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== Career == |
== Career == |
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Kirron Kher made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film ''Aasra Pyar Da'' and received rave reviews for her performance. Though she soon took a hiatus from films, following her divorce, and in order to raise her son [[Sikander Kher]], meanwhile she worked for her second husband [[Anupam Kher]] as a costume designer and suggested the title for his movie ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]'' (1995) and appeared in only one film ''Pestonjee'' in 1988, wherein she acted along side, her husband Anupam Kher. |
Kirron Kher made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film ''Aasra Pyar Da'' and received rave reviews for her performance. Though she soon took a hiatus from films <ref>[http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=April2008&file=World_News2008042863016.xml Films are to entertain, not preach: Kirron Kher] ''[[The Peninsula (newspaper)|The Peninsula]]'', [[April 28]], [[2008]].</ref>, following her divorce, and in order to raise her son [[Sikander Kher]], meanwhile she worked for her second husband [[Anupam Kher]] as a costume designer and suggested the title for his movie ''[[Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge]]'' (1995) and appeared in only one film in between, ''Pestonjee'' in 1988, wherein she acted along side, her husband Anupam Kher. |
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[[Image:Kirron Kher in Khamosh Pani (2003).jpg|right|230px|thumb|Kirron Kher in ''[[Khamosh Pani]]'' (2003), which won her |
[[Image:Kirron Kher in Khamosh Pani (2003).jpg|right|230px|thumb|Kirron Kher in ''[[Khamosh Pani]]'' (2003), which won her the 'Bronze Leopard Award' at the 2003 [[Locarno International Film Festival]].]] |
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Her return to acting came about with theatre, with the play ''Saalgirah'' from by playwright Feroz Khan <ref>[http://www.desimatch.com/desi-planet/desi-archive/magazine25b.html Once more, with feeling].</ref> , soon |
Her return to acting came about with theatre, with the play ''Saalgirah'' from by playwright Feroz Khan <ref>[http://www.desimatch.com/desi-planet/desi-archive/magazine25b.html Once more, with feeling].</ref> , soon she hosted three television shows called ''Purushkshetra'' on [[Zee TV]], ''Kiron Kher Today'' and ''Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher'', before doing [[Bollywood]] films <ref name=toi>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Kirron_Khers_stock_zooms_higher/articleshow/3509851.cms Kirron Kher’s stock zooms higher!] ''[[Times of India]]'', [[Sept 22]], [[2008]].</ref>. Her comeback film was ''[[Karan Arjun]]'' (1995), followed by the acclaimed film by [[Shyam Benegal]], ''[[Sardari Begum]]'' (1996), which won her 1997 [[National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film)|Special Jury Award]] at [[National Film Award]]. |
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In 2000, she appeared in film director, [[Rituparno Ghosh]]'s [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film [[Bariwali]] 1999, to critical acclaim <ref name=daily/>. Though 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 however refuted the charges claiming she spent hours rehearsing for her dialogue delivery, and the award was eventually not shared <ref>[http://www.apunkachoice.com/happenings/20000811-0.html Kiron Kher in the middle of controversy] ''apunkachoice.com. [[Aug 12]], [[2000]] .</ref><ref name=daily/>. |
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In 2002, she appeared in ''[[Devdas (2002 film)|Devdas]]'' (2002) alongside [[Shahrukh Khan]], [[Madhuri Dixit]] and [[Aishwarya Rai]], and was nominated for the [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award]]. |
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In 2002, she appeared in ''[[Devdas (2002 film)|Devdas]]'' (2002) alongside [[Shahrukh Khan]], [[Madhuri Dixit]] and [[Aishwarya Rai]], and was nominated for the [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award]]. At the 56th [[Locarno International Film Festival]] in 2003, she received the ''Leopard Best Actress'' Award for her role in ''[[Khamosh Pani]]'' (Silent Waters) (2003) <ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030818/world.htm 56th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland] ''[[The Tribune]]'', [[August 18]], [[2003]].</ref>, a film on the plight of the women exploited during [[Partition of India|partition of India]] in 1947; while the film itself won the ''Best Film - Golden Leopard, Festival Grand Prize'' <ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/02/stories/2004120200920200.htm Silent waves, still waters] ''[[The Hindu]]'', [[Dec 2 ]], [[2004]].</ref>. In October 2004 she had a guest appearance along with her husband in the American TV series ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' playing [[Parminder Nagra]]'s mother. |
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For her role in the film, ''[[Khamosh Pani]]'' (Silent Waters) (2003) <ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030818/world.htm 56th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland] ''[[The Tribune]]'', [[August 18]], [[2003]].</ref>, a film that portrays the plight of a woman abducted during [[Partition of India|partition of India]] in 1947, who 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, and how her life changes dramatically when her takes up Islamic extremism in 1979 during the rule of [[Zia-ul-Haq]] and his process of [[Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization|Islamization of Pakistan]] <ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/oct/08kher.htm Kiron Kher's film releases in New York] ''[[Rediff.com]]'', [[October 8]], [[2004]].</ref>; 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 <ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/784794.cms Visiting Pakistan was like a pilgrimage: Kiron Kher] ''[[Times of India]]'', [[Jul 20]], [[2004]].