Producers have decided to draw the final curtain on the award-winning (The show has won six Indian Television Academy Awards, two Global Indian Film and Television Honours, three Star Guild Awards, five Indian Telly Awards, three FICCI Frames Excellence Honours and two People's Choice Awards) and much-loved serial Bade Acche Lagte Hain, breaking hearts of many fans who loved the revelry of this sensible love-story and the chemistry between Ram & Priya Kapoor.
What set BALH apart was that it had changed the way viewers looked at mature love stories. The popularity of BALH was proof that Indian audiences do have enough maturity to accept that age is just a number!
Both Ram and Priya Kapoor are wildly popular for their roles in Bade Acche Lagte Hainwhich won them the Dadasaheb Phalke Academy Award.
In this segment, CelebZoone takes a look at 7 reasons on why Priya Ram Kapoor is so loved and what set her apart from contemporary Bahus on Indian Television:
1. Her Chemistry with Ram Kapoor: There are love-stories and there are love stories. The HIndi TV industry has love stories in every shape and form and genre, but none of them feature a passionate and very-much-in-love- couple above 40 who don't spend their waking moments at jaagraatas.
Coco Chanel had famously said "As long as you know men are like children, you know everything" that's exactly how Priya Ram Kapoor handled her wealthy, albeit childish hubby Ram. Ram and Priya's chemistry was the core reason of BALH's raging success among its all-age audiences and Ram Kapoor never looked better with any other leading lady than Priya.
No wonder they have been voted the Best Couple on TV' time and again.
2. Her Passion and Sensuality: While for men, it has never been a criteria, women actors have always been shunned into performing roles of moms and grand-moms after a certain age. They were not given enough opportunities to play a lead role. As Priya Ram Kapoor, Sakshi Tanwar changed the rules of the game and set a benchmark that several actresses in both cinema & television will thank her for, for years to come.
Priya has redefined glamor and sensuality at 40. Where bikini-clad actresses half her age fizzle out by the time they're 28, Priya Ram Kapoor brought forth passion and sensuality simply with her backless cholis, her side-swept hair to her cute nose-ring. She's sensual without shedding clothes and that's something few actresses can imagine.
3. She is Realistic: We admit thar Ekta Kapoor's serials have a tendency to go from normal to bizarre to melodramatically unrealistic in a matter of seconds and few actors have the capability of remaining real amongst the hullaballoo that go around them. But Priya Ram Kapoor kept it real. No matter how ludicrous the story-line, she moulded herself to fit in perfectly and lend credibility to the character, whether as an unmarried daughter, deserted wife or a helpless mother.
4. She is Bindaas: Women do have fun. Priya's constant leg-pulling of hubby Ram is as cute as it is funny. Despite a truck-load of issues, Priya doesn't lose the kid inside of her. Her mischievous side adds chutzpah to her character and makes her even more endearing to the audience. And who can forget Priya's signature phrase "O Hellooo" when she reminds Ram of the fights he has fought with her, or stuff he has forgotten about their kids, or even when he's been gulping too many medications.
Her dance marathon with star Vidya Balan during Dirty Picture promo is yet another example of Priya Ram Kapoor's bindaas side.
5. Her Chemistry with Neha: BFFs at 40? Whoever had heard of that before Priya and Neha's fun chemistry set the friendship-above-40 ball rolling? Although, Priya's dear friend Neha (Tarana Raja) has been missing in action for a while, we're almost inclined to believe that Priya and Neha might be BFFs in real life, doing all the fun girly stuff they do on BALH!! Their friendship is straight out from Monica and Rachel's friendship in F.R.I.E.N.D.S. full of fun, laughter, tears and fights.
6. Her No-nonsense Approach: Most soap operas' on Indian TV is characterized by sobbing heroines. While Priya did have enough reasons to bathe in glycerin and cry bucket-loads, she kept her cool in most situations and solved them practically. She has been fearless; getting married at an age women want retirement from family life, to relocating to Dubai when she was pregnant to breaking-off with Ram several time over principle differences, Priya Ram Kapoor has never shied away from challenges and has taken decisions solely based on honesty and desire to do good unto others.
An inspiration to damsels always in distress who'd do good by learning some problem-solving skills from Priya.
Priya Ram Kapoor fights back.
7. Sakshi Tanwar, the Diva: Recently, a starlet got her birth date removed from her Wikipedia page to avoid people from knowing her real age. Sakshi Tanwar would probably shoot herself between her eyes before doing something so vain, because this glamorous diva knows that beauty is not about age but about what you're on the inside.
Sakshi Tanwar took upon a role of a mature woman in a world where women are busy hiding their ages. Her intimate scenes with screen husband Ram Kapoor was a first on Indian TV, a risk few leading actors would be willing to take. (However after Sakshi, several actors did go the getting-cosy-on-screen way.)
Priya Ram Kapoor is probably the closest that Sakshi is in real life; sexy, practical, mature and smart. And that is what set Priya Ram Kapoor miles apart from all other TV bahus. The brilliant glimpses of Sakshi that we've seen through Priya's character has endeared her furthermore to her viewers.
We cannot think of any other actor who would do justice to Priya's role like Sakshi Tanwar.
Sakshi Tanwar walking the ramp in support of CPAA
We will miss Bade Achhe Lagte Hain and hope to see the glamorous Miss Tanwar very soon in an equally challenging role very soon.
Wishing Sakshi Tanwar, Ram Kapoor and the whole team of Bade Achhe Lagte Hain a great future ahead
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