The actor flew to Bangkok, where his ‘Princess’ is shooting for her film with Varun Dhawan, to raise a toast on her 24th
Avinash Lohana (MUMBAI MIRROR; August 13, 2019)

Sara Ali Khan and Kartik Aaryan’s romance is going places, quite literally. After trips to the airport to receive and see off each other, the couple took it up a notch when Sara flew to Lucknow to be with her beau, where the actor had been filming for the Pati Patni Aur Woh remake with leading ladies Bhumi Pednekar and Ananya Panday.

Last week, a video surfaced online in which Kartik is seen dropping off his ladylove at the Lucknow airport with a long hug. Last month, he joined her for a visit to her ancestral home in Pataudi, after which they were in Delhi — Sara walking the ramp for a fashion show and Kartik, along with her brother Ibrahim, cheering her on.

Now, Mirror has learnt that on Saturday, the Luka Chuppi actor, who has a few days of break from the Pati Patni Aur Woh shoot, took off to Bangkok to usher in Sara’s 24th birthday on August

12. The actress is shooting with Varun Dhawan for the David Dhawan-directed Coolie No 1 remake in the Thai capital.

According to a source close to the development, Kartik had wanted to take a vacation for a while now and planned this trip well in advance. “Sara had a day off from the shoot and celebrated her big day with Kartik, who will be returning to India soon to resume work,” informs the source.

The actress marked the day by revealing her look from her new film, which is a remake of the 1995 Govinda and Karisma Kapoor-starrer by the same name. “Happy Birthday to me. Ji haan aaj hamara birthday aaya. Ji haan maine apna poster laya. Birthday ke din apna vada nibhaya. Inshallah sabke dil ko yeh bhaya (sic),”

she gushed. Later, Kartik shared an image of them together, presumably taken during a candle-lit dinner. “Happy Birthday Princess @saraalikhan95. And Eid Mubarak (this time without the mask) (sic),” he shared, referring to their joint Eid celebrations in June.

The Sara–Kartik dating rumours first emerged when the duo got together for Imtiaz’s Ali’s #AajKal, which was shot in 66 days spanning schedules in Mumbai, Delhi, Himachal Pradesh and Rajasthan. After wrap-up, Sara thanked Kartik for “instantly making me comfortable with you, for selflessly giving and for consistently looking out for me. From coffee’s about you to chai’s with you, I wish we could do it all over again. I’m going to miss you more than you know and more than I can admit (sic).” Incidentally, on Karan Johar’s chat show, Sara who had yet to make her debut, admitted that she wanted to date Kartik and has worn her heart on her sleeve ever since.