Satish Kaushik Passes Away: Sonam Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Akshay Kumar and others mourn his demise

Actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik passed away in Gurugram on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. Anupam Kher confirmed Satish Kaushik’s death and in a tweet, he wrote that he never thought he would write this about his best friend. “Such a sudden full stop on a friendship of 45 years!! Life will NEVER be the same without you SATISH! Om Shanti!” tweeted Anupam Kher, while sharing a picture with Satish Kaushik. Other colleagues and friends from the film industry such as Akshay Kumar, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Sanjay Dutt, Priyanka Chopra, Abhishek Bachchan, Sonam Kapoor, Ajay Devgn, Arbaaz Khan, Subhash Ghai, Madhur Bhandarkar, Farah Khan, Neha Dhupia, Manoj Bajpayee and others also mourned Satish Kaushik’s death.

Sonam Kapoor, Akshay Kumar and other celebs express grief over Satish Kaushik’s death

Ajay Devgn tweeted that he shared laughs with Satish Kaushik on and off screen, and that he always brought a smile to his face. Kareena Kapoor Khan recalled working with Satish Kaushik in Mujhe Kuch Kehna Hai and Milenge Milenge. "Extremely heartbroken Satish ji... thinking of all our times together... Rest in laughter and peace," wrote Kareena. Farah Khan shared the news of Satish Kaushik's demise on her Instagram story and wrote, "Too Sudden and too sad... the kindest, happiest man." Madhur Bhandarkar shared a picture with Satish Kaushik and tweeted, “I am so shocked to hear the demise of actor-director Satish Kaushik ji, who was always vibrant, energetic and full of life, he will be missed immensely by the film fraternity & millions of admires, My deepest condolences to his family members. #OmShanti. @satishkaushik2.”

Subhash Ghai took to his Instagram to post a picture featuring Satish Kaushik. In his caption, he wrote, "It’s just heart-shattering news for me that we lost our one best friend #DEAR SATISH - a man who always laughed even in worst crisis and stood by anyone in his crisis “A great artiste. Greater human being greatest friend I know. He left us so sudden so soon. I m sad. All at @whistling_woods @muktaartsltd @muktaa2cinemas Om shanti." Reacting to a tweet about Satish Kaushik's demise, Manoj Bajpayee wrote, "Completely shocked to read this ! What a great loss for all of us and his family! Condolences to his family & friends!May you rest in peace Satish Bhai !" Akshay Kumar shared a throwback picture from Mr and Mrs Khiladi, and tweeted, "Chanda Mama is gone. Deeply saddened to hear about Satish Kaushik ji’s demise. Will remember him for the spontaneous laughter he brought to the sets of Mr & Mrs Khiladi. Am sure he’s already making everyone smile in heaven. Om Shanti."

Arbaaz Khan also shared a series of pictures with Satish Kaushik, and one of the pictures shows the late actor posing with Arbaaz, Salman Khan and Sohail Khan. Priyanka Chopra wrote, "Om shanti Satish sir. Papa and you will be talking and laughing as you always did. You will be very missed. Thank you for bringing so much laughter into our lives. Sending love, prayers and strength to the family." Sonam Kapoor, Soni Razdan, Neha Dhupia, Mukesh Chhabra and others have also expressed their grief. 

Satish Kaushik's death

As per a report in Indian Express, Satish Kaushik passed away on Wednesday after suffering a heart attack. His body is at the Fortis hospital in Gurugram, and will be brought to Mumbai after the post-mortem. The actor had reportedly been visiting someone in Gurugram when his health deteriorated and he suffered a heart attack in the car. 

Satish Kaushik was most famously known for playing the role of 'Calendar' in Mr. India. He acted in numerous films including Brick Lane, Deewana Mastana, Saajan Chale Sasural, Kaagaz, Thar, etc. He also directed several films such as Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, Kaagaz, and Tere Naam, among others.