Trivia

Anupam Kher too struggled a lot and sometimes did not have money to even eat food. He would use his light complexion, baldness and ability to imitate and mimic people, specially foreigners. He would go to eating joints, speak like a foreigner, taste things to full belly and leave. And he says that people really mistook him for some foreigner and never asked for money.

One of the founding members of People for Animals.

Has played the father to Parminder Nagra twice. First in Bend It Like Beckham (2002) and again in ER (1994).

Awarded the "Special National Jury Award" and the "Actor of the Decade Award" (Millennium Honours) among others, but he also holds the record as the only actor in the industry to have won eight consecutive Filmfare awards.

In 1994 launched his own entertainment company.

Was the Chair of Central Board of Film Certification in India.

Anupam Kher's face has been used as "Californiia Crook", the YouTube prank caller. Most of these prank videos have gone viral on YouTube. All videos use a picture of Anupam Kher portraying the fictional prank call caller "California Crook".

Anupam Kher met Raj Kapoor in regards to getting a role in the film Ram Teri Ganga Malin. This was in Anupam's struggling days. Raj Kapoor wanted to cast him in the role of a foreigner. Anupam did not want the role and told Raj Kapoor he was a Indian. Raj Kapoor reasoned that Kher looked European. Anupam ended up leaving the offer .

Auditioned for Nehru's role in the film Gandhi but lost out to Roshan Seth.

Yash Chopra went to see a play by Anupam Kher and was blown away by his talent. After the show he invited Anupam to his house. When Anupam arrived at Yash's house , Yash told him he was super talented and wanted to sign him for a small role in Mashaal. Upon arriving at Yash Chopra's house he found out that Yash Chopra changes his mind. He told Anupam he was a very talented actor and deserved a bigger role. He was destined for bigger things in life. Anupam did not like this as he was broke and needed the money. He told Yash he would do any role in the film. But Yash kept saying he would only sign Anupam for a big role one day .

Son of Pushkarnath Kher.

Uncle to actress Vrinda Kher ( Raju Kher's daughter).

Inlaws are actor Thakhar Singh Sandhu and Diljit Thakhar Sandhu. They appeared in the film Mummyji.

Has one son, Sikander Kher, who is also an actor.

Dubbed for Poonam Dhillon's dad's character in the film Naam.

After attending the National School of Drama, he started his career in theater.

Starred in Ajay Goel's shelved movie Zinda Ya Murda (1985).

Nephew Pranit Kher is a assistant director. Pranit is Raju Kher's son.

Was planning to turn director with a English film titled "The Return". This was in 2003. It was about a father and son. The plan was to shoot the film abroad with all American actors and 2 Indian actors.

Anupam Kher attempted to meet Ramanand Sagar and sign a role in the film Romance. He was discouraged by a assistant of Ramanand.

Elder brother of Raju Kher.

In 1983,Anupam Kher did a Television play titled "Wapsi" directed by Amal Allana.

Starred in the shelved movie Sarathi Chitra's "Agnee Daor"(1996)Starring Ravi Behl,Indrani Banerjee,Kiran Kumar,Anupam Kher,Ishrat Ali,Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Music by Kalyanji Anandji, Directed by D.R. Kaushal.Reels:10.

First wife's name was theatre actress Madhumalati (Madhu Malati). They were together for 6 years and finally got married. Madhu had to leave for a month long tour with her theatre group a day after she got married. When she returned she was told that Anupam wanted to separate from her. She remarried theatre actor, movie director Ranjit Kapoor(Brother of actor Annu Kapoor).From this marriage they had a son named Misha Kapoor. Ranjeet was previously married with 3 kids. From his first marriage he had actress Grusha Kapoor and two sons named Ishan and Insha. Ranjit and Madhumalati have since been divorced. Madhumalti is a actress and debuted in Adharshila. She is now known as Madhumalti Kapoor and is a actress in movies and TV.

Starred in the shelved film Yaadien.(1985). Starring Karan Shah,Neelam,Anupam Kher,Produced by Amarjeet,Directed by Ramesh Behl.

Starred in the shelved film Popular Entertainment Network "KHAJURAHO 950 AD" (2000) Starring Anupam Kher,Divya Dutta,Sudhanshu Pandey A.K. Hangal, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Kitu Gidwani, Mukesh Tiwari, Mona Ambegaonkar, Meghna Kothari,Rajpal Yadav,Kashmira Shah, Shama Sikandar,Direction: Dr. Chandra Prakash Dwivedi.

Starred in the shelved film "Saancha - The Mould " (2010) Starring Anupam Kher, Vijay Raaz, Mukesh Tiwari, Raghuveer Yadav, Vaishnavi,Sudha Chandran, Archana Gupta, Sona Mani, Amin Ghazi, Produced by Vivek Dixit,Reena Pasi,Directed by Alok Dixit.

