Vicky Kaushal’s father wanted Vicky to pursue engineering and find a suitable job that would make him earn a monthly paycheck.
Vicky Kaushal who belongs to a middle-class family is born and brought up in Mumbai. He describes himself as a ‘regular kid who was interested in studying, playing cricket and watching movies.’ Like every other parent, Vicky’s father was also keen that his son should have a stable career. Also, no one from the Kaushal family before Vicky did a 9 to 5 corporate job. So, he wanted Vicky to pursue engineering and find a suitable job that would make him earn a monthly paycheck. Also Read-10 Times Bollywood Divas Shone Brighter Than Diamonds In Glitter Dress
The ‘Raazi’ actor says that although his father wanted him to become an engineer, he always felt that he could never fit into this world.
Vicky took up the course of electronics and telecommunication engineering at Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology, Mumbai. Later on, the actor drifted away because of his passion for the film industry. Also Read-BOLLYWOOD Films That Will Release This November In Theatres And On OTT
Vicky Kaushal recently appeared in the popular show ‘Into the wilds’. While talking to Bear Grylls the actor shared his experience. He said, “In the second year of my graduation, the faculty took me to an industrial visit to show us what the future is like and how companies work and all that, and I went there, and till that time I was actually a rat in the race. But the day I went there I saw people working over there in front of computers, I just couldn’t feel that and for the first time in my life I just was very sure of something that I don’t belong here.” Also Read-Top Bollywood celebs who refused to promote Fairness products and The Reason Behind It
Vicky also cleared the aptitude test, group discussion and cracked the final job interview in campus placement. Sharing about this incident at India Today Conclave Mumbai 2019 Vicky said that he was very relaxed during the interview because he had nothing to lose as he didn’t want the job.
Vicky Kaushal has gained a lot of media attention from the last two weeks because of his link-up with Katrina Kaif. He started his career as an assistant director to Anurag Kashyap in Gangs of Wasseypur. Later Vicky worked as an actor in his romantic drama Manmarziyan. He made his debut as an actor in Bollywood Shweta Tripathi in Masaan. The actor won the Best Actor National Award for his mind-blowing performance in Uri: The Surgical Strike.