9 Years Of Masaan: Interesting Facts About Vicky Kaushal's Film

Did you know? Rajkummar Rao and Manoj Bajpayee were the first choices for Vicky Kaushal's role in the film

The track Tu Kisi Rail Si from the film, penned by Varun Grover, is adapted from a poem by Dushyant Kumar

Vicky Kaushal once disclosed that he was scarred to jump into the Ganga for a scene because he didn't know how to swim. To not lose his role in the film, he took swimming lessons

The ghats shown in the film were not real. They were virgin ghats that were converted to resemble the ancient ghats of Varanasi

Casting director Mukesh Chhabra was 'judged' for taking Vicky Kaushal as the lead. Mukesh earlier revealed that people made fun of him for casting Vicky in Masaan, said, 'Arey yaar, kisko hero ke role diya.'

The film was dedicated to Sanjay Mishra's father. The actor used to travel by boat to the shooting location and stayed on the banks of the river Ganga a small river

Neeraj Ghaywan was Anurag Kashyap's assistant in Gangs of Wasseypur. He planned the story of Masaan in 2012 and initially wanted Anurag to produce it