In his 10-film-old career, Kartik Aaryan has mostly worked with new-age filmmakers and has often found success. 

However, a lesser-known fact about him is that before making it big in the Hindi film industry as a leading man, Kartik also played a supporting role in veteran filmmaker Subhash Ghai’s last directorial Kaanchi: The Unbreakable. 

Starring Mishti in the titular role, the film also featured Rishi Kapoor and Mithun Chakraborty. 

Ahead of the release of the film in 2014, Kartik had revealed in an interview that he filmed a passionate kissing scene with Mishti for which he took as many as 37 retakes. 

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During an interview with Filmfare, when Kartik was asked about sharing a kiss with Mishti doing 37 retakes, he blushed and joked saying that Mishti 'kept making mistakes deliberately' and also stated that he was about to ask Subhash Ghai to show him how to ace a passionate kissing scene. 

He said, “Maybe, Mishti deliberately kept making mistakes. Subhash ji wanted a passionate kiss. I didn’t know how to kiss. I was about to ask him, ‘Sir please show me how to do it!’. I never thought a kissing scene would be such a headache. We behaved like lovers that day. Towards the end, Subhash ji was happy that we finally got it.” 

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However, this wasn’t Kartik’s first on-screen kiss as he had shared a few kisses in his debut film Pyaar Ka Punchnama with co-star Nushrratt Bharuccha. 

As for the film Kaanchi, it was a commercial and critical disaster. 

After his debut film, Kartik faced back to back box office setbacks as two of his films Aakash Vaani and Kaanchi flopped at the box office. 

It was his fourth film, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, a sequel to his debut film that became a big success. 

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He then starred in Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety that changed the game for him, as he is now one of the most sought-after young stars in the Hindi film industry.

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