Vicky Kaushal, who is currently busy promoting his upcoming comedy-drama 'Bad Newz', talked about his father Sham Kaushal. Vicky, while discussing his family's past, shared that his father contemplated suicide because he couldn't get a job. In a conversation with Raj Shamani, Vicky shared that his grandfather sent Sham Kaushal to Mumbai after learning about Sham's decision to end his life. In the same interview, Vicky also talked about taking up acting after finishing his engineering degree.

He said in Hindi, “My parents were very happy with the idea of me having a regular (9-5) job. My grandfather had a small kirana ki dukaan (grocery shop) in our village in Punjab. That’s where my parents are from. Dad came to Mumbai in 1978. He had an MA in English literature, but he was still jobless. We had no land back there (in Punjab). One day, after drinking with his friends, he declared that he wants to die. My grandfather became very concerned, so he sent him to Mumbai with a friend.”