‘He runs in my blood like my father who was all the time considerate, caring, proud of my success, unhappy once I was down.’

IMAGE: Rajesh Kumar, Rupali Ganguly with Madhu Shah and Satish Shah. {Photograph}: Variety courtesy Rajesh Kumar/Instagram

Satish Shah, who made us chortle in Yeh Jo Hai Zindagi, Jaane Bhi Do Yaaron, Sarabhai vs Sarabhai and in numerous films handed into the ages on Saturday, October 25. He was 74.

“His voice, his presence it is so vibrant, it is so alive that I will need to remind myself on daily basis that he’s not there anymore,” Rajesh Kumar, who performed Satish Shah’s son in Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai, tells Subhash Okay Jha.

This have to be a really troublesome time for you.

I am unable to inform you Subhashji how emotional this final 24 hours, 25 hours had been… very troublesome to specific it.

However to make clear a number of issues about Satishji‘s dying: Undoubtedly he had a kidney subject however he truly handed away from a coronary heart assault.

What precisely occurred?

He was at house having lunch after which he simply handed away, so simply wished to make clear to the media his kidney downside was handled, was sorted.

It was very unlucky to listen to that he truly handed away of a cardiac arrest. Anyway, he needed to go, he went.

 

IMAGE: Deven Bhojani, Rajesh Kumar, Rupali Ganguly, Ratna Pathak Shah, Sumeet Raghavan, Aishwarya Sakuja, Satish Shah and Arvind Vaidya in a scene from Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai.

Unusually, he was nearly forgotten by the leisure trade.

I do not know. I hope this journey of remembering him will go on until we’re alive, his voice, his presence it is so vibrant, it is so alive that I will need to remind myself on daily basis that he’s not there anymore.

He has shared his final {photograph} with me which I’ve placed on Insta.

That was per week or two again the place he shared his {photograph} saying see how a lot weight I’ve misplaced, how a lot cooler I look now and that 80% he had recovered, 20% was remaining.

Satishji wished to do Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai Season 3?

Sure, he instructed me, “I will see you quickly and we’ll persuade Hats Off Manufacturing and JD and Aatish to lastly give you the third season of Sarabhai.

That plan is off now eternally as a result of we misplaced 4 characters from Sarabhai: Satishji, then Natu Kaka, I simply keep in mind the identify of the character, Vithal was the character, then Radhabai was the character and Vaibhavi Upadhyay who performed my girlfriend within the second season, she handed away.

So it is a very heartfelt second, I imply it is a very arduous second for all of us.

IMAGE: Sumeet Raghavan and Rajesh Kumar with Satish Shah in a scene from Sarabhai Vs Sarabhai.

You have been very near him.

All I can really feel is that he runs in my blood like my father who was all the time considerate, caring, proud of my success, unhappy once I was down.

He had been my pillar of energy, a name away. And we used to change numerous jokes on WhatsApp.

The Sarabhai vs Sarabhai WhatsApp group was alive or I’d say it was lively solely due to Satishji who used to maintain us in contact with one another, throwing events at his house, calling us to his place every time we have been free after which chit chat.