside jail Sid repents and promises Ram that he will become a better person. It's revealed that Kartik had secretly married Jhanvi by saying Jhanvi that he has no family or past and they have a 1 month old child Raunak. Basically Kartik cheated on Natasha and Jhanvi and Priya lashes out at him. Ayesha brainwash depressed and devastated Natasha against Sharma family after Kartik runs away. Kartik comes back after Priya's repeated scolding and pleas. However he decides to run away after Ayesha's provocation. Priya has a stress attack and Kartik gets accidentally shot by police. However, in that state he takes Priya to hospital and apologizes. In hospital he collapses. Natasha, Sudhir, Shipra and Priya are devastated. Natasha bonds with the little Raunak and becomes her mother figure. Kartik is currently out of danger but still under supervision. Ayesha brainwash Natasha that Priya's stress attack was a drama to make Kartik run away indirectly saying Priya is responsible for the incident. Sudhir and Ram schools Ayesha and Ram stands for Priya. Eventually after lots of drama and friction Natasha decides to leaves Kartik after hearing Priya's encouraging words even when Kartik wanted to reunite with her. For the sake of Raunak, Kartik and Jhanvi reunites. Natasha once again becomes strong support system of Ram and Priya. Priya gives birth to daughters, Myra and Pari. Ram gets the custody of Khush and Ram and Priya raise him like their child. Eventually Ayesha repents and apologies to everyone. Ram and Priya enjoy their lives with their family and friends.

8 years later

Pihu, Khush, Myra and Pari are grown up. Pihu and Khush are 15 years old while Myra and Pari are 8 years old. Priya is worried about Pihu. Pihu falls in love with her college friend Varun. Priya objects this as Varun's father Ashwin was Priya's ex who tried to break Ram and Priya's relationship. Pihu still doesn't know about Varun's father however she gets angry when Varun tries to get close to her in a room. Varun tries to humiliate Pihu but fails. Later as a revenge he reveals to Pihu that Ashwin is Priya's ex. This makes Pihu misunderstand Priya and thinks that she shouldn't leave Varun. Varun manipulates Pihu and tries to get intimate with her so that later he can spoil Priya and Pihu's reputation. Priya finds Pihu and Varun together. Petrified Pihu accuses Varun of trying to rape her. Ram and Priya thrashes him and gets him arrested. Varun admits his intentions but he pleas that he didn't try to rape Pihu. Priya finds the truth and lashes out at Pihu and becomes depressed. She tries to rectify Pihu's misdeeds but Pihu argues with her. Priya takes Pihu to police station to reveal the truth. Varun can't face the torture or humiliation anymore hence he kills himself leaving Priya and Pihu devastated. Priya and Pihu meet with an accident and Priya falls into a coma.

7 years later

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. However, after Priya recovers, Ram reunites with her. Juhi is married to a reformed Sid. Juhi becomes insecure and jealous and resorts to manipulative tactics against Priya. Pihu falls in love with Samar aka Sammy(Vikram and Neha's son), who has an affair with Priya's doctor, Suhani. Suhani decides to sacrifice for Pihu as Suhani believes this will make Priya happy. Sammy misunderstands Suhani and promises to marry Pihu and Pihu also believes Sammy. Priya finds out the full truth and objects to Pihu's relationship. Juhi instigates obsessed Pihu against Priya and she starts hating her. Pihu threatens to kill herself if she cannot marry Sammy, so her parents acquiesce. Suhani is pregnant with Sammy's child. Sammy is not ready to believe Suhani or her intentions and says it's not his child leaving Suhani heartbroken. Natasha tries to make Ram understand that Pihu is going towards a wrong path. Khush falls in love with her and decides to help her along with Priya. Pihu asks Ram to choose between Priya and her. Hence Priya leaves the house to ensure Ram doesn't have to choose. Khush and Suhani leaves along with Priya. Ram and Priya are devastated.

5 months later

Pihu and Sammy are not happy after their marriage. Priya coincidentally works under Ram. After lots of ego battle and funny fights, finally Ram decides to take Priya, Khush and Suhani back. Ram also reprimands his employee Rishi for fraud and trying to frame Priya. Natasha reprimands Pihu for being responsible for her parent's separation and not being happy at their reunion. After Sammy realises his mistakes and realises that Suhani still loves him in heart, he becomes obsessed with Suhani. But Suhani wants to be with Khush as she feels Khush will always keep her happy. Pihu is heartbroken by Sammy's behaviour. Sammy behaves badly and gets drunk. He declares that he will divorce Pihu and marry Suhani. But he is killed in the party. Ram is accused of Sammy's murder and is arrested. Priya strives to prove his innocence. After Priya saves Pihu by risking her life, Pihu becomes extremely remorseful and ashamed of her actions. She comes out of her illusions and apologizes to Priya. Priya and Pihu reconsiles. Later Pihu apologies to everyone and amends her mistakes.

