I loved both S1 and S2 for BALH still one of my favs in ITV! I have a cousin who doesnt watch ITV at all but loved BALH S1. Both seasons the show went down the hill after the generational leap. Ram-Sakshi are evergreen. Nakuul-Disha also did really well. I think Ekta purposely roped an already popular couple for S2 to reduce the risk, like the fresh pairing didnt work in S4. Apparently she wanted to cast Divyanka-Karan initially but then one of them refused so she went with Nakuul-Disha.Originally posted by: missFiesty_69
Agreed about season 1. It stretched too long, but Ekta mata kahan waqt rehte khatam karti hai shows ko?
Season 2 surprised me. After seeing him as Shivaay, I was like how can he play Ram? That bondu, happy go lucky guy ? Nakuul did a great job. Disliked Priya many times though. It was rare to repeat pairs in itv, but Naks& Disha still had their charm!
I connected with S2 well cause I loved how they showed Ram and Priya as a couple and for once we had a strong headed female lead and emotional pookie male lead. Nakuul as Ram is really underrated ppl still know him as Shivaay but for me he is known as Ram. But the show became really boring after the leap so I stopped watching few epis after the leap.

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