Satish Kaushik: Bollywood Actor and Director Passes Away aged 66

Satish Kaushik, a Bollywood actor-filmmaker, passed away after a heart attack on March 8 in Gurugram. Kaushik was in Gurugram visiting a friend when his health deteriorated, and he requested his driver to take him to the hospital. Sadly, he suffered a heart attack on their way, and they couldn’t save him. 

On Thursday, his body was transferred from Gurugram’s Fortis hospital for a postmortem at Delhi’s Deen Dayal Upadhyay hospital. Upon completing his autopsy, Kaushik’s mortal remains were flown home that afternoon to Mumbai. 

Condolence has streamed in from Bollywood celebs such as Sharad Kelkar, Kangana Ranaut, Abhishek Bachchan, and Ajay Devgn, among several others, and a tribute tweet from Union minister Amit Shah.

They performed the last rites of Kaushik at the Versova crematorium in Mumbai. Many stars visited Kaushik’s residence to pay their respects, with Ranbir Kapoor, Abhishek Bachchan, Salman Khan, Javed Akhtar, Sham Kaushal, and Anupam Kher among them.

“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!” – Kher wrote in his tribute.

Satish Kaushik was an Indian screenwriter, comedian, producer, actor, and director. He started his career in theatre and was an alumnus of the National School of Drama and Film and Television Institute of India. He had a long and storied career and worked on almost 100 films. We will remember him for his memorable roles in Mr. India, Deewana Mastana, Brick Lane, Saajan Chale Sasural, and others. As a director, Kaushik worked on films such as Tere Naam, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, Prem, and Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja.