Mr. Cupid - Kartik Aaryan
The MAN|February 01, 2020
Kartik Aaryan is on a roll, particularly with millennial fans, most of them women. In this month of love, THE MAN deciphers the secret to his irresistible charm
Rukma Saluja
Mr. Cupid - Kartik Aaryan

GIRLS find you cute,” I stated the obvious.

“No, ” said Kartik Aaryan with a smirk. “Girls find me hot. It's the mummies and the aunties who find me cute. Daadis and naanis want me in their houses. Aunties and mummies invite me for meals and kitty parties. Pyara lagta hoon, cute lagta hoon.”

Putting Kartik Aaryan on the cover of the February issue of THE MAN was an acknowledgment of his heartthrob status with the millennials. Take his name and the reaction (from young women) seems almost uniform — an excited glint in the eyes, hand on the heart, a soft moan, his name on a soft sigh...

Just who is this Kartik Aaryan? This young actor who evokes the kind of reaction that film stars die for?

There's a sense of fun in him. He laughs easily and makes the most of the moment.

According to the Urban dictionary, a Casanova is a smooth-talking charmer who has mastered the art of finding, meeting, attracting and seducing beautiful women.

This seems true of him. Kartik loves his bike and is happily riding off somewhere with his date as pillion. He once presented a huge gift-wrapped box to date with a box inside a box that had milk chocolate in it. “I didn't have the money for a better gift,” he explains with a twinkle. “It was cute when I gave it.”

For all that there have been some bad dates. Largely due to his own admitted OCD. “I'm finicky about hygiene and this person didn't have it, particularly about food.” Additionally, he doesn't like pretentious people, claiming he's honest and straightforward.

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