The Dark Horse Of The Millennium Vicky Kaushal

With a brooding portrayal of a boy belonging to a family of corpse burners, Vicky Kaushal debuted in the National Award winning film ‘Masaan’ in 2015. As of today, seven of his films have hit the theatres with which the actor has made quite an impact in the industry. This year, he started off on a promising note and is yet to reveal a lot more of ‘Vicky’.

Moving on from one creative space to another is a life skill Vicky Kaushal is grateful to have learned early on in his career. He began his career as an electronics engineer but realised early on that strip-lighting in an office and hours of tapping on a keyboard were not for him. Although his debut film came in 2015, it wasn’t just then when he got exposed to the Hindi cinema. The son of action-director Sham Kaushal, he started his journey in 2012 when he assisted Anurag Kashyap in ‘Gangs of Wasseypur’. Recognising that a film set was where he wanted to be, Kaushal took acting lessons, learnt the ropes of filmmaking as an assistant director and went through many auditions before bagging the leading role in ‘Masaan’ (2015). With Meghna Gulzar’s ‘Raazi’, Rajkumar Hirani’s ‘Sanju’ and Anurag Kashyap’s ‘Manmarziyaan’ on his roster, this is the year for Kaushal to crank up the heat.

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