Satish Kaushik on Sridevi: She was like family

Actor Satish Kaushik who has worked with the legendary actress was also very upset with the news of the actress’ untimely death. “I was sleeping, and I just happened to get up and check my phone. There were many messages about her...I thought it was just a rumour... But it is so heartbreaking.”


Further talking about the late legendary actress he said, “I was also an assistant director in ‘Mr. India’. I was going to direct my first film ‘Roop Ki Rani Choron Ka Raja’ (1993), and Sridevi was this huge star. It was difficult to even get in touch with her. I was a first-timer. But she agreed to star in my film, and then onwards, I shared a great relationship with her.”


The actor added, “She was like family. I always used to call her ‘ma’am’, and our relations never changed even after her marriage (to Boney Kapoor). I continued to address her as ‘ma’am’. She had that persona, you couldn’t call her just Sridevi.”


The actor also said that he used to meet the actress often in functions, “We used to keep meeting on and off at functions. We would talk on the phone, too. I had congratulated her for her performance in ‘Mom’ (2017). When her daughter, Janhvi started shooting for her upcoming debut film ‘Dhadak’, I messaged her on the first day. And she replied.”