Vicky Kaushal, Shweta Tripathi and Richa Chadha have shared heartfelt posts on Instagram on their film Masaan’s 5th anniversary. Directed by Neeraj Ghaywan, Masaan was set In Varanasi and was based on Devi's (Richa) struggle to shake off the social stigma of pre-marital sexual relations and lovers Deepak's (Vicky) and Shalu's (Shweta) attempt to transcend the restrictions of their casteist society. The film had become one of the critically acclaimed films on 2015.
Today as the film clocked 5 years, Vicky shared a series of stills from the film and captioned it with balloon emoticons.
Vicky also shared a fan-made tribute on his stories along with his brother Sunny Kaushal's story dedicated to Masaan.
Sharing several pictures from the film's promotions and shoot, Shweta wrote, "This day. 5 years back. One of the most important things for an actor is that first Friday, when the world sees them on the BIG screen for the first time. And I really couldn’t have asked for a better one. The team, the story, the characters, the place, the music.. all of it so, soooo special and close to our hearts. We were in Benaras for the premiere. The city where where it all began Khud ka hair and make-up karke, muskuraatey hoe aur tummy mein bahut saari ko lekar pahuch gaye thee hum apni film sabke saath dekhne. We felt all kinds of then and still do. Thank you for the love, the poetry and the baarish. Thank you for making us your Devi, Deepak aur Shaalu."
She also shared her favourite picture from Masaan set and captioned it as, "One of my favourite photos from set, a continuity photo taken by the diligent @rishav_agrawals_pov It was taken during the scene when Shaalu is on her way for the college picnic and Deepak comes on the (which FYI @vickykaushal09 had learnt just a few days before shoot ) Wearing the bangles and bindi and the ring of course ,brought me closer to being Shaalu every time is ore them. Thank you @shruti_kapoor_21 for it all. #Masaan"
Shweta also reposted a story that had several stills of hers from the film. The fan-made artword read, "5 Years of Shalu Gupta"
Richa reposted a video that read, "5 years of Masaan".
(Source: Instagram)