Kartik features in morphed political party promo

In a bizarre turn of events,

Kartik Aaryan

found himself endorsing

Congress

candidate Kamal Nath in the upcoming Madhya Pradesh Assembly elections, which he did not even know about! Well the story goes something like this. Kartik featured in a 49-second promo video made for DisneyPlus Hotstar that released about a month ago. Cut to October 30, when the same video surfaced on social media although with a dubbed audio, morphed and edited in a way that Kartik can be heard endorsing the political party for the upcoming elections in Madhya Pradesh.
Original video:

Morphed and edited video:

Reactions of shock, surprise and bafflement followed from different corners.

ETimes reached out Hotstar spokesperson, but did not receive a comment till the time of publishing this story. We also reached out to a spokesperson of the Congress party and did not receive a comment.
On the professional front, Kartik, who was last seen in SatyaPrem Ki Katha opposite Kiara Advani, is currently shooting for Kabir Khan's Chandu Champion. He also has Aashiqui 3 in the pipeline.