Mahabharat actor Satish Kaul dies at 74 due to COVID related complications
As per media reports, Satish s sister Satya Devi said that he was admitted to a city hospital in Ludhiana after he developed a fever six days ago. Satish Kaul | Photo credit: Twitter @@ashokepandit, YouTube screenshot
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Updated: Apr 10, 2021, 06:04 PM IST
Veteran Hindi and Punjabi actor Satish Kaul, who featured in several films and television shows including Mahabharat , left for the heavenly abode on Saturday.
Reportedly, the actor died due to COVID-19 related complications in Ludhiana. He was 74. Last year in May, the actor had sought financial help from the film industry as he was struggling with basic needs amid the lockdown.
Not many remember Satish Kaul as Rehana Sultan’s handsome lover in the 1973 drama
Prem Parbat where he played the sexed-up forest ranger Rehana ran to for sex when her aged husband Nana Palsikar was asleep. It was a bold film and Satish got lead roles in off-beat Hindi films like
Nek Parveen,
Mere Sartaj, and
Ang Se Ang Laga Le. Like most failed lead actors Satish soon switched to supporting roles in big budget films like
Shiva ka Insaaf and
Ilzaam and
Aag Hi Aag.
Pahlajji remembers Satish as “hard working, friendly, hungry for work, always eager to face the camera, always wondering where the next meal would come from.” Bitter and frustrated for the lack of work in Hindi cinema, Satish moved to Punjabi cinema where he had a relatively more successful innings with films like