Published 10:25 IST, July 23rd 2020

Kartik Aaryan shares glimpse of his new 'Koki Puchega' episode on mental health

Kartik Aaryan recently shared a video which is a part of his Koki Puchega's new episode where he addressed mental health issues with Dr Geetha Jayaram.

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Kartik Aaryan recently took to Instagram to share a glimpse of new episode of Koki Puchega. In this episode, he is seen talking about mental health to Dr Geetha Jayaram. In clip shared by actor, he is seen talking about depression to Dr Geetha.

In video, Kartik Aaryan is seen talking about an incident where a person quoted one of his movie characters and said that he is acting like a depressed person, someone who is on pills. actor n asks Dr Geetha Jayaram that if we treat depression as an insult, how will people who are depressed accept that y are facing mental health issues. Dr Geetha hailed Kartik Aaryan for his keen observation and also said that he is right about t treating depression as an insult. She furr called it an immature approach.

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video ended with Dr Geetha explaining that depression is something that needs to be talked about rmally, same as people talk about ir or problems.  Dr Geetha Jayaram is a psychiatrist who joined Kartik from John Hopkins hospital, USA to talk about mental illness. Take a look at this video.

Fans in a huge number praised Kartik Aaryan for talking about mental health and addressing issue in best way possible. One of users commented, "Well done Kartik. It’s time we address stigma around mental health. Often people make fun of it and that’s very problematic 👏👏". While some users thanked Kartik Aaryan for spreading positivity through his series Koki Poochega, ors called episode with Dr Geetha Jayaram, 'worth wait'. 

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Kartik Aaryan's apology for fans

actor was supposed to release episode on July 20, but due to some reasons, actor could t meet his deadline. Kartik even shared an apology with his fans on Instagram. He shared his picture with folding hands and confessed that he had dozed off previous evening and hence could t upload episode. Going by post, actor wrote that fresh episode will be uploaded on July 21.

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On work front

On work front, Kartik Aaryan was last seen in Imtiaz Ali directorial Love Aaj Kal. film also featured Sara Ali Khan, Arushi Sharma and Randeep Hooda in lead. film opened with a mixed response and was later stated as a BO debacle. Talking about his upcoming projects, Kartik has multiple projects lined up, including a few sequels. 

He will next be seen alongside Kiara Advani and Tabu in second installment of Akshay Kumar's superhit horror-comedy Bhool Bhulaiyaa. Aaryan will also star in second installment of John Abraham and Abhishek Bachchan starrer Dostana. Meanwhile, it is reported that he will be seen in sequel of his hit film Luka Chuppi.

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10:25 IST, July 23rd 2020