Bollywood

When Vicky Kaushal Used To Watch The Burning Dead Bodies Sitting For Hours At The Cremation Ground.

By Gunjan Chaudhary

August 21, 2021

Bollywood actor Vicky Kaushal is a big name in the film industry today. Nowadays he is also in a lot of discussions with Katrina Kaif regarding the rumors of affair and engagement. Talking about Vicky Kaushal’s film career, ‘Masaan’ changed his fate. This is the same film that gave Vicky the recognition of an emerging good actor in Bollywood.

Masaan

Earlier, he used to play only minor roles in 3-4 films. This was Vicky’s first film as a lead actor. The film Masaan was not easy for Vicky because few actors can do the performance that Vicky did in it. During the shooting of this film, Vicky used to face the dead bodies for many days. He used to see every corpse burning before his eyes. Not only this, most of the scenes related to the character of Vicky Kaushal were shot at the crematoriums. Know about the characters of Masaan who spent hours at the cremation ground to bring the film to life.

Masaan was the debut film of young director Neeraj Ghaywan. Before the shooting of Masaan started, Vicky Kaushal used to sit for hours at Manikarnika Ghat every day. During this time he had seen many dead bodies turning into ashes, black, fair, beautiful, ugly, rich, poor, fat, skinny. Vicky often felt sitting on the ghat that people leave and only his work is left behind.

Vicky Kaushal

The character of Vineet, who became Vicky’s father in the film Masaan, was also very difficult. He was playing the character of Domraja in the film. Domes are those who burn the dead. For this film, Vineet had burnt dead bodies at Manikarnika Ghat for a week. He used to work at the ghat every day for 10 hours so that he could do well in the film. The film Masaan has been shot at different crematoriums in Banaras. During this, the actors of the film used to act among the burning corpses. Even the scenes from burning the pyre to turning the dead body were actually filmed. This kind of work is very difficult for any actor but the actors played their part with full dedication to bring life to the film.

Vicky Kaushal

Along with Vicky Kaushal, Pankaj Tripathi, Sanjay Mishra, Richa Chadha, Shweta Tripathi were in the lead roles in this film. The film also won two awards at the Cannes Film Festival in 2015. Along with this, the critics also appreciated the story and performance of the film. Director Neeraj Ghaywan also got a lot of recognition from his very first film.