Natasha, Priya, Pihu and Khush teams up to find the killer. Juhi manipulates Sid to play dirty game for Ram's property. Initially Mamaji was with them but later he tried to alert Sid when he realised she is just using him. Priya and Khush reprimands Sid. It's also revealed that Juhi and her ex-husband Rajiv caused Priya's accident years ago due to which she was in coma for 7 years. Juhi just came to the house for money but eventually had feelings for Ram. Juhi also betrayed Sid but Sid takes it as a consequences of his own wrongdoings. Pihu shames Juhi and breaks all ties with her. Suhani is caught and reveals that a heavily drunk Sammy tried to kill her unborn child but failed. Hence out of fear and anger Suhani killed him. Suhani is guilty for her deed and didn't know how to confess as she didn't want to lose the family. Khush and Priya are heartbroken. Ram is proved innocent after Suhani's confession in court and Suhani gets 14 years imprisonment. Everyone is overjoyed by Ram's return. Suhani gives birth to Gudiya and Pihu and Khush decides to takes care of the child. Juhi and Rajiv works to trouble Ram and Priya and get their property but fails. Mamaji also helped them in the property battle but gets strongly reprimanded by Ram and hence he decides to mend his ways. Juhi tries her final attempt to trouble Ram and Priya but Ram caused a rift between Rajiv and Juhi due to which both of them reveals each other's misdeeds hence they get arrested. Ram and Priya remarries and everything ends well for all.

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Cast

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  • Sakshi Tanwar as Priya Sharma: Shipra and Sudhir's daughter; Ayesha and Kartik's sister; Ram's wife; Pihu, Myra and Pari's mother (2011–14)
  • Ram Kapoor as Ram Kapoor: A business tycoon, Krishna and Amarnath's son; Niharika's stepson; Natasha and Rishab's half-brother; Priya's husband; Pihu, Myra and Pari's father (2011–14)
  • Fenil Umrigar / Sonia Balani as Pihu Kapoor: Priya and Ram's daughter; Myra and Pari's sister; Samar's wife and former obsessive lover (2013–14)

