Kirron Kher
Kirron Kher ( Panjabi ਕਿਰਨ ਖੇਰ , Hindi किरण खेर , Kiran Kher , also Kiron Kher, Anupam Kher Kirron * 14. June 1955 in Punjab ) is an Indian actress , TV presenter and politician .
Personal
Kirron Kher was born on June 14, 1955 into a Sikh family from Punjab and grew up in Chandigarh . Kher was first married to Gautam Berry , a businessman and actor, with whom she has a son, Sikander Kher . In 1985 she divorced Berry and married Anupam Kher , also an actor. Kirron Kher originally wrote her family name in the Latin alphabet Kiron , but changed the spelling to Kirron for numerological reasons .
Acting career
Kiron Kher hosted three TV programs, Purushkshetra , Kiron Kher Today and Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher , before she finally got into Hindi films : For her role in Devdas with Shahrukh Khan , Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai , she was awarded in the Best Supporting Actress category , nominated for the Filmfare Award . Although she took a fifteen-year hiatus (1981-1996) to raise her son Sikander and made only one film during that time ( Pestonjee , 1988), she worked as Anupam Khers costume designer and worked on the film Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge . At the 2003 Locarno International Film Festival she was awarded the Bronze Leopard for Khamosh Pani - Silent Waters . In October 2004 she had a guest role in the US medical series Emergency Room with her husband Anupam Kher.
politics
Kirron Kher has been a member of the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) since 2009 . In the parliamentary elections in India in 2014 , she ran as a candidate for the BJP in the Chandigarh constituency . She defeated the candidate of the Congress Party , the Federal Minister Pawan Kumar Banswal , and was able to move into the Lok Sabha , the lower house of the Indian parliament.
Filmography (selection)
- 1987: Pestonjee
- 1996: Sardari Begum
- 1997: Darmiyan
- 1999: Bariwali
- 2002: Karz - The Burden of Truth
- 2002: Devdas - Flame of Our Love ( Devdas )
- 2003: Silent Waters - Khamosh Pani ( Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters )
- 2004: Veer and Zaara - The Legend of a Love ( Veer-Zaara )
- 2004: Me & You - Crazy with Love ( Hum Tum )
- 2004: I am always there for you! ( Main Hoon Na )
- 2005: The Rising ( Mangal Pandey - The Rising )
- 2006: Rang De Basanti - The Color Saffron ( Rang De Basanti )
- 2006: Fanaa
- 2006: Until happiness do us part (Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna)
- 2007: I See You
- 2007: fully married
- 2007: Apne
- 2007: Om Shanti Om
- 2007: Mummyji
- 2008: Singh is Kinng
- 2008: Saas Bahu Aur Sensex
- 2008: Dostana
- 2009: Kambakkht Ishq - drum test who binds forever (Kambakkht Ishq)
- 2009: Kurbaan
- 2010: Right Yaaa Wrong
- 2010: Milenge Milenge - We will find each other (Milenge Milenge)
- 2010: Action Replayy
Web links
- Kirron Kher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ The Times of India, February 25, 2014: "Sikandar is blessed to have Anupam as his stepfather: Kirron Kher."
- ↑ The Times of India, August 20, 2003: "Numerology: Bust or boom?"
- ↑ The Times of India, April 26, 2009: "Kiran Kher joins BJP."
- ↑ The Times of India, May 19, 2014: "Kirron Kher emerged a winner from the BJP seat in Chandigarh upped hubby Anupam Kher's enthusiasm."
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kher, Kirron |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kher, Kiran Thakur Singh; Kher, Kiran; Kher, Kiron; Anupam, Kirron Kher |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian actress, television presenter and politician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 14, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Punjab |