It’s been eight years since Vicky Kaushal obtained into mainstream highlight with Masaan, after doing a few transient roles in tasks similar to Bombay Velvet and Luv Shuv Te Chicken Khurana. As the movie accomplished eight years of its launch earlier this week, the actor admits that he doesn’t prefer to shrink back from the pressures that comes with this stardom, and actually, it solely motivates him to push himself as an artiste.
“When it comes to stardom, we cannot take it for granted because stardom is not something that we own. It is given to us by the public,” says the actor, including, “The pressures and responsibilities that come with it, if taken in the right way, is something which will help you grow as an artiste and as a human being. I want that pressure to be there with me.”
The 35-year-old, whose final theatrical outing, Zara Hatke Zara Bachke turned out to be a success, needs audiences to proceed having excessive expectations from him. “I want people to care about my work, expect good and better, in fact best work from me with every project. When I started off on this journey, it was very clear that there are just two ways for you — one is that you can try and be better with your work, so that people care about what you do. And with that, there will be pressure on you and people will expect better work out of you. And second option was that people will not be happy with your work and not care, hence no pressure,” explains Kaushal, admitting that he was clear what path he needed to decide on.
“For me, there is no middle ground. I have chosen this path where I want to keep delivering good work, and have that pressure of people wanting good work from me,” he provides.
When it involves his profession, Kaushal made a reputation for himself within the trade by means of tasks similar to Raazi (2018), Uri: The Surgical Strike (2019) and Sardar Udham (2021).
Looking again at his journey, the National Award-winning actor says, “Through the years, seeing the highs and lows, the biggest lesson has been something which is straight out of poem by Rudyard Kipling which says that ‘Success and failure both are imposters. So, nothing should make you fly too high and nothing should make you feel bogged down too much’. I’m attached to the process. My focus is to be a better actor with every project and every day that passes by, and that’s my biggest learning, too.’
That being said, Kaushal is quick to add that what happens with every film after Friday is really not in his control or anybody’s control belonging to that film. “It is to do with destiny. Every film comes with its own destiny. I focus on the learning, no matter what happens, the highs and lows, I give my 100% to my work,” ends Kaushal.
Source: www.hindustantimes.com