Since his childhood, he has been a die-hard fan of Hrithik Roshan.
Vicky Kaushal childhood pic with Hrithik Roshan
Vicky Kaushal childhood pic at a school function
Vicky Kaushal in younger days
- During his 2nd year of college, he went to a company for an industrial visit, where he realized that he won’t be able to do a 9 to 5 job. Then, despite getting selected for a job, he refused the offer to pursue his passion for acting.
- He initially assisted Anurag Kashyap in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’ (2010), where he met ‘Masaan’ (2015) director Neeraj Ghaywan, who advised him to do theatre. Soon after, he got involved with theatre and worked as a theatre artist and did plays with theatre groups like Naseeruddin Shah‘s ‘Motley’ and Manav Kaul‘s ‘Aranya.’
- Later, he learned acting skills from the famous ‘Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute’ in Mumbai.
- During his stint at “Kishore Namit Kapoor Acting Institute,” he played a negative role in a play, which became very popular.
- In 2013, he did the short film ‘Geek Out,’ which provided him his first film, ‘Zubaan’ (2016).
- He rose to fame with his outstanding performance in the film ‘Masaan’ and gained recognition in India as well as abroad.
- To prepare for his character of “Deepak Kumar” in ‘Masaan,’ he went to Varanasi a month before the shoot, lost 8 kg of weight, and spent time at the Manikarnika Ghat to catch the local accent and the way of living over there.
- Though his film ‘Zubaan’ was made first, ‘Masaan’ was released first.
- ‘Masaan’ was first offered to Rajkummar Rao, but due to his date issues, the role went to Vicky.
- His father was the action director in his first shooted film ‘Zubaan.’
- A genre of movie that he wants to do is ‘ sports drama’ and he never wants to do a ‘Sex comedy.’
- His brother Sunny Kaushal has worked as an assistant director in films like ‘My Friend Pinto’ and ‘Gunday.’
Vicky Kaushal during the shoot of Gangs of Wasseypur
- He is a music lover and a good Veena player. On 15 August 2020, he shared a video on Instagram in which he was playing the Veena on the tune of the song “Ae Watan, Watan mere, abaad rahe Tu” from the film Raazi.
