I just knew that I couldn’t do a conventional 9-5 job: Vicky Kaushal

Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal has successfully established himself as an emerging star in the Hindi film industry. He however did not have established connections and had to go through a period of struggle before finding success. In a recent interaction with Raj Shamani which was published on YouTube, Vicky talked about a phase wherein his father had suicidal tendencies. “My parents were very happy with the idea of me having a regular job. My grandfather had a small kirane ki dukaan (grocery shop) in our village in Punjab. That’s where my parents are from. Dad came to Mumbai in 1978. He had an MA in English literature, but he was still jobless. We had no land back there (in Punjab). One day, after drinking with his friends, he declared that he wanted to die. My grandfather became very concerned, so he sent him to Mumbai with a friend,” Vicky said. 

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Vicky graduated in 2009 from the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology in 2009 with a B.Tech in Electronics and Communications. Vicky however chose to pursue a career in acting in what can be considered a deviation from the mainstream trend. “In Mumbai, my dad was willing to work as a sweeper even, because he knew that nobody in the village would get to know. My dad’s youth was full of struggles. There’s no job security in this field. While you’re working on one project, you’re wondering if you’ll find something else next. My family was genuinely very happy that finally someone is going to have a stable income, job security, off days. He was so happy. He felt like his struggles had finally paid off. But I just knew that I couldn’t do a conventional 9-5 job. I had an offer letter, I’d passed with good marks.. but I knew that I’d become depressed if I went ahead with it,” Vicky added.