Anupam Kher
Acting
Biography
Anupam Kher (born March 7, 1955) is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi-language films. He has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. He has played a variety of characters including numerous critically acclaimed leading or parallel roles. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of Indian cinema and arts. Kher is known internationally for Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and Prejudice (2004) and The Mistress of Spices (2005). In 2012, he co-starred in the Academy Award-winning Silver Linings Playbook.
Born: March 7, 1955
Place of Birth: Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Known For
Kaash
Bollywood actor Ritesh and Pooja are married and live a fairly wealthy lifestyle. When he ventures to produce a film, a huge risk considering his naivety, results in financial losses, which they have to make good by selling all their personal properties, vehicles, and belongings. They re-locate to live in a small flat, and Ritesh loses himself in an alcoholic and nostalgic world. Pooja decides to take over the reins of this family by seeking employed, much to the chagrin of her husband, who would prefer that she stay at home - a discussion that may well be the turning point of their relationship and signal the end of their marriage.
Jaanoo
A young woman angers her wealthy father by falling in love with a television repairman.
Heer Ranjha
A newer version of the popular love story of Heer (Sridevi) and Deedho (Anil Kapoor), who calls himself Ranjha after leaving his house and living incognito in Heer's village as a labourer in her father's (Shammi Kapoor) house. Heer and Deedho were childhood sweethearts, separated because of family animosities, which have grown over the years and kept on the boil by Kaheda (Anupam Kher), whose leg was irreparably fractured by Deedho's family and friends.
Falak
Two partners namely, Murlidhar and Narang, betray their third partner and take over his business. Ramnath works as a watchman in this organization, and he sees illegal business taking place, and attempts to put a stop to this, only to get killed in the process, leaving behind a widow and two sons to fend for themselves. The police classify this death as an accident, and the management refuses to pay any compensation. Years later, the two sons have grown up and remember the death of their dad and the humiliation suffered at the hands of the new owners, and devise a plan to avenge this, and find that the owners have friends in the police force, as well as politicians, who will leave no stone unturned to protect both Narang and Murlidhar.
Jeene Do
A powerful landlord gives a poor man a loan to pursue his studies in Mumbai. However, when the man leaves the village, the thakur exploits his father and his brother.
Trinetra
Trinetra is the story of revenge of a son, who lost his honest father, to a group of evil minds. It is the story of a son's infinitive love for his mother, who lost her husband. It is the story of a son's revenge on his father's killers.
Mast Kalandar
Widower Rai Bahadur Pratap Singh is disappointed when he wants to marry someone poor. Pratap instructs him to forget about his love-life, his son refuses, and as a result Pratap asks him to leave the house. Years later, Pratap receives a letter in the mail, informing him that his son is dead, and that his widowed daughter-in-law and her son, Guddu, are on their way to live with him. He is delighted, and sends Prem, his nephew to receive, however, both mother and son do not arrive and are believed to be missing. Rai Bahadur subsequently finds out that his daughter-in-law is dead, and Guddu is living in a slum with a thief and drunk, Shankar. With the help of the courts and the police, Pratap manages to bring Guddu to his home. This is where Pratap will find out that money and power will not buy him his grandson's love, he will also find out that his daughter-in-law did not die a normal death, but was killed.
Maha Shaktishaali
Hindi crime melodrama starring Dharmendra as a truck driver who vows to bring down the crime boss who killed his friend.
Palay Khan
The British government have taken over there rule in a deserted region in India. But some of the people there strive for freedom; one of those brave freedom fighter is Palay Khan, who owes his intelligence to the entire region.
Connect
The announcement of a nation-wide lock-down due to the spread of COVID-19 pandemic disrupts the peace of a family. What follows is a series of bizarre events as one of them tries to invite the spirit of a family member.
