{"id":622827,"date":"2026-04-22T04:36:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:36:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622827\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T04:36:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T04:36:09","slug":"vijay-varmas-king-of-pr-comment-about-kartik-aaryan-leaves-internet-divided-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/622827\/","title":{"rendered":"Vijay Varma&#8217;s &#8216;King of PR&#8217; comment about Kartik Aaryan leaves internet divided | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <img src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776832569_503_3.jpg\" alt=\"Vijay Varma's 'King of PR' comment about Kartik Aaryan leaves internet divided\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/> Actor <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/vijay-varma\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Vijay Varma<\/a> has landed in the middle of a social media storm after naming <a href=\"https:\/\/timesofindia.indiatimes.com\/topic\/kartik-aaryan\" styleobj=\"[object Object]\" class=\"\" commonstate=\"[object Object]\" frmappuse=\"1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Kartik Aaryan<\/a> as Bollywood&#8217;s &#8220;King of PR&#8221; during a rapid-fire round in an interview. The throwaway remark has seemingly split fans online into two camps.<\/p>\n<p>What Vijay Varma said about Kartik Aaryan<\/p>\n<p>During a rapid-fire segment with WeAreYuvaa, Vijay Varma was asked to name actors based on specific traits. When asked who he considers the industry&#8217;s &#8216;King of PR&#8217;, he took Kartik Aaryan&#8217;s name without hesitation. The clip, shared widely online, turned what was a casual, spontaneous exchange into a trending talking point, drawing strong reactions from fans on both sides. <\/p>\n<p> Watch<\/p>\n<p> Vijay Varma reacts to trolling after breakup with Tamannaah Bhatia, addresses online backlash<\/p>\n<p>Internet reacts to Vijay Varma&#8217;s remark about Kartik Aaryan<\/p>\n<p>The comment triggered a sharp divide online. A section of users interpreted it as a veiled dig at Aaryan, calling Varma &#8220;jealous&#8221; or &#8220;hypocritical.&#8221; Others, however, pushed back firmly. A Reddit user backed the actor, stating, &#8220;Honestly, he is spot on with all the answers.&#8221; Another comment read, &#8220;I think being honest is not a crime; completely supporting Vijay Verma here!&#8221;Many pointed out that rapid-fire rounds are designed to be spontaneous and light-hearted, not investigative. One user said, &#8220;It was rapid fire yaar, why take it so seriously?&#8221; while another added, &#8220;It was clearly meant in a light-hearted way\u2026nothing &#8216;PR expose&#8217; level dramatic about it.&#8221;A notable chunk of viewers felt the remark was being misread altogether and was, in fact, a form of praise. One user wrote, &#8220;He was just appreciating, logo ne ulta hi le liya.&#8221; Another comment stated, &#8220;Joke tha yaar, compliment samjho na and upar se he&#8217;s actually called king of PR by everyone!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>What&#8217;s next for Vijay Varma and Kartik Aaryan<\/p>\n<p>Vijay Varma is currently promoting his upcoming web series &#8216;Matka King&#8217; and will next be seen in &#8216;Family Business&#8217;, alongside Anil Kapoor and Rhea Chakraborty, among others. Kartik Aaryan, meanwhile, has a packed slate ahead, including &#8216;Naagzilla&#8217;, an untitled film with director Anurag Basu, and another project with filmmaker Kabir Khan.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Actor Vijay Varma has landed in the middle of a social media storm after naming Kartik Aaryan as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622828,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[64,63,4057,134,158595,301833,14071,301832,295012,344,150731,301834,11972,270487],"class_list":{"0":"post-622827","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-bollywood","11":"tag-entertainment","12":"tag-family-business","13":"tag-internet-divide","14":"tag-kartik-aaryan","15":"tag-king-of-pr","16":"tag-matka-king","17":"tag-movies","18":"tag-naagzilla","19":"tag-rapid-fire-interview","20":"tag-social-media-reactions","21":"tag-vijay-varma"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622827\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622828"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}