Vicky Kaushal’s father Sham Kaushal remembers Veeru Devgan: ‘He fed me when I was walking the streets hungry’

Vicky Kaushal's father, action director Sham Kaushal, shared an incident when his mentor - Ajay Devgn's father Veeru Devgan - took him home and fed him when he was wandering on the streets hungry.

Action director Sham Kaushal has had a long and successful career in Bollywood. The stunt choreographer, who is actors Vicky Kaushal and Sunny Kaushal's father, made his debut in the early 90s and soon established himself as one of the foremost action directors in the industry. However, Sham underwent a lot of struggle in reaching this stage. In a recent interview, he credited veteran action director and Ajay Devgn's late father Veeru Devgan to being his mentor and inspiration in the field.

Action director Sham Kaushal started his career under Veeru Devgan in the late 1970s.

Sham began his career as a stunt performer in the late 70s, mostly under Veeru Devgan, who was already an established action director then. Sham recalled how Veeru took him under his wing in those days.

Speaking 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 out of work and it got 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. (