Bade Achhe Lagte Hain
Bade Achhe Lagte Hain (pronounced [bəˈɽeː ˈətʃtʃʰeː ləɡəˈteː ɦɛ̃ː] ; 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 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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| Also known as | Bade Achhe Lagte Hain Ye Dharti Ye Nadiya Ye Raina Aur Tum |
| Genre | Drama Romance |
| Created by | Ekta Kapoor |
| Based on | Patrani by Imtiaz Patel |
| Written by | Story Ideation Deepika Bajpai Dialogues Deepti Rawal Shirish Latkar Priti Mamgain Richa Singh Gautam |
| Screenplay by | Dilip Jha Archita Biswas Jha Harneet Singh Anil Nagpal Saba Mumtaz Nandini Arora Doris Dey Nehum Rawat Ruchi Shah Kovid Gupta Akash Deep Shilpa Jathar Vikas Tiwari Kamolika Bhattacharjee |
| Story by | Doris Dey Sonali Jaffar Jayesh D. Patil Anil Nagpal |
| Directed by | Partho Mitra Sangieta Rao Anil V. Kumar (directed episode 166; telecasted on 12 March 2012) Rakesh Malhotra Raja Mukherjee Muzammil Desai Ravindra Gautam Ajay Kumar Sahil Sharma Mohit Hussein Jaladh Sharma Vijay K. Saini |
| Creative directors | Doris Dey Udayan Pradeep Shukla Tanusri Dasgupta Prashant Bhatt Mansi Sawant Bharvi Shah Mohammed Suleman Quadri Mitu |
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| Theme music composer | Composer R. D. Burman Music by Lalit Sen |
| Opening theme | "Bade Achhe Lagte Hain" by Shreya Ghoshal and Trijayh Dey |
| Composers | Abhishek Singh Mintu Jha |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 644 |
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| Camera setup | Multi camera |
| Running time | 20–25 minutes (per episode) 45–50 minutes (integration episodes) aprrox. 34 minutes (last episode) |
| Production company | Balaji Telefilms Limited |
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| Network | Sony Entertainment Television |
| Release | 30 May 2011 – 10 July 2014 |
The show explores the worlds of Priya Sharma (Sakshi Tanwar) and Ram Kapoor (Ram Kapoor), who accidentally discover love after getting married. 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.