kirron anupam kher

Kirron Anupam Kher  (also Kiran or, Kiron born 14 June 1955) is an Indian theatre, film and television actress, a TV talk show host and a member of the Bhartiya Janata Party. In May 2014, she was elected to theLok Sabha, the lower house of Indian Parliament from Chandigarh.

Early life

Kirron Kher was born in June 14, 1955 in Punjab and brought up in a Sikh family in Chandigarh. Her sister is the Arjuna award-winning badminton player, Kanwal Thakar Kaur. Kirron had a brother, artist Amardeep Singh, who died in 2003. Her other sister Sharanjit Kaur Sandhu is married to a retired senior Naval Officer.

She completed her school education in Chandigarh, and then graduated from the Department of Indian Theatre of Punjab University, Chandigarh. Kirron then married Gautam Berry, a rich Mumbai-based businessman, and had a son, Sikandar Kher

In Mumbai, Kiran 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. Anupam was also already married to someone else. Moving in the same theatre circles, they worked together in a play calledChandpuri Ki Champabai. In 1985, after Anupam had secured a break in films with Saaransh, he divorced his wife, Kirron divorced her husband, and they were married to each other the same year. They now run a production house together.

Career

Kiran Kher made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film Aasra Pyar Da, a non-descript production which sank without a trace. After this, she took a hiatus from films. Between 1983 and 1996, she appeared in exactly one film,Pestonjee (1987), wherein she acted in a bit 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 Siddiquiand directed by Feroz Abbas Khan.  She then hosted three television shows, starting with the short-lived Purushkshetraon Zee TV which got attention for bringing out the discussion of alternative sexuality for the first time, while also highlighting women's issues.  Kiron Kher Today and Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher, before doing Bollywood films.

Her comeback film was by Shyam Benegal, Sardari Begum (1996), which won her the Special Jury Award at the 1997National Film Awards.

She then appeared in film director Rituparno Ghosh's Bengali film Bariwali (1999), to critical acclaim.^[3] When she won theNational 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.

In 2002, Kirron appeared in Devdas (2002), alongside Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai, and was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.

Socio-political activism

Kirron Kher has been involved with non-profit movements such as Laadli (a campaign againstfemale infanticide) and Roko Cancer (a campaign for awareness of cancer). She joined the Bhartiya Janata Party in 2009.^[26] She campaigned for the party in across the country during the elections, including in Chandigarh for the 2011 municipal corporation elections.

She participated in the 2011 Indian anti-corruption movement with Anna Hazare, and organized sit-ins in Chandigarh.When a section of Anna's team decided to form the Aam Aadmi Party, she opposed the decision stating that the team was better as a non political organization. She has been a vocal admirer of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate Narendra Modi since long before his candidature was announced^] 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.

Promises

As a Member of parliament from Chandigarh and having connection with the film industry, Kirron promised a film city forChandigarh. After winning the seat, she said that she had difficulty in acquiring land in Chandigarh. However, her proposal was accepted by the Chandigarh Administration and the film city is proposed to be set up in Sarangpur,Chandigarh.^[