Vicky Kaushal Age, Height, Wife, Relationship, Family, Biography & More

Vicky Kaushal is a Hindi film actor well-known in the Bollywood industry. He has made millions of people his fans today because of his great acting. His first film came in 2015, and in just a few years, he won a National Film Award and a Filmfare Award for doing fantastic acting in films. Winning a National Film Award is every actor’s dream, and Vicky Kaushal achieved that dream in just a few years.

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Early Life

Vicky Kaushal was born in Mumbai in a suburban chawl in a Punjabi Hindu family on 16 May 1988. His father’s name is Sham Kaushal, and his mother’s is Veena Kaushal. Although Vicky Kaushal may have been born in Mumbai, his family hails from Hoshiarpur, Punjab.

Vicky Kaushal’s father is a well-known action director and stuntman in Bollywood, and he has also won awards like Filmfare for directing Hindi films. his mother is a housewife. Vicky Kaushal also has a younger brother named Sunny Kaushal, an actor in Bollywood like his brother Vicky Kaushal. Sunny Kaushal has also worked in many Bollywood films and web series.

Today’s famous actor Vicky Kaushal was very good at his studies. Along with his studies, he was also very interested in playing sports and watching movies; he loved playing cricket in his childhood. Vicky Kaushal studied at Sheth Chunilal Damodardas Barfiwala High School, Mumbai. After schooling, he was admitted to the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology for further studies. Vicky Kaushal completed his engineering degree in electronics and telecommunications at this institute in 2009. So, apart from being a great actor, Vicky Kaushal is also an engineer.

Only during one of the industrial visits during his engineering did he realize he wanted to become an actor. He was always an active part of theater during his school and college days, and he joined an acting workshop under Kishore Namit Kapoor.

Acting Career

Vicky first decided to assist directors instead of acting and regularly visited Bollywood director Anurag Kashyap’s office. After that, he assisted him on Gangs of Wasseypur in 2010 and Gangs of Wasseypur 2 in 2012. After that, he went on to do small parts in movies like Luv Shuv Tey Chicken Khurana in 2012 and Bombay Velvet in 2015, and was also seen in the short film Geek Out. In the meantime, he continued to be a part of Manav Kaul and Naseeruddin Shah’s theater groups.

While Vicky was assisting Kashyap on Gangs of Wasseypur, even Neeraj Ghaywan worked with him as an assistant director. When Neeraj decided to make his movie Masaan, he also called Vicky to audition for a part. Masaan, co-starring Richa Chadda, Sanjay Mishra, and Pankaj Tripathi, was released at the Cannes Film Festival and won the FIPRESCI Prize in the Un Certain Regard section and a ‘Promising Future’ prize (Prix de L’Avenir) for debut films. When it was released in India in 2015, it opened to a positive response and received critical acclaim. Despite belonging to a typical Punjabi family, Vicky managed to play the role of a small-town Banarasi boy in the movie with ease, which won him immense praise and critical acclaim.

In 2016, the actor was seen in the coming-of-age story of a young boy in Zubaan, co-starring Sarah Jane Dias. In the same year, he was seen in Raman Raghav 2.0, based on a true story co-starring Nawazuddin Siddiqui, where he plays the role of a cop who is a drug addict and is after a serial killer.

After a successful year in 2017, Vicky began 2018 with another stellar performance in the Indian spy thriller Raazi, directed by Meghna Gulzar. The film, which is based on a novel titled Calling Sehmat by Harinder Sikka, is about an Indian spy who married a Pakistani military officer before the Indo-Pak war in 1971. His other notable ventures include Sanju, a biopic on the Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, which was directed by the acclaimed director Rajkumar Hirani, and Manmarziyan, directed by Anurag Kashyap. His 2020 release includes Bhoot – Part One: The Haunted Ship. His other notable works include Sardar Udham (2021), Govinda Naam Mera (2022), Almost Pyaar with DJ Mohabbat (2023), Zara Hatke Zara Bachke (2023), The Great Indian Family (2023), Sam Bahadur (2023) and Dunki (2023).

Personal Life

According to Hindu tradition, Vicky Kaushal married Katrina Kaif on 9 December 2021 in Sawai Madhopur, Rajasthan, at the Six Senses Resort, Fort Barware. Katrina Kaif is a well-known Bollywood actress like Vicky Kaushal, who is five years younger than Vicky Kaushal. Both of them kept their relationship very secret before marriage.

Katrina Kaif has also worked in many Bollywood movies and is one of the top-paid actresses in Bollywood. Based on her acting, Katrina Kaif has won the hearts of millions of people. She appeared in her first Bollywood film in 2003. Before marrying Katrina Kaif, Vicky Kaushal had an affair with actress Harleen Sethi; however, in 2019, they ended their relationship.

Past Relationships

• Harleen Sethi (2018 – 2019)
• Bhumi Pednekar (2019)
• Malavika Mohanan (Rumor, 2019)

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Vicky Kaushal Awards

Vicky Kaushal is a wonderful actor and has won many awards based on his acting. Let’s see some awards won or received by Vicky Kaushal-

• Vicky Kaushal received the National Award for Best Actor for the film Uri: The Surgical Strike, released in 2019.
• Vicky Kaushal has also won the Filmfare Award and IIFA Award for Best Supporting Actor. He received these IIFA Awards for his brilliant performances in films.
• Vickey Kaushal also received the Screen Awards for Best Male Debut for the film Massan. He has received many more awards for his great acting.
• Vicky Kaushal has also received the Zee Cine Award for films like Sanju, and He won the Zee Cine Award for Best Male Debut for the film Massan and the Zee Cine Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role for Sanju.

Facts You Never Knew About Vicky Kaushal

• He was born in a chawl in suburban Mumbai.
• He has a younger brother named Sunny, who is an actor.
• As a child, he liked studying, playing cricket, and watching movies.
• He got his first acting job in Laal Pencil.
• His movie Masaan was called a leading example of increased realism in Indian cinema by The New York Times.
• He was nominated for the Asian Film Award for Best Newcomer for his performance in Masaan.
• Forbes India featured him in their 30 under 30 lists of 2018.
• The Times of India and India Today gave very positive reviews about him for his work in Sanju.
• His movie Sanju earned US$ 81 million at the box office.
• He worked alongside Abhishek Bachchan and Taapsee Pannu in Manmarziyaan.
• He played the role of a military officer in Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019).
• He underwent five months of military training in martial arts sessions to do justice to his role in Uri: The Surgical Strike.