Vicky Kaushal’s father Sham Kaushal: “Veeru Devgan fed me when I was walking the streets hungry”

Action director Sham Kaushal has had a long and fruitful career in Bollywood. The stunt choreographer, who is actors Vicky Kaushal and Sunny Kaushal’s father, made his debut in the mid-90s and soon established himself as one of the foremost action directors in the film industry. Nonetheless, Sham went through a ton of struggle in reaching this stage. In a new interview, he credited veteran action director and Ajay Devgn’s late father Veeru Devgan to being his mentor and inspiration in the field.

Talking to ETimes, Sham said, “I have worked with Ajay Devgn ever since I entered the film industry as a stunt man. I used to work with his father Veeru Devgn ji. I think Ajay must have been in 4th-5th standard when I started working with Veeru ji. They used to stay in Santacruz at that time. I didn’t know anything about stunt work. Honestly speaking I was just working with him as an assistant.”

In fact, there were times when Sham was jobless and it reached to a point where he would wander on the streets hungry. Then too, Veeru Devgan came to his aid. “When Veeru ji passed away, I was shooting in Kochi. I remembered all our days together, especially when I was walking the streets hungry, he took me to his home and fed me,” recalled Sham.