The
job
offer
letter
was
right
in
his
hand,
but
the
lad
had
already
made
up
his
mind.
He
tore
off
the
letter
and
set
out
for
film
auditions.
Little
did
he
know
back
then,
that
soon,
he
was
to
become
the
poster
boy
for
new-age
cinema.
We
are
talking
about
Vicky
Kaushal!
Interestingly,
the
first
time
Vicky
Kaushal
visited
a
film's
set
at
the
age
of
10,
he
found
it
quite
boring.
He
had
tagged
along
his
stunt
director-father
Sham
Kaushal
to
the
sets
of
Khalid
Mohammed's
Fiza.
"I'd
just
watched
Kaho
Naa
Pyaar
Hai
and
I
had
to
see
Hrithik
Roshan
in
the
flesh.
And
within
ten
minutes,
I
wanted
to
go
home.
It
was
boring," the
actor
once
candidly
confessed
in
a
GQ
interview.
Of
course,
there
were
bigger
things
in
store
for
this
boy.
Despite
being
the
son
of
Bollywood's
most
sought-after
action
director,
Vicky
had
to
go
through
his
share
of
struggles.
His
father,
who
himself
is
a
self-made
man,
had
told
him
that
he
was
on
his
own.
Vicky
knocked
on
casting
directors' doors,
and
got
rejected
because
they
felt
he
wasn't
the
'right
type'.
Recalling
his
first
audition
for
a
film,
Vicky
revealed
in
a
Humans
of
Bombay
post,
"My
1st
one
was
horrifying.
It
was
for
a
small
role,
and
I
realized
how
far
from
everything
I
was.
On
my
way
back
home,
I
was
like,
"Vicky,
ab
toh
tune
job
letter
bhi
faad
diya."
But,
Vicky
wasn't
the
one
who
would
easily
give
up
on
his
dreams.
He
dabbled
with
theatre,
and
assisted
Anurag
Kashyap
on
Gangs
Of
Wasseypur.
The
lanky,
curly-
haired
guy
stepped
into
the
world
of
cinema,
unaware
of
what
the
future
holds
for
him.
On
Vicky
Kaushal's
32nd
birthday,
we
take
a
look
back,
and
recall
how
he
has
redefined
the
meaning
of
a
Bollywood
hero.
The
Beginning
Vicky
made
his
cinematic
debut
with
Neerag
Ghaywan's
award-winning
Masaan.
His
portrayal
of
young
boy
from
Varanasi's
lower-caste
Dom
community
who
fights
to
transcend
all
odds,
left
a
lasting
impression,
and
suddenly,
he
found
all
eyes
on
him.
Next,
came
Mozez
Singh's
Zubaan,
which
unfortunately,
sank
without
a
trace.
Vicky's
Love
For
Experimentation
Not
the
one
who
would
be
easily
bogged
down
by
a
failure,
the
actor
dared
to
experiment,
and
picked
up
the
role
of
a
cop
who
had
his
own
demons
of
past
to
deal
with,
in
Anurag
Kashyap's
Raman
Raghav
2.0.
Vicky's
performance
was
appreciated
by
everyone,
but
a
box
office
hit
was
still
away
from
him.
The
Stepping
Stone
To
Success
The
Netflix
film
Love
Per
Square
Foot
came
his
way,
and
he
took
it
up
without
any
second
thoughts.
Vicky
once
again
impressed
everyone
with
his
acting
prowess.
His
next
movie,
Raazi
had
Alia
Bhatt
playing
the
main
protagonist,
but
there
too,
Vicky
held
his
own
and
created
an
impact.
Karan
Johar's
Lust
Stories
was
one
more
winning
game
for
him.
This
was
followed
by
Ranbir
Kapoor's
Sanju,
where
his
affable
performance
as
Kamli,
made
him
a
hit
with
the
masses.
The
Turning
Point
In
Vicky
Kaushal's
Career
After
years
of
hard
work
and
patience,
the
actor
finally
bagged
his
first
solo
film,
Uri:
The
Surgical
Strike,
and
it
proved
to
be
a
major
game-changer
for
him.
With
both,
good
reviews
and
box
office
success,
Vicky
suddenly
found
himself
in
the
big-league.
Cut
To
Present
Vicky
has
some
interesting
films
lined
up
for
the
audience.
He
is
working
with
some
of
the
biggest
names
in
the
film
industry.
Meanwhile,
he
is
also
the
internet's
boyfriend,
with
thirsty
comments
trailing
his
every
photo
on
his
Instagram
page.
Besides
his
work,
the
actor's
love
life
also
continues
to
hit
the
headlines.