Filmography
as Mohan
as M.K. Gandhi
as Parimal
as Self
as Jayaprakash Narayan
as Vijay Mathew
as Arvind
as Guru Shambhu
as Self
as Raj Narayan
as Self
as Raghavendra Rajput
as Dr. Arif Khan
as President of India
as IB Chief N.S. Awasthi
as Self
as Shiv Shastri
as Captain Hardeep Bedi
as Father Augustine
as Om Sharma
as Dr. Dhanvanthri Vedpathak
as Pushkar Nath Pandit
as Narrator
as Retired Judge Tyagi
as Old Karim
as Chef Hemant Oberoi
as Manmohan Singh
as Shahbaz Karim
as Vijay Kapoor
as Baldev Pratap Singh
as Charudutt Sharma / Charlie
as Tariq Ali
as Stanley D'Mello
as Sathnam's Father
as Bakshi
as Kakka
as Om Prakash Shukla
as Azmat Nanjiani
as nanu
as Diwan
as Paan Singh Dhoni
as Dr. Savraj Singh
as Professor Jamshed Batki
as Himself
as Self
as Diwan Sahab / Bapu
as Sanyam Dandekar
as CBI officer Satya Prakash Mishra
as Mr. Grewal (cameo) Kabir's father
as Omprakash Shukla
as Mr. Sam “Sammy” (Bamboo)
as Manohar Sharma
as Boss-Vaghela
as Narrator (voice)
as Self
as Abdul Qadir
as Guruji
as Host
as Vikrant Singhal
as Bilal Khawaja
as Raibahadur Seth Gendamal Hemraj
as Asha's father
as Shakuni (voice)
as Latesh Bhai
as Himself
as Self
as Joginder Armstrong / Dude G.
as Inspector Vijaykant Phogat
as Suryakant Ranjan / Chandrakant Ranjan
as P.K Sharma
as Doctor
as Dr. Cliff Patel
as Mr. Thapar (Special Appearance)
as Ghani
as Gargacharya (voice)
as Mr. Bhatti
as Suresh Awasthi
as Darvesh Singh
as Maharaj Kishan
as Achutha Menon
as Aggarwal
as Raj Kumar Sinha
as Monty (voice)
as Laxminarayan
as Kabir Malhotra
as Devinder Devilal Dua
as Joginder Singh Brar
as Sharad
as Dia's Father
as Dayal Babu
as Haji
as Professor Tariq Siddiqui
as Father
as Tanha
as Inspector Farooque
as Abhay's father
as Ram Mehra
as Vikram Singh (Vicky)
as Judge
as Judge (Guest Appearance)
as Mr. Bhalla
as Joymohan
as Faujdar
as Self
as Meet's Father
as Ram Shekhawat
as Sammy Phillip
as Prakash Rathod
as Subhan Daar
as Mr. Joshi
as Mr. Prajapati
as Mungi Lal
as Sudeep's dad
as Shivshankar Sahay
as Khalid Saiduddin
as Dr. Sathya
as Saeed
as Malhotra
as Laxmikant 'LK' Kabadiya
as Self
as Rajeev Sethi
as Rajiv Gandhi
as Harishchandra Bajpayee
as Bonney Kapoor
as Kamal Kishore Khosla
as Arjun Khanna
as Jeetu's Father
as Rajnath Singhania
as James Brown
as Uttam Chaudhury
as Geeta's Grandfather
as Motilal Khurana
as Bhanwarlal
as Dayanath Trivedi
as Dr. S. Screwvvala
as Limbu
as Zakir Ahmed
as Self
as Karam Jindal
as John Uncle
as Bhairav Chaudhary
as Chaman Bakshi
as R. K. Sharma/Captain Rashid
as Dr Machado
as Robin Singh
as Harakat
as Mr. Bhamra
as Deen Dayal
as Tejpal Singh
as Haji Mustafa
as Rai Bahadur
as Swamiji
as Ramakant Patil
as Kake
as Muttu Pillai
as Digvijay Varma
as Ronak Grewal
as Gulshan Bakshi
as Col. Renah Abdulla
as Vicky Nath
as Mr. Saxena / Sirjee
