Nakuul Mehta & Disha Parmar on Their Chemistry, Their Friendship & More | Bade Achhe Lagte Hain 2
Nakuul Mehta and Disha Parmar are loved by millions of fans as Ram Kapoor and Priya from Bade Achhe Lagte Hain and they ship them together as #Raya. The duo, who have known each other for more than a decade, recently relived their old memories and also spoke about the qualities they admire about each other. In an exclusive interview with ETimes TV, while Disha recalled their first meeting 10 years ago, Nakuul revealed that before Disha made it to their debut TV show, Pyaar Ka Dard Hai, he had watched her audition tape for the show.
Disha Parmar: One thing that I totally admire about Nakuul Mehta is that he’s very punctual and he comes before time also on the sets. Initially, 10 years ago things were different. Initially, he used to be late and I would be on time. Now, it’s changed that he’s on time and I am the one who’s late. I’ve to learn it but I will not (laughs). He is a very good actor and I learn so much from him on set.
A quality you like about Disha Parmar
Nakuul Mehta: I think her best quality is that she has a very easy vibe about her which I think is difficult to have in this industry. Once people do well and they succeed, they start building all these guards around them. I think it’s been the other way around. She was guarded when she joined the industry and now she knows herself better, easier in her skin. It is very easy to work with her. I love that and that’s one of the most important qualities I look for in people with whom I would like to work with.
Nakuul on the secret behind their crackling chemistry
Disha is very good at what she does. I am able to do my best because I get to work with her and she is very open to suggestions. I don’t have to think twice before suggesting something and it is the same with her. It is the most important factor about us being able to make our chemistry look good on-screen. It is the major factor because there is no pretence or I want to show off how good I am in a scene. We don’t need to show off to each other. We are always working towards how both of us can work better so that the scene is better. There’s no competition like this in my scenes and I want to kill it. We never think like that.
Nakuul recalls their first scene together in Bade Achhe Lagte…
Our first scene together was when I entered her house, it was a crazy scene. The scene came out so well and I think as soon as we did that we realised that something feels right.
Disha on their first meeting 10 years ago
Disha Parmar: We met for the first time In July, 2011 at Rajshri’s office. In July we met and in August we shot for the pilot episode. I remember him coming out of Kavita Barjatya’s office. That was when I met Nakuul for the first time.
Nakuul reveals he saw Disha’s audition video for Pyaar Ka Dard 10 years ago
I remember Kavita Barjatya, our first producer of Pyaar Ka Dard… she showed me her audition. I was already on for the show and she was like this is the girl we have liked. I saw her and I was wow man she’s so new, young, raw and she was really young. Then I remember meeting her when we shot close to Ahmedabad. My memories were that I used to come and say good morning to her and I would never hear Good morning from her because she was so soft.