Starred in the shelved movie,C.R.S.Productions "Aabroo" (1995) Starring Rishikesh,Rajeshwari,Biswajeet, Anupam Kher,Monica Mehra,Amit Chaddha,Ranjeet, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Directed by Harish Bhonsle, Reels:8.

Was to debut in the film "Mr.Aashiq" in 1983. Starring Akbar Khan,Praveen Babi,Smita Patil ,Anupam Kher. Produced and Directed by Tanvir Ahmed. Anupam Kher was fired from the film for not knowing how to swim. Amrish Puri was then signed to replace him. When the film was shelved, the songs shot were used in the film Akarshan.(1988).

Met Shyam Benegal for a role in Mandi. All the casting was done and Anupam was unable to get any work.

From October 2003 to October 2004, Anupam Kher was the chairman of the Indian Film Censor Board.

When Anupam Kher was trying his luck as an actor, he even slept for a month on a railway platform in Bombay, when things got difficult.

Starred in the shelved movie Noor Films "Pehli Nazar Mein"(1992).Starring Akshay Anand, Sangeeta Bijlani,Anupam Kher, Amrish Puri, Music by Munawar Ali, Directed by Gautam Siddharth.

Starred in the shelved movie "Chahe Jaan Chalee Jaye"(1991) Starring Deepak Saluja,Namrata,Anupam Kher, Aruna Irani, Satish Shah,Rakesh Bedi,Shakti Kapoor,Kader Khan, Kiran Kumar.

Starred in the shelved film B.G. Films "Watan Ke Saudagar"(1990) Starring Nikhil Kumar Bhansali, Mohanlal, Shobhana,Anupam Kher, Raza Murad,Charanraj,Saeed Jaffery,Music by Swamy Amar Amit,Produced by Gulshan Kumar Sharma, Directed by Ravi Dutt.

Starred in the shelved movie "Aagzani"(1992) Starring Dildara, Sunita Rao, Amina Sheikh,Anupam Kher,Ishrat Ali, Shivraj, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Rama Vij,Music by Vakil Babu,Directed by D.R.Kaushal.

Starred in the shelved movie Sangeeta Arts Productions "Krodhit"(1992) Starring Gautam,Kiran Kumar, Anupam Kher, Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Reema Lagoo, Pradeep Kumar, Ajit Vachani, Annu Kapoor, Jai Kalgutkar,Music by Nikhil -Vinay, Directed by Hemant Shakapure.

Starred in the shelved movie Anand Films International's " Umeed"(1993) Starring Jaideep, Ani,Anupam Kher, Neena Gupta, Shail Chaturvedi, Kiran Kumar,Music by Suryakamal - Chandrakamal, Directed by N. Kumar.

Starred in the shelved movie S.V.International "Khel Kanoon Ka"(1989) Starring Mithun Chakraborthy,Radha, Anupam Kher,Kiran Kumar,Asrani,Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Asrani,Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by Anmol- Vikas, Shrikant Joshi, Story and Directed by S.A. Chandrashekhar.

Starred in the shelved movie V M K Films "Haque Aur Insaaf"(1988) Starring Rahul Cheema, Meera Madhuri,Bindu, Sangeeta Naik,Alok Nath,Sadashiv Amrapurkar, Anupam Kher,Music by Shankar Jaikishen, Produced by Vijay Tyagi,Directed by Sudhakar Sharma.

Starred in the shelved film Ruma Pictures Combines "Mr Krishan"(1983/1986) Starrring Rajiv Goswami,Meenakshi Sheshadri,Pran, Anupam Kher, Monty Nath, Rakesh Bedi, Music by Uttam Singh,Directed Kuldeep Garewal.

Starred in the shelved film Om Aadi Parashakti Movies "Prem Mandir" (1987) Starring Moushumi Chatterjee,Shekhar Suman,Divya Rana, Khushboo,Anupam Kher,Prem Chopra, Sadashiv Amrapurkar,Bandini Mishra, Shakti Kapoor, Music by Laxmikant Pyarelal, Produced by K Ranjeet Kumar, Directed by Sunil Nayyar.

Starred in the shelved movie D.P. Movies "Sahiba"(1986) Starring Sharmila Tagore, Karan Shah,Kamiya, Anupam Kher, Music by Usha Khanna,Directed by Subodh Shukla.

Starred in the shelved movie Sunny Mani Films "Barood" (1988) Starring Anupam Kher, Jalees, Amrit Pal, Pappu Rana, Music by Mohan Sharma, Directed by Aamil Kamal.