'I Wasn't Getting Any Roles', When Satish Kaushik Worked At Textile Mills To Survive In Mumbai

Veteran actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik left for his heavenly abode in the early hours of 9th March this year. April 13th marks his birth anniversary and we bring in for you an interesting anecdote from his life. In an old interview that date back to 1999, Satish revealed how he survived after arriving in Mumbai.

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Satish hailed from Haryana and graduated from the National School of Drama in Delhi. He later joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune.

Talking about his initial days' struggle, Satish told Reddit, ¡°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 mill.¡±

¡°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. Finally, I decided I should become an assistant. Because I couldn't sit idle, you know. I have to do something or the other all the time.¡±

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Kaushik further revealed, ¡°I am a 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 every day. And then I joined Shekhar Kapur."

In 2020, Satish shared a picture of the day he first arrived in Mumbai and penned an emotional note alongside.

He wrote, ¡°I came to Mumbai to become an actor on 9th Aug 1979 by Paschim Express.10th Aug was first morning in Mumbai. Mumbai gave Work, Friends, Wife, Kids, Home, Love, Warmth, Struggle, Success, Failures & Courage to live Happily. Good Morning Mumbai & All who gave me more than I dreamt. Thx.¡±

I came to mumbai to become an actor on 9th Aug 1979 by Paschim Express.10th Aug was first morning in Mumbai.Mumbai gave Work,Friends,Wife, Kids,Home, Love,Warmth, Struggle,Success,Failures & Courage to live Happily.Good Morning Mumbai & All who gave me more than I dreamt . Thx? pic.twitter.com/dTuoPmEQKA

¡ª satish kaushik (@satishkaushik2) August 10, 2020

Last seen in Chhatriwali, the late actor will be posthumously seen in Kangana Ranaut's Emergency where he¡¯ll helm the role of politician Jagjivan Ram. The actor is survived by his wife and a teen daughter. India¡¯s Prime Minister Narendra Modi even wrote a letter to the actor¡¯s wife Shashi and condoled his death.

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