"I will become upset and depressed." Vicky Kaushal shared how his father made it clear that he wouldn’t offer any support to help him break into Bollywood. 🎥 @shamaniraj
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00:00It's not just all glitter and glamour.
00:02Here, big actors, directors, producers' sons get a launch.
00:06But not 100%.
00:07Some of them get a launch.
00:09I'll only be there as a father, not as an action director from the film industry.
00:13I'll be 30-35 years old.
00:15Then I don't have to think that I had to do something else at the age of 21-22.
00:18Now the time has passed, the car has left, what will I do now?
00:23Why don't you take risks?
00:24It's an instinct.
00:25I haven't calculated it in me.
00:28But this is what I am, what I have noticed.
00:30You're more secure.
00:31Yeah, I'll go for more.
00:33I'm not the guy for road less traveled.
00:37I'm not like that.
00:39Just instinct-wise.
00:41Interesting.
00:42Although, I left engineering and did acting.
00:44I was about to say that.
00:46I left engineering and did acting.
00:48But that too...
00:50For me, it was not that I'm taking a road less traveled approach.
00:56It was just being honest to myself.
00:58I knew I couldn't do 9-5.
01:00I had a job letter.
01:02I got a job in a company.
01:04I passed out with good marks in engineering.
01:06Oh, nice.
01:07But I just knew it in my second year only.
01:09That this is what I have to do.
01:11Because I'll be sad in this.
01:13I'll be depressed.
01:14Did your family want you to become an actor?
01:16They were very happy.
01:17Not the actors.
01:18They were very happy that I became an engineer.
01:20Because my grandfather had a small grocery store in a village in Punjab.
01:26From where my mom and dad belong.
01:28My dad has lived a very...
01:30I mean, he had a very struggling youth.
01:33And he's also part of the industry.
01:35He's been an action director.
01:37So, there's no security in this field.
01:39You're working on a project today.
01:42So, while working, you're worried about the next project.
01:45After this, I'll sit at home.
01:46What's next?
01:47You know, that's a freelancing job.
01:50So, my family was genuinely very happy.
01:52Because Kaushal was the first in the family to do a 9-5 job.
01:55You'll get a monthly pay.
01:56There's a Saturday-Sunday holiday.
01:58There's a Diwali holiday.
01:59You'll know when and where to take a vacation.
02:02So, it's a very secure life.
02:04You know.
02:05And he was very happy with that.
02:07He thought that he had won.
02:09I mean, I struggled and did the life of my children.
02:13That they'll do 9-5.
02:15And he knew that I'm good with studies academically.
02:18I got a job.
02:19He was very happy.
02:21I don't know.
02:23I don't know.
02:28But then I shared with him.
02:31But then the first thing he asked me was this only.
02:38Why?
02:53I'm a technician myself.
02:55Here, only big actors, directors, and producers get a launch.
02:59It's not like that.
03:00100%.
03:01Some of them get a launch.
03:03And even after getting a launch, there's no guarantee of success.
03:05But I'm a technician here.
03:06So, I'm looking for my own work.
03:08How can I get you work?
03:09So, I'll only be there as a father.
03:11Not as an action director from the film industry.
03:13But I said, I'm 22-21 years old.
03:16I've finished engineering.
03:17I'll be 30-35 years old.
03:20At that time, I didn't want to think that I had to do something else at the age of 21-22.
03:23Now the time has passed.
03:24The car has left.
03:25What should I do now?
03:26There are other responsibilities.
03:28I don't want to regret that.
03:30I have been active on stage.
03:32School, college, society, wherever it was.
03:35Whatever opportunity I got to perform.
03:37I enjoyed it a lot.
03:38So, I knew that I get happiness from this work.
03:42I will learn this.
03:43I will work on this.
03:44I know it's not going to be easy.
03:46One advantage is that you know the harsh reality.
03:55When you're born into a family where somebody is working in the industry.
04:00You know the harsh reality.
04:02It's not just all glitter and glamour.