Indian actor, director, producer, comedian, and screenwriter Satish Kaushik Dies at the age of 66 on 9th March’2023 at Fortis Hospital In Gurgaon.
About Satish Kaushik
Occupation – Actor, film maker, Screenwriter, Comedian
Years of service – 1982-2023
Date of Birth – 13 April 1956
Death – 9 March 2023, aged 66, at Fortis Hospital, Gurgaon, Haryana, India
Birth place – Mahendragarh, Haryana, India
EDUCATION
Graduate from Kirori Mal College, Delhi University in 1972
Alumnus of National School of Drama and Film and Television Institute of India.
FAMILY
Marital status – Married in 1985
Spouse – Shashi Kaushik,
Father – Late Banwari Lal Kaushik
Mother – Basanti Kaushik
2 brothers, 3 sisters
Children – 2 (Their son died in 1996 at age two. In 2012, their daughter was born through a surrogate mother.)
Reason of Death – Hearth attack (cardiac arrest shortly after celebrating Holi with his friends in Vikas Malu’s farmhouse)
The autopsy report said death was caused by “coronary artery blockage associated with coronary artery diseases and the manner of death appears to be natural.
CAREER
CALENDER – Mr.India
Pappu Pager – Deewana Mastana
Chanu Ahmed -Brick Lane
He won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award twice: in 1990 for Ram Lakhan and in 1997 for Saajan Chale Sasural.
As a theatre actor, his most noted role was that of “Willy Loman” in the Hindi-language play, Salesman Ramlal, an adaptation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.
Kaushik wrote dialogues for Kundan Shah’s comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983).
His 2009 film Teree Sang, starring Ruslaan Mumtaz and Sheena Shahabadi, explores issues of teen pregnancy.
His first film as a director was Sridevi’s Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993). His second was Prem (1995), which was supposed to be Tabu’s inaugural film. Both were box office disasters. He continued to make films and got his first hit with Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain in 1999.
He co-wrote and anchored a TV countdown show, Philips Top Ten, for which he won the Screen Videocon Award.
In 2005, Kaushik directed Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel, and Zayed Khan in Vaada.
In 2007 Kaushik, together with Anupam Kher, who had been his classmate at NSD, launched a new film company called Karol Bagh Productions. Their first film, Teree Sang, was directed by Satish Kaushik.
His next work was to be based on the life of Tansen, in which the role of Tansen will be played by Abhishek Bachchan, and the soundtrack will be composed by Ravindra Jain; the script for the film is still being finished. Kaushik was working to promote Haryana’s film industry, and was committed to make several films there. Kaushik decided to make a sequel of his hit movie Tere Naam (2003), Tere Naam 2.
DEBUT – As an actor in Chakra ( 1981 ) as a boot polisher
As a Director in Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja ( 1993 )
Last released Film – Kaagaz ( 2021 ) as an Advocate
Last unreleased Film – Emergency
Awards
Film fare Best Comedian, Ram Lakhan, 1990
Film fare Best Comedian, Saajan Chale Sasural, 1997
Screen Videocon award for Philips Top Ten for co-writing and anchoring the show
Bollywood movie award under the Best Comic Actor category for the film Pardesi babu, 1999
National award under the Best film category for the Haryanvi film Chhoriyan Chhoron Se Kam Nahin Hoti, 2021
Dada Saheb Phalke award for Best Supporting Actor for the film Kaagaz, 2022
OTTPLAY Jury award for the film Thar under Best supporting Actor in an Original film category, 2022
Golden Visa UAE from the Saudi Government, 2022
Star Dust Award for sustainable Excellence in Cinema, 2023
CAR COLLECTIONS
AUDI Q7, AUDI Q3, MG HECTOR, MERCEDEZ BENZ 280 SL, BMW M3 E3, ROLLS ROYCE SILVER SHADOW, CADILLAC DEVILLE
NET WORTH
BETWEEN 50-120 CRORES
Upcoming movies
1 – Patna Shukla
2 – Pop Kaun
3 – Emergency
4 – Kisi Ka Bhai kisi Ki Jaan
5 – Kaagaz 2
6 – Guns N Gulaabs
Some facts about Satish Kaushik
Kaushik moved to Mumbai by 1980, and made his debut with the film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983). His first film as director was Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993).
One of Satish Kaushik’s most popular roles was Calendar in Mr India, which starred Anil Kapoor and Sridevi. In an interview to Indian Express last year, he recalled how he had to look after the film’s child stars on set. He had said, “I was in charge of handling the kids. Boney (Kapoor, producer) had ample space behind the sets for their classrooms, teachers, camping and volleyball.
Everything was there, but the fun was in collecting all the children, and I had to do that. I had to train the children for the performances, I nearly took a whip to them to collect them. Now they say, ‘Satish uncle, you were so strict.’ I used to shout at them during the shooting also.”
Kaushik had also said that Mr India didn’t need a sequel and that the film ‘shouldn’t be touched’. “Mr India belongs to Anil Kapoor, Boney Kapoor—it belongs to everyone. If it ever comes out, the legacy can only be carried on by Anil Kapoor, not anyone else. Someone else playing Mr India will not be a good thing,” he had said.
Satish Kaushik did theatre for several years before trying his luck on the silver screen. His most memorable play till date remains ‘Salesman Ramlal’.
Fame came to him in 1987 for his portrayal of cook Calendar in Bollywood film ‘Mr India’. From there, he continued to give stellar performances with movies like ‘Saajan Chale Sasural’ (1996), ‘Mr. and Mrs. Khiladi’ (1997), ‘Deewana Mastana’ (1997) among many others.
The last rites of the actor were performed at a crematorium in Mumbai. Anupam Kher, Sham Kaushal, Ranbir Kapoor, Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor were among the Bollywood celebs visiting Kaushik’s Mumbai residence to pay their last respects to the departed actor.
Kartik Aaryan remembers Kaushik as ‘best landlord’ during his struggle days
His friend and colleague Anupam Kher wrote, “I know “death is the ultimate truth of this world!” But I never thought in my dreams that I would write this thing about my best friend #SatishKaushik while alive. Such a sudden full stop on a friendship of 45 years!! Life will NEVER be the same without you SATISH! Om Shanti!”
Rumi Jaffrey, a close friend of Sarish Kaushik, has said in an interview that the actor-filmmaker wanted to live long enough to see his daughter settled in life. Satish is survived his wife Shashi and daughter Vanshika.
Satish had started his career with ‘Chakra’ starring Naseeruddin Shah and Smita Patil. The film released in 1981 and his first pay cheque was Rs 500.
The actor had gotten this small role with the help of his classmate from NSD named Suhas Khandke who was assisting on the film.
He had shared that, he was so excited that he jumped from one platform of the station to another because he wanted to catch a fast train. People on the station started shouting, ‘marega, kya kar raha hai?’ but little did they know that Satish was so excited to start his career as an actor. He celebrated his first acting job and salary with two bottles of cold drink.
Satish Kaushik ‘didn’t charge a penny’ for several films, Govinda reveals: ‘We had to convince him to take money for Aunty No 1’
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