Quotes from Satish Kaushik

Badhai Ho Badhai' is about spreading love and happiness - and Kavita Chaudhry speaks of it in a gentle manner.

A play called 'Bichchu' with Om Puri in the main role was going to be staged and I was working backstage. An actor failed to turn up for rehearsals and the director asked me to do that role instead. I agreed and would go to the beach to rehearse my dialogues as I had no place to stay those days.

Shows than run for years together make you stagnant.

By God's grace, my wife Shashi and I have been blessed with a daughter. It is the end of a long and painful wait for a child. It is a matter of unimaginable joy especially for my wife who had her heart set on another child ever since we lost our only son Shanu when he was just two-years-old.

Unlike 'The Nutty Professor,' the hero of my film is romantic. 'Badhaai Ho Badhaai' is a family film, while 'The Nutty Professor' had a lot of double-meaning dialogues.

Some of the corporate houses are using films as a means to market their brands. They are not concerned with the storyline. When it comes to big-budget films, simple storylines told with conviction are still the safest best.

I decided on 'Kaagaz' as the title because everything, from birth to death, divorce, to agreement, is done on papers. Without valid papers, a person cannot even prove his identity.

I saw Sridevi in 'Himmatwala' and I was stunned by her screen presence.

I have done 16 films with David Dhawan and I have tried to do every character differently, be it Sharafat Ali, Mutthu Swamy or Calender, because of my theatre experience.

It makes me so happy to see that there's still so much innocence left in villages.

As an actor I like to play everything from villain to comedian.

Yes it's true, I am making 'Tere Naam 2' which is a love story.