Kartik Aaryan carries his first National Award to Lalbaugcha Raja, places it at Bappa’s feet after big win. Watch
Here's the latest update from the Bollywood world:
On Tuesday, Bollywood star Kartik Aaryan was honoured with the National Award for Best Star for his performance in Chandu Champion . A day after receiving the prestigious honour, the star visited Lalbaugcha Raja in Mumbai to seek Lord Ganesha’s blessings and celebrate the special milestone.
Adding to this, Kartik Aaryan seeks blessings at Lalbaugcha Raja after National Award win. Kartik Aaryan visits Lalbaugcha Raja On Wednesday, Kartik was spotted at the Lalbaugcha Raja pandal dressed in a traditional kurta. The star also carried his National Award with him as he arrived to offer prayers. He first bowed before Lord Ganesha and sought Bappa’s blessings before placing his National Award at the deity’s feet. Kartik also shared a picture from her Lalbaugcha Raja visit and wrote, “My Sukh-karta dukh-harta. Blessed beyond words. Thank you bappa!!”
Meanwhile, Kartik won his first National Award for Best Star for his portrayal of India’s first Paralympic gold medallist, Murlikant Petkar, in Chandu Champion. He shared the award with Mammootty, who won for his performance in Bramayugam. Directed by Kabir Khan, the biographical sports drama was rolled out in 2024 and also featured Vijay Raaz, Bhuvan Arora, Yashpal Sharma and Rajpal Yadav in key roles. While the movie underperformed at the ticket-window, Kartik’s performance received critical acclaim.
Notably, View this post on Instagram A post shared by KARTIK AARYAN (@kartikaaryan)
As per the latest buzz, View this post on Instagram A post shared by BollywoodNow (@bollywoodnow)
In further updates, Sharing a video of the moment his name was called on stage to receive the award, Kartik wrote a long caption. He began, "Looking back affectionately with a smile at that mumma’s boy from Gwalior who dared to dream of becoming an star from an environment, where people laugh at such dreams and move on. Finally, I witnessed and lived the moment... still numb with excitement and nervousness."
On top of that, He added, "A dream of a small town boy...the dream of every star in the country...The National Award for Best Star🎖️ ‘Chandu Nahi, Champiyon hai Main’ 🥹💪I will always be grateful and indebted to Kabir sir and Sajid sir for trusting me with the responsibility of playing India’s first Paralympic Gold Champion- Murlikant Petkar sir on the big screen. The journey was extremely painful, but the result is as sweet as rasmalai! I feel humbled and emotional at the same time."
Kartik shared that the constant companions throughout his journey had been his belief in himself, his parents’ blessings, unconditional love and support, his friends’ encouragement whenever he was losing hope, and his team, which worked tirelessly to make his professional life smoother. He thanked everyone who had been part of what he described as an "impossible journey".
Source: Hindustan Times