When Satish Kaushik worked at textile mills to survive in Mumbai: 'I wasn't getting any roles at all'

Satish Kaushik birth anniversary: In a 1999 interview, the actor-director had recalled his early days in Mumbai, and the jobs he took to survive in the city.

Satish Kaushik died in Delhi due to a heart attack in March. He was 66. April 13 marks Satish's birth anniversary. The late actor, screenwriter and director had spoken about working in a textile mill, when he first arrived in Mumbai, in an old interview. A couple of years ago, Satish had also shared a photo of himself from a railway station as he recalled coming to Mumbai to become an actor in August 1979.

Satish Kaushik died on March 9. He would have been 67 on April 13. (File Photo/ ANI)

Satish was originally from Haryana, but attended college in Delhi. He had graduated from the National School of Drama in the capital. He had later joined the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII) in Pune. In an old interview, Satish recalled how he started his career as an assistant to filmmaker Shekhar Kapur.

"In Bombay (Mumbai), I wasn't getting any roles at all. Those days when I started, that is in the eighties, most heroes did comedy, action, everything. We didn't stand a chance. Also, I was new to Bombay. To survive I did a job in a textile mills. I joined Nadira Babbar's Ekjut and acted in some plays. So I would work in the mill in the mornings and go to the theatre in the evenings. Still, the roles weren't coming," Satish had told Rediff in a 1999 interview.