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Satish Chandra Kaushik (13 April 1956 – 9 March 2023) was an Indian actor, director, producer, comedian, and screenwriter. He found his fame in Bollywood with Mr India starring Anil Kapoor, Sridevi and Amrish Puri. He played the iconic character of a cook named Calendar. He was also an Assistant Director in the film.[1]
He co-wrote and anchored a TV countdown show, Philips Top Ten, for which he won the Screen Videocon Award.[11] In 2005, Kaushik directed Arjun Rampal, Amisha Patel, and Zayed Khan in Vaada.[12] In 2007 Kaushik, together with Anupam Kher, who had been his classmate at NSD, launched a new film company called Karol Bagh Productions.[13] Their first film, Teree Sang, was directed by Satish Kaushik.[14]
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.[15] Kaushik was working to promote Haryana's film industry, and was committed to make several films there.[16] Kaushik decided to make a sequel of his hit movie Tere Naam (2003), Tere Naam 2.[17]
Chandigarh film city project
Kaushik was a partner in the Chandigarh film city project with real estate company Parsavnath Developers.[18] They bought a 30-acre (12 ha) plot in Sarangpur Village, Chandigarh for little money, but they were forced to give up the project after foul play was exposed by media.[19][20][21]
Personal life and death
Kaushik married Shashi in 1985.[22] Their son died in 1996 at age two.[23] In 2012, their daughter was born through a surrogate mother.[24]