"If Kartik can balance his personal naughtiness with his professional talent, he will be a force to reckon with for a long time," Aziz added. Kartik is very close to his family, he wants to do everything he can for them. There's a side to him that is capable of being naughty.” On a personal level, he said, "I have known him for many years when we both hadn't climbed very high on the success ladder. "We come from the same school of comedy," said Aziz. His upcoming films are promising: 'Bhool Bhulaiya 2' with Anees Bazmee, 'Shehzada' with Rohit Dhawan, 'Freedy' with Shashanka Ghose - the film formerly called Satyanarayan ki Katha produced by Sajid Nadiadwala - and 'Captain India' with Hansal Mehta.Īziz, who directed him in 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' in 2019, said collaborating with him professionally is great fun as he understands the commercial element of comedies while maintaining the balance without veering into crassness. The box-office success also marked his departure from a potential career as the king of B-grade bromances. His film 'Sonu ke Titu ki Sweety' (2018) made over ₹100 (Dh4.93) crore at the box office. He is not above talking of his "struggle", living in an apartment with 11 others, cooking for everyone, giving auditions and getting rejected. He is an engineering graduate from the DY Patil College of Engineering in Navi Mumbai. Kartik is the son of a Gwalior-based doctor couple. It is clear that Kartik will do anything to gain the advantage, whether it is flash his new Lamborghini or be chased by paparazzi with a trophy girlfriend. It's taken a while for Kartik to be considered a contender in the industry which is still very much ruled by princesses and princelings. The director added that the ensemble cast of Amruta Subhash, Vikas Kumar and Soham Majumdar helped Kartik bounce off energy. He doesn't want to play plain vanilla characters," said Madhvani. "We'd had many conversations and Kartik wanted to do dramatic work and break out of the likeable, lover boy mould. He had watched 'The Terror Live', the South Korean film from which 'Dhamaka' is adapted, and recommended it. Madhvani said 'Dhamaka' was in fact Kartik's idea. In a world where hypocrisy abounds and everyone is eager to please, Kartik has managed to make powerful enemies, dropping out of 'Dostana 2', after being courted on the 'Koffee with Karan' couch by no less than Karan Johar - one of the industry's most influential filmmakers.Įven as Johar has let it be known that he considers Kartik's behaviour unprofessional, the actor has gone ahead and wooed other producers. It's been quite a while since Bollywood has been faced with a newcomer who is so unabashedly in the service of his own rising stardom. He also says he looks out for himself, above all else, " as must we all in this industry". But there's always a little counsel.Īsk Mudassar Aziz, who speaks highly of his 'Pati Patni Aur Woh' star and his sense of comedy. "I’m so proud of him (Kartik) today that he is now counted in the galaxy of stars," he added.īut Ghai has a word of advice for Kartik: he must work with good, smart directors and producers if he wants to be a long-term player in the industry.Īlmost everyone has a good word for Kartik, whose star is on the ascendant after 10 years of playing the boy next-door with a solid performance in Ram Madhvani's 'Dhamaka', an angry take on the business-politics-media network in the country. 'Kaanchi' was a story of a girl, said Ghai, but Kartik stood out with his part as a performer and people loved him. He was working on just one film, 'Pyaar ka Punchnama' - the first of his films with Luv Ranjan that launched him as the poster boy of sexist bromances. ''He also requested if he could be my assistant director and I obliged," said Ghai. Ghai found him to be a good student, eager to learn more as an actor. I cast him without an audition because it was upto me to make him perform," the veteran director-producer recalled. He was humble, polite with a promising face. "I liked his face and smile, so I called him.
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