Vicky Kaushal said ( about Vicky Kaushal ) : "Life has been wonderful, I have learned so much over the period. My parents always made sure I am grounded and it’s their upbringing which has helped me reach here. While we were growing up, our parents were very clear between necessity and luxury. Luxury was something that Sunny (Kaushal) and I had to earn ourselves. I struggled to build my confidence at first because choosing acting as a career, appearances need to be on point. Always thought a lanky guy will never have a chance, but here we are,"

dnaindia Friday, March 13, 2020 8:39:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "He was always of the opinion that one of the family members would have a sedentary life with a desk job paying fixed income on monthly basis and vacationing in Diwali with all the family members,"

dnaindia Friday, March 13, 2020 8:39:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said ( about Vicky Kaushal ) : “Life has been wonderful, I have learned so much over the period of time. My parents always made sure I am grounded and it’s their upbringing which has helped me reach here. While we were growing up, our parents were very clear between necessity and luxury. Luxury was something which Sunny (Kaushal) and I had to earn ourselves,”

HindustanTimes Friday, March 13, 2020 6:22:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : “During my engineering tenure, I never thought of being an actor. Visiting an industrial place gave me clear goals and made me realise what I didn’t want to do in life. I channelled my thoughts and interest only to realise performing is what I love the most”

HindustanTimes Friday, March 13, 2020 6:22:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : “Then I said I would work for free (laughs), they would still not take me. At last, I had to say that I would pay but give me work,”

tribune Wednesday, March 11, 2020 11:58:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "I just wanted work and do good acting. I would always get selected in top 2 or 3 during auditions, but they would reject me after asking my budget. I would think that 'maybe, they have rejected me because of my budget.' So then, I started asking them their budget. When I said I would do in their budget, they would still reject me. Then I said I would work for free (laughs), they would still not take me. At last, I had to say that I would pay but give me work,"

news18 Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:39:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : "Uri was made by a debutant filmmaker. I also didn't headline any big film before that. So, I had a huge responsibility and there was a baggage for sure. But luckily, the film struck the right chord and the audience accepted it. Its success is also a proof that you must go for a script you like because you never know what that Friday might bring to you. We are in an excellent phase, where people are not just dependent on what's the packaging of a film. If the content is good, people will support your film. Look what happened with Uri. People literally snatched Uri from us and made it their own, and that was the most special feeling for all of us,"

news18 Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:39:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : “There are no cons to dating. It’s a beautiful feeling,”

HindustanTimes Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:29:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : "I personally liked the geography of the film as it is based on a haunted ship. It was a new direction for me as an actor but as an audience, I'm pretty scared to watch a horror movie. Therefore, I thought it would be a great opportunity to explore. Rest it's for the audience to decide,"

newindianexpress Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:56:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "While shooting a drama or comedy scene you have co-actors with you so there is some room for creativity and one can always improvise. Here in horror, there is less chance that you can improvise a certain scene"

newindianexpress Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:56:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal says : “If you had to change the angle by 180 degrees, it would involve a 100 people having to change positions in those spaces. When we shot on the upper deck of the ship which is about 10 floors high, equipment had to be carried via steep staircases,”

Hindu Thursday, February 20, 2020 2:29:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : "I personally liked the geography of the film as it is based on a haunted ship. It was a new direction for me as an actor but as an audience, I'm pretty scared to watch a horror movie. Therefore, I thought it would be a great opportunity to explore. Rest it's for the audience to decide,"

business-standard Thursday, February 20, 2020 1:23:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "While shooting a drama or comedy scene you have co-actors with you so there is some room for creativity and one can always improvise. Here in horror, there is less chance that you can improvise a certain scene"

business-standard Thursday, February 20, 2020 1:23:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : “I found the script very refreshing when I read it. It was a pure horror unlike other Bollywood movies,”

