His qualities as an actor and successes as a director, exceptional as they were, could not eclipse Satish Kaushik’s greatest gift – his self-effacing geniality. A man and a professional of singular mettle, he radiated infectious joie de vivre on the screen and off it.
Kaushik, who passed away on the night of March 8 in Gurugram, made the journey from Delhi’s Karol Bagh to the Mumbai movie industry (via a couple of institutional pit stops that shaped him) without ever losing his solid moorings. He kept learning and evolving.
Kaushik could have rested on his oars, having enjoyed consistent