Kartik Aaryan is an Indian actor and model. He came into limelight for his role as ‘Rajat Mridul’ (Rajjo) in the romantic comedy ‘Pyaar Ka Punchnama’.
Wiki/Biography
Kartik Tiwari was born on November 22, 1988 in a middle-class family in Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, India (age 35 in 2023). He attended St. Paul’s School and Kiddy School in Gwalior. He has dreamed of becoming an actor since he was in tenth grade. After completing 11th standard, he moved to Delhi in search of a job.
Since there were fewer opportunities in Delhi compared to Mumbai, he moved to Mumbai and enrolled in DY Patil College in Navi Mumbai to pursue a bachelor’s degree in biotechnology. He chose that college so he could attend all the auditions in town, where attendance wasn’t an issue. He used to stay in a college dormitory every day and walk to town for auditions. Kartik started working as a model before venturing into films.
appearance
Height (approximately): 6′
Hair color: black
Eye color: dark brown
family
Kartik belongs to a Hindu family.
Parents and siblings
His father Manish Tiwari is a pediatrician and his mother Mala Tiwari is a gynecologist. He has a sister, Kittu.
Relationships/Affairs
According to him, his first girlfriend left him because he wanted to be an actor. Kartik Aaryan is speculated to be dating his Pyaar Ka Punchnama costar Nushrat Bharucha.
Kartik is also rumored to be dating Fatima Sana Shaikh.
In July 2022, while promoting his talk show Koffee With Karan, Karan Jauhar revealed that Kartik Aaryan was dating Sara Ali Khan.
Kartik Aaryan briefly dated actor Ananya Panday. However, they later broke up. In an episode of Koffee With Karan Season 8, Ananya and Sara talked about dating Kartik Aaryan, who later expressed his views in an interview and advised not to discuss their relationship if things were not going well. He said,
Ek cheez mujhe lagti hai – relationship agar do logo ki hai toh dusre insaan ko bhi woh baatein nahi karni chahiye. Hum sab ko apni relationship ki respect karni chahiye (One thing I believe is that if the relationship is between two people, the other person should not talk about it. We all should respect our relationship).
Profession
Kartik made his acting debut in 2011 with Luv Ranjan’s Pyaar Ka Punchnama. The film did well at the box office and his performance in the film was also well received. He delivered a 5.29-minute monologue in the film, which was one of the longest sequences in a Bollywood film at the time.
He later appeared in Akaash Vani (2013) and Kaanchi: The Unbreakable (2014).
In 2015, Aryan starred in the sequel to his debut film Pyaar Ka Punchanama, which was a box-office hit. He also delivered a 7.80-minute monologue in the film, which was deeply loved by the audience.
After that, he starred in the Hindi comedy Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. The film was one of the highest-grossing films of 2018.
In 2019, he will star opposite Kriti Sanon in the romantic comedy Luka Chuppi.
Apart from acting, he is also the brand ambassador for Emami Fair and Handsome as well as Envy1000.
Awards
- Best Actor in a Comedy, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015)
- Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2 (2015) Most Entertaining Cast
- Dadasaheb Phalke won the Excellence Award for Entertainer of the Year for the film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (2018)
- Won the Masala Award for Best Actor for the movie “Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety” (2018)
- Vogue Beauty Awards Heartthrob of the Year (2018)
- PETA India honors Hottest Vegan Celebrity (2018)
car collection
Kartik owns many luxury cars, including the BMW 5 Series, Lamborghini Urus and McLaren GT. After the success of Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 (2022), he received a McLaren GT as a gift from Bhushan Kumar.
Favorites
- Food: Sindhi Curry with Zeera Rice, Chhole Bathure, Paav Bhaji, Gulab Jamun, Gajar Ka Halwa, Risotto, Fried Vegetables
- Movies: Rockstar, Delhi Belly, Gangs of Wasseypur, Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani
- Color: blue, black, white
- Fashion brands: Adidas Originals, Zara
- Destination: Canada, London, Calcutta
fact
- His hobbies include playing video games, photography, writing, watching football and table tennis.
- His friends affectionately call him “Koki”.
- If Kartik wasn’t an actor, he would be a scientist.
- His mother affectionately called him Gudu.
- According to Kartik, he would love to play the role of Ranbir Kapoor in the films “Rockstar” and “Yeh Jawani Hai Deewani”.
- Kartik dropped out of his engineering degree in his final year after being selected to star in his debut film Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011). The actor later appeared for his final year examinations and completed his degree.
- Although Kartik was a vegetarian, he ate 25 eggs a day for several days to gain weight for the shoot of the film Akaash Vani.
- Before making his debut as an actor in “Pyaar Ka Punchnama”, Kartik shared a 2 BHK apartment with 12 boys in Lokhandwala, Mumbai.
- Just before the release of his film Kaanchi, Kartik changed his name from Kartik Tiwari to Kartik Aaryan.
- Luv Ranjan noticed Kartik on Facebook and later he got a call to star in Pyaar Ka Punchnama.
- Karthik didn’t tell his parents about his acting aspirations until after his first film.
- Kartik often skipped classes to attend auditions. Once, his teacher said that if he could tell her name, she would pass him in the subject, but Kartik did not know her name and failed in the subject.
- According to Kartik, his mother managed his finances, including bank account transactions. Speaking about it in an interview, he said his mother didn’t want him to be spoiled, so she came up with the idea. Kartik further added that his mother gives him a monthly stipend. In the interview, he shared that when Kartik expressed his desire to buy a car, his mother had said that he had no money in his bank account. After this interview went viral on the Internet, it caused many reactions from netizens. While some expressed concerns about his future wife, some users commented on the challenges of Indian men refusing to grow up.
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