Kartik Aaryan and Karan Johar set for a hat-trick collaboration
Kartik Aaryan, who is gearing up for the Christmas 2025 release Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri produced by Karan Johar, has quietly given the filmmaker the go-ahead for a third project. The actor is already shooting for another Dharma production, Naagzilla, and insiders say the pair are planning a new, ambitious film together.
Dharma’s rising poster boy
Within Dharma Productions, Kartik is being positioned as the banner’s new poster boy. Sources say Karan Johar views him as one of the most bankable stars right now and is backing multiple big-ticket films around him. The hope is that both Tu Meri Main Tera Main Tera Tu Meri and Naagzilla will perform strongly at the box office.
The third film: ambitious and genre-defining
The third Kartik–Karan collaboration is described as a project developed from scratch by the duo. It’s being billed as genre-defining for Indian cinema and is slated to go on floors in August 2026, once Naagzilla wraps and releases.
What to expect next
Details are being kept under wraps for now, but the makers have promised announcements in due course. With two big releases already lined up and a third in development, Kartik’s association with Karan Johar marks a clear push to build a new-age star partnership at Dharma Productions.
