33 Facts About Kartik Aaryan

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Kartik Aaryan went on to star in the romances Akaash Vani and Kaanchi, but these failed to propel his career forward.

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Kartik Aaryan gained further prominence by starring in the romantic comedies Luka Chuppi and Pati Patni Aur Woh, and the comedy horror film Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2.

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Kartik Aaryan played against type in the thrillers Dhamaka and Freddy.

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Kartik Aaryan appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of 2019.

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Kartik Aaryan has said that he would skip his classes and travel for two hours to attend auditions.

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Kartik Aaryan began a modelling career while in university and after three years of unsuccessfully auditioning for films, he did an acting course from the Kreating Charakters institute.

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Kartik Aaryan informed his parents of his desire to become an actor only after he signed his first film.

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Kartik Aaryan found a casting call for the film on Facebook and secured the role after auditioning for six months.

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Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV disliked the film but wrote that Kartik Aaryan "exudes strong screen presence and shows flashes of qualities needed to be a mainstream Bollywood lover boy".

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In 2015, Kartik Aaryan starred in Ranjan's comedy sequel Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, which retained some of the original's cast, including him and Bharucha, and added the actors Omkar Kapoor and Sunny Singh.

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Kartik Aaryan has a likeable vibe, but that gets drowned in Rawal's perennial farting.

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Kartik Aaryan's breakthrough came in 2018 when he collaborated with Ranjan and Bharucha for the fourth time in Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, which reunited him with Singh.

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Vetticad of Firstpost took note of the film's homosexual undertones but panned it as a "dreary woman-hate-fest" and thought that Kartik Aaryan was "tiresome and hammy" in it.

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Once again addressing the criticisms, Kartik Aaryan said that portraying women as negative characters did not amount to misogyny just as casting men in villainous roles did not amount to misandry.

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Kartik Aaryan won the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Comic Role.

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Kartik Aaryan believed that the success of Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety allowed him to choose from a wider variety of roles.

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Kartik Aaryan was drawn to Luka Chuppi, a satire on live-in relationships in small-town India, for depicting social issues through comedy.

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Kartik Aaryan next starred alongside Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Panday in the comedy Pati Patni Aur Woh, a remake of the 1978 film of the same name.

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Anupama Chopra considered the film to be less misogynistic than the original; she wrote that Kartik Aaryan "enthusiastically commits" to his part but added that he had been overshadowed by his leading ladies.

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Kartik Aaryan played dual roles of young men in 1990 and 2020, opposite Arushi Sharma and Sara Ali Khan, respectively, after working on the mannerisms and body language of the characters to differentiate them from each other.

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Kartik Aaryan was cast by Dharma Productions in the comedy sequel Dostana 2, but after filming for 20 days, he was fired.

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In 2021, Kartik Aaryan starred in Ram Madhvani's thriller Dhamaka, a remake of the Korean film The Terror Live.

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Kartik Aaryan temporarily lost his voice while filming its climax sequence.

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Kartik Aaryan next played the titular role of a socially awkward dentist with a dark past in the psychological thriller Freddy, which released on Disney+ Hotstar.

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Reviewers for India Today and Hindustan Times were appreciative of Kartik Aaryan for playing against his comic and romantic image.

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In 2023, Kartik Aaryan starred in a remake of the Telugu action film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, titled Shehzada.

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Kartik Aaryan has co-hosted the 2018 IIFA Awards with Ayushmann Khurrana, and the 2019 Zee Cine Awards with Vicky Kaushal.

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In 2016, Kartik Aaryan became a member of the All Stars Football Club, which organises football matches for charity.

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Kartik Aaryan participated with several other celebrities, including Ranbir Kapoor, for a tournament held in New Delhi the following year.

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Kartik Aaryan was scheduled to take part in the club's next tournament, held in Singapore in 2018, but had to back out after dislocating his toe during practice.

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In 2018, Kartik Aaryan raised awareness on plastic pollution during World Environment Day.

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Kartik Aaryan was placed eighth in The Times of Indias listing of the country's most desirable men of 2018.

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Kartik Aaryan held the 12th spot in the next two years.