Gautami Kapoor Says She ‘Banged Phone’ After Ram Kapoor Revealed 'Kiss Scene' With Sakshi Tanwar

Actor Gautami Kapoor has spoken candidly about her reaction to husband Ram Kapoor’s much-discussed intimate scene with Sakshi Tanwar in the popular television show Bade Achhe Lagte Hain. In an interview with Siddharth Kannan, Gautami revisited the moment she first learned about the scene and addressed the controversy that followed Ram’s comments about producer Ekta Kapoor.

‘It Was the Truth, Just Misinterpreted’

Gautami stood firmly by Ram Kapoor’s earlier statement, saying that what he said about the scene “was the truth” and that it had been “just misinterpreted.” She added that Ekta Kapoor may have been referring to another situation or a different actor altogether when she reacted publicly last year. Praising Ekta, Gautami called her a “phenomenal maker” and said the producer has

always had “a lot of clarity” in her creative decisions.

Recalling the moment she first heard about the intimate scene, Gautami revealed that the call came in the early hours of the morning. “I got the call at 2.30 am. I was a mother who was breastfeeding at that time. So when I got the call at 2.30-3 am saying that, ‘Listen baby, this is what has happened’, my first reaction was I kept the phone on Ram. I was like, ‘What?’ I kept the phone on Ram. I didn’t even want to think further,” she said.

Gautami shared that after the initial shock, she took time to introspect whether her reaction had been fair. “I took that time to really reflect on whether it was right for me to bang the phone. Because, see, he was working for a relentless number of hours, day in and day out. There were days when he wouldn’t come home, 24 hours, 48 hours. The workload used to be so much on television. It gave me time to reflect that what am I doing,” she added.

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain, produced by Ekta Kapoor, starred Ram Kapoor and Sakshi Tanwar as Ram and Priya. The intimate scene, which featured an on-screen kiss, was considered unprecedented on Indian television at the time. Speaking last year, Ram had said, “Ekta’s the one who wrote the scene, wanted us to do the scene. I told Ekta, ‘Are you sure you want to do this? Television mein kabhi hua nahi (It never happened on television). We were the first kiss of television, which is a big thing.”

He further added, “And three generations watch (the show) together… but Ekta was very confident ki wo karna hai (we have to do that). She trusted us. I said, ‘Okay, I’ll first get a go-ahead from my wife… Fir maine Sakshi ko bola ki (then I told Sakshi) look, I will handle Ekta, if you have a problem, tell me….Uske baad jo hua Ekta ne jhela (After that, whatever happened, Ekta faced the heat).”

Following Ram’s remarks, Ekta Kapoor took to Instagram Stories and wrote, without naming him, “Unprofessional actors giving interviews about my shows shud shut up! False information N skewed stories. Can only last till. I talk’…… but there is dignity in silence.”

Bade Achhe Lagte Hain premiered in 2011 and became a massive hit. Ram and Sakshi were later replaced by Nakuul Mehta and Disha Parmar in the show’s second season.