Nushrratt Bharuccha Explains Why She Chooses Ranbir Kapoor Over Kartik Aaryan: 'I'm In Love With His...'

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25-04-2025

Nushrratt Bharuccha bares her fan-heart once again as she reveals why Ranbir Kapoor will always remain her ultimate favourite over long-time co-star Kartik Aaryan.
Nushrratt Bharuccha has never been coy about her admiration for Ranbir Kapoor, and in a recent conversation with journalist Shubhankar Mishra, the actor bared her fan-heart once again—with all the adoration and nuance only a true cinephile could muster. While the world may be swooning over her long-time co-star Kartik Aaryan, for Nushrratt, it's always been Ranbir.
'Actually Kartik and I started together. We've done so much work together that it's hard to see him from the audience's lens anymore," she explained. 'He's become a buddy… partner in crime. Same-same co-actor, doing the same thing." It's clear that while she shares a comfortable and collaborative equation with Kartik, her admiration for Ranbir comes from a different place entirely—an artistic, almost reverential place.
For context, Nushrratt and Kartik Aaryan have shared screen space in four films, including Pyaar Ka Punchnama, Akaash Vani, Pyaar Ka Punchnama 2, and the blockbuster Sonu Ke Titu Ki Sweety. They even made cameo appearances in Luv Ranjan's Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar, the very film that brought Ranbir and Shraddha Kapoor together onscreen.
But for Nushrratt, the turning point in her Ranbir journey was Rockstar. 'That was the film," she said with glowing eyes. 'I just remember watching that shot—he's standing under Khatara bhai's house, completely lost, no one's seen him for months, wearing those Sufi clothes, looking up. The look in his eyes—woh jo nazar hai—it's almost indescribable. That's not acting; that's inhabiting a soul. It's sublime."
When asked if this amounted to obsession, she laughed it off. 'I wouldn't call it obsession," she clarified. 'I think it's love. But not love for him as a person—because, honestly, I don't know him. I've only shot with him for six days. How can you know anyone in six days? It's his craft, his skill that I'm in love with. I just want to watch him act."
And if you thought the admiration stopped there—think again. When asked to choose between Ranbir Kapoor and none other than Shah Rukh Khan, Nushrratt didn't blink: 'For work, it's Ranbir Kapoor. But if I have to romance and fall in love on-screen, it has to be Shah Rukh sir."
On the professional front, Nushrratt was last seen in Chhorii 2, a supernatural thriller now streaming on OTT platforms. But in her heart, it seems, she's still lingering in that shot from Rockstar, eyes lifted skyward—just like Ranbir's.