Acclaimed actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik, who essayed some of the most memorable characters in Hindi cinema, passed away at 66 after a heart attack on Thursday morning.
While at a friend’s home in Delhi, Kaushik complained of feeling uneasy. On the way to the hospital he suffered a heart attack around 1 AM, actor and friend Anupam Kher told PTI. “I know that death is the ultimate truth but never in my dreams, I thought that I would have to write that about my best friend Satish Kaushik. A sudden full stop to 45 years of friendship. Life will never be the same without you Satish! Om Shanti,” Kher tweeted.
He was born on 13 April 1956, in Mahendragarh, Haryana. He graduated from Kirori Mal College, Delhi in 1972 and was an alumnus National School of Drama along with the Film and Television Institute of India. He started as a theatre actor and in 1983, he made his debut in Hindi cinema in Shekhar Kapur’s Masoom, on which he also worked as an assistant director. He has also acted in Woh 7 Din and Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro before taking on one of his most celebrated roles, the comedic, lovable Calendar in Shekhar Kapur’s Mr. India alongside Anil Kapoor.
Kaushik won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award twice: in 1990 for Ram Lakhan and in 1997 for Saajan Chale Sasural. Some of his popular films include Deewana Mastana, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Tehzeeb, Udta Punjab, and Namaste England. He made his English acting debut with a beautifully modulated performance in Brick Lane. He was seen in the acclaimed series Scam 1992 as a foul-mouthed and ruthless trader and was reunited with Anil Kapoor in the dark western Thar, released last year. His last acting role was in Chhatriwali with Rakul Preet Singh.
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