Satish Kaushik
Satish Kaushik at Chronicles of Narnia 3 Special Screening
Born	Satish Kumar Kaushik April 13, 1956 Mohindergarh, Haryana
Awards	Filmfare Best Comedian Award: 1990 Ram Lakhan, 1997 Saajan Chale Sasural

Satish Kaushik (Hindi: सतीश कौशिक) is an Indian film director, producer and actor in Hindi films and theatre. As a film actor he is most remembered for his role as 'Calendar' in Mr. India,^[1] and as 'Chanu Ahmed' in Sarah Gavron's British film Brick Lane (2007). He also won Filmfare Best Comedian Award twice in 1990 for film Ram Lakhan and 1997 for Saajan Chale Sasural.

As theatre actor his most known role is that of 'Willy Loman' in Hindi play 'Salesman Ramlal, an adaptation of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman.^[2]

As a dialogue writer he wrote dialogues for Kundan Shah's comedy classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron (1983).

His film Teree Sang starring Ruslaan Mumtaz and Sheena Shahabadi is based on teen pregnancy.

His latest film Milenge Milenge, starring Shahid Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor once again which has been delayed a few times.

Biography[link]

Early life and education[link]

Satish Kaushik was born on April 13, 1956 in a village Dhanounda, district Mohindergarh, Haryana, He grew up in Delhi,Naiwala gali, Karolbagh. He did his graduation from Kirori Mal College, New Delhi He graduated from National School of Drama (NSD), New Delhi in 1978 and later studied at Film and Television Institute of India Pune.

Satish Kaushik is now on the board of Asian Academy Of Film & Television. He has now become a famous producer, director, and an actor. He acts in many films as a comedian. He is mostly known for his role as Calender in Mr. India.

Career[link]

Satish Kaushik started his career as an assistant director to Shekhar Kapoor in film Masoom (1983), this was also his first film as an actor.

His first film as director Sridevi starrer Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja (1993) and his second, Prem (1995), which was supposed to be Tabu's launch film, both were box-office disasters,^[3] yet he continued his film making and finally got his first hit with Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain in 1999.

He was also well known for his role as 'Calendar' in the hit film Mr. India alongside Anil Kapoor and Sridevi. His another well known work is a short comedy character of "Pappu Pager" in 1997 comedy film Deewana Mastana directed by his friend David Dhawan.

He co-wrote and anchored a TV countdown show, 'Philips Top Ten' for which he won the Screen Videocon Award.

In 2007, Anupam Kher, who was his batchmate at NSD,^[4] started a new film production company, along with Satish Kaushik, 'Karol Bagh Productions', and their first film, Teree Sang, is being directed by Satish Kaushik.^[5]

His next work is based on the life of Tansen, one of the Navaratnas in Akbar the Great's court. It is produced by Rajshri Productions. The role of Tansen will be played by Abhishek Bachchan and the soundtrack will be composed by Ravindra Jain. The scriptworks for the film are getting finished. Nowadays he is very serious to promote Haryana's film industry, for that he is making five films.

Business

The Bollywood actor-director Satish Kaushik, a partner in the Chandigarh Film City project with Real estate company Parsavnath developers got 30-acre (120,000 m²) Film City in Sarangpur Village, Chandigarh at throw away prices,the real state company was forced to give this multi million project after foul play was exposed by media.^[6]