</ref>, and [[Cape Town]] in [[South Africa]] <ref name=daily>[http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/12/03/d31203140289.htm 'Art knows no boundary'] ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|Daily Star]]'', [[December 3]], [[2003]].</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/887374.cms Mrs Kher comes calling - page 2] [[Times of India]], [[Oct 16]], [[2004]].</ref> , while the film itself won the ''Best Film - Golden Leopard, Festival Grand Prize'' at Locarno <ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/02/stories/2004120200920200.htm Silent waves, still waters] ''[[The Hindu]]'', [[Dec 2 ]], [[2004]].</ref>. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2004 paid tribute the actress during its annual festival <ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040322/main7.htm a tribute to award-winning actress Kiron Kher] ''[[Tribune]] '', [[March 22]], [[2004]].</ref> |
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⚫ | In 2005, she essayed the role of role of Sunanda in the tele-serial ''Prratima'' on [[Sahara One]] channel, prior to which she had appeared in TV series like, ''Dil Na Jaane Kyon'' ([[Zee TV]], ''Isi Bahane'', and ''Chausath Panne'' <ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/01/31/stories/2005013100510300.htm Many shades, same delight ] ''[[The Hindu]], [[Jan 31]], [[2005]].</ref>. Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her list of successful movies includes, ''[[Main Hoon Na]]'' (2004), ''[[Hum Tum]]'' (2004) and ''[[Veer-Zaara]]'' (2004). Her work in ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' (2006) was a huge hit and her performance got her second nomination |
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In October 2004 she made a guest appearance along with her husband, in the American TV series ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' playing [[Parminder Nagra]]'s mother. |
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⚫ | In 2005, she essayed the role of role of Sunanda in the tele-serial ''Prratima'' on [[Sahara One]] channel, prior to which she had appeared in TV series like, ''Dil Na Jaane Kyon'' ([[Zee TV]], ''Isi Bahane'', and ''Chausath Panne'' <ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/01/31/stories/2005013100510300.htm Many shades, same delight ] ''[[The Hindu]], [[Jan 31]], [[2005]].</ref>. Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her list of successful movies includes, ''[[Main Hoon Na]]'' (2004), ''[[Hum Tum]]'' (2004) and ''[[Veer-Zaara]]'' (2004). 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 (film)|Fanaa]]'' (2006) and ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' (2006) also received appreciation. |
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== Personal life == |
== Personal life == |
Revision as of 06:53, 29 November 2008
Kirron Kher | |
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Born | Kiran Thakar Singh |
Other names | Kiran Thakur Singh Kher [1] |
Spouse | Anupam Kher (1985 - present) Gautam Berry (divorced) |
Children | Sikander Kher |
Kirron Kher (Born June 14, 1955) is an Indian theatre, film and television actress and a TV host.
Early life
Kirron Kher was born in Mumbai to Sikh parents, and brought up in Chandigarh, Punjab, where she did her schooling and later college from Panjab University, Chandigarh. At school she was an avid Badminton player along with her sister, Arjuna awardee Kanwal Thakar Singh, their mother Diljit Singh was also active in sports and dramatics in in her college days in pre-partition Punjab [2]. Kirron also had a brother, painter Amandeep Singh, who passed away in 2003 [3].
Career
Kirron Kher made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film Aasra Pyar Da and received rave reviews for her performance. Though she soon took a hiatus from films [4], following her divorce, and in order to raise her son Sikander Kher, meanwhile she worked for her second husband Anupam Kher as a costume designer and suggested the title for his movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge (1995) and appeared in only one film in between, Pestonjee in 1988, wherein she acted along side, her husband Anupam Kher.
Her return to acting came about with theatre, with the play Saalgirah from by playwright Feroz Khan [5] , soon she hosted three television shows called Purushkshetra on Zee TV, Kiron Kher Today and Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher, before doing Bollywood films [6]. Her comeback film was Karan Arjun (1995), followed by the acclaimed film by Shyam Benegal, Sardari Begum (1996), which won her 1997 Special Jury Award at National Film Award.
In 2000, she appeared in film director, Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Bariwali 1999, to critical acclaim [7]. Though 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 however refuted the charges claiming she spent hours rehearsing for her dialogue delivery, and the award was eventually not shared [8][7].
In 2002, she appeared in Devdas (2002) alongside Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai, and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
For her role in the film, Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) (2003) [9], a film that portrays the plight of a woman abducted during partition of India in 1947, who 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, and how her life changes dramatically when her takes up Islamic extremism in 1979 during the rule of Zia-ul-Haq and his process of Islamization of Pakistan [10]; 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 [11], and Cape Town in South Africa [7][12] , while the film itself won the Best Film - Golden Leopard, Festival Grand Prize at Locarno [13]. The Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles (IFFLA) 2004 paid tribute the actress during its annual festival [14]
In October 2004 she made a guest appearance along with her husband, in the American TV series ER playing Parminder Nagra's mother.
