Masaan completes 4 years, Vicky Kaushal and Richa Chadha get nostalgic

Vicky Kaushal and Richa Chadhas Masaan completes four years on Wednesday July 24 Masaan marked Kaushals debut in the film industry The actors walked down the memory lane and revisited the time spent on the ghats of Varanasi as they prepared and shot for the filmVicky Kaushal took to his Instagram account to pen a heartfelt note and thanked the film fraternity for recognising his talent The actor played the character of Deepak Kumar who belongs to the Dom community from Varanasi and whose family works at cremation ghats He shared how sitting on the ghats for hours and hours helped him perfect his characterView this post on InstagramFor days before we started filming Masaan Irsquod sit here for hours at a stretch quietly watching bodies getting burnt one after the other dark fair beautiful ugly rich poor fat thin All of them turning into the same colour of ash Leaving behind just their deeds teaching me the most important lesson of my life My job was to put life into Deepak what eventually happened was the other way around Four years back I got to ask you all a question ldquoagravecurrenu00c2u0085agravecurrennot agravecurrencurrenagraveyenu00c2u008b agravecurrensup1agravecurrenreg friend agravecurrensup1agraveyenu00c2u008b agravecurrenu00c2u0097agravecurrenu00c2u008f agravecurrensup1agraveyenu00c2u0088agravecurrenu00c2u0082 agravecurrenumlagravecurrenfrac34rdquo Answer to which I keep getting till date Herersquos to 4 years of our beautiful friendship I cherish it everyday of my life Thank You 4yearsofMasaan ethu00c2u009fcurrenu00c2u0097ethu00c2u009fu00c2u008eu00c2u0088A post shared by Vicky Kaushal vickykaushal09 onJul 23 2019 at 1009pm PDTHeres what he wrote For days before we started filming Masaan Id sit here for hours at a stretch quietly watching bodies getting burnt one after the other dark fair beautiful ugly rich poor fat thin All of them turning into the same colour of ash Leaving behind just their deeds teaching me the most important lesson of my life My job was to put life into Deepak what eventually happened was the other way around Four years back I got to ask you all a question are we friends now Answer to which I keep getting till date Heres to 4 years of our beautiful friendship I cherish it every day of my life Thank You he captioned the picture on InstagramHe continued the post by further writing I had asked you a question Now we have become friends right I am still getting the answer till date Thank you for your love and friendshipRicha Chadha who commented on his Instagram post by calling him bubblegum also got nostalgic over the milestoneView this post on InstagramMasaan has given me a lifetime of memories As I write this I cant help but get choked up Images flash before me of desolate dusty Ganga ghats of steel tiffin boxes wrapped in plastic bags of small town dreams a floral plastic tablecloth And then of crazy drunken parties in France of carrying heels in your hands because your feet ache from dancing of a standing ovation that made adults sob like babies of group huddles of walking the red carpet at Cannes while hearing your name announced alongside legends like Marion Cotillard of a hug from Naseer saab of peoples glimmering eyes as they search for words of silence after the end credits of my parents beaming faces as they saw a hobby turn into a career of red balloons and a small gift box wrapped in purple paper Masaan is immortalised by the people that were in it behind and in front of the camera And now by you the audience that saw it and became a part of that world It shall now forever inhabit our collective imagination in tiny undetectable ways Devi will always be alive long after Richa is gone Tricky thing to come to terms with 4YearsOfMasaan Masaan Devi Ghatsofganga cannes journeyofalifetime memoriesforlife cannesA post shared by Richa Chadha therichachadha onJul 24 2019 at 1202am PDTMasaan has given me a lifetime of memories As I write this I cant help but get choked up Images flash before me of desolate dusty Ganga ghats of steel tiffin boxes wrapped in plastic bags of smalltown dreams a floral plastic tablecloth And then of crazy drunken parties in France of carrying heels in your hands because your feet ache from dancing of a standing ovation that made adults sob like babies of group huddles of walking the red carpet at Cannes while hearing your name announced alongside legends like Marion Cotillard of a hug from Naseer saab of peoples glimmering eyes as they search for words of silence after the end credits of my parents beaming faces as they saw a hobby turn into a career of red balloons and a small gift box wrapped in purple paper she wroteAdding Masaan is immortalized by the people that were in it behind and in front of the camera And now by you the audience that saw it and became a part of that world It shall now forever inhabit our collective imagination in tiny undetectable ways Devi will always be alive long after Richa is gone A tricky thing to come to terms withDirected by Neeraj Ghaywan Masaan follows the stories of four people from a small town Varanasi and how they fit into moralities and how preset notions of society change their life The film also touches upon issues like caste stereotypes and premarital sex The film also stars Shweta Tripathi Sanjay Mishra in pivotal rolesAlso ReadVicky Kaushals Uri The Surgical Strike to rerelease in Maharashtra on Kargil Vijay DiwasCatch up on all the latest entertainment news and gossip here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updatesEdited by midday online desk with inputs from ANI