Kartik Aaryan, who won rave reviews for his performance in Dhamaka, is among the most promising young stars of Bollywood. Last year, he was all over the news after his controversial exit from Karan Johar-produced Dostana 2. 

Following this, several reports suggested that he lost out on several other big films as well. However, nothing affected his popularity and he still owns a huge fan-following.

The Pyaar Ka Punchnama star recently attended an award function in Mumbai where he was asked about certain 'influential' people in Bollywood 'targeting' or 'harassing' him. On being asked about the trolling and targeting, Kartik replied, "I don't even read them". 

When someone from the press asked if he was being ‘bothered’ by someone in Bollywood, he replied and said, "There is nothing like that. Nobody is bothering me. Award le ke jaa raha hoon (I'm taking home an award)". 

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For the unversed, Dostana 2 was announced by Karan in 2019 with Kartik alongside Janhvi Kapoor and newbie Lakshya in the lead roles. However, last year in an official statement, Dharma Productions had revealed that Kartik is no more a part of the film due to professional circumstances.

Back then, there were speculations that the actor lost the film due to his "unprofessionalism". However, he too chose to keep mum about his ouster from the sequel to the 2008 hit. Since then, there has been no concrete update on Dostana 2 and it is being rumoured that the film has been shelved. 

Talking about his upcoming projects, the actor will next be seen in Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 co-starring Kiara Advani. He has also wrapped up shooting for Freddy with Alaya F and is currently busy with the Hindi remake of Allu Arjun's Ala Vaikunthapurramuloo titled Shehzada. Directed by Rohit Dhawan, the movie stars Kriti Sanon as the leading lady. 

He also has Satyanarayan Ki Katha and Captain India in his kitty.

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