Actor Kartik Aaryan opened up about his complicated relationship with money, and that a lot of it was informed by his youth. Kartik said that his parents were always ‘EMI people’, and had taken out loans to fund their careers. And because he’d grown up in an environment where his parents always owed money, he vowed to make enough of it so that their family could live comfortably.
In an interview with Raj Shamani, Kartik was asked how his life has changed after stardom. He said, “I have always had a big ‘ladai’ with money. Growing up in Gwalior, we were in debt, because my parents had taken debts for their careers. It wasn’t like we were poor, but we weren’t rich. We were EMI people. In this sort of situation, every expense is calculated. For the longest time, we had more debt than income.”
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He continued, “Even when I came to Mumbai, I’d taken an education loan. Yeh loans waali life rahi hai, doston ke beech udhaari waali life rahi hai (Loans were a common part of life, borrowing money from friends was a regular thing). For the longest time, I was so accustomed to borrowing money from friends and telling them that I’d return it in a few days. When I came to Mumbai, I knew that I had to earn. I was tired of borrowing money, travelling by train…”
Kartik said that he was also very sure about wanting more expensive cars than he could realistically accommodate. He said that he has now scratched that itch. He also spoke about the money that he makes through films, and said that he earned Rs 70,000 for his first movie, Pyaar Ka Punchnama. At different times since then, Kartik has implied that he makes upwards of Rs 20 crore to Rs 40 crore per film.
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