Veteran actor and filmmaker Satish Kaushik – who essayed loveable characters like ‘Calendar” in Mr. India and ‘Pappu Pager’ in Deewana Mastana – passed away in Mumbai on Thursday.

Satish Kausik was 66. He is survived by wife and daughter.

His close associate and friend Anupam Kher took to Twitter to announce the sad news. Anupam Kher stated, ‘I know that death is the ultimate truth of this world! But I had not thought even in my wildest dreams that I would write this thing about my best friend someday. Such a sudden full stop to a friendship of 45 years!! Life will never be the same without you Satish!,’ Kher said.