Shamita and Raqesh can be seen in the video smiling and blushing as they take a selfie. “Hello everyone,” the actress says, to which Raqesh responds, “Howz you guys!” Raqesh appears to have cracked a joke in Shamita’s ear, causing her to burst out laughing.

Both of them are dressed to the nines. Raqesh complements Shamita in white kurta pyjamas, while Shamita looks stunning in a pink and white outfit.

Fans couldn’t stop gushing about them and their relationship. “We love ShaRa,” one person said, while another added, “U both look so so adorable #shara.”

Raqesh Bapat and Shamita Shetty have also made their relationship public on Instagram. The star shared a photo of himself and his date from their dinner date. Shamita was photographed on the dinner table clutching Raqesh’s hand. Raqesh just wrote “U and I” in the caption, along with a red love emoji and the hashtag “ShaRa.”

SPOTBOYE spoke to Raqesh Bapat’s sister Sheetal who had something exciting to say about her brother’s journey in the show hosted by Karan Johar.

Talking to SpotboyE.com exclusively Sheetal said, “It feels proud to see Raqesh challenge himself and reach this far and gain a lot of love and acceptance for who he is.  I can actually understand how tough this journey was for him and am excited to talk to him once he is out. We all have been missing him a lot”

Sheetal also defended her brother who was termed ‘sexist’ by host Karan Johar. “His words were taken out of context and used against him.  My brother and I have been working together in the field of girl child education, counselling and rehabilitation of domestic violence survivors, and various training for gender stereotypes and changing gender narratives in society.  I know my brother and I know that the language used for him is very strong and he’s being labelled for all the wrong reasons”.

She further added, “It’s a fact that men most of the time are physically stronger than women and the conversation was in the context of a task, when taken out of context, it has a completely different meaning.  Also, the context was about two housemates but the entire conversation has been taken out of context and the facts change when they aren’t in context. Raqesh has always believed in women empowerment”.

Ridhi Dogra reacted to her tweet and wrote, “Again!? Excuse me. Kindly don’t make loose comments. Peace Out.” To that, Kashmera tweeted, “Ok then @ridhidogra on his way to becoming a henpecked husband for the first time @RaQesh19 peace out ex wife.”

Recently in an interview with Times of India, Kashmera opened up about her comments on Raqesh Bapat. She said, “I feel Raqesh is not very vocal about his feelings and what he wants to say. I even tweeted about it this morning, regarding the last debate task in the house. He didn’t take a stand or give his view while the entire task was about that. I think Raqesh has no game of his own and I don’t support people who sit on the fence. I like him as a person on screen and would like to watch him on TV and films, but not on a reality show. He is the kind of a person who does not speak his mind on the show but would talk about it after getting back home.”

She further added that “He also doesn’t take a stand for Shamita Shetty who is his lady love and I really feel for her because she is the one who has openly expressed her feelings and I appreciate that. I feel Shamita deserves a person who takes a stand for her because she has that fire in her.”

Furthermore, talking about Ridhi’s response to her tweet, Kashmera said that she is glad that Ridhi Dogra took her ex-husband’s side and that they are still best friends. “Once the show is over, my relationship with Raqesh and Ridhi will have no friendship or enmity,” she said.

It looks like, they are all set to take their relationship to the next level. In the latest episode, Raqesh confessed his feelings to Shamita and said ‘I love you’, leaving her speechless. Both were sitting on a bed when Shamita started to playfully choke him. ‘Kill me, I don’t want to live,’ said Raqesh in Hindi. She then asked, ‘What is your problem?’ and he replied, “You are my biggest problem. When I get out of here, I’ll have to rely on alcohol to help me bear you.”

“Say something nice,” Shamita told him, and after the actor took a pause for a few minutes, she yelled, “You’re taking so long to say something nice, you a**.” Raqesh then told her to let him think as he wanted to word himself correctly. Shamita then complained, “You don’t say nice things about me very often.” Shamita then kept asking him for compliments, and he said, “Je t’aime” – “I love you” in French. She was stunned and asked him, “Do you even know what je t’aime means?” and Raqesh said he does

With it’s OTT version being in full swing during it’s very first season already, we get to witness changing emotions and equations between the housemates, especially after the tables have turned, and all the contestants have gone solo, breaking free from their connections and the previous theme of ‘#stayconnected’.

What deemed to be today’s highlight of the show, was the silent conversation between newly formed alliance, Divya Agarwal and Muskan Jattana, as they take forward their discussion by jotting down their thoughts on a white board as instructed by Bigg Boss.

Neha Bhasin trys to mock her best friend, Raqesh Bapat, by taking a dig at his sly and silent gameplay, and talks about his changing stance and behaviour towards his own people, leaving the latter petrified and aghast, who then justifies that he never ever had a stance on the show.

Seeing him frustrated, Raqesh’s connection, Shamita Shetty tries to comfort him and urges him to let go of his thoughts that he’s been clinging upto since a very long time, and loosen himself up to her. She expects him to be more open and clarify what bothers him and consumes him from deep within.

Shamita also breaks down while revealing a past tragedy, when she lost her first boyfriend in a car accident at the mere age of 18. She wants Raqesh to have her back and stand by her, the way she does for him against Pratik Sehajpal and even her own friend, Neha.