‘People think we’re a couple’

Pyaar Ka Punchnama actors Kartik Tiwari and Nushrat Bharucha talk about the film’s second installment and more...

Do you feel the pressure to carry forward the success of the last edition PKP?

Nushrat: I don’t think so. PKP was one of its kind and PKP 2 is a very different take on love.
Kartik: More than burdened, I am happy to carry it forward. The characters in the film are very relatable. PKP 2 is a hilarious script. I am hoping it will do good business.

Do you think people take the PKP series mainly as Nushrat and Kartik’s film?
Nushrat: We are no bigger than a film. PKP is not about Nushrat and Kartik. It’s about Rajjo and Neha or Gogo and Chiku in the second edition. We have a recall value as a couple.
Kartik: It’s not our film, it’s a Luv Ranjan film. He has made PKP a franchise and we are just his characters.

How have your characters changed since 2011?
Kartik: I have become more mature than my last character Rajjo. Everyone dominated him, but Gogo is smart and confident.
Nushrat: No, I am still a girl..(Laughs)

How do you take it when people think of you as a real life couple?
Nushrat: Is it? No one has actually told me about this ever. I never knew that people think this way.
Kartik: Honestly, a lot of people tell me this. They think that we are a real life couple but I feel that since we are at so much ease with each other, our chemistry is effortless. We have done three films together.

Any chances for PKP 3?
Nushrat: I hope we will make the third installment, but no clue when will it happen.
Kartik: I hope so too.