“Pasoori Nu” from Kartik Aaryan’s newest film is getting backlash on social media. But it was the same social media that showed Aaryan the route to become an actor… 👀
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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.
01:58To 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.