Karan Aujla Opens Up On Childhood Nicknames, And Shares A Feared Stage Moment

If brunch could talk, this one would have laughed out loud. Karan Aujla joined Sunday Brunch with Kamiya Jani, and the table was a riot of Bombay street food: misal pav, golden vadas crunching under gentle bites, tangy bhel clinking on plates, and aloo chaat giving little explosions of spice with every mouthful.

Karan Aujla Reveals His Nicknames

The conversation started like a spark. We asked the obvious-but-tricky question: what should we call you: Jaskaran, Karan, or “Geeta Di Machine?” Karan Aujla chuckled, that deep, easy laugh that fills a room, and said, “Just Karan.” A simple answer, but it instantly shifted the room from celebrity mode to something warmer, like friends teasing each other over bhel puri and misal pav.

Nicknames turned out to be a treasure chest of memories. In school, he’d been Ghuraleyala, after his village, Ghurala. Some others stuck with “Aujla”. “I never had those funny nicknames,” he said with mock seriousness, shaking his head. 

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The Nickname He Playfully Dreads

But the idea of a playful nickname on stage? That made him squirm. “Imagine someone shouting, ‘Kaku, sing a song!’” He paused, pretending horror, and the table erupted with laughter. You could practically see the mental image: tiny Kaku Aujla, frozen under the spotlight, trying to hit the high notes.

Karan Aujla chimed in with laughter, occasionally teasing him back, and the interaction felt effortless. It was part intimate, part chaotic, and all real. 

Kamiya Jani steered the conversation with ease, letting the stories flow, letting Aujla’s humour land naturally, and letting the spices, textures, and little quirks of the moment breathe. It was just laughter, food, and life.

By the end, the episode wasn’t about a star or a spread. It was about moments that make you smile, a nickname that makes you laugh, a bite of vada pav that takes you home, and a shared story that humanises a public figure. 

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For viewers, the message was clear: even the people who dominate charts and stages still crave misal pav, still flinch at silly nicknames, and still laugh with abandon. And that’s the magic of Sunday Brunch with Kamiya Jani, showing stars in their deliciously human element.

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