It's got more than a million views on YouTube, as compared to other episodes, which have done between 170,000 to 400,000 views. We are talking about the famous intimate Ram Kapoor-Sakshi Tanwar episode of the Sony soap Bade Achhe…on 12 March 2012.
Before the episode aired, what passed off as intimacy between couples on Indian television was an embrace, a peck on the cheek, or even cuter…two flowers coming together. Well, the Bade Achhe…episode last week, was 30 minutes of a couple getting to know each other's erogenous zones better. They cavorted on the bed, locked hands, and even lips as the duo consummated their marriage on-screen. Shot aesthetically, the episode is a coming of age for television and something which you will not watch with your 10 year old.
In a perfect setting with 100s of lit candles, Priya (played by Sakshi) wore a sexy red chiffon saree with a barely there blouse, adding passion to the already charged-up ambience. Jaws dropped when Ram pulled Priya's pallu and exposed her well-endowed bosom. Then they made love while viewers gasped in front of their TV sets. Yes, Ekta Kapoor proved again why she is called the queen of Indian television.
Once again she managed to create a stir by churning out some risque content.
Ram and Priya decided to go the extra length for the show, but will other lead actors follow the same feat and kiss on screen is a question we decided to ask them? And we got mixed responses.
Sanaya Irani – who plays the female lead Khushi in Iss Pyaar Ko Kya Naam Doonon Star Plus – has "heard" about the … sequence but not "seen" it.
'Personally, I will not kiss on screen. I don't know may be years later I might change my mind but as of now, it is an absolute no-no,"she said.
Barun Sobti, who is paired opposite Sanaya in Iss Pyaar Ko.…, echoed Sanaya. "I have not seen the Bade Achhe… episode so can't really comment on it. But I am not cool with kissing. It's just a personal preference."
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