MUMBAI: Sham Kaushal has established a name for himself as an action director.
He has been part of multiple Bollywood projects. He has had a long and successful career in the film industry. The stunt choreographer, who is actor 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.
Talking about Sham, he started 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."
He added, "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.”
Talking about Veeru Devgan, he worked on over 200 films as an action director and later producer in a career that spanned for 35 years. He breathed his last in 2019. He was 84.
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