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:15:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : “And if you are stuck on a huge ship, how much ever you cry for help, it won’t reach out. And if there is paranormal presence then the stake for me was very high that how would I ever come out? The conflict is too rich so all of this attracted me to the script. Also, we have stuck to the genre. There is no side-track, there is no album of song or comic relief which is usually inserted to lure the audience. So far, we are in a very eerie space playing with human emotions in horror films. But this film is kind of a mix of both. It is a psycho-thriller as well as pure horror. There is a paranormal entity, and it is not something that is going on only in your head. If this is liked then we can keep evolving further,”

news18 Wednesday, February 19, 2020 10:59:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal says ( about Stanley Kubrick ) : “When I read the script, what fascinated me was its geography. It was almost like Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining . I liked the thought that there is a vacant hotel, there are so many rooms, and there is just one person, so anything can happen anywhere. There is a lot to play with. This is the same geography where there is a dilapidated big container ship. There are 10 floors, 300 rooms, engine room, pump room, staircases. So there are many textures in this geography, and anything can happen. You can fall, you can get trapped. There are so many possibilities that get created, and we have juiced out everything,”

firstpost Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:14:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal explains : “It becomes very tricky when you are a solo performer because I, as an actor, personally enjoy when there are co-actors with me. You exchange energy with each other, create a scene, and you keep the scene alive and try to do something new, which perhaps is not written. But here, when I was on the ship, and had to shoot those haunted moments. I wondered who do I shoot with because the 'ghost' will come later, only in post-production (laughs). I am supposed to react as if it is dark, I can’t see anything clearly but during the shoot, it is all well-lit and that itself is a very tricky layer to perform in. It would become very technical that there is no ghost, no sound, and still, you have to react. It would become difficult for me because I like to be in a flow when I am performing but here, it wasn’t possible because camera was set for a particular moment. You have to comply to what has been designed for that scene,”

firstpost Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:14:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : "I hope you respect this... I really want to guard my personal life to some extent because if you open up, it leads to discussions and interpretations and misinterpretations. That is something I am not inviting,"

ibtimes-in Monday, February 17, 2020 4:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said ( about Karan Johar ) : "I've always wanted to be a part of historical drama. This one is as big as it gets, with a great ensemble cast and Karan helming it. They have their own pressure to make the narrative as true as what's written in history. For us as performers, the pressure is the same,"

news18 Friday, February 14, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said ( about Karan Johar ) : "I've always wanted to be a part of historical drama. This one is as big as it gets, with a great ensemble cast and Karan helming it. They have their own pressure to make the narrative as true as what's written in history. For us as performers too the pressure is the same,"

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:29:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : "I have this fear, that one fine day I'll get up and I won't know how to act. I wonder what I will do. But I fear that one day I'll go on set and for no logical reason, I wouldn't know what to do after action. I've this strange, imagined fear,"

business-standard Thursday, February 13, 2020 4:22:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : “It (Fashion) has to be an extension of my expression, where I feel comfortable and which will help me to be me. That’s fashion to me. If I am wearing something in which I am not comfortable, in which I am not able to express myself, then that doesn’t suit me. If I am wearing anything in which I am comfortable, and I am able to express myself, then that’s fashion for me,”

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:41:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal says : “Arti, Shehnaaz aur Mahira. Aap teeno me se kisi ek ko mere saath chalna hoga. (One of you will have to leave with me),”

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 13, 2020 12:09:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "There have been a few things in this movie for which I wasn't prepared as an actor. For instance, if you do a comedy or a drama then you sometimes just surrender it to the moment to get a reaction. But in horror genre, you already know everything beforehand and I have to give a pre-planned reaction to that. So, it becomes very tricky and technical. I also had to ask the director what kind of background score he was going to use so that my reaction to any particular scene wouldn't look over the top or too subtle. There was a whole new grammar,"

news18 Monday, February 3, 2020 5:27:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "This was something I was not prepared for as an actor. While doing comedy, drama or emotional scenes, you can leave it to the moment between co-actors. You can rehearse, and while acting you leave it to the moment. You surrender to the moment and create something. But horror is a genre where I had to know everything in advance. The scene was explained to me in advance, and I know what's going to happen next and have to react to it. I cannot just leave it to the moment. So, it was very technical and detailed, and a very tricky space, which I wasn't really exposed to earlier,"

