Kartik Aaryan & Luv Ranjan Movies Together List — 4 Films

The shape of the work

The 2010s account for 75% of everything they made together. The 2010s belonged to Pyar ka Punchnama; the 2020s to Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar. Never on the same side of the camera — Kartik Aaryan actor, Luv Ranjan director, across all 4 films. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• Luv Ranjan cast Kartik Aaryan in 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' (2011) after seeing him in a college play. Kartik was a total unknown — the film literally launched his career.
• Kartik's signature rapid-fire monologue in 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama' was entirely his own improvisation. Luv Ranjan let him run with it on set — that 7-minute rant became the film's most iconic scene.
• The success of 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2' (2015) — a surprise hit — directly greenlit Luv Ranjan's next project 'Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety' (2018), which turned Kartik into a mainstream star. Without this film, no 'Sweety'.
• Kartik and Luv Ranjan had a falling out after 'Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2'. Kartik skipped the film's success party, and they didn't speak for years. They only reconciled in 2021 for 'Shehzada'.
• Kartik once said about Luv Ranjan: 'He gave me my first break when nobody else would even look at me. I owe my entire career to that one phone call.'