1. Vicky Kaushal is the recipient of numerous accolades, including a National Film Award and three Filmfare Awards, and has appeared in Forbes India Celebrity 100 list of 2019.
52 Facts About Vicky Kaushal
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Vicky Kaushal's first leading role was in the independent drama Masaan, following which he starred in Kashyap's psychological thriller Raman Raghav 2.0.
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Vicky Kaushal gained wider recognition in 2018 with supporting roles in the top-grossing dramas Raazi and Sanju, winning the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor for the latter.
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Vicky Kaushal earned further praise for his portrayal of Udham Singh in the biopic Sardar Udham, winning the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, and had commercial success in 2023 in the romantic comedy Zara Hatke Zara Bachke, the biopic Sam Bahadur and the comedy-drama Dunki.
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Vicky Kaushal's family is Punjabi Hindu with their ancestral roots in Hoshiarpur, Punjab.
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Vicky Kaushal has described himself as a "regular kid who was interested in studying, playing cricket and watching movies".
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Vicky Kaushal's father was keen on his son having a stable career away from show-business and thus, he graduated with a bachelors degree in electrical engineering from Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology in 2009.
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Vicky Kaushal studied acting at Kishore Namit Kapoor's academy while simultaneously participating in theatre with Manav Kaul's Aranya group and Naseeruddin Shah's Motley Productions; doing everything from backstage and announcements to stand-ins.
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Vicky Kaushal would spend the next two years going for various kinds of auditions, but did not get any good opportunities.
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Vicky Kaushal started his career in films by working as an assistant director to Anurag Kashyap in the two-part crime drama Gangs of Wasseypur.
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Vicky Kaushal has described fond memories of working with Kashyap, whom he considers as his mentor.
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Vicky Kaushal then played minor roles in Kashyap's productions Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana and Bombay Velvet, and the short film Geek Out.
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Vicky Kaushal's first leading role was in the independent drama Masaan, directed by Neeraj Ghaywan.
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Vicky Kaushal's performance won him the IIFA and Screen Award for Best Male Debut, and a nomination for the Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer, among other accolades.
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The drama Zubaan, which Vicky Kaushal had filmed before Masaan, was screened at the 2015 Busan International Film Festival.
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Vicky Kaushal's role was that of a grieving man who starts stammering after the suicide of his father.
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Vicky Kaushal worked with a speech therapist to learn stammering patterns and spent time with some of the doctor's patients.
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Vicky Kaushal's performance led Justin Chang of Variety to label him a "charismatic, naturally engaging talent".
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In Kashyap's psychological thriller Raman Raghav 2.0, Vicky Kaushal played a chain-smoking, drug-addicted police officer in pursuit of a serial killer portrayed by Nawazuddin Siddiqui.
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Vicky Kaushal chose the role because he was eager to avoid typecasting from his first two films.
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Vicky Kaushal played the male lead of the romantic comedy Love per Square Foot, India's first original film from Netflix.
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Vicky Kaushal next featured in Meghna Gulzar's spy thriller Raazi, based on Harinder Sikka's novel Calling Sehmat.
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Vicky Kaushal was drawn to the humanity he found in the story and worked towards conveying both vulnerability and authoritative strength in his character.
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Meena Iyer of Daily News and Analysis commended Vicky Kaushal for being "the correct foil" to Bhatt's character.
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Vicky Kaushal played his best friend Kamli, a fictionalised amalgamation of various real-life friends of Dutt.
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For Sanju, Vicky Kaushal won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.
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In 2019, Vicky Kaushal starred as a military officer in Uri: The Surgical Strike, an action film based on the 2016 Uri attack, directed by Aditya Dhar and filmed in Serbia.
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Vicky Kaushal injured his arm while filming an action sequence in it.
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Uday Bhatia of Mint found Vicky Kaushal to be a "fetching stoic lead" but bemoaned the lack of depth in his character.
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Rajeev Masand took note of the film's jingoism but opined that Vicky Kaushal "brings both the bulked-up physicality and the sort of steely determination that the part requires".
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Vicky Kaushal was awarded with the National Film Award for Best Actor and received his first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
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Vicky Kaushal suffered an accident during the filming of an action sequence and fractured his cheekbone.
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Saibal Chatterjee of NDTV found Vicky Kaushal to be "earnest" in a film he dismissed as a "horrific misfire".
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Keen to work in a light-hearted film after the "emotionally exhausting" experience of Sardar Udham, Vicky Kaushal starred as a struggling dancer accused of murder in the comic thriller Govinda Naam Mera.
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Vicky Kaushal took another part of a small-town man in the family film The Great Indian Family, saying that he enjoyed the process of portraying middle-class aspirations and simplicity.
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Critic Shubhra Gupta commended Vicky Kaushal for playing Mankeshaw "without becoming a caricature".
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Vicky Kaushal had a brief role in Hirani's comedy-drama Dunki, starring Shah Rukh Khan and Pannu.
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Vicky Kaushal received further Filmfare nominations for his performances in Sam Bahadur and Dunki, winning Best Supporting Actor for the latter.
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In 2024, Vicky Kaushal starred alongside Triptii Dimri and Ammy Virk in Bad Newz, a comedy about heteropaternal superfecundation.
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Vicky Kaushal was first linked to actress Harleen Sethi in 2018.
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Vicky Kaushal married actress Katrina Kaif on 9 December 2021 in a traditional Hindu ceremony at Six Senses Resort, Fort Barwara in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan.
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Vicky Kaushal performed at Femina Miss India's 2019 grand finale.
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Vicky Kaushal is active in charity work and supports a number of causes associated with environmental protection and women's rights.
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Vicky Kaushal appeared alongside other celebrities in a music video, produced by the United Nations and the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change to spread awareness regarding air pollution.
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Vicky Kaushal lent his support to a 2018 Radio City initiative to help with environmental and infrastructure issues in Mumbai and spent a day filling potholes.
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Vicky Kaushal was one of the speakers at the 2018 edition of We The Women festival by journalist Barkha Dutt and UN Women for women's empowerment where he spoke in support of the MeToo movement in India.
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Vicky Kaushal extended his support to a football training program for children belonging to low-income families named "Just For Kicks" in 2017.
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Vicky Kaushal donated to the Cine and TV Artistes Association to help artists who were financially effected by the second wave of the pandemic in 2021.
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Vicky Kaushal is a method actor; he severely dehydrated himself and smoked heavily for Raman Raghav 2.0 and has gone through major physical transformations for several of his roles in films including Sanju, Uri: The Surgical Strike, Sardar Udham, Sam Bahadur, and Chhaava, believing it helps him achieve the "right look" and thus benefits his performance.
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Vicky Kaushal has been cited as one of the most attractive Indian celebrities by the media.
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Vicky Kaushal topped The Times of Indias listing of the country's most desirable men of 2018, and was ranked at No 4 in 2019 as well as 2020.
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Vicky Kaushal was India's most-searched film actor in 2019, according to Google.