mid-day Monday, February 3, 2020 3:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "I don't know about real-life incidents or encounters, but accidents kept happening on the set. A ladder fell on the set once, and we were gossiping that there is a ghost on the set! On another occasion, a door fell on someone's head. A few accidents took place but nothing, in particular, happened that could be deemed as a ghost encounter"

mid-day Monday, February 3, 2020 3:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "Karan Johar, Shashank Khaitan and I are really scared of horror films. The only person on the team who is enthusiastic about horror films is our director! Thank god Bhanu Pratap Singh enjoys horror films. He does watch them and so he made the film,"

mid-day Monday, February 3, 2020 3:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : "It has always been a dream to do a historical film, and now I am a part of a film that is set in Mughal era, which I have only heard of but never seen. I am really excited to bring alive that era in front of the audience,"

mid-day Monday, February 3, 2020 3:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told ( about National Film ) : “2019 was an immensely blessed year. The love and adulation that came my way was truly special, and I am extremely grateful to everyone for it. Also, the National Award gave me the perfect end to the year,”

expressindia Saturday, January 4, 2020 10:19:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal says : “At the end of the day, it was his vision that we were trying to follow. Uri was a decision taken from my gut feeling”

HindustanTimes Monday, December 23, 2019 12:10:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : “It’s a dream come true for me to be working with Shoojit Sircar because it’s a very different process of acting and making a film when you are working with him. This story and character really appealed to me and the way that Shoojit da wanted to present ‘Uddham Singh’… revolutionary to the audience. That really appealed to me. The take on it is really fresh and I am looking forward to it”

expressindia Tuesday, October 29, 2019 1:54:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : “It’s a dream come true for me to be working with Shoojit Sircar because it’s a very different process of acting and making a film when you are working with him,”

dailytimesPK Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : "It's a dream come true for me to be working with Shoojit Sircar because it's a very different process of acting and making a film when you are working with him,"

mid-day Monday, October 28, 2019 6:04:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said ( about Vicky Kaushal ) : "Life has been wonderful, I have learned so much over the period. My parents always made sure I am grounded and it’s their upbringing which has helped me reach here. While we were growing up, our parents were very clear between necessity and luxury. Luxury was something that Sunny (Kaushal) and I had to earn ourselves. I struggled to build my confidence at first because choosing acting as a career, appearances need to be on point. Always thought a lanky guy will never have a chance, but here we are,"

dnaindia Friday, March 13, 2020 8:39:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "He was always of the opinion that one of the family members would have a sedentary life with a desk job paying fixed income on monthly basis and vacationing in Diwali with all the family members,"

dnaindia Friday, March 13, 2020 8:39:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said ( about Vicky Kaushal ) : “Life has been wonderful, I have learned so much over the period of time. My parents always made sure I am grounded and it’s their upbringing which has helped me reach here. While we were growing up, our parents were very clear between necessity and luxury. Luxury was something which Sunny (Kaushal) and I had to earn ourselves,”

HindustanTimes Friday, March 13, 2020 6:22:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : “During my engineering tenure, I never thought of being an actor. Visiting an industrial place gave me clear goals and made me realise what I didn’t want to do in life. I channelled my thoughts and interest only to realise performing is what I love the most”

HindustanTimes Friday, March 13, 2020 6:22:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : “Then I said I would work for free (laughs), they would still not take me. At last, I had to say that I would pay but give me work,”

tribune Wednesday, March 11, 2020 11:58:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "I just wanted work and do good acting. I would always get selected in top 2 or 3 during auditions, but they would reject me after asking my budget. I would think that 'maybe, they have rejected me because of my budget.' So then, I started asking them their budget. When I said I would do in their budget, they would still reject me. Then I said I would work for free (laughs), they would still not take me. At last, I had to say that I would pay but give me work,"

news18 Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:39:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : "Uri was made by a debutant filmmaker. I also didn't headline any big film before that. So, I had a huge responsibility and there was a baggage for sure. But luckily, the film struck the right chord and the audience accepted it. Its success is also a proof that you must go for a script you like because you never know what that Friday might bring to you. We are in an excellent phase, where people are not just dependent on what's the packaging of a film. If the content is good, people will support your film. Look what happened with Uri. People literally snatched Uri from us and made it their own, and that was the most special feeling for all of us,"

news18 Tuesday, March 10, 2020 6:39:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : “There are no cons to dating. It’s a beautiful feeling,”

