Bollywood actor Kartik Aaryan graced the stage of the 59th Miss India beauty pageant in Manipur. He shared a photograph from the rehearsal of his performance on Instagram. He can be seen posing with the three winners. The Shehzada actor expressed his honor to be in the company of the beautiful winners of the Miss India 2023 pageant. The event was held at the Indoor Stadium, Khuman Lampak in Imphal, Manipur. Nandini Gupta of Rajasthan was crowned Miss India World 2023. Shreya Poonja of Delhi was the first runner-up, and Thounaojam Strela Luwang of Manipur became the second runner-up.
Apart from Kartik, Ananya Panday also performed at the event. The former co-stars of the 2019 film Pati Patni Aur Woh shared the stage hosted by Maniesh Paul and actor Bhumi Pednekar. Kartik performed on his hit songs with former Miss India winners. The Miss India organization praised his dynamic performance and added that he made the audience go weak in their knees. Videos from the performance were shared on Twitter. Fans described it as "a hot chilli pepper performance".
Kartik was last seen in the film Shehzada with Kriti Sanon. And he has Satyaprem Ki Katha lined up for release later this year. In the film he will star opposite Kiara Advani in the romantic musical directed by Sameer Vidwans. He is also expected to be filming for Aashiqui 3 later this year, but the female lead for the Anurag Basu film is yet to be announced.