Kirron Kher

Some Lesser Known Facts About Kirron Kher

• Does Kirron Kher smoke?: No

• Does Kirron Kher drink alcohol?: No

• She loves numerology and has changed her name from “Kiran” to “Kirron” in 2008.

• In her childhood, she used to play badminton along with her sister Kanwal Thakar Kaur (Arjun Award-winning badminton player).

• She tried to pursue her acting aspiration in Mumbai throughout the 1980s, but without success.

• When she met Anupam Kher, he was also a struggling actor.

• In 1985, Kirron and Anupam, both worked in a play called “Chadnpuri ki Champabai”.

• In 1990s, she hosted three television shows – “Purushkshetra”, “Kiron Kher Today” and “Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher”.

• In 1999, she won National Award for Best Actress for the Bengali Film “Bariwali” directed by Rituparno Ghosh.

• In 2002, she was nominated for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for the film “Devdas”.

• In 2003, she won numerous international Awards for best Actress for the film “Khamosh Paani”.

• She also made a guest appearance in an American TV series “ER”, in October 2004.

• In 2006, she got her second nomination for Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award for the film “Rang De Basanti”.

• Kirron Kher appeared as judge in “India’s Got Talent” series in the year 2009.

• She has been involved with a non-profit movement against female infanticide called “Laadli”.

• In 2009, she joined the “Bhartiya Janata Party” (a political party).

• In 2011, she also participated in Anti-Corruption Movement led by Anna Hazare.

• She has been an admirer of Narendra Modi since long before he became Prime Minister of India.

• For the General Elections, 2014, BJP declared her as the Lok Sabha Candidate from Chandigarh.

• In May, 2014, she became the Member of Parliament (MP) from Chandigarh by defeating Pawan Kumar Bansal.

• She promised a Film City for Chandigarh and Chandigarh Administration has accepted her proposal.

• On 10 January 2019, she was caught on camera giving funny reactions during a Parliament session, which had gone viral on the internet.

• On 1 April 2021, Arun Sood, the city BJP chief of Chandigarh announced that Kher was suffering from multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer. ^[4]The Indian Express