Bollywood actor and director Satish Kaushik has died at the age of 66 in India’s capital Delhi. The actor suffered a heart attack on Thursday morning.
He was travelling in a car at the time and was rushed to a hospital, where doctors said he was dead on arrival.
Kaushik wore many hats in the Hindi film industry as an actor, producer, comedian and screenwriter.
His breakthrough role came in the 1987 hit Mr India, where he played a cook named Calendar.
He played memorable characters in several other films such as Ram Lakhan, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro and Deewana Mastana.
He also directed several movies including Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja, Prem, Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain and Tere Naam.
Born on 13 April 1956, Kaushik graduated from Kirori Mal College in Delhi University and went on to study at the National School of Drama.
Many Bollywood stars and politicians paid tributes to the actor.
Actor Anupam Kher, who announced the news on Twitter, said that life would never be the same without Kaushik, with whom he had been friends for 45 years.
Director Subhash Ghai described him as “a man who always laughed even in worst crisis and stood by anyone in his crisis”.
