Actor Kartik Aaryan was offered a paan masala advertisement deal worth 9 crore which he reportedly rejected, as per a Bollywood Hungama report.
The website checked this news with a promi nent ad guru, who said, “That’s right. Kartik Aaryan has said no to around 8-9 crore offer to erhorse paan masala. Kartik seems to have principles, a rare com modity in today’s actors who suffer from the gift of the grab. Saying no to such big money is not easy” But Kartik is con scious of his respon sibility as a youth icon,” the ad guru was quoted as saying.
Earlier this year, actors Akshay Kumar joined Ajay Devgn and Shah Rukh Khan to do an ad for a tobacco firm. for which the Khiladi actor received major flak.
He later apologised to his fans. “I would like to apologise to you, all my fans and well. wishers. Your reaction over the past few days has deeply affected me.” read an excerpt from his post and stated that he has “decided to contrib ute the entire endorse ment fee towards a wor thy cause”.