Volker Schlöndorff of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman", starring Dustin Hoffman as Willy Loman and John Malkovich as Biff. Both actors won Emmys for their performances and Schlöndorff was nominated for an Emmy for his direction. The film premiered on television in 1985 and was released theatrically throughout Europe over the following years. Schlöndorff followed this with another TV movie in the US, "A Gathering of Old Men", based on the novel of the same name by Ernest J. Gaines. The film stars Richard Widmark, Holly Hunter and Lou Gossett Jr. and concerns racial discrimination in 1970s Louisiana. Schlöndorff returned to
Satish Kaushik Satish Kaushik Satish Kaushik () is an Indian film director, producer, and actor, primarily in Hindi films and theatre. As a film actor, he is noted for his roles as "Calendar" in "Mr. India,", as Pappu Pager in "Deewana Mastana", and as "Chanu Ahmed" in Sarah Gavron's British film "Brick Lane" (2007). He won the Filmfare Best Comedian Award twice: in 1990 for "Ram Lakhan" and in 1997 for "Saajan Chale Sasural." As a theatre actor, his most noted role was that of "Willy Loman" in the Hindi-language play, "Salesman Ramlal," an adaptation of Arthur Miller's "Death of a Salesman".