Young
actor
Kartik
Tiwari
is
asked
to
keep
a
low
profile
in
the
promotions
of
his
forthcoming
film,
Subhash
Ghai's
Kaanchi.
It
may
be
a
planned
strategy
but
the
filmmaker
guarantees
that
the
actor's
character
has
its
own
importance
in
the
story.
Kartik,
best
known
for
his
monologue
in
Pyaar
Ka
Punchnama,
was
also
nowhere
to
be
seen
until
the
closing
moments
of
a
Kaanchi
special
episode
of
TV
show
Comedy
Nights
With
Kapil,
which
had
Ghai,
his
protegee
Mishti
and
veteran
actor
Mithun
Chakraborty
as
guests.
A
source
close
to
the
show
said,
"We
were
instructed
to
bring
on
Kartik
only
at
the
end
of
the
show
and
to
focus
on
Ghai,
his
latest
protegee
Mishti
and
Mithunda."
Kartik
says
his
lack
of
presence
in
the
promotions
could
be
attributed
to
the
fact
that
the
movie
is
woman-centric.
"If
the
film
was
called
'Kaancha'
or
'Kaancha-Kaanchi',
I'd
have
been
equally
prominent
in
the
publicity," he
said.
However,
the
truth
is
that
Ghai
has
big
plans
for
him.
A
prominent
filmmaker
who
wants
to
sign
Kartik
says
the
star
aspirant
is
being
deliberately
being
kept
under
wraps.
"I
saw
'Pyaar
Ka
Punchnama'
and
was
impressed
enough
by
Kartik
to
want
to
sign
him
for
one
of
my
productions.
However,
I
was
told
he
was
under
an
exclusive
contract
for
Subhash
Ghai's
next.
So
I
waited.
Now
Kartik
is
being
kept
back
as
the
film's
'bandh
mutthi'." The
logic
of
Kaanchi
being
a
woman-centric
film
doesn't
make
sense
for
this
producer-director,
who
didn't
wish
to
be
named.
"Queen
and
Revolver
Rani
are
Kangana
Ranaut's
films
through
and
through.
Yet,
we
see
Kangana's
leading
men
Rajkummar
Rao
and
Vir
Das
next
to
Kangana
at
every
public
event.
There
is
no
logic
to
leaving
Kartik
out
of
the
publicity
just
because
the
new
girl
(Mishti)
is
the
central
character
in
'Kaanchi'.
I'm
sure
Subhashji
has
a
plan."
When
asked
about
Kartik,
Ghai
the
'Showman' said:
"I
was
looking
at
dozens
of
faces
to
play
the
male
lead
in
'Kaanchi'.
When
I
saw
Kartik,
I
knew
I
had
found
my
hero.
The
film
is
named
after
the
girl.
But
Kartik's
character
is
very
important."