Satish Kaushik, who died of a heart attack in Delhi in March at the age of 66, was remembered on his birth anniversary on April 13. The late actor, screenwriter, and director had discussed working in a textile mill when he first arrived in Mumbai in an old interview. In August 1979, Satish had also shared a picture of himself from a railway station, reminiscing about coming to Mumbai to become an actor.
Although Satish was from Haryana originally, he attended college in Delhi and graduated from the National School of Drama in the capital. He later joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. Satish had started his career as an assistant to filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, and he recalled struggling to find roles in Mumbai in the 1980s because most heroes at the time did comedy, action, and everything else.
Satish Kaushik revealed his early struggles
Satish had revealed in an interview to Reddiff “In Bombay (Mumbai), I wasn’t getting any roles at all. Those days when I started, that is in the eighties, most heroes did comedy, action, everything. We didn’t stand a chance. Also, I was new to Bombay. To survive I did a job in a textile mills. I joined Nadira Babbar’s Ekjut and acted in some plays. So I would work in the mill in the mornings and go to the theatre in the evenings. Still, the roles weren’t coming,”
He further added, “Finally, I decided I should become an assistant. Because I couldn’t sit idle, you know. I have to something or the other all the time. I am very restless person. I do 10 things at the same time. Like today I am acting, directing, writing and running my own production company. So I thought that I should be working everyday. And then I joined Shekhar Kapur.”
In 2020, Satish Kaushik shared a photograph of himself arriving in Mumbai by train, attempting to make it as an actor. He tweeted that the city and its people gave him more than he had ever imagined. Satish’s final film as an actor was Chhatriwali, which was released in January 2023, months before his death. He had finished filming his role as politician Jagjivan Ram in Kangana Ranaut’s Emergency.
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