Shamita Shetty and Raqesh Bapat’s love story had begun inside Bigg Boss OTT. From being each other’s partners for the game to becoming lovers, Shamita and Raqesh’s brewing romance was the talk of the town. When Shamita had participated in Bigg Boss 15, she had dearly missed Raqesh, enough that he had come inside the house for her. When he had to leave the house, owing to his health conditions, Shamita was left devastated. However, over time, she became a strong contestant on the show, and now her future-nanad, Sheetal Bapat penned an appreciation note for her.
After the wrap of Bigg Boss OTT, Raqesh and Shamita had made their relationship official. On September 24, 2021, Raqesh Bapat and Shamita Shetty were spotted at her sister, Shilpa Shetty Kundra’s restaurant, Bastian for a date. Later, he had shared a picture from their dinner date, holding each other’s hand on the dinner table, on his IG handle. Raqesh had captioned the picture as “U and I," with a red heart emoji and a hashtag that read '#ShaRa', the nickname given by their fans.
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As Bigg Boss 15 has been extended for two weeks, during the captaincy task, beating all the VIPs, Shamita Shetty became the new captain of the house. Her efforts were appreciated by her fans, and amongst all, it was her beau, Raqesh Bapat’s sister, Sheetal Bapat, who penned an appreciation post for her future-bhabhi. Sheetal has been supporting Shamita since the beginning of the reality show and taking to her Twitter handle, she congratulated the actress. She tweeted:
"Well done @ShamitaShetty keep shining all the way! Our wait for puran poli is extended though TROPHY KI HAQDAAR SHAMITA #ShamitaShetty".
Earlier, in an interview with ETimes TV, Sheetal Bapat had talked about her brother, Raqesh Bapat’s relationship with Shamita Shetty. Sharing that they look cute together and their equation is good, Sheetal had said:
"I think it's cute.. what the two of them share. Their equation is looking good. We are a close-knit family but when it comes to personal choices, we don’t say anything".
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On January 10, 2022, a video clip from the last Weekend Ka Vaar episode had gone viral where Neha Bhasin was seen teasing and pulling her favourite contestant, Shamita Shetty's leg. In the video, she had said, "Raqa aapko yaad kar raha hai lekin usne nayi girlfriend bana li hai." Later, she had added that it was a joke. Listening to this, Shamita Shetty had gone blank and with a shocking expression, she had said:
“Kya, mere ko heartattack mat de."
During the first month of Bigg Boss 15, Jay Bhanushali was seen teasing Shamita Shetty with Raqesh Bapat’s name. He had asked her to strike a pose of a new bride and speak a Marathi dialogue for Raqesh. Shamita had looked at the camera, blushingly, and had said, “Aaho, aaika na”, which means “Please listen.” Her love for Raqesh was clearly evident. Further, Tejasswi Prakash, Vidhi Pandya and others had joined Jay in teasing Shamita. Tejasswi had also added that the new bride prepares ‘pohe’, the Maharashtrian special breakfast, the next morning. Listening to this, Shamita had turned red from blushing.
For the unversed, Raqesh Bapat was earlier married to Ridhi Dogra and they had parted ways in 2019.
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