Kartik Aaryan is celebrating his 30th birthday today

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Kartik Aaryan is celebrating his 30th birthday today. From a regular Gwalior boy to one of the most sought-after actors in Bollywood, Kartik’s journey has been an inspiring one. As a 19-year-old, the actor achieved overnight fame with his now-legendary monologue from his debut film, Luv Ranjan’s Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011). It has been over nine years since the film released, but Kartik is still asked to deliver the catchy monologue in public. It is not without a reason that he proudly calls himself the ‘Punchnama Baby’ in his Twitter bio.

The journey that began with Pyaar Ka Punchnama has been full of downs as many of his films that released after that failed to work at the box office. It then took Kartik a Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety (another Ranjan directorial) to regain his lost form and deliver a bona fide box-office success. The film became Kartik’s first Rs 100-crore grosser and eventually, his doorway to elite groups of Bollywood. Today, he has some of the most talked-about projects in his kitty including Bhool Bhulaiyaa 2 and Dostana 2.

Needless to mention, the net worth of the actor – once a middle-class boy – has seen a dramatic growth in the last couple of years. Today, he is worth $ 5.2 million, which is roughly Rs 41 crore in Indian currency. His 2019 earnings alone stood at Rs 10.38 crore as he achieved the 67th rank on the Forbes India Celebrity 100 list. While the actor is known for his humble lifestyle, he is quite into luxury cars. It was in January this year that he had bought his mom a convertible Mini Cooper, which costs around Rs 40 lakh.