as the man talking with Raja in railway station (Hindi Ver)
as Gulzarilal Verma
as Dharmendra
as Mr. Vishwanath, Vijay's father
as Mr. Bansal
as Seniro Army Official
as Rashid Khan
as Principal Malhotra
as Commissioner Shyamlal Tripathi
as Station master
as Dadaji
as Sachidanand Agnihotri
as Dibyanath Chatterjee
as Bhanu
as Vidya Prakash
as Lakhan Nehle
as Priya's father
as Seth Yashpal Anand
as Advocate Ashok Pradhan
as Ajay Prasad
as Dhanraj
as Shanti Prasad
as Dr. Dayanand
as Balwant Rai
as Shambunath Singh Rathore
as Swami Dharam Bhooshan (Somen's dad)
as Ashok Sinha
as Dr. Khurana
as Dhonga the great
as Dharamvir Malhotra
as President of India / Nathuram
as Kamdev Singh (KD)
as Mahendra Prasad
as Oberoi
as Pawan Puri
as Ajay Rasgotra
as Hasmukh Khurana
as Prof. Siddharth Chaudhary
as Anand
as Mr. Dhanraj
as Raghuvir Pathak
as Brijbhan
as Shyamsunder (Radha's husband)
as Kader Bhai
as Thakur Ranbir Singh Chaudhary
as Vijay Awasti
as Ishwar Girdhar Pandey
as Prakash Chadha
as Retd. Colonel Yashpal Dutt
as Dinanath Sabkuchwala
as Sinha
as Gora Shankar
as Daulatram
as Jagmohan "Jugran" Laal / Manmohan Laal
as Edictr Arun Saxena
as Heera
as Seema's Uncle
as Mad person at the sanitarium
as Arjun Pratap Saxena
as Kaedo
as Bhagwati Prasad
as Jagtap
as Krishnakant Dharmadhikari
as Major Inder Mohan Lahti
as Himself
as Prem
as Inspector Kotwal / Sultan
as Mandhari
as Father Patrick
as Tej Bahadur / Tejaa / Shersingh, Truck Driver
as Bajrangi/Sumer Singh/Baldev Singh
as Raja Shamsher Singh
as Inspector Giridhar
as Seth Dharamchand
as Advocate Jhun Jhun Wala
as Bittu Singh
as Jagannath
as Din Dayal Trivedi
as Maharashtra Chief Minister
as Police Inspector
as Devraj Kamat
as Bansi Lal
as Hazari Prasad
as Inspector Vikram Shukla
as Jailor Mushtaque Ali
as Lala Jamal Khan
as Hardayal
as Dalichand Jain
as Tribuvan
as Minister Prajapati
as Purshottam
as Inspector Prakash Nair
as Deendayal Sharma
as Kabza Kanhaiyalal
as Ramesh (Rohit's Brother- In - Law)
as Gorakh Nath
as Commissioner Mathur
as DCP Agarwal
as Municipal Officer Sharma
as Thakur Dayalu
as Thakur
as Deodhar Shastri
as Anand
as Shekavar
as Shyamlal
as Mr. Kohli
as Bhuchaal
as Advocate Mahendra Nath
as Justice Nyaychand Rastogi
as Lala Yodhraj Bhalla
as Surendra Mohan
as Dagha Sahab
as Jamuna Das,JD
as Dr.Mehata
as D. C.
as Pestonjee (Pesi)
as Dharamchand
as Sohan Lal
as Ramniklal
as Anwar Ali (friendly appearance)
as Alok
as Advocate Amar N. Kaul
as Din Dayal Sharma
as Inspector Dushant Singh
as Rajeshwar Nath / Girija Shankar
as R. S. Khera
as Dr. Michael Dang
as Boss Number 1
as Mahesh Sandaliya
as Jethia
as Virendra Desai
as Mr. Mathur
as Shivkumar Chowgule
as Public Prosecutor
as Rao Saheb
as Samsthanak's friend
as B.V. Pradhan
as Surendra Malhotra
as Shyamji Krishna Varma