How Kartik Aaryan found fame

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00:00I used to get rejected every day.

00:01I used to make an outfit and sell it the next day.

00:11Problem?

00:12The problem is that she's a girl.

00:22You want to talk before you sleep or after you wake up?

00:24Doesn't your day end?

00:31You're done.

00:34Go.

00:45I think social media...

00:47Has helped me out to become an actor.

00:49Because it was Facebook, through Facebook, and...

00:52Yeah. Only Facebook and Google that I used to look for.

00:55I used to look for auditions.

00:56Because I didn't know anyone, I used to search for it.

00:58I used to type keywords like actors required or casting calls on Facebook and Google.

01:02And then go from New Bombay to Bombay.

01:04And New Bombay also, my journey from Gwalior to New Bombay was

01:08because I wanted to be an actor.

01:10And to be close to Mumbai.

01:13That was the only option that I could have, you know, come up with.

01:16And told my parents. Because my parents...

01:18Because mummy and papa didn't want you to do it.

01:19Mummy and papa didn't want me to become an actor.

01:20Why would you pick engineering? It's really tough.

01:22Like you really have to study a lot.

01:23It was easy. Biotech is easy.

01:25So, I got an admission in another college which was in another city.

01:29Yes.

01:29And there, thankfully, my parents couldn't give the bank guarantee.

01:33Yes.

01:34The fees.

01:34Yes.

01:35So, they were really sad because they couldn't give the bank guarantee.

01:38And I was celebrating inside.

01:40Yes.

01:41I'm not... I don't have to go to that.

01:42I don't have to go to that college.

01:44So, then you went to some other Mysore college or somewhere.

01:46No, I didn't go there. This was Ujjain College.

01:49Yes.

01:49I had to forego the seat.

01:52And then finally, New Bombay.

01:53Yes.

01:54Where I finally got my admission.

01:55And then from there, I used to travel.

01:57Up and down.

01:58To the auditions.

01:59And I used to get rejected every day.

02:01I used to get rejected every day.

02:04Were you not fit?

02:05I was fit. According to me, I was fit.

02:08But they were not thinking you were fit.

02:09They were not thinking that I was fit.

02:11And also, you stayed in an apartment with 12 people.

02:13Yes, sir.

02:14How many bedrooms did that apartment have?

02:16Two bedrooms.

02:1712 people in two bedrooms.

02:18Four in living room, four in one and four in the other one.

02:20What?

02:21So, we were like a happy family.

02:23It was a struggle.

02:24How do four people stay in one room in J&K?

02:26I don't know.

02:27We used to lie on top of each other.

02:31No, but we..

02:31All boys.

02:32All boys.

02:33All boys, all were struggling.

02:34And I heard that all were actors.

02:36All wanted to be an actor.

02:37And you used to cook, I believe.

02:38For everybody.

02:39I just liked cooking.

02:40I just loved cooking.

02:41So, somebody just wrote that..

02:42..I used to cook for money.

02:45That wasn't the case.

02:46You were not getting money, right?

02:47No, I was getting money for cooking.

02:49You started a Dhaba.

02:50Somebody wrote that in an interview.

02:52So, but I love cooking.

02:54So, that's what I used to do.

02:56And..

02:57But it was..

02:58Sir, I was really happy when I was with them also.

03:01So, it's been a..

03:02Actually, it's been quite a struggle..

03:03..how you are 28 years old right now.

03:05And this all began about five, six years ago?

03:07This began nine years back.

03:09Nine years ago.

03:10When I was around 19, maybe.

03:12Where do you slot yourself, Kartik?

03:13Where do you want to be?

03:14Because you've done a lot of these interesting roles..

03:17..which requires you to be this kind of mumbling..

03:19..kind of cute, kind of funny..

03:22..you know, boy next door kind of vibe.

03:24Do you want to take..

03:25..do you want to break that stereotype and go beyond it?

03:28Or are you going to leverage this for the moment?

03:31Sir, I'm going to do both the things.

03:32I mean, I've thought of it and I want to do..

03:35..I want to continue what I've been doing..

03:36..with Sonu, Titu or Panchnama.

03:38And I want to do something else as well.

03:40So, that is something my focus point would be from here on.

03:43And thankfully, now I'm getting those kind of scripts..

03:46..or options to choose from.

03:48And..

03:49And now is the time, maybe my options would reflect..

03:52..reflect upon what, you know, what comes in the future.

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