Javed Akhtar Pays Poetic Tribute To Satish Kaushik; Here’s What He Says

New Delhi:  Veteran lyricist Javed Akhtar on Thursday paid a poetic tribute to actor-director Satish Kaushik, who passed away in Gurugram at the age of 66. Kaushik attended a Holi bash thrown by Akhtar and his actor-wife Shabana Azmi at their Mumbai residence just a day before his death.

“Mehfilen ko jagata tha jo..Doston ko hansata tha jo… Aaj uss ko yeh kya hoga ya hai shaam hotay hi eik aag ki chaadar odhay hue so gaya hai,” Akhtar tweeted.

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Mehfilen ko jagata tha jo DostoN ko hansata tha jo . Aaj uss ko yeh kya hoga ya hai shaam hotay hi eik aag ki chaadar odhay hue so gaya hai

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) March 9, 2023

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Akhtar tweeted these lines after attending the last rites of Kaushik. The last rites of the actor were performed at a crematorium in Mumbai. Anupam Kher, Sham Kaushal, Ranbir Kapoor, Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Ranbir Kapoor were among the Bollywood celebs visiting Kaushik’s Mumbai residence to pay their last respects to the departed actor.

Earlier, Javed Akhtar penned an emotional note, “Satish a man full of warmth love and humour was like a brother to me since almost forty years. He was twelve years younger than me. Satish ji, it was not your turn.”
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Satish a man full of warmth love and humour was like a brother to me since almost forty years . He was twelve years younger than me . Satish ji , it was not your turn . pic.twitter.com/s1dUUlBlQy

— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) March 9, 2023

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