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

2011 Rascals Father Pascal

2011 Hum Tum Shabana Chacha

2011 Mummy Punjabi: Superman Ki Bhi Maa!! Rajeev Bhalla

2011 Chatur Singh Two Star Gullu Gulfam

2011 Aagaah:The Warning Devsharan

2011 Double Dhamaal Bata Bhai

2011 404 (film) Lecturer

2010 Milenge Milenge Ijaaz

2010 City of Gold-Mumbai 1982:Ek Ankahee Kahani Mama

2010 Do Dilon Ke Khel Mein Inspector Babloo Bajrangi

2010 Atithi Tum Kab Jaoge? Taneja

2009 Love Kaa Taddka Riya's Father

2009 Do Knot Disturb Goverdhan's boss

2009 Road, Movie Om

2009 Teree Sang:A Kidult Love Story Narendra Punjabi

2008 God Tussi Great Ho Bholaram Sachha-Chief Minister

2008 Dhoom Dadakka Johnny English

2008 Migration (short) Mr. Nanda

2007 Kuch Khatta Kuch Meetha

2007 Brick Lane Chanu Ahmed

2006 Shoonya Rasiklal Chaddha

2006 Umar Rajpal Singh

2005 Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen R.t. Manghnani

2004 Wajahh: A Reason to Kill Inspector Bholenath

2004 Aabra Ka Daabra Dilbaug Singh/Jadugar Pyaara Singh

2003 Out of Control Mango

2003 Tehzeeb Kamal Choksi

2003 Calcutta Mail Sujan Singh

2002 Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin Pappu Pager

2001 Kyo Kii... Main Jhuth Nahin Bolta Mohan

2000 Hamara Dil Aapke Paas Hai Jo-Jo Goel

2000 Tera Jadoo Chal Gayaa Income Tax Officer

2000 Chal Mere Bhai

2000 Hadh Kar Di Aapne Prakash Choudhury

2000 Papa the Great Chutki Prasad

2000 Dulhan Hum Le Jayenge Laughing Inspector (special appearance)

1999 Haseena Maan Jaayegi Kunj Biharilal

1999 Rajaji Shaadilal

1999 Aa Ab Laut Chalen Chaurasia

1999 Bade Dilwala Police Inspector Iqbal Shaikh

1999 Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain German

1998 Pardesi Babu Harpal 'Happy' Singh

1998 Bade Miyan Chote Miyan Sharafat Ali

1998 Gharwali Baharwali Jumbo

1998 Aunty No. 1 Mr. Pareshan

1998 Qila Ghanya Seth

1998 Chhota Chetan Professor Chashmish

1997 Mr. & Mrs. Khiladi Chanda Mama

1997 Deewana Mastana Pappu Pager

1997 Mere Sapno Ki Rani Ram Nehle

1997 Ghoonghat Lalu Lal Langotia

1997 Dil Ke Jharoke Main Mac/Mohan Pahariya

1997 Gudgudee Ravindranath 'Ravi'

1996 Saajan Chale Sasural Mutthu Swamy

1994 Andaz Panipuri Sharma

1993 Sardar

1991 Vishkanya Lala Lachiram Chaudhary

1991 Maut Ki Sazaa Girdhari (advocate)

1991 Mehandi Ban Gai Khoon

1990 Jamai Raja Bankhe Bihari Chaturvedi aka BBC

1990 Swarg Airport/Adda/Chaddha

1990 Taqdeer Ka Tamasha Havaldar Sharma

1990 Awaargi Azaad's Friend

1989 Aag Se Khelenge Inspector Pardesi

1989 Prem Pratigyaa Charan

1989 Joshilaay

1989 Vardi (film)

1989 I Daddy (TV movie)

1989 Ram Lakhan Kashiram

1988 Ek Naya Rishta

1987 Thikana Chakradhari (Teashop owner)

1987 'Kaash' Jagan (Guest Appearance)

1987 Mr India Calendar

1987 Jalwa Havaldar Ramu Ghadiali

1987 Susman

1985 Saagar Batuk Lal

1985 Mohabbat

1984 Utsav

1983 Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro Ashok

1983 Woh 7 Din Kishan (Flower Seller) (uncredited)

1983 Mandi (film) Councillor

1983 Masoom

Producer[link]

• Hungama (2003)
• Kyon Ki (2005)
• Darna Zaroori Hai (2006)
• Dhol (2007)
• Bumm Bumm Bole (2010)

External links[link]

• Satish Kaushik at the Internet Movie Database

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Anil Kapoor
Anil Kapoor at the San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California (24 July 2009)
Born	(1959-12-24) 24 December 1959 (age 52)[1] Chembur Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Occupation	Actor, Producer
Years active	1979–present
Spouse	Sunita Kapoor (1984–present)
Children	Sonam Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor, Harshvardhan
Parents	Surinder Kapoor (father) Nirmal (mother)
Relatives	Boney Kapoor (brother) Sanjay Kapoor (brother)

Anil Kapoor (Hindi: अनिल कपूर; Punjabi: ਅਨਿਲ ਕਪੂਰ; born 24 December 1959)^[1] is an Indian actor, producer and director who has appeared in many Bollywood films and more recently international films.

He won his first Filmfare Award, in the Best Supporting Actor category, for his role in Yash Chopra's Mashaal (1984). Kapoor earned his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his performance in N. Chandra's Tezaab (1988) and later again for his perfornance in Indra Kumar's Beta (1992). He also starred in many other critically and commercially successful films, including Woh Saat Din (1983), Meri Jung (1985), Janbaaz (1986), Karma (1986), Mr. India (1987), Virasat (1997) for which he won the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actor, Biwi No.1 (1999), Taal (1999) for which he won his second Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award, Pukar (2000) for which he won his first National Film Award for Best Actor, No Entry (2005), and Welcome (2007).^[2]

Kapoor's first role in an international film was in Danny Boyle's 2008 Academy Award-winning film Slumdog Millionaire, for which he shared the Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. His performance in the eighth season of the action series 24 generated rave reviews from the American press.^[3][4] Globally, Anil Kapoor is one of the most recognised Indian actors.^[5] He has also appeared in the 2011 film Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol.

