Anupam Kher was born on 7 March 1955 and is an Indian actor, director and producer who works in Hindi and a few English, Malayalam, Punjabi, Tamil and Telugu language films.
49 Facts About Anupam Kher
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Anupam Kher is considered one of the best actors of India.
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Anupam Kher has played variety of characters including numerous critically acclaimed leading or parallel roles.
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Anupam Kher's accolades include two National Film Awards and eight Filmfare Awards.
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Anupam Kher received a BAFTA nomination for his supporting role in the British television sitcom The Boy with the Topknot.
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Anupam Kher has previously served as the Chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification and the National School of Drama in India.
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Anupam Kher's appointment was controversial, given his support for the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Anupam Kher was born on 7 March 1955 in a Kashmiri Pandit family in Shimla.
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Anupam Kher's father, Pushkar Nath Kher was a clerk in the forest department of Himachal Pradesh and his mother, Dulari Kher was a housewife.
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Anupam Kher studied economics at Government College, Sanjauli at the Himachal Pradesh University in Shimla, but dropped out to study Indian theatre at Panjab University, Chandigarh.
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In 1978, Anupam Kher graduated from the National School of Drama in New Delhi.
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Anupam Kher taught drama in Raj Bisaria's Bharatendu Natya Akademi in Lucknow for a small part in his directorial debut movie Sheeshay ka Ghar.
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In 1984, Anupam Kher made his acting debut in Hindi films with the Mahesh Bhatt-directed drama film Saaransh, in which he portrayed a 65-year-old retired middle class teacher who loses his son.
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The film was a moderate box office success though Anupam Kher's performance earned him widespread praise.
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Anupam Kher won a number of awards for his portrayal of the elderly father, including the Filmfare Award for Best Actor.
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Anupam Kher said that he lost his hair at a young age, and thus, his first role was playing a 65-year-old at the age of 29.
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Anupam Kher's career improved in 1989, when he received wider recognition for his performances in Ram Lakhan, a thriller by Subhash Ghai, and Daddy, a television film that reunited him with Bhatt.
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Later in 1989, Anupam Kher starred in a sequel to the 1986 fantasy film Nagina, entitled Nigahen: Nagina Part II.
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Anupam Kher then appeared in a cameo for Yash Chopra's love triangle Chandni, and portrayed a police inspector in Vidhu Vinod Chopra's action film Parinda alongside Anil Kapoor, Madhuri Dixit, Jackie Shroff and Nana Patekar.
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Dil received positive reviews from critics, and Anupam Kher's performance was praised.
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In 1991, Anupam Kher received acclaim for his work in Yash Chopra's romantic drama Lamhe, which starred Sridevi and Anil Kapoor and featured him as Kapoor's childhood friend.
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Anupam Kher next reunited with Yash Chopra for the romantic thriller Darr, co-starring Shah Rukh Khan, Juhi Chawla, and Sunny Deol, in which he starred as Chawla's brother.
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In 1994, Anupam Kher portrayed the owner of a factory in Raj Kanwar's thriller Laadla alongside Sridevi, Anil Kapoor, Aruna Irani, Raveena Tandon and Farida Jalal.
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Anupam Kher eventually earned another Best Supporting Actor nomination at Filmfare, and the film proved his second consecutive movie to win the National Film Award for Best Popular Film.
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In both these films, Anupam Kher's performance was not well received.
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Anupam Kher next starred alongside Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol, Rani Mukerji, and Archana Puran Singh in Karan Johar's romance Kuch Kuch Hota Hai.
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In 1999, Anupam Kher played the father of Anil Kapoor's character in Satish Kaushik's women-centric drama Hum Aapke Dil Mein Rehte Hain, that received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success.
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Anupam Kher then teamed with David Dhawan for the comedy-drama Haseena Maan Jaayegi starring Sanjay Dutt, Govinda and Karisma Kapoor.
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Anupam Kher was awarded the best actor at New York city International Film Festival for his Performance in a short film titled Happy Birthday.
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Anupam Kher played the role of the Police Commissioner, Rathor, in the critically and commercially acclaimed film, A Wednesday.
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Anupam Kher is known internationally for Bend It Like Beckham, Bride and Prejudice, The Mistress of Spices and Lust, Caution, Speedy Singhs, and TV show ER.
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Anupam Kher chose Pranayam as one of the seven best films of his career.
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Anupam Kher starred in a number of Marathi films such as Thoda Tuza.
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In 2009, Anupam Kher voiced Carl Fredricksen in the Hindi-dubbed version of the Disney-Pixar animated film Up.
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In 2014, Anupam Kher starred in the British film Shongram, a fictional romantic drama set during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War.
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In 2019, Anupam Kher starred as the former Indian Prime minister Manmohan Singh in the political, biographical drama film The Accidental Prime Minister.
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In 2022, Anupam Kher starred in the Vivek Agnihotri's controversial The Kashmir Files along with Mithun Chakraborty, which is based on Kashmiri Pandits' genocide in 1990, the film went to become a huge box office success.
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Anupam Kher hosted TV shows such as Say Na Something To Anupam Uncle, Sawaal Dus Crore Ka, Lead India, and The Anupam Kher Show - Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai.
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Anupam Kher ventured into directing with Om Jai Jagadish and has been a producer.
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Anupam Kher produced and starred in the film Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara.
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Anupam Kher received the Best Actor Award from the Karachi International Film Festival for his performance.
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Anupam Kher has written and starred in a play about his own life called Kucch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai, which was directed by Feroz Abbas Khan.
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In 2016, Anupam Kher was a narrator in the ABP News documentary TV series Bharatvarsh, which showcased the journey from ancient India to the 19th century.
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In late 2016, Anupam Kher produced Khwaabon Ki Zamin Par, a TV drama airing on Zindagi.
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Anupam Kher appeared as Shahbaz Karim in the BBC1 drama Mrs Wilson.
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In 1985, he married actress Kirron Anupam Kher who is a Member of parliament from Chandigarh, belonging to the Bharatiya Janata Party.
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Anupam Kher is an ardent supporter of the Bharatiya Janata Party and Indian Prime minister Narendra Modi.
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On 20 September 2021, Anupam Kher was awarded an honorary doctorate degree in Philosophy of Hindu Studies by the Hindu University of America.
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In 2017, Anupam Kher was accused of threatening to ruin the career of Rita Koiral, a Bengali actress, to cover up a voice acting controversy involving his actor wife, Kirron Anupam Kher.