When Vicky Kaushal almost got beaten up by 500 people; here's how he managed to escape

Vicky Kaushal who is basking in the success of Bad Newz recently revisited an incident from Gangs of Wasseypur sets where he almost got beaten up.

Vicky Kaushal is currently on cloud nine. His latest movie Bad Newz has is performing well at the box office. The movie released on July 19 and it registered a good first weekend collection. The actor has been on his toes for a while now promoting the film. He is being his candid best in all the interviews. In a recent interview, he recalled an episode from Gangs Of Wasseypur sets where he almost got beaten up by almost 500 people.

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In a conversation with standup comedian Tanmay Bhatt, Vicky Kaushal narrated the incident when the makers of Gangs of Wasseypur shot the coal smuggling scene at a real location. He stated that coal smuggling shown in the film was real and when they captured visuals of illegal sand mining. The actor expressed that it was for the first time for him to see something like that. He added that the team was shooting all of it secretly. He mentioned that there were around 500 people around them. So when a few people showed up, the camera attendant called up someone from the unit stating that there was a situation. The people around felts that the cameraman was talking to someone influential and slapped him. Vicky Kaushal said, "That man slapped the cameraman, snatched the camera from him, and threatened us that they would break the camera. Both of us were about to get beaten up. We somehow escaped and saved our lives (sic)." Well, that's one freaky story, isn't it!

Gangs of Wasseypur by Anurag Kashyap starred Nawazuddin Siddiqui, Pankaj Tripathi, Manoj Bajpayee, Richa Chadha, Huma Qureshi and many more. Vicky Kaushal was seen in a cameo role in Gangs of Wasseypur. He has definitely come a long way in the industry since Gangs of Wasseypur.

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For Vicky Kaushal, next movie is Chhava. He is going to be seen in a character of Chatrapathi Sambhaji. He also has Love & War in his kitty. It is a Sanjay Leela Bhansali film that also stars Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. It is going to be a big-budget drama.