In 2007, I was on a trip to Dalhousie, Khajjiar and Chamba during one of the long weekends. Vikas and I planned this trip at last moment, like many other trips/hikes. This trip to Dalhousie was very special in many ways but meeting Satish Kaushik made it even more special.
Satish Kaushik was also in Dalhousie at that point of time and he was shooting a film as director around the hills of Dalhousie in Himachal Pradesh state of India.
During our second day of the trip, we were on our way to Khajjiar and there is a small spot on the way where every tourist cab stops. When we stepped out, we got to know that some shooting is going on in a house on hill top. There was a small hike to that place. Vikas and I decided to check out what's happening and as we started our hike, after may be 20 steps, we saw Satish Kaushik sitting on a chair and an assistant was with him. So Satish Kaushik was hiking with small steps and taking breaks in between.
We stopped and said 'Hello' to him. He was not comfortable due to breathing issues but waved his hands. We waited a bit and after some hesitation, asked him if we can get a photograph clicked with him. He said, why not and directed his staff member to click a photograph for us.
After we got this photograph clicked, we were moving slower to ensure that we give him some company, but he cleared didn't want it :). After few minutes, he asked us to move on. I don't remember what he said but I remember that there was a clear passion in his voice and he used the word 'boys'. We moved on and reachd the top where whole shooting crew was getting the set ready for the day. We spent some time to see what all they were doing. There were 2 young actors which were being treated as stars but we couldn't recognise who they were.
While coming back, we were expecting that we will meet him again but we couldn't find him. Probably he came to the location and was in some enclosed area.
Today these details crossed my mind when I heard about Satish Kaushik in the morning. I thought of writing it down. I am writing an impromptu post after a long time.
Today we lost a great actor and artist and India will miss him for great movies he has given us. What was your favourite dialogue delivered by Mr Satish Kaushik or fav role he played. Please drop a comment below.
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