Personal life and education[link]

Anil Kapoor was born to film producer Surinder Kapoor and his wife Nirmal. He attended Our Lady of Perpetual Succour High School - Chembur, in the Chembur suburb of Mumbai, and then St. Xavier's College, Mumbai.^[6] Kapoor's elder brother, Boney Kapoor, is a film producer, while younger brother, Sanjay Kapoor, is also an actor.

In 1984, he married Sunita Kapoor (née Bhambhani). He has two daughters and a son, Harshvardhan. Kapoor's elder daughter is actress Sonam Kapoor. Rhea Kapoor attended school in New York and is now a producer in Mumbai. He is a practicing and devout Hindu. He is a distant relative of Raj Kapoor. He grew up in Raj Kapoor's house with former Bollywood actor Rajiv Kapoor.^{[citation needed]}

Career[link]

As an actor[link]

1980s[link]

Kapoor made his Bollywood debut with Umesh Mehra's Hamare Tumhare (1979) in a supporting role. After a few minor roles in films such as Hum Paanch (1980) and Shakti (1982), he got his first leading role in the 1983 Hindi film, Woh Saat Din. Kapoor later tried acting in Tollywood and Sandalwood, and appeared in Bapu (artist)'s Telugu film Vamsa Vriksham and Mani Ratnam's Kannada debut film Pallavi Anu Pallavi released in 1983.

Next, he appeared in Yash Chopra's drama Mashaal (1984) as a tapori, for which he won his first Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actor category. His tapori persona and stubble look was considered unconventional at the time, but would later become more fashionable in India many years later.^[7] Kapoor's 1985 releases included Yudh and Saaheb.

Going on to deliver huge commercial success with films like Meri Jung (1985), a career-defining role of an angry young lawyer fighting for justice, which eventually established Kapoor's credential as a mature actor and both audience and critics gave their thumbs up to his performance. Kapoor played a comic tapori in Karma (1986), the biggest hit of the year.^[8] Also in 1986, Kapoor played the role of a care free playboy in the hit Janbaaz, costarring Feroz Khan.^[9][10] Kapoor's other release of 1986 Insaaf Ki Awaaz was a box office hit.^[11] In the same year Basu Chatterjee directed Chameli Ki Shaadi and he displayed his crackling flare in comedy.^[12]

Kapoor generated wide applause from audience of all walks of life for his title role in Shekhar Kapur's sci-fi film Mr. India (1987), the biggest hit of the year.^[13] The film became one of his biggest box office hits and shot him to superstar status.^[14] Anil kapoor was equally impressive in Mahesh Bhatt directed film Thikana.^[15] In 1988, he was rewarded with his first Filmfare Best Actor Award for his rivetting performance in the hit film, Tezaab, the biggest blockbuster of 1988.^[16] Anil proved to be the only saving grace even in flops like Ram-Avtar.^[17] The following year he delivered more mega commercial and critical successes with Ram Lakhan (which became the second highest box office earner of 1989)^[18] and the audience went berserk with the song One Two Ka Four. In the highly acclaimed film Parinda, Kapoor played his role with conviction, and his biggest achievement was displaying the vulnerability of his character so perfectly.^[19] In Rakhwala, Kapoor played a tapori again and the film was declared a success.^[14][20] Kapoor excelled in his eccentric portrayal of an autistic person in the 1989 hit, Eeshwar and this film proved his versatility as an actor.^[21]

1990s[link]

The year 1990 saw him play a dual role, as twin brothers in the highly successful Kishen Kanhaiya and in the same year he further attained reasonable box office success with Ghar Ho To Aisa.^[22] Kapoor came up with a critically acclaimed performance in Awaargi. Many critics called that his best performance ever.^[23] This was followed by a restrained yet striking performance as a middle age man in Yash Chopra's romantic drama Lamhe, a landmark film of Indian cinema and Yash Chopra's best work to date. It was the first film in which he appeared without a moustache. Although the film was a box office failure in India, it proved to be a success overseas. Kapoor's 1991 release, Benaam Badshaah was accorded above average status at the ticket window.^[24]