I decided on 'Kaagaz' as the title because everything, from birth to death, divorce, to agreement, is done on papers. Without valid papers, a person cannot even prove his identity.
Satish Kaushik
Remaking 'Karzzz' was like revisiting childhood.
My father was a salesman in Delhi and used to go around Rajasthan, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh for work.
I've never been offered any drama show, but I would love to do it.
Yes it's true, I am making 'Tere Naam 2' which is a love story.
Unlike 'The Nutty Professor,' the hero of my film is romantic. 'Badhaai Ho Badhaai' is a family film, while 'The Nutty Professor' had a lot of double-meaning dialogues.
While losing weight I followed a protein diet in which you take 500 calories a day and don't eat after 9 P. M.
I don't know of anyone as natural born an actor as Sridevi. She was a complete actress.
I have done 16 films with David Dhawan and I have tried to do every character differently, be it Sharafat Ali, Mutthu Swamy or Calender, because of my theatre experience.
When generation changes,, things get outdated but then if you have talent and patience, you bounce back.
When we were graduating from college, my dramatics professor Frank Thakurdas called me to his house and said, 'Satish, you're capable of doing a lot of things in life, but you should become a professional actor.' I told him that I am not a good-looking guy, how will I become an actor?
The reason why I said yes to 'Sumit Sambhal Lega' was that this show is an official adaptation of the American series 'Everybody Loves Raymond,' which was a very popular show for nine years.
I am really grateful to receive an award at Global Film Tourism Conclave 2019.
Shows than run for years together make you stagnant.
I had lost my son 20 years back, when I was at the peak of my career. I couldn't really get time to even feel that loss. I used to be continuously busy with work and this would make me feel guilty: I didn't even have the time to mourn my son's death.
Today audiences are not just watching films for stars but are rather looking at stories.
People think that because I play comic roles, my films will have a comic flavour as well. But I am a student of drama.
Sarah Gavron is a fantastic director.
There should be respect and privacy for any dead person.
Whenever the protagonist of the film becomes bigger than the hero of the film, the film is bound to become a hit.
Biopics no longer have to be about national leaders and well known achievers. Look at 'Sarbjit.' It is about an ordinary Punjabi woman's extraordinary courage to prove her brother's innocence.
As it is, I'm happy that the tourism department has sent out word to agencies in Delhi asking them to help filmmakers whenever they want to shoot their film in the capital. At least, they are in favour of the filmmakers.
The general impression about fat people is that they are romantic, funny and good dancers.
We have new generation coming in and they are so talented and you need to match up with them. The key lies in reinventing yourself.
I feel proud of the fact that I did something differently in 'Brick Lane' and got so much of love, affection and respect from audiences and filmmakers there.
The motive behind a Delhi Film Council is simple - with so many filmmakers coming to Delhi to shoot their films, casting Delhi's young lads in their movies and even keeping the city as the base of their story, they surely need more collaboration in future. When they'll have such a council in the city, they will be able to work better.
I am looking for content and story and 'Mr. & Mrs. Murarilal' has both.
Haryanvi songs are a rage in Bollywood, and some talented singers hail from Rohtak, Kurukshetra etc.
Just like you have a fashion council in Delhi to organise fashion shows, promote Indian fashion, etc, there must be such a body for films as well, especially because Delhi is now becoming the hub for movie shoots.
Indian film industry has shot films all over the world and we get a lot of benefits and facilities while shooting our films in foreign locations.
Mainstream Mumbai movies are my bread and butter, but films like 'Brick Lane' and 'Road, Movie' provide sustenance to my creative soul.
By God's grace, my wife Shashi and I have been blessed with a daughter. It is the end of a long and painful wait for a child. It is a matter of unimaginable joy especially for my wife who had her heart set on another child ever since we lost our only son Shanu when he was just two-years-old.
We were unfortunate in having lost our only child. Our world had come crashing down. But thanks to the world of medical miracles, we've become parents again at an age when parenthood is considered impossible.
Karzzz is my way' of paying homage to the mesmerising cinema of '80s, to Subhash Ghai's revered cult film 'Karz.'
I was always smitten by the mainstream Hindi commercial cinema.
Music is like fashion, it's transient and cyclical.
I would call her 'madam,' because I was the AD. I continued to do so even after she married my buddy, Boney Kapoor. I could never call her Sri, or Sridevi, even though she would often tell me to do so. She was humble, quiet and extremely dignified.
Brick Lane' is actually a place in London where many Bangladeshis live. It is about one such Bangladeshi immigrant family.
Indian films have a set pattern and you get slotted in an image very easily.
I was good in comedy so I started getting such roles but as an actor you don't like to do same type of roles.
A good film is always a good film and a good story is always a good story.
Delays can't mar a film.
With 'CCSKNH,' we are planning to carry forward the rich legacy of the state. Though there haven't been many Haryanvi films, the state has tremendous potential.
In the '70s, '80s and '90s, noted actors like Iftekhar used to get mainly police officer roles, Bindu ji would do a negative role, and Nirupama Roy was the on-screen mother. All this had its own charm. There was a fixed casting.
I have been working with the Kapoor family for a long time. Films flop and relations deteriorate. That has not happened with me, in spite of giving the Kapoors 'Prem.' I have been lucky with them, whether Surinder, Boney, Anil or Sanjay. I think I should change my surname to Satish Kapoor!
I have been acting over 3 decades now, so I think after all these years of experience I can get into any character very smoothly.
I don't have any favourite's as all the actors that come to the industry are all well trained in acting. But I like Ranbir Kapoor, Arjun Kapoor as they are amazing actor and have a great screen presence, besides Ranveer Singh is one of the actors I like as he has immense energy that makes him stand out in crowed.
Initially I even had to work in a textile firm for a meagre salary of Rs. 400 a month. Then things changed for me when I became an assistant to Shekhar Kapoor.
People still recall my show 'Philips Top 10' with Pankaj Kapoor. Those characters were lovable.
Somehow, in Bollywood I have always been offered comic roles. However, I am being looked at differently when it comes to movies being made in the West.
