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Kirron Kher

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Kirron Kher
MP
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Member of the India Parliament
for Chandigarh
Assumed office
16 May 2014
Preceded byPawan Kumar Bansal
Majority69,642 (15.40%)
Personal details
BornKiran Thakar Singh
14 June 1955 (age 61)
Punjab, India
NationalityIndian
Spouse(s)Gautam Berry (divorced)
Anupam Kher (1985–present)
ChildrenSikandar Berry Kher (with Gautam Berry)
OccupationActress
ReligionSikhism
Kirron Anupam Kher (also Kiran[1] or, Kiron[2][3][4] born 14 June 1955) is anIndian theatre, film and television actress, a TV talk show host and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. In May 2014, she was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Chandigarh.

Family[edit]

Kirron Kher was born on 14 June 1955 in a Sikh family and grew up inChandigarh.[5][6] She was named 'Kiran' by her parents and her full name was 'Kiran Thakar Singh.' During the period of her first marriage to Gautam Berry, she was known as 'Kiran Berry.' When she married Anupam Kher, she resumed her maiden name and also added her latest husband's surname, being known as 'Kiran Thakar Singh Kher.' In later life, she developed a firm belief in numerology, and in 2003 (aged 48), she changed her name from "Kiran" to "Kirron" based on numerological calculations,[7] dropped her maiden names, and came to be known as 'Kirron Kher.'
Kirron has one brother and two sisters. Her brother, the artist Amardeep Singh, died in 2003.[8] One of her sisters is the Arjuna award-winning badminton player, Kanwal Thakar Kaur. Her other sister, Sharanjit Kaur Sandhu, is the wife of a retired senior officer of the Indian Navy.

Marriages[edit]

Kirron completed her school education in Chandigarh, and then graduated from the Department of Indian Theatre of Punjab University, Chandigarh. She then married Gautam Berry, a rich Mumbai-based businessman, and had a son, Sikandar Kher.[9]
In Mumbai, Kiran tried throughout the 1980s to get a foothold in the film industry, but without success. While visiting producer after producer seeking a role in films, Kirron renewed her acquaintance with Anupam Kher, who was also a similarly struggling actor, and whom she had known slightly at university in Chandigarh. Anupam was also already married to someone else. Moving in the same theatre circles, they worked together in a play called Chandpuri Ki Champabai. In 1985, after Anupam had secured a break in films with Saaransh, he divorced his wife, Kirron divorced her husband, and they were married to each other the same year. They now run a production house together.[8][10]

Career[edit]

Kiran Kher made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film Aasra Pyar Da, a non-descript production which sank without a trace. After this, she took a hiatus from films.[11] Between 1983 and 1996, she appeared in exactly one film,Pestonjee (1987), wherein she acted in a bit role alongside her second husband Anupam Kher.
Her return to acting came in the mid-1990s, through theatre, with the play Saalgirah written by playwright Javed Siddiquiand directed by Feroz Abbas Khan.[2] She then hosted three television shows, starting with the short-lived Purushkshetra onZee TV which got attention for bringing out the discussion of alternative sexuality for the first time, while also highlighting women's issues.[12] Kiron Kher Today and Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher, before doing Hindi films.[13]
Her comeback film was by Shyam Benegal, Sardari Begum (1996), which won her the Special Jury Award at the 1997National Film Awards.
She then appeared in film director Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Bariwali (1999), to critical acclaim.[3] When she won theNational Film Award for Best Actress for the film, a controversy arose as a Bangla film actress, Rita Koiral, claimed that she had dubbed for the character of Kiron, making her an equal claimant to the award. Kirron refuted the charges claiming she spent hours rehearsing for her dialogue delivery, and the award was eventually not shared.[3][4]
In 2002, Kirron appeared in Devdas (2002), alongside Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai, and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
In Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) (2003),[14] a film that portrays the plight of a woman abducted during partition of India, her character not only refused to kill herself as suggested by her family, but marries her abductor and, after his death, makes an earning teaching Quran to local children. It shows how her life changes dramatically when her son takes up Islamic extremism in 1979 during the rule of Zia-ul-Haq and his process of Islamization of Pakistan.[15] She won the Best Actress Award, at Locarno International Film Festival, Switzerland, the Karachi International Film Festival, Karachi, and International Festivals at Ciepie in Argentina,[16] and Cape Town in South Africa [3][17] while the film won the Best Film – Golden Leopard, Festival Grand Prize at Locarno.[18]
The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2004 paid tribute to Kirron during its annual festival.[19][20]
In October 2004 Kirron made a guest appearance, along with her husband, in the American TV series ER playingParminder Nagra's mother, Mrs. Rasgotra, in episode "Damaged."[21]
In 2005, she played the role of Sunanda in the tele-serial Prratima on Sahara One channel, before which she had appeared in TV series like Dil Na Jaane Kyon (Zee TV), Isi Bahane, and Chausath Panne.[22]
Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her successful movies include Main Hoon Na (2004), Hum Tum (2004), Veer-Zaara (2004), and Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), where her performance drew rave reviews.[23] Her work in Rang De Basanti (2006) was a huge hit and her performance got her second nomination for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Her role in Fanaa (2006) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) also received appreciation. Adding to her list of comical roles in 2008 she appeared in Singh is Kinng, Saas bahu aur Sensex and Dostana. In 2009, she appeared as judge on India's Got Talent, the Indian franchise of the Got Talent series.
Kirron with husbandAnupam in 2012.

