Hyderabad: It's been over eight years since the release of Vicky Kaushal's debut film Masaan. In the indie film helmed by Neeraj Ghaywan, Vicky played Deepak Kumar, an engineering aspirant from a marginalised community, who falls in love with an upper-caste girl, played by Shweta Tripathi, only to be left heartbroken when she passes away in an accident. The film is rich in layered narratives as it beautifully weaves in stigma around pre-marital sex and caste discrimination.
The stellar performances by the entire cast of the film including Richa Chadha, Sanjay Mishra, Pankaj Tripathi, and others make Masaan a moving watch. One scene, however, that has apparently outlived the film is of Vicky crying inconsolably on the ghats of Ganga mourning his girlfriend's demise while the bottled-up dejection stemming from the ordeals he would have faced in life so far also reflects in the line that goes like: "Ye dukh kahe khatam nahi hota bey..."
Vicky has talked about the scene earlier in various interviews. Movie buffs and aspiring actors would know that the scene on paper ended with the line 'Ye dukh kahe khatam nahi hota...' but what made it to the final cut is the brilliantly improvised version by the debutant actor. In the scene, Vicky and his friends are sitting on the banks of the Ganga as the darkness of night engulfs the ghat while the flames of burning fire add to the aesthetics.