Satish Kaushik: Kundan Shah savoured the success of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron when it re-released

Actor Satish Kaushik, who wrote the dialogues of the 1983 classic Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, apart from acting, talks about losing a great friend in Kundan Shah, who had directed the film.

Actor Satish Kaushik, who has been in the Hindi film industry for almost three decades now, and has been a part of several big films - right from Ram Lakhan to Haseena Maan Jaayegi to Dishoom, still prefers to call the Kundan Shah-directed, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983), among his best work. Kundan passed away on October 7 due to a cardiac arrest.

Actor Satish Kaushik starred in Kundan Shah’s film Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro (1983).

Actor Satish Kaushik with Naseeruddin Shah in a still from the film.

Satish, who had played the role of Ashok Namboodirippad recalls the time they spent together during the conceptualisation of the film. “I was an integral part of Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro, writing the dialogues, along with Ranjit Kapoor. We wrote the script in Kundan’s house, so we were very attached to his family, especially his little daughters at that time. He was a very healthy, content person, but he died in his sleep due to a cardiac arrest—I was taken aback by this. He was loved by all for his simplicity and talent as a writer and director.”

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