Anupam Kher Biography

Anupam Kher

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Anupam Kher

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Kher at the Green carpet of the 18th IIFA Awards 2017

Born 7 March 1955 (age 64)

Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India

Occupation Actor, producer, director, teacher

Years active 1982–present

Title Chairman of the Film and Television Institute of India

Term 11 October 2017 – 31 October 2018

Predecessor Gajendra Chauhan

Spouse(s) Kirron Kher (m. 1985)

Relatives Raju Kher (brother)

Awards Full list

Honours Padma Shri (2004)

Padma Bhushan (2016)

Website www.anupamkherfoundation.org

Anupam Kher (born 7 March 1955)[1] is an Indian actor and the former Chairman of Film and Television Institute of India. He is the recipient of two National Film Awards and eight Filmfare Awards. He has appeared in over 500 films in several languages and many plays.[2] He won the Filmfare Award for Best Actor for his performance in Saaransh (1984). He holds the record for winning the Filmfare Award for Best Comedian five times in total for: Ram Lakhan (1989), Lamhe (1991), Khel (1992), Darr (1993) and Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge (1995). He won the National Film Award for Special Mention twice for his performances in Daddy (1989) and Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005). For his performance in the film Vijay (1988), he won the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Besides working in Hindi films, he has also appeared in many acclaimed international films such as the Golden Globe nominated Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Ang Lee's Golden Lion–winning Lust, Caution (2007), and David O. Russell's Oscar-winning Silver Linings Playbook (2012). He received a BAFTA nomination for his supporting role in the British television sitcom The Boy with the Topknot (2018).[3]

He has held the post of chairman of the Central Board of Film Certification and the National School of Drama in India. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of cinema and arts.

On 31 October 2018, he resigned as the chairman of the FTII, citing his work on the American television show New Amsterdam, which required him to spend more time in the United States

Early life

Kher was born on 7 March 1955[1] in Shimla,[5] into a Kashmiri Pandit Hindu family.[6] His father was a clerk and he had a modest upbringing. He was educated at D. A. V. School in Shimla. In his struggling days as an actor in Mumbai, he slept on railway platforms.[7] He is an alumnus and a former chairperson of the National School of Drama. Some of his early roles were in plays performed at the Himachal Pradesh University