HindustanTimes Tuesday, February 25, 2020 7:29:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : "I personally liked the geography of the film as it is based on a haunted ship. It was a new direction for me as an actor but as an audience, I'm pretty scared to watch a horror movie. Therefore, I thought it would be a great opportunity to explore. Rest it's for the audience to decide,"

newindianexpress Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:56:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "While shooting a drama or comedy scene you have co-actors with you so there is some room for creativity and one can always improvise. Here in horror, there is less chance that you can improvise a certain scene"

newindianexpress Thursday, February 20, 2020 7:56:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal says : “If you had to change the angle by 180 degrees, it would involve a 100 people having to change positions in those spaces. When we shot on the upper deck of the ship which is about 10 floors high, equipment had to be carried via steep staircases,”

Hindu Thursday, February 20, 2020 2:29:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : "I personally liked the geography of the film as it is based on a haunted ship. It was a new direction for me as an actor but as an audience, I'm pretty scared to watch a horror movie. Therefore, I thought it would be a great opportunity to explore. Rest it's for the audience to decide,"

business-standard Thursday, February 20, 2020 1:23:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "While shooting a drama or comedy scene you have co-actors with you so there is some room for creativity and one can always improvise. Here in horror, there is less chance that you can improvise a certain scene"

business-standard Thursday, February 20, 2020 1:23:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : “I found the script very refreshing when I read it. It was a pure horror unlike other Bollywood movies,”

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 20, 2020 8:15:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : “And if you are stuck on a huge ship, how much ever you cry for help, it won’t reach out. And if there is paranormal presence then the stake for me was very high that how would I ever come out? The conflict is too rich so all of this attracted me to the script. Also, we have stuck to the genre. There is no side-track, there is no album of song or comic relief which is usually inserted to lure the audience. So far, we are in a very eerie space playing with human emotions in horror films. But this film is kind of a mix of both. It is a psycho-thriller as well as pure horror. There is a paranormal entity, and it is not something that is going on only in your head. If this is liked then we can keep evolving further,”

news18 Wednesday, February 19, 2020 10:59:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal says ( about Stanley Kubrick ) : “When I read the script, what fascinated me was its geography. It was almost like Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining . I liked the thought that there is a vacant hotel, there are so many rooms, and there is just one person, so anything can happen anywhere. There is a lot to play with. This is the same geography where there is a dilapidated big container ship. There are 10 floors, 300 rooms, engine room, pump room, staircases. So there are many textures in this geography, and anything can happen. You can fall, you can get trapped. There are so many possibilities that get created, and we have juiced out everything,”

firstpost Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:14:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal explains : “It becomes very tricky when you are a solo performer because I, as an actor, personally enjoy when there are co-actors with me. You exchange energy with each other, create a scene, and you keep the scene alive and try to do something new, which perhaps is not written. But here, when I was on the ship, and had to shoot those haunted moments. I wondered who do I shoot with because the 'ghost' will come later, only in post-production (laughs). I am supposed to react as if it is dark, I can’t see anything clearly but during the shoot, it is all well-lit and that itself is a very tricky layer to perform in. It would become very technical that there is no ghost, no sound, and still, you have to react. It would become difficult for me because I like to be in a flow when I am performing but here, it wasn’t possible because camera was set for a particular moment. You have to comply to what has been designed for that scene,”

firstpost Wednesday, February 19, 2020 6:14:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : "I hope you respect this... I really want to guard my personal life to some extent because if you open up, it leads to discussions and interpretations and misinterpretations. That is something I am not inviting,"

ibtimes-in Monday, February 17, 2020 4:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said ( about Karan Johar ) : "I've always wanted to be a part of historical drama. This one is as big as it gets, with a great ensemble cast and Karan helming it. They have their own pressure to make the narrative as true as what's written in history. For us as performers, the pressure is the same,"

news18 Friday, February 14, 2020 2:08:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said ( about Karan Johar ) : "I've always wanted to be a part of historical drama. This one is as big as it gets, with a great ensemble cast and Karan helming it. They have their own pressure to make the narrative as true as what's written in history. For us as performers too the pressure is the same,"

