Vicky Kaushal Recalls His Father Contemplating ‘Suicide’ After Being Unable To Find A Job

Vicky Kaushal shares a close bond with his family members. The actor’s father Sham Kaushal works as an action choreographer. The actor, who has been gearing up for the release of his film Bad Newz, shared that his father contemplated suicide. 

Vicky Kaushal on his father’s suicidal thoughts 

Bollywood star Vicky Kaushal, who is gearing up for his upcoming comedy film ‘Bad Newz’, has revealed that his father, the action choreographer Sham Kaushal was once suicidal. He shared that his father did an MA in English literature and wasn’t able to find a job in his native town in Punjab despite having a degree. This was during the 1970s when the cultural and political landscape of India was changing. 

The Uri actor told Raj Shamani in his podcast: “My grandfather had a grocery store in Punjab in a village. My father was jobless despite having an MA degree. He was very sad because of all of this. Once, he was sitting at a bus station with his friend and had a few drinks. My father then told his friend, ‘Main suicide kar lunga’ (I’ll commit suicide). My grandfather was petrified on hearing this.”

Vicky Kaushal recalls how his father struggled in Mumbai 

The actor further mentioned that his father’s friend was coming to Mumbai and his father tagged along with him. “My father was like, ‘I can do any job in Mumbai, even if it means mopping floors because the family wouldn’t get to know about it’. My father had a very struggling time during his youth. He is also a part of this industry, he is an action director. But then, it’s a very insecure place, you worry about the next project while you’re working on the current one.”

Vicky said that when he finished his engineering and got the offer letter from a company, his family was very happy that someone in the family would have a proper 9 to 5 job with yearly vacation and Diwali holidays. But, they didn’t know that destiny had other plans as both the Kaushal brothers, Vicky and Sunny ended up in the profession of acting.
(With inputs from IANS)