Smriti Kalra says my last text to Satish Kaushik was ‘I will always make you proud’

• Satish Kaushik is an iconic actor and filmmaker.
• Smriti Kalra just two days before passed.
• In the next movie, Kaushik supervised Kalra for a few sequences.

The iconic actor-filmmaker Satish Kaushik, who will be seen in Kaagaz 2, texted Smriti Kalra just two days before he passed away from a heart attack. Kalra says, “He had seen one of my commercial ads and had messaged to compliment me. He was one of those people who really celebrate other people’s success and boost their enthusiasm. And my last text to him was I will always make you proud.”

In the next movie, Kaushik supervised Kalra for a few sequences. In this interview, Kalra discusses working with Kaushik and how he brought a different level of enthusiasm to the set.“He had a childlike enthusiasm and was passionate about work, even at this age…even after spending so many years in the industry. The passion he had for work, really rubs on you. The way he used to say ‘action’ before every take, would fill up everyone with the same excitement to work throughout the day. His energy was infectious,”

According to Kalra, who is best known for his work on the TV programmes 12/24 Karol Bagh and Dil Sambhal Jaa Zara, Kaushik had a totally distinct outlook on many aspects of life.

“Unka nazariya cheezo ko dekhne ka was very different from others. He told me heroine ko heroine ki tarah present karna chahiye and when you will look at the way he shot the film, you will understand what I am saying. It’s like how you read in the books. I am very fortunate that he directed me in Kaagaz 2. He was a complete school in himself,” and recalls how he was eagerly anticipating the film’s debut and had numerous plans for it. “He used to tell me hum aisa karenge, waisa karenge.”

She states that one does not know that till the person leaves us when speaking about the kind of impact Kaushik had on her. Speaking about him in the past tense is challenging for me since “I am still in the state of shock and talking about him in the past tense is difficult. I did not think I would be so affected by his demise. All of us have many friends in life, but there are a very few who encourage you at every step. Satish sir would always tell me ki sab 100 per cent efforts dete hain, par tum 150 per cent deti ho.’ The confidence he had in me gave me the assurance that i am on the right track,” she says.

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