Kirron Kher | |
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Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha | |
In office 16 May 2014 –26 May 2024 | |
Preceded by | Pawan Kumar Bansal |
Succeeded by | Manish Tewari |
Constituency | Chandigarh |
Personal details | |
Born | Kiran Thakar Singh Sandhu 14 June 1952 Bangalore,Mysore State,India [1] |
Citizenship | Indian |
Political party | Bharatiya Janata Party |
Spouses | |
Children | Sikandar Kher (son) |
Residences | |
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Kirron Anupam Kher (also Kiran [2] or, Kiron, [3] [4] born 14 June 1952) is an Indian politician, actress, television personality, singer, and entertainment producer. She is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party and in May 2014 was elected to the Lok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament, from Chandigarh. [5] Through her film career, she is the recipient of two National Film Awards and four Filmfare Award nominations.
Kiran Thakar Singh Sandhu was born on 14 June 1952 in Bangalore, Mysore State, India [1] into a Punjabi family and grew up in Chandigarh. [6] [7] 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 51), she changed her name from "Kiran" to "Kirron" based on numerological calculations, [8] dropped her maiden names, and came to be known as 'Kirron Kher.' She is sometimes known as 'Grandma India.'
Kirron has one brother and two sisters. Her brother, the artist Amardeep Singh Sandhu, died in 2003. [9] 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.
Kirron went to school in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, [10] and completed her school education in Chandigarh, and then graduated from the Department of Indian Theatre of Panjab University, Chandigarh.
Kirron made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film Aasra Pyar Da, After this, she took a hiatus from films until 1996. [11] Between 1983 and 1996, she appeared in one film, Pestonjee (1987), in which she acted in a small 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 Siddiqui and directed by Feroz Abbas Khan. [3] She then hosted three television shows, starting with the short–lived Purushkshetra on Zee TV which got attention for bringing out the discussion of alternative sexuality for the first time, while also highlighting women's issues. [12] Kirron Kher Today and Jagte Raho with Kirron Kher, before doing Hindi films. [13]
Her comeback film was Sardari Begum (1996), directed by Shyam Benegal. Her performance received high critical acclaim and earned her the National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film).
She then appeared in film director Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Bariwali (1999), to critical acclaim. [4] When she won the National 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 Kirron, 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. [4]
In 2002, Kher appeared in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's period romantic drama Devdas (2002), alongside Shahrukh Khan, Aishwarya Rai and Madhuri Dixit in which her performance received widespread critical acclaim, receiving her first nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress.
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 the 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 [4] [17] while the film won the Best Film – Golden Leopard, Festival Grand Prize at Locarno. [18]
The 2004 Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) paid tribute to Kher during its annual festival. [19] [20]
In October 2004, Kher made a guest appearance, along with her husband, in the American TV series ER playing Parminder Nagra's mother, Mrs. Rasgotra, in the episode "Damaged".[ citation needed ]
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. [21]
Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her successful films include Main Hoon Na (2004), Hum Tum (2004), Veer-Zaara (2004), and Mangal Pandey: The Rising (2005), where her performance drew rave reviews. [22] Her work in Rang De Basanti (2006) was also acclaimed with her performance earning her a second nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress. Her role in Fanaa (2006) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006) also received appreciation, receiving her third nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the latter.
Adding to her list of comical roles in 2008 she appeared in Singh Is Kinng , Saas Bahu Aur Sensex and Dostana , receiving her fourth nomination for the Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress for the lattermost. In 2009, she appeared as judge on India's Got Talent , the Indian franchise of the Got Talent series.
