Fatherhood is a new role for the actor who first got noticed for his performance in ‘Masaan’ (2015). In fact, it seems this off-camera Vicky Kaushal is perhaps closer to Deepak Chaudhary, the character he played in the film. A sensitive, ambitious young man coming to terms with the world around him. That character, Kaushal says, changed him. But not for the obvious reasons.
“Until then success, to me, was where you reached [in life]. It was never about where you started from,” he explains. “That character, starting from the crematorium ghat in Benaras and going on to work as an engineer in the Railways in Allahabad [now Prayagraj]... He had a far bigger life arc than I’ve covered in my life. Till today,” he says, tapping the arm rest for emphasis. “After that I started having so much empathy for those around me, especially those from far less privileged backgrounds, because I don’t know where they have started from.” Read the Bollywood actor’s full interview, only on The Nod.
