Anupam Kher is celebrating his 68th birthday today. Everyone in the film industry and his fans are wishing him. With more than 500 films to his credit in a three and a half decade-long career, Anupam Kher is one of the most versatile actors of India.

He has won numerous accolades including two national film awards and eight Filmfare awards. Although he is one of the most celebrated actors, his beginning was full of struggles. Kher was born on 7th March 1955 in a Kashmiri Bhrahmin family in Shimla. His father was a clerk in the Forest Department, the only earning person in the family of 14.

Anupam Kher discovered his love for acting at a very young age, when he was selected for a play in ninth grade. The actor soon discovered that he loves being on stage and wants to act full time. He then saw an advertisement for an acting course in Chandigarh and decided to pursue it.

He needed hundred rupees and borrowed it from his mother saying he needed it for a picnic. He then went to Chandigarh and got selected there. He was a teacher for two years before he saw an advertisement that a drama school in Mumbai was employing new talented teachers. In his quest to pursue his dreams the actor then moved to the city of dreams but it was not easy.

When he came to Mumbai, he had no money and was given a small space to teach and a tiny room to live in. But he never gave up. He stayed back in Mumbai auditioning and performing in plays. At one point of time he had to live on beaches and sleep on the railway platforms.

 

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