Rakesh Bedi remembers Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain co-star, director Satish Kaushik: ‘He would laugh loudly on his own jokes’

Satish Kaushik was not only Rakesh Bedi’s co-star in Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, but he was also the director of the film. Remembering the shoot days, Bedi said, “When we were discussing my role, he said, ‘Chandni Chowk ki bhaasha leke aao. That element has to be there and do the character with a funny tone.’ So, I showed him how I’ll act, use my hands in a particular manner and stretch the last word of every sentence. After this film, it was a given that every time we would meet, we would greet each other in that way and laugh, and only then we would talk about other things.”

When asked about Kaushik as an actor and a filmmaker, Bedi reminisced, “As an actor, he was fantastic. He had a great comic timing. As a director, he was very polished. He would be very excited about comedy scenes. He had a childlike excitement when he had to shoot comedy scenes. When he used to make films, there would be all types of scenes. In Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain also there were many different types of scenes. When there were humorous scenes to be shot, he would be very excited on those days. He would say, ‘Aaj mazaa aayega.’ I will remember him almost like a Laughing Buddha. That is the right description for him, because of his looks. He was mauji and had a constant smile on his face.”