Veteran actor-director Satish Kaushik passes away: Satish Kaushik, a veteran actor-writer-director, died at the age of 67. Kaushik was born on April 13, 1965, in Haryana. He attended the NSD and the FTII and began his film career in the early 1980s. He was an Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter, director and producer. He acted in theatres before finding his break in Bollywood.
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Career of Satish Kaushik
- He directed Sridevi’s films “Roop Ki Rani, Choron Ka Raja” and “Prem,” both of which were flops, but he scored a big hit with “Hum Aapke Dil Me Rehte Hain” and “Tere Sang,” among many others.
- As a film actor, Satish Kaushik was known for his roles as Calendar in the 1987 superhero film, Mr India, as Pappu Pager in Deewana Mastana (1997), and as Chanu Ahmed in the British film Brick Lane (2007), directed by Sarah Gavron.
- Satish Kaushik also won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award for Ram Lakhan in 1990 and Saajan Chale Sasural in 1997.
- He penned the dialogues for the 1983 classic “Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron”, which acquired a cult following over the years. He is best known for his comedic roles in “Mr. India,” “Pappu Pager” in “Deewana Mastana,” and many others. Kaushik also gave sterling performances in other films like “Ram Lakhan” and “Saajan Chale Sasural”.