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Maharaj Krishan Kaushik (2 May 1955 – 8 May 2021) was a member of theIndia men's national field hockey team and coach of theIndia women's national field hockey team.
He was a member of the team when it won the gold medal at the1980 Summer Olympics inMoscow. In 1998, he received theArjuna Award. He also wrote the bookThe Golden Boot, with hockey writerK. Arumugam.[1] For his coaching contribution to Indian hockey he received theDronacharya Award in 2002. He died on 8 May 2021 toCOVID-19 inNew Delhi during theCOVID-19 pandemic in India.[2][3]
Kaushik was involved in the development of the 2007 Bollywood filmChak De India. Its screenplay was written by Bollywood screenwriterJaideep Sahni. Sahni had read a small article about the winning of the gold at the2002 Commonwealth Games by theIndia women's national field hockey team and thought that the premise would make an interesting film. Hockey playerMir Ranjan Negi (who was accused of throwing the match against Pakistan during the1982 Asian Games) has often been compared with Kabir Khan in the media.[4][5][6][7][8]
Sahni further stated in an interview withThe Hindu:
Sahni further noted that, "the story ofChak De was deeply inspired by the real life story of ex Chief National Coach Maharaj Krishan Kaushik and his Indian Women's hockey team's real feat of winning the Commonwealth and many other championships."[10]
Both Kaushik and Negi did influence the development of the film after being approached by Sahni. Sahni first met with Kaushik and later recalled that, "M K Kaushik and his girls taught us all we knew about hockey. Then he recommended Negi to us, because when we finished writing and finished casting, we needed someone to train the girls. Negi assembled a team of hockey players to train the girls."[11]
Kaushik also stated in the same interview, "I taught him everything about the game, starting from how the camp is conducted, how the girls come from different backgrounds and cultures, the psychological factors involved. Also how the coach faces pressure to select girls from different states and teams."[11]
Sahni also contacted Negi and asked him to coach the actors portraying the hockey team. Negi agreed and trained both the girls andShahrukh Khan for over four months.[12]
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