Updated On: 17 March, 2022 07:25 AM IST | Mumbai | Uma Ramasubramanian
Satish Kaushik, who quit smoking on Veeru Devgn’s insistence, picks it up again for Bloody Brother

Satish Kaushik. Pic/Instagram
The things actors have to do for a role sometimes go beyond their personal choice. Filmmaker-actor Satish Kaushik, who was flitting between the decision to smoke or not, finally relented for the love of art despite his health issues. Playing a don in ZEE5’s Bloody Brother required the actor to smoke cigars.
“Shaad [Ali, director] said that the cigar could give my character an edge and style. I have a bit of bronchitis issue, [so I was worried], but he let me take the final call,” informed Kaushik and added that he often sipped warm water after every smoking scene. “I realised that the smoke of the cigar surrounding my character would make it look interesting [on camera]. I usually mouth-fagged and timed it well to ensure that I looked convincing as don.”