Socio-political activism[edit]

Kirron Kher has been involved with non-profit movements such as Laadli (a campaign againstfemale infanticide) and Roko Cancer (a campaign for awareness of cancer).[24][25] She joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in 2009.[26] She campaigned for the party in across the country during the elections, including in Chandigarh for the 2011 municipal corporation elections.[27]
She participated in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement with Anna Hazare, and organizedsit-ins in Chandigarh.[28] When a section of Anna's team decided to form the Aam Aadmi Party, she opposed the decision stating that the team was better as a non political organization.[29]She has been a vocal admirer of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi since long before his candidature was announced.[30] Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) declared her as the Lok Sabha candidate from Chandigarh for General Elections, 2014. Subsequently, in May 2014, she won the seat with 1,91,362 votes, defeating sitting MP, Congress leader Pawan Bansal who received 1,21,720 votes, while AAP’s Gul Panag came in third position with 1,08,679 votes.[31][32]
As a Member of parliament from Chandigarh and having connection with the film industry, Kirron promised a film city forChandigarh. After winning the seat, she said that she had difficulty in acquiring land in Chandigarh.[33] However, her proposal was accepted by the Chandigarh Administration and the film city is proposed to be set up in Sarangpur,Chandigarh.[34]

Awards[edit]

Filmography[edit]

YearFilmLanguageRoleNotes
2014Punjab 1984PunjabiSatwant Kaur (Shiva's Mother)
2014KhoobsuratHindiManju (Mili's mother)
2014Total SiyapaaHindiAsha's Mother
2012Ajab Gazabb LoveHindiRashmi Grewal
2011Mummy PunjabiHindiBaby R. Arora
2010Action ReplayyHindiBholi Devi
2010Milenge MilengeHindiTarot Card Reader
2010Alexander the GreatMalayalam
2009KurbaanHindiNasreen Aapa
2009Kambakkht IshqHindiAunt Dolly
2008DostanaHindiMrs. Acharya / Seema (Sam's mother)
2008Saas bahu aur SensexHindiBinita Sen
2008Singh Is KinngHindiRose Lady (Sonia's Mother)
2007Om Shanti OmHindiBela Makhija (Om's Mother)
2007ApneHindiRaavi B. Choudhary
2007Just MarriedHindiShobha Chaturvedi
2007I See YouHindiMrs. Dutt
2006Kabhi Alvida Naa KehnaHindiKamaljeet 'Kamal' Saran
2006FanaaHindiNafisa Ali Begum (Zooni's mother)
2006Rang De BasantiHindiMitro (DJ's Mother)
2005Mangal Pandey: The RisingHindiLol Bibi
2005It Could Be YouEnglishMrs. Dhillon
2004Veer-ZaaraHindiMariam Hayaat Khan (Zaara's Mother)
2004Hum TumHindiParminder 'Bobby' Prakash (Rhea's Mother)
2004Main Hoon NaHindiMadhu Sharma
2004Khamosh PaniPunjabi,UrduVeero/Ayesha KhanLux Style Award for Best Actress
2004Karz: The Burden of TruthHindiSavitri Devi
2002DevdasHindiSumitra
2001Ehsaas: The FeelingHindiAntra mother in law
1999Bariwali/The Lady of the HouseBengaliBanalataWon, National Film Award for Best Actress
1997Darmiyaan: In BetweenHindi /AssameseZeenat Begum
1996Sardari BegumHindiSardari BegumWon, National Film Award Special Jury Awards
1988PestonjeeHindiSoona Mistrycredited as Kiron Thakursingh-Kher
1983Aasra Pyaar DaPunjabiSheela

Television[edit]

YearProgramLanguageRoleNotes
2014Kitni Girhain Baaki HainUrduHerselfNarrator[37]
2009-India's Got TalentHindiJudgeAll seasons
2004EREnglishMrs. RasgotraEpisode Damaged
2004PrratimaHindi
1999GubbareHindi
1988Isi BahaneHindi
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