Overview

• In YouTube interviews, Sham Kaushal described living in a 10×10 chawl and sleeping on a thin mattress laid on a cement floor.
• He recounted the family’s gradual rise from a two-room chawl to a flat and upgrading from a motorcycle to a second-hand Fiat as finances improved.
• Sham said he openly cried after workplace insults to teach his sons emotional openness, honesty and humility.
• Vicky Kaushal credited witnessing these hardships for his understanding of Bollywood’s harsh realities and for grounding his values.
• These reflections coincide with Chhaava grossing over Rs 800 crore worldwide and Vicky’s current work on Sanjay Leela Bhansali’s upcoming Love & War.