Background
Vicky is a Punjabi but was born and brought up in Mumbai. His father Shyam Kaushal is a Bollywood action director and stunt coordinator who has worked in films like Slumdog Millionaire, 3 Idiots and Bajrangi Bhaijaan among others
Vicky is a Punjabi but was born and brought up in Mumbai. His father Shyam Kaushal is a Bollywood action director and stunt coordinator who has worked in films like Slumdog Millionaire, 3 Idiots and Bajrangi Bhaijaan among others
Vicky graduated as an Electonics and Telecommunications engineer in 2009.
Early life and He had job offers but as he aspired to become an actor, he got involved with theater. He joined an acting workshop under Kishore Namit Kapoor. He went on to do minor roles in films like Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana and Bombay Velvet besides a short film, Geek Out.
He kept doing theatre, in the meanwhile, with the groups of Manav Kaul and Naseeruddin Shah among others
In 2010 he assisted Anurag Kashyap on the two parts of the film Gangs of Wasseypur. Neeraj Ghaywan was also one of the assistant directors in the film.
When Neeraj began to work on his film Masaan Vicky too was called for an audition. According to Neeraj, initially, he had apprehensions about Vicky doing the role of a small town Banaras boy because he came from a typical Punjabi background.
But he got convinced about his ability after watching the audition.
The film earned rave reviews winning two awards at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival. Vicky Kaushal too came in for special praise for his portrayal of a low caste boy in love with higher caste girl. Rating his performance as outstanding, Deepanjana Paul in her review of the film for First Post wrote that "There isn"t a moment when Kaushal appears to be acting".
"Kaushal is sincere, understated and has eyes brimming with yearning," wrote Raja Senator reviewing the film in Rediff.com.
Shubha Shetty-Saha wrote in Midday, "he surprises with his nuanced and absolutely believable performance."
Vicky"s next film, releasing shortly, is Zubaan directed by Mozez Singh.