Recurring

  • Sumona Chakravarti as Natasha "Nuts" Kapoor – Amarnath and Niharika's daughter; Krishna's stepdaughter; Rishabh's sister; Ram, Siddhant and Ishika's half-sister; Kartik's first wife (2011–14)
  • Mohit Malhotra / Chirag Thakkar as Kartik Sharma – Shipra and Sudhir's son; Priya and Ayesha's brother; Natasha and Jhanvi's husband; Raunak's father (2011–14)
  • Madhu Raja as Krishna "Krishu" Kapoor – Amarnath's first wife; Ram's mother; Apeksha's adoptive mother; Rishabh and Natasha's stepmother; Khush, Peehu, Mayra and Pari's grandmother (2011–14)
  • Chahat Khanna / Akanksha Juneja as Ayesha – Shipra and Sudhir's younger daughter; Priya and Kartik's sister; wife; Khush's mother (2011–13)
  • Eva Grover as Niharika "Sweety" Talwar Kapoor (née Karyekar) – Shiney's sister; Jayesh's ex-wife; Amarnath's second wife; Ram's step-mother; Siddhant, Ishika, Natasha and Rishab's mother; Khush's real grandmother (2011–13)
  • Jai Kalra 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; Priya and Ram's friend (2011–14)
  • Salim Shah / Deepak Qazir Kejriwal as Shiney Talwar "Mamaji" – Niharika's brother; Natasha, Rishabh, Siddhant, Ishika and Ram's uncle; Saudamini's boyfriend (2011–14)
  • Mahesh Shetty as Siddhant Kapoor (née Karyekar) aka Sid – Jayesh and Niharika's son; Amarnath's stepson; Ishika's brother; Natasha and Rishab's half-brother; Ayesha's fiancé; Khush's father (2011–14)
  • Shubhavi Choksey as Juhi – Priya's childhood friend; Naina's mother (2011–14)
  • Gaurav Sharma / Aditya Kapadia / Ankit Narang as Khush Kapoor – Siddhant and Ayesha's son; Ram and Priya's nephew; Peehu, Mayra and Pari's cousin brother (2013–14)
    • Neev Ritesh Jain as Child Kush (2012–13)
  • Vinti Idnani as Mayra Kapoor – Ram and Priya's second daughter; Peehu and Pari's sister (2013–14)
  • Pragati Chourasiya as Pari Kapoor – Ram and Priya's youngest daughter; Peehu and Mayra's sister (2013–14)
  • Rohan Shah / Yuvraj Thakur / Lavin Gothi as Samar "Sammy" Shergill – Vikram and Neha's son; Riddhima and Rahul's brother; Peehu's husband; Suhani's lover later turned obsessive lover; Gudiya's father (2013–14)
  • Renuka Israni as Shipra Sharma – Sudhir's wife; Priya, Ayesha and Kartik's mother; Peehu, Khush, Mayra, Pari and Raunak's grandmother
  • Prithvi Sankhala as Sudhir Sharma – Shipra's husband; Priya, Ayesha and Kartik's father; Peehu, Khush, Mayra, Pari and Raunak's grandfather
  • Rajinder Kaur Manchanda as Mrs. Kapoor "Dadi" – Amarnath's mother; Ram, Natasha and Rishab's grandmother; Peehu, Mayra and Pari's great-grandmother
  • Samir Kochhar as Rajat Kapur – Ram's friend; Priya's landlord in Dubai; Jyoti's ex-boyfriend
  • Ekta Kaul as Dr. Suhani Malhotra – Priya's nurse; Samar's lover; 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
  • Deepti Shrikant Devi / Amrin Chakkiwala as Saumya Kapoor – Rishabh's wife
  • Nitin Sahrawat as Rajeev – Juhi's husband
  • Niti Taylor 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
  • Priya Marathe as Jyoti Malhotra – Rajat's ex-girlfriend; Raina and Cady's mother
  • Arshima Thapar as Kadambari "Cady" Malhotra – Jyoti's daughter; Raina's elder sister; Rahul's wife
  • Vaibhav Joshi as Rehaan – Neha's son from her colleague
  • Sonal Parihar 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
  • Harsh Khurana 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
  • Rohan Mehra as Varun Khanna – Ashwin and Shruti's son; Peehu's college friend (Dead)
  • Amit Bhalla as Dr. Jayesh Karyekar (later Patil) – Niharika's first husband; Siddhant and Ishika's father; Natasha and Rishabh's stepfather; Khush's grandfather
  • Asha Negi as Apeksha Malhotra – Krishna's adoptive daughter; Ram's adoptive sister (2011–12)
  • Kajal Pisal as Ishika Kapoor Dhanrajgir – Jayesh and Niharika's daughter; Siddhant's sister; Natasha and Rishabh's half-sister; Aditya's wife
  • Parakh Madan as Harry - Vikram's boss in his second job
  • Saptrishi Ghosh as Rishi Shandeliya - Ram's employee
  • Karan Veer Mehra 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
  • Rakshanda Khan as Isha Singhania; Ram's crush; Ram, Vikram, and Neha's college friend
  • Rushad Rana as Ram, Vikram, and Neha's college friend
  • Dimpy Ganguli as Preetika; Ayesha's friend
  • Karan Jotwani 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
  • Neel Motwani as Daljeet Kapoor; Ram, Natasha and Rishab's cousin
  • Bobby Arora as Bobby Singh
  • Loveleen Kaur Sasan as Jenny; Ram's Office secretary
  • Rajdeep Sikdar as himself; Ram's Office staff

Guest appearances

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Production

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Development

The name of the soap opera, along with its title track, has been inspired by a song of the same name, composed by R. D. Burman, from the soundtrack of the 1976 Bollywood film Balika Badhu.[6][7][18] Based on the Gujarati play Patrani by Imtiaz Patel,[19][20] the soap opera is created by Ekta Kapoor and produced by her production company Balaji Telefilms.[21][22][23] Ekta Kapoor had got the name, Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, registered about six years before the soap opera premiered.[24]

Filming

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain is reportedly one of the soap operas in India that broke the monotone of endless indoors-only sequences.[25] 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 Tourism Australia, in late 2011, to portray the honeymoon of Ram (Kapoor) and Priya (Tanwar). Bade Achhe Lagte Hain also received support from Destination New South Wales, Sony Entertainment Television India and Balaji Telefilms.[A]

During the summer of 2012, Ekta Kapoor introduced a five-year leap in the narrative.[28] After this leap, 36 episodes of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (episodes 235–270) had content which was shot in Dubai, UAE over a period of 10 days.[B] These episodes portray Priya (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.[C]

