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section and a `Promising Future` prize 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, His 2020 release includes ‘Bhoot - Part One:
where he plays the role of a cop who is a drug The Haunted Ship’.
addict and is after a serial killer.
The actor is currently shooting for ‘Udham
After a successful year in 2017, Vicky Singh’ and ‘Takht’ had a dream run at the box
began the year 2018 with another stellar office last year. His performances in movies
performance in the Indian spy thriller ‘Raazi’ like Raazi and Manmarziyaan made sure that
directed by Meghna Gulzar. The film, which he was among the most talked-about actors of
is based on a novel titled Calling Sehmat by the previous year. The actor also bagged the
Harinder Sikka is about an Indian spy who Filmfare award for the best supporting actor
married a Pakistani military officer before for his role in Sanju. He started the year with a
the Indo-Pak war in 1971. His other notable bang too. ‘Uri: The Surgical Strike’, became
ventures include ‘Sanju’, a biopic on the his biggest commercial success to date raking
Bollywood star Sanjay Dutt, which is directed in more than 200 crores at the Indian box
by the acclaimed director Rajkumar Hirani and office. Vicky Kaushal is an Indian actor who
‘Manmarziyan’, directed by Anurag Kashyap. is best remembered for his performance in
the award-winning movie
‘Masaan’ in 2015 for which
he won the IIFA Award for
Best Male Debut.
Wishing Vicky Kaushal a very
happy Birthday. He has had
an extremely successful work
graph and on his birthday we
wish him much triumphs in
his future endeavors.
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