Satish Kaushik pitches a political satire - Dekh Tamasha Dekh this election
Veteran actor Satish Kaushik hits the silver screen this
election season with his Political satire Dekh Tamasha Dekh. Satish Kaushik
plays the lead character in the film who is a corrupt politician. Grape vine
has it that the character is based on GD Goenka at least in terms of
mannerisms, look and feel.
To bring the character alive on screen, Satish Kaushik takes a
mud bath in a particular scene. He was briefed about the scene the previous day
and he knew that it would be around a bathtub, while taking bath he would be
talking with people. He landed on the sets and realized that he had to take a
mud bath head to toe and not just an ordinary bath. Apparently this scene
was completely modelled on GD Goenka, who would sit in a tub taking an oil bath
and talk with his business associates. The scene was pushed up by notches with
a mud bath instead on an oil bath. Satish ji who has mastered comedy as a genre
added a sun glass to his look which upped the comic quotient.
Dekh Tamasha Dekh is a satire on the Indian political scenario
today in search of the religious identity of a poor man who gets crushed under
the humungous hoardings of a politician, played by Satish Kaushik. Directed by Feroz Abbas Khan of Gandhi, My Father fame. Other than Satish Kaushik, the film features
also Tanvi Azmi and a host of powerhouse actors from the Marathi industry.
Satish Kaushik is all set to chart out an interesting career
graph right now. Essentially known for his comic roles as Calendar and Pappu
Pager, the actor has proved his mettle with Road Movie, Brick Lane and more
recently Lakshmi.
Talking about his role in Dekh Tamasha Dekh, Satish Kaushik
said, “My audience has really accepted me well in comic roles and that is how
I’m primarily perceived in the Industry but as an actor I am open to all kinds
of roles. Dekh Tamasha Dekh is an interesting project and I feel this is the
right timing for a political satire. I play a corrupt politician. Yes there is
comedy but the role also has a lot of grey shades which I enjoyed playing”.
Talking of greys, satires and dark comedies, Satish Kaushik was
the dialogue writer of the cult black comedy, Jaane Bhi Do yaroon . Dekh
tamasha Dekh releases on 18th April.
A social and political satire based on
a true story,it revolves around the search for the religious identity of a poor man
crushed under the weight of a politician's hoarding.
The film explores an Incredible India
that is impossible to understand,where bizarre is normal.Where religion
is funnier then the best comedy show and politics is scarier then the worst horror movie.Welcome to HIndu-isthan.
PRODUCER:SUNIL
LULLA & FEROZ ABBAS KHAn
DIRECTOR:FEROZ
ABBAS KHAN
WRITER:SHAFAAT
KHAN
CINEMATOGRAPHER:HEMANT
CHATURVEDI
EDITOR:SREEKAR
PRASAD
SOUND
DESIGN:BAYLON FONSECA
CAST:SATISH
KAUSHIK,TANVI AZMI,VINAY JAIN,SHARAD PONKSHE,GANESH YADAV and others.
