Kartik Aaryan refutes reports of facing any harassment in Bollywood: ‘Award le kar jaa raha hoon’

“Nahi, aisa kuch nahi hai. Koi pareshan nahi kar raha. (There’s nothing like that. Nobody’s harassing me),” Kartik quipped, adding, “Award le kar jaa raha hoon. (I’m walking away with an award),” he said.

The speculation about Kartik started last year with the news about Dharma Productions’ Dostana 2, opposite Janhvi Kapoor. The sequel to the hit 2008 film was announced in 2019. Owing to the Covid-19 pandemic, the filming had come to a standstill. However before the production house could resume, reports began to circulate that Kartik Aaryan and Karan Johar had a fallout, which culminated in the actor’s exit from the film. Neither person reacted to the reports. The development however reignited discussions around the ‘camps’ that supposedly exist in the film industry.

Recently, there was news that Kartik threatened to walk out of Shehzada, an official Bollywood remake of Telugu film Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo, starring Allu Arjun and Pooja Hegde. That’s because Kartik expressed displeasure over the producers of the original contemplating about re-releasing the Telugu movie’s Hindi dubbed version in theatres. As per reports, Kartik believed this would hamper the box office performance of his Shehzada. The co-producer of the original, who was ready to release the dubbed version in Hindi, had called Kartik’s behaviour “unprofessional.”

Kartik has maintained a stoic silence on both the occasions. His last release was Dhamaka, directed by Aarya fame Ram Madhvani, where his performance received rave reviews.

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