Satish Kaushik Passes Away: Actor-Director Had a Heartbreaking Reason Why Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja's Failure Was Deeply Personal To Him
It seems the debacle of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja never could leave him or he couldn't move on from it. After all, it was his debut directorial. But that wasn't the only reason why he often tweeted and spoke about it.
Satish Kaushik is no more. With him, we lost many more laughs and fun in the movies. All we have now are the memories he created for us to revisit often. For a person from the 90s, he was as important to comedies as was Govind or any other heroes. He always played the role of the hero's well-wisher in many movies and we were used to watching him in such movies. Over the years, he kept his acting assignments restricted, while he delved into direction. But it seems the debacle of Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja never could leave him. After all, it was his debut directorial. Satish Kaushik Passes Away at 66: Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Ajay Devgn Mourn Loss of the Versatile Actor-Director
Satish Kaushik often tweeted about the film. He even extended a public apology on the social media site to Boney Kapoor on how the 'break' left the producer 'broke'
The recreation
When somebody shared the title track of the film is recreated on stage in a faraway land, Kaushik retweeted it saying, the movie flopped but the music didn't. Anupam Kher and Anil Kapoor Revisit Old Memories as They Pose Outside Yash Chopra's Residence (Watch Video)
Frequent trips down memory lane
He never stopped revisiting those days
The reason Kaushik often spoke about this movie is that there's a personal story attached to it. Speaking to IANS, he had once said, "Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja was my first child and I had my first child, Kush, also soon after the film's release. I lost both the children (his son passed away and the movie flopped), but I am proud of both of them." He did mention here that he will forever be indebted to this film as he earned so many well-meaning friends in the process.
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