Kartik Aaryan earned a certain fan base after his debut film Pyaar Ka Punchnama (2011) was a success amongst the youngsters, owing to its subject on modern relationships. The actor is a B.Tech student and was still pursuing the course while he did the film's sequel, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2.

Later, when the actor appeared for his exams, other students came and clicked selfies with him. Talking about the incident to Hindustan Times, Kartik Aaryan recalls, "After PKP, when I was shooting for its sequel (PKP 2), you won't believe but I was taking my B.Tech exams and I remember students clicking photographs with me while we were writing our exam."