Kirron Kher
Acting
Biography
Kirron Kher (born June 14, 1955) is an Indian actress, singer, television personality and politician. She was born in Bangalore to a Punjabi Sikh family and grew up in Chandigarh. She primarily acts in Hindi and Punjabi films and series. She is best known for her roles in Bariwali (1999), Om Shanti Om (2007), and Khoobsurat (2014). She is also known for her role as a judge in the popular talent show, India's Got Talent, since 2009.
Born: June 14, 1955
Place of Birth: Bangalore, Mysore Eyaleti, Hindistan
Known For
Sardari Begum
The police were called to investigate the death of a woman who was killed during a riot by a stone thrown by an agitated person. She was known in the community as "Sardari Begum", a popular singer and courtesan in her time. This story chronicles her youth, her contacts, and her lifestyle.
Punjab 1984
This is the story of a mother and her missing son set in the backdrop of 1984 Punjab, when the state was going through a terrible time of terrorism. The film depicts the longing of a mother for her son and her search for her son, who is labelled a terrorist because of the bad times in Punjab.
ER
ER explores the inner workings of an urban teaching hospital and the critical issues faced by the dedicated physicians and staff of its overburdened emergency room.
Devdas
In 1900s India, Calcuttan zamindar Devdas Mukherjee — unable to marry his lover — takes up alcohol and the company of a courtesan to alleviate the pain.
Veer-Zaara
Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh, a pilot in the Indian Air Force, rescues the stranded Zaara, a woman from Pakistan, following a bus accident, and their lives are forever bound.
Om Shanti Om
Reincarnated 30 years after being killed in a suspicious on-set fire, a small-time actor is determined to punish the person who ignited the blaze.
Rang De Basanti
After a group of friends graduate from Delhi University, they listlessly haunt their old campus, until a British filmmaker casts them in a film she's making about freedom fighters under British rule. Although the group is largely apolitical, the tragic death of a friend owing to local government corruption awakens their patriotism. Inspired by the freedom fighters they represent in the film, the friends collectively decide to avenge the killing.
Bariwali
A quiet drama about a lonely, sad, middle-aged woman, Banalata, who has lived a solitary existence since her husband-to-be died the night before their wedding from a snake bite. Never having quite gotten over the tragedy, she rarely ventures out and is clearly very lonely. This changes when she agrees to allow a film production to shoot in a wing in her sprawling estate.
Fanaa
Zooni Ali Beg is a blind Kashmiri girl who travels without her parents for the first time with a dance troupe to Delhi to perform in a ceremony for independence day. On her journey, she meets Rehan Khan, a casanova and tour guide who flirts with her. Although her friends warn Zooni about him, she cannot resist falling in love with him and he takes her on a private tour of New Delhi. But there is more to Rehan than meets the eye and Zooni will have to make a heartbreaking decision.
Comedy Nights with Kapil
Comedy Nights with Kapil is a comedy show which provides a distinctive take on the everyday life of a common man as the show explores the story of every household and how our common man Kapil is affected by the simplest issues in life around him.
Filmography
as Mrs. Dhillon
as Manju Chakravarty
as Satwant Kaur
as Asha's mother
as Self
as Rashmi Grewal
as Baby R. Arora
as Sunita Rao
as Jaanu
as Dolly Auntie
as Self - Judge
as Sameer's Mother
as Rose Lady (Sonia's Mother)
as Bela Makhija
as Mrs. Dutt
as Kamaljeet Saran
as Nafisa Ali Begum
as Mitro
as Lol Bibi
as Self
as Mariam Hayaat Khan
as Parminder Prakash
as Mrs. Sharma
as Ayesha / Verro
as Sumitra Chakraborty
as Antra
as Banalata
as Zeenat
as Sardari Begum
as Mrs. Rasgotra
as Soona Mistry