Kirron Kher has been involved with non-profit movements such as Laadli (a campaign against female infanticide) and Roko Cancer (a campaign for awareness of cancer). [23] [24] She joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in 2009. [25] She campaigned for the party in across the country during the elections, including in Chandigarh for the 2011 municipal corporation elections. [26] She has been a vocal admirer of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi since long before his candidature was announced. [27] 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. [28] [29]
As a Member of parliament from Chandigarh and having connection with the film industry, Kirron promised a film city for Chandigarh. After winning the seat, she said that she had difficulty in acquiring land in Chandigarh. [30] However, her proposal was accepted by the Chandigarh Administration and the film city is proposed to be set up in Sarangpur, Chandigarh. [31]
Kirron Kher, BJP candidate, won in 2019 Indian general election Chandigarh constituency by a margin of 46,970 votes. [32] [33]
After a woman was gang raped by an auto rickshaw driver and his accomplices in Chandigarh in 2017, she suggested that women should avoid traveling with strangers, earning widespread criticism from the opposition and social media. [34] [35]
Kirron married Gautam Berry, a Mumbai–based businessman, in first week of March 1979, and had a son, Sikandar Kher. [36]
In Mumbai, Kirron 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. [37] 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 (1984), Kirron divorced her first husband. [38]
Year | Film | Role | Language | Notes |
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2014 | Punjab 1984 | Satwant Kaur (Shiva's mother) | Punjabi | |
Khoobsurat | Manju (Mili's mother) | Hindi | ||
Total Siyapaa | Asha's mother | |||
Gunday | Courtesan (Deleted scene) | |||
2012 | Ajab Gazabb Love | Rashmi Grewal | ||
2011 | Mummy Punjabi | Baby R. Arora | ||
2010 | Action Replayy | Bholi Devi | ||
Milenge Milenge | Tarot Card Reader | |||
Alexander the Great | Malayalam | |||
2009 | Kurbaan | Nasreen Aapa | Hindi | |
Kambakkht Ishq | Aunt Dolly | |||
2008 | Dostana | Mrs. Seema Acharya (Sam's mother) | Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress | |
Saas Bahu Aur Sensex | Binita Sen | [39] | ||
Singh Is Kinng | Rose Lady (Sonia's mother) | |||
2007 | Om Shanti Om | Bela Makhija (Om's mother) | ||
Apne | Raavi B. Choudhary | |||
Just Married | Shobha Chaturvedi | |||
2006 | I See You | Mrs. Dutt | ||
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Kamaljit 'Kamal' Saran | Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress | ||
Fanaa | Nafisa Ali Begum (Zooni's mother) | |||
Rang De Basanti | Mitro (DJ's Mother) | Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress | ||
2005 | Mangal Pandey: The Rising | Lol Bibi | ||
It Could Be You | Mrs. Dhillon | English | ||
2004 | Veer–Zaara | Mariam Hayaat Khan (Zaara's mother) | Hindi | |
Hum Tum | Parminder 'Bobby' Prakash (Rhea's mother) | |||
Main Hoon Na | Madhu Sharma | |||
Khamosh Pani | Veero/Ayesha Khan | Punjabi, Urdu | Lux Style Award for Best Film Actress | |
2002 | Karz: The Burden of Truth | Savitri Devi | Hindi | |
Devdas | Sumitra Chakraborty | Nominated – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress | ||
2001 | Ehsaas: The Feeling | Antra's mother | ||
1999 | Bariwali | Banalata | Bengali | National Film Award for Best Actress |
1997 | Darmiyaan: In Between | Zeenat Begum | Hindi / Assamese | |
1996 | Sardari Begum | Sardari Begum | Hindi | National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film) |
1988 | Pestonjee | Soona Mistry | credited as Kirron Thakursingh–Kher | |
1983 | Aasra Pyaar Da | Sheela | Punjabi |
Year | Program | Language | Role | Notes |
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2009–present | India's Got Talent | Hindi | Judge | |
2004 | ER | English | Mrs. Rasgotra | Episode: Damaged |
Prratima | Hindi | Sunanda Sukumar Roy | ||
1999–2000 | Kanyadaan | Hindi | ||
1999 | Gubbare [40] | Hindi | ||
1988 | Isi Bahane | Hindi |
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