Actor Kartik Aaryan rose to fame with Pyaar Ka Punchnama and is currently enjoying the success of his latest film Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety.
“I am in a very good space in Bollywood right now. I am loving it and all the love that people have been giving me from within the industry and outside too... I do feel that I am [a] bankable [actor]. I am loving it and I hope I do satisfy everybody’s needs,” Aaryan said.
Hailing from Madhya Pradesh, Aaryan, 29, made it big with his performance in Luv Ranjan’s comedy Pyaar Ka Punchnama in 2011. His endearing character was praised for being relatable to young men.
Talking about realism in films nowadays, he said: “It all depends upon your content. It can be a fictional character and yet relatable... It always depends on the content of the film and what you are doing.”
All the characters he has played until now have been described as having an image of a lover boy and a heartthrob.
“I love the chocolate boy image. I love my heartthrob image. I don’t want to change anything... Why should I change it when I am the only ‘bromantic’ hero? I have created my own niche. Things are somewhere falling on their own also and it is also my decisions also in life,” Aaryan said.
“But if a script comes my way which is different, I need to like that and character. It does not need to depend on the genre,” he said.
With entering the Rs100 crore (Rs1 billion, Dh53 million) club with Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety, does he feel pressurised for his future projects?
“Nobody thought that it [the film] would [enter] Rs 100 crore [club]. But the moment it happened now everyone is expecting from me to give Rs100 crore films back to back, which I also want but you have to be reasonable,” he said.
The Guest Iin London actor said even if his films don’t cross the benchmark he would be happy if its distributors and producers get the money back and their profit.
“I want to my films to make Rs200 crore and Rs300 crore also but I have to be reasonable. I cannot put pressure on myself that I have delivered a Rs100 crore film and now I have to give it again or it will not be successful. Films that earn Rs50 crore or Rs60 crore are successful too,” he stressed.
He will now star alongside actress Kriti Sanon in the upcoming film Luka Chuppi, produced by Dinesh Vijan.