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.[6][7] The lyrics of the soap opera's title track have been penned up by Nawab Arzoo and the title track has been sung by Shreya Ghoshal and Trijayh Dey. Lalit Sen provided the music to the title track.[19] The background music or the incidental music of the soap opera has been provided by Abhishek Singh and Mintu Jha.[19] It also includes songs from soundtrack albums of few Bollywood movies. The Tamil version of the title track song was sung by Shweta Mohan, with hummings of Shreya Ghoshal reused.[35]

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Broadcast

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain premiered on Sony Entertainment Television in India on 30 May 2011.[36][37] 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.[D]

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain was dubbed in Telugu and broadcast on Gemini TV as Nuvvu Nachhavu, an afternoon soap opera, premiered on 9 April 2012.[43][44][45] Bade Achhe Lagte Hain has also been dubbed in Tamil under the title Ullam Kollai Poguthada, and it premiered on Polimer TV, on 10 December 2012, with some of the characters' names changed.[35]

Integration episodes

The show had two integration episodes with Kya Hua Tera Vaada on 4 and 5 December 2012[46] and one with Kehta Hai Dil...Jee Le Zara on 6 December 2013.[47]

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Reboots

Main article: Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2

In July 2021, a sequel was announced, with the title Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2.[48] Nakuul Mehta was finalized as the male-lead of the sequel.[49] Disha Parmar was approached and locked by the makers to play the female lead, doing her second project with Mehta after seven years.[50][51][52]

On 12 August 2021, the first teaser for the same was unveiled featuring leads, Mehta and Parmar, as Ram Kapoor and Priya Sood.[53] The show premiered on 30 August 2021.

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The series was announced after the ratings of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2 fell. The original leads of the previous season Mehta and Parmar were cast as the leads, marking their second collaboration with Ekta Kapoor.

Main article: Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 4

The sequel Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 4 was announced on 25 March 2025.[54] It stars Harshad Chopda and Shivangi Joshi as Rishabh "Rishu" Kapoor and Bhagyashree "Bhagya" Iyer.[55]

Adaptations

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Reception

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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.[56] 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.[57] The soap opera had a television viewer rating of 3.7 that week while Sony Entertainment Television India recorded a gross rating point of 245.[57] 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,[58] and is the seventh most-watched of 2011.[59]

Episode #166 of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, directed by Anil V. Kumar[19] and telecast on 12 March 2012, portrayed the protagonists (Ram and Priya) consummating their marriage.[E] The episode was backed by a teaser to draw hype and interest.[62] Within minutes of its telecast the episode went viral on YouTube with nearly 150,630 hits and counting.[F] It also trended on social networking and microblogging sites such as Twitter.[G] India Today described the episode as "aesthetically shot" whileTimes of India described it as "action packed".[63] 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.[H] IBN Live 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."[60] The episode was hyped as a couple on an Indian television had never before been so bold.[I] The episode worried certain viewers who did not want to watch the episode with their children.[62][65] Emirates 24/7 called it a "shocker to the Indian families".[66] 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.[J] The last couple who had kissed on Indian television was Aditya Jakhar (Raqesh Vashisht) and Priya Jakhar (Ridhi Dogra) in the STAR Plus soap opera, Maryada...Lekin Kab Tak? in 2010.[63] Following the telecast of the episode Ram Kapoor tweeted a thank you.[63]

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 Television Rating Point (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.[69] In early January 2013, the soap opera's TRP went down to 2.3.[70]

In a 2014 poll conducted by Shaadi.com, Ram and Priya were voted the Favourite TV Couple by 42.3% of Indians.[71][72] Fans even dub the on-screen couple Raya (also written as RaYa), which is a linguistic blend of the pair's names.[73] Ram Kapoor was also called "the Indian husband we love" by a Sunday publication in 2012.[60] Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar later came together to portray the role of a couple in the ALTBalaji web-series Karrle Tu Bhi Mohabbat, which premiered in 2017 and was noted for its common plot elements with Bade Achhe Lagte Hain.[74][75]

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Accolades

Main article: List of accolades received by Bade Achhe Lagte Hain

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain won the Kalakar Award for the Best Serial in 2012.[76] In addition, the show has won six Indian Television Academy Awards,[77] three Star Guild Awards,[78] five Indian Telly Awards, three FICCI Frames Excellence Honours and two People's Choice Awards (including the Favourite TV Drama award).[79]

Footnotes

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  5. See references:[60][61][62][63][64][65]
  6. See references:[66][61][63][64]
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  8. See references:[66][60][67]
  9. See references:[66][63][67][68]
  10. See references:[61][62][68]

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