Dhamaka: Kartik Aaryan as Arjun Pathak in Neerja fame Ram Madhvani's next

Actor Kartik Aaryan on Monday shared the first look of his character in Neerja director Ram Madhvani’s new film, Dhamaka. The actor plays a journalist in the film.

Sharing the picture, Kartik wrote: “Miliye #ArjunPathak se #Dhamaka.” The picture showed Kartik in a spectacled avatar - he is sporting a western former suit but his blue shirt had blood stains on it. He has a bearded look, with a thick stubble and moustache. His hair too is long, quite unlike his looks in any of his previous films.

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Dhamaka will tell the story of the inner workings of a TV channel, particularly during a coverage of a live event. On his birthday in November this year, Kartik had made the announcement about the film and shared a poster too. It showed a side profile of him in a similar profile, looking at a burning bridge at the far end of the poster.

Kartik was last seen in Imtiaz Ali’s Love Aaj Kal, a sequel of the 2009 film of the same name. The film turned out to be dud at the box office and halted his golden run since Sonu Ki Titu Ki Sweetie.