Name: Kirron Kher (Kiran Kher)
Born: 14 June, 1955
Zodiac: Gemini
Marital Status: Married to Anupam Kher; has a son/actor Sikander Kher.
Awards: National Film
Award (1997) for Sardari Begum, National Film Award(2000) as Best
Actress for Bariwali, IIFA Best Supporting Actress for Devdas (2003),
Bronze Leopard Award in Locarno International Film Festival (2003) and
Best Female Actor in Karachi International Film Festival (2003) for
Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters), Star Screen Award as Best Supporting
Actress in Rang De Basanti (2006) and as Best Actress in Supporting Role
(2010) for Kurbaan.
Trivia: She became Kirron from Kiron due to her utmost faith in Numerology.
Biography: A passionate
Badminton player, she grew up in Chandigarh, Punjab. Her debut Punjabi
film Aasra Pyar Da released in 1983 was well admired. She took a long
gap of about fifteen years to bring up her son, Sikander Kher succeeding
her divorce from Gautam Berry. She later married veteran actor, Anupam
Kher. In the interim, she worked as Costume Designer for Parampara
(1992), Gumrah (1993), Prem Granth (1996) and acted next to Anupam Kher
in Pestonjee (1988).
Her homecoming to acting was dramatist
Javed Siddiqui’s play ‘Saalgirah’. Kher also hosted three television
programs; Kiron Kher Today, Jaagte Raho with Kiron Kher and the highly
praised Purushkshetra which aired on Zee TV, with open deliberations on
sexuality for the first time. She reappeared in Bollywood with Shyam
Benegal’s Sardari Begum winning the 1997 National Film Award (Special
Jury Award). Kher‘s portrayal of Banalata, won her the National Film
Award (Best Actress) for Rituparno Ghosh’s Bengali film Bariwali. Kher
acted in the 2002 lavish multi starrer Devdas along with Shah Rukh Khan,
Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit. But the milestone of her career was
the 2003 movie, Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters), fetching her awards and
recognitions in Locarno Internaional Film Festival, Switzerland (Bronze
Leopard), Karachi International Festival and International Film
Festivals in Argentina (Ciepe) and in South Africa (Cape Town). She
plays the role of Ayesha Khan, a troubled woman, kidnapped and caught in
the crisis of division of India and trying hard to make ends meet.
Kher’s appearance in movies like, Main Hoon Na (2004), Veer Zaara
(2004), Hum Tum (2004), Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005) but her act in
the 2006 blockbuster, Rang De Basanti won her another Flimfare
nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She continued her work with
Fanaa (2006), Khabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) and was seen later in comic
roles in movies like Singh is Kinng, Dostana, Saas Bahu Aur Sensex, Om
Shanti Om, Action Replay and many others.
She also appeared as the mother of
Parminder Nagra in the ER television series in 2004. Kher took to
judging contestants in the 2009 India’s Got Talent.
Ajab Gazabb Love and Dostana 2 are her current films under production.
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