Throwback: When Vicky Kaushal recalled Anurag Kashyap asking him, 'Item number karega?'

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The first glimpse of Vicky Kaushal on celluloid one can remember or recall is Anurag Kashyap's Bombay Velvet in 2015. He even assisted the filmmaker on his two-part crime drama Gangs of Wasseypur that came out in 2012. Two more collaborations happened in the form of Raman Raghav 2.0 (2016) and Manmarziyaan (2018).

In a nearly tell-all interview with Mayank Shekhar for Sit With Hitlist, Vicky revealed how and when he faced the camera for the first time, and how Anurag asked him ‘Item number karega?' When asked if he faced the camera for the first time for director Michael Winterbottom, the actor said, "Yes, that was the first time I faced the camera, and you could see my face! Michael Winterbottom was making a film called Trishna, with Freida Pinto. We'd just finished shooting Gangs in March, 2011, and I had these braces, and was an AD. I had gone to my native place in Punjab with family, when I got a call from Anurag Kashyap, and he said, "Item number karega (Will you do an item number)?" I was like, what? He said, it's a Michael Winterbottom film, and Huma [Qureshi] and I will dance, and that he's acting in it as well, it'll be fun."

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He added, "So, Trishna, that's Freida's character in the film, comes to Bombay from Rajasthan, and a friend of hers takes her to a film-set. There's a song being shot with choreographer Ganesh Acharya, which is being picturised between and Huma and I [in the film, within the film]. That song was also supposed to be the promotional track for the film, like [Slumdog Millionaire's] Jai Ho! But the film never released [in India]."

He also stated that it was a proper song and he was wearing a shimmery black, typical item number costume that he was very conscious of. He confessed he had no idea how to be in front of the camera with 50 background dancers and 200 people around. His body was dancing but his face was frozen. Seeing this, he revealed Ganesh Acharya said, "You're dancing well. Now just dance from your face!"

Today, he's a star and one of the finest actors we have. The excitement around his wedding is palpable and fans cannot wait to have a glimpse of the groom and his bride Katrina Kaif in their wedding attires, and everything that unfolds at their wedding.

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