In 2005, she essayed the role of role of Sunanda in the tele-serial Prratima on Sahara One channel, prior to which she had appeared in TV series like, Dil Na Jaane Kyon (Zee TV, Isi Bahane, and Chausath Panne [15]. Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her list of successful movies includes, Main Hoon Na (2004), Hum Tum (2004) and Veer-Zaara (2004). 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.
Personal life
Her first marriage was with actor and businessman, Gautam Berry, with whom she has a son, actor Sikander Kher [16], before they divorced in 1985. She then married actor Anupam Kher, who she first met at Department of Indian Theatre in Chandigarh in 1974, which had Balwant Gargi has its head, though after which Anupam Kher went to Delhi and joined National School of Drama (NSD), while Kirron went to Bombay and got married to her first husband, subsequently they met while working together in a play called Chanadpuri Ki Champabai, and married in 1985, now they together run a production house [3][17].
In 2003, she changed her name from "Kiron" to "Kirron" due to beliefs in numerology [18].
Awards
- 1997: National Film Award - Special Jury Award / Special Mention (Feature Film): Sardari Begum
- 2000: National Film Award for Best Actress: Bariwali
- 2003: IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award: Devdas
- 2003: Locarno International Film Festival: Bronze Leopard Award : Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) [19]
- 2003: Karachi International Film Festival: Best Female Actor in a Leading Role: Khamosh Pani (Silent Waters) [20]
- 2006: Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress: Rang De Basanti
- Nominations
- 2003: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award: Devdas
- 2007: Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award: Rang De Basanti
Filmography
Film[Year] | Role | Notes | |
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2000s | |||
2008 | Dostana | Seema | Released |
2008 | Saas bahu aur Sensex | Binita | Released |
2008 | Singh Is Kinng | Rose Lady (Sonia's Mother) | |
2007 | Mummy-ji | ||
2007 | Om Shanti Om | Bela Makhija (Om's Mother) | |
2007 | Apne | Raavi Choudhary | |
2007 | Just Married | Mrs. Chaturvedi | |
2007 | I See You | Mrs. Dutt | |
2006 | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Kamaljeet Saran | |
2006 | Fanaa | Nafisa Ali Begum (Zooni's mother) | |
2006 | Rang De Basanti | Mitro (DJ's Mother) | |
2005 | Mangal Pandey: The Rising | Lol Bibi | |
2004 | Veer-Zaara | Mariam Hayaat Khan (Zaara's Mother) | |
2004 | Hum Tum | Parminder Prakash aka Bobby (Rhea's Mother) | |
2004 | Main Hoon Na | Madhu Sharma | |
2004 | Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters | Veero/Ayesha | |
2004 | Karz | ||
2002 | Devdas | Sumitra | |
2002 | Darmiyan | Zeenat Begum | |
2002 | Sardari Begum | Sardari Begum | won, National Film Award Special Jury Award |
1990s | |||
1988 | Pestonjee | Soona Mistry | |
1999 | Bariwali | Banalata | Won, National Film Award for Best Actress |
References
- ^ Showtime Jan 1988
- ^ Always there, from tiny steps to big leaps Indian Express, May 12, 2002.
- ^ a b All love and Kher The Hindu, Aug 19, 2004.
- ^ Films are to entertain, not preach: Kirron Kher The Peninsula, April 28, 2008.
- ^ Once more, with feeling.
- ^ Kirron Kher’s stock zooms higher! Times of India, Sept 22, 2008.
- ^ a b c 'Art knows no boundary' Daily Star, December 3, 2003.
- ^ Kiron Kher in the middle of controversy apunkachoice.com. Aug 12, 2000 .
- ^ 56th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland The Tribune, August 18, 2003.
- ^ Kiron Kher's film releases in New York Rediff.com, October 8, 2004.
- ^ Visiting Pakistan was like a pilgrimage: Kiron Kher Times of India, Jul 20, 2004.
- ^ Mrs Kher comes calling - page 2 Times of India, Oct 16, 2004.
- ^ Silent waves, still waters The Hindu, Dec 2 , 2004.
- ^ a tribute to award-winning actress Kiron Kher Tribune , March 22, 2004.
- ^ Many shades, same delight The Hindu, Jan 31, 2005.
- ^ Kirron Kher on her son, Sikander Rediff.com, June 02, 2008.
- ^ Relative Values Times of India, July 20, 2003.
- ^ Numerology: Bust or boom? Times of India, Aug 20, 2003.
- ^ awards Internet Movie Database.
- ^ Award Citations - 2003 Kara Awards Karachi International Film Festival Official website.
External links
- Kiron Kher at IMDb
- Kiron Kher at New York Times.
- Kirron Kher at Allmovie.