Vicky Kaushal, Katrina Kaif Photo From London Spreads

A fan photo of Vicky Kaushal and Katrina Kaif on a London street has been circulating online, and the conversation is mostly about Vicky's beard. Here is what is reported, what is only guessing, and what Katrina herself said at a recent public event.

What was reported

The Times of India reported on Oct. 11 that Katrina is in London celebrating one year of her beauty brand's presence in the UK. It says the picture, shared by a fan page on X, shows the couple posing with a fan on a street. Katrina wore an oversized grey jacket and a white shirt with her hair tied back. Vicky wore a grey sweatshirt, a cap and glasses, and the report says his thicker beard made him look different from his usual self.

ABP News and Times Now later published clips of the couple returning to Mumbai, where Vicky posed with fans at the airport, according to the search listings for those reports. We have not reviewed those clips ourselves.

The guessing

The Times of India notes that some users wondered whether the new look was preparation for Vicky's upcoming film Mahavatar. That is speculation from social media users, and neither the actor nor the makers have said anything about it in the coverage we found. The same piece surfaces Reddit jokes and a debate about double standards in how the two are judged. We are not repeating individual comments.

What Katrina said

At a Kay Beauty event, Katrina said, as quoted by the Times of India, "I think we really need to be careful of letting narrative on social media affect our self-worth and value because there are so many opinions out there. If we're going to start to cater to all of them, it really hampers your ability to make choices for yourself." She added that every time she faced critics, if she let that dictate her actions, she would have been "paralysed with fear and unable to move ahead in my life."

The work calendar

Vicky Kaushal's next release is Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Love & War, which ABP News reports is set for a Jan. 21, 2027 theatrical release, with Ranbir Kapoor and Alia Bhatt. He also has Mahavatar in the pipeline. Movie Talkies lists his 2025 film Chhaava as his first Rs 300 crore film, with Rs 545 crore. Katrina was last seen in the film Merry Christmas, directed by Sriram Raghavan, according to the Times of India.

Why we are keeping this short

The viral picture came from a fan page, not from the couple or an agency. It tells us where they were and little else. A story built on someone's beard is gossip in its lightest form, and we think it is worth reading only for what Katrina said on the record about handling online opinion.

What we could not confirm

We could not confirm the exact date or location of the photo, since it was shared by a fan page and the Times of India did not verify it independently. We could not confirm any link between Vicky's look and a film role. We could not confirm the full details of Katrina's event, because only the quote reported by the Times of India was available to us. Neither actor has commented on the photo in the coverage we reviewed.

Sources

*Cover photo: Bollywood Hungama, Wikimedia Commons, *[*https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vicky_Kaushal_grace_the_premiere_of_Kill.jpg*](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Vicky_Kaushal_grace_the_premiere_of_Kill.jpg)* (CC BY 3.0).*