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 13, 2020 6:29:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : "I have this fear, that one fine day I'll get up and I won't know how to act. I wonder what I will do. But I fear that one day I'll go on set and for no logical reason, I wouldn't know what to do after action. I've this strange, imagined fear,"

business-standard Thursday, February 13, 2020 4:22:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : “It (Fashion) has to be an extension of my expression, where I feel comfortable and which will help me to be me. That’s fashion to me. If I am wearing something in which I am not comfortable, in which I am not able to express myself, then that doesn’t suit me. If I am wearing anything in which I am comfortable, and I am able to express myself, then that’s fashion for me,”

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 13, 2020 1:41:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal says : “Arti, Shehnaaz aur Mahira. Aap teeno me se kisi ek ko mere saath chalna hoga. (One of you will have to leave with me),”

HindustanTimes Thursday, February 13, 2020 12:09:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "There have been a few things in this movie for which I wasn't prepared as an actor. For instance, if you do a comedy or a drama then you sometimes just surrender it to the moment to get a reaction. But in horror genre, you already know everything beforehand and I have to give a pre-planned reaction to that. So, it becomes very tricky and technical. I also had to ask the director what kind of background score he was going to use so that my reaction to any particular scene wouldn't look over the top or too subtle. There was a whole new grammar,"

news18 Monday, February 3, 2020 5:27:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "This was something I was not prepared for as an actor. While doing comedy, drama or emotional scenes, you can leave it to the moment between co-actors. You can rehearse, and while acting you leave it to the moment. You surrender to the moment and create something. But horror is a genre where I had to know everything in advance. The scene was explained to me in advance, and I know what's going to happen next and have to react to it. I cannot just leave it to the moment. So, it was very technical and detailed, and a very tricky space, which I wasn't really exposed to earlier,"

mid-day Monday, February 3, 2020 3:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "I don't know about real-life incidents or encounters, but accidents kept happening on the set. A ladder fell on the set once, and we were gossiping that there is a ghost on the set! On another occasion, a door fell on someone's head. A few accidents took place but nothing, in particular, happened that could be deemed as a ghost encounter"

mid-day Monday, February 3, 2020 3:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal said : "Karan Johar, Shashank Khaitan and I are really scared of horror films. The only person on the team who is enthusiastic about horror films is our director! Thank god Bhanu Pratap Singh enjoys horror films. He does watch them and so he made the film,"

mid-day Monday, February 3, 2020 3:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal added : "It has always been a dream to do a historical film, and now I am a part of a film that is set in Mughal era, which I have only heard of but never seen. I am really excited to bring alive that era in front of the audience,"

mid-day Monday, February 3, 2020 3:53:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told ( about National Film ) : “2019 was an immensely blessed year. The love and adulation that came my way was truly special, and I am extremely grateful to everyone for it. Also, the National Award gave me the perfect end to the year,”

expressindia Saturday, January 4, 2020 10:19:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal says : “At the end of the day, it was his vision that we were trying to follow. Uri was a decision taken from my gut feeling”

HindustanTimes Monday, December 23, 2019 12:10:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : “It’s a dream come true for me to be working with Shoojit Sircar because it’s a very different process of acting and making a film when you are working with him. This story and character really appealed to me and the way that Shoojit da wanted to present ‘Uddham Singh’… revolutionary to the audience. That really appealed to me. The take on it is really fresh and I am looking forward to it”

expressindia Tuesday, October 29, 2019 1:54:00 PM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : “It’s a dream come true for me to be working with Shoojit Sircar because it’s a very different process of acting and making a film when you are working with him,”

dailytimesPK Tuesday, October 29, 2019 12:04:00 AM EAT

Vicky Kaushal told : "It's a dream come true for me to be working with Shoojit Sircar because it's a very different process of acting and making a film when you are working with him,"

mid-day Monday, October 28, 2019 6:04:00 AM EAT