Vicky Kaushal’s father Sham Kaushal recently shared an old photo of his son from the sets of Shah Rukh Khan’s 2001 film Asoka. Shershah director Vishnuvardhan, and Vicky’s actor-brother Sunny Kaushal, were also a part of the picture Sham posted on Instagram. In his caption, Sham said that it was special that in 2022 both Vishnuvardhan and Vicky won best director and best actor awards for Shershah and Sardar Udham, respectively, something that seemed unthinkable back when their photo with Shah Rukh was clicked.
Vicky looked unrecognisable in the picture that was taken during his school days. The actor stood beside Shah Rukh, who was dressed as his character Asoka in the period drama, wearing a black outfit with long hair. Directed by Santosh Sivan, Asoka also featured Kareena Kapoor, Danny Denzongpa, Hrishitaa Bhatt.
Sharing their photo, Sham wrote, “By God’s grace this photo was taken in 2001 during the shooting of Asoka in Film City (Mumbai). Vishnuvardhan was the assistant director and Vicky was studying in 8th standard. Nobody ever imagined that one day Vicky will join film line and in 2022 both of them will be winning best director and best actor awards respectively for Shershah and Sardar Udham. Destiny and God’s blessings… Rab di meher (blessings of God).”
