Actors - Kiron Kher

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Kiron Kher (* June 14) is an Indian actress and TV host in Bollywood. She has lately changed her name from "Kiron" to "Kirron" due to beliefs in numerology.

Biography

Kiron Kher hosted three television called Purushkshetra, Kiron Kher Today und Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher, before doing Bollywood films: For her role in Devdas alongside Shahrukh Khan, Madhuri Dixit and Aishwarya Rai she was nominated for the Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award. Despite retiring from acting for fifteen years (1981 - 1996) in order to raise her son Sikander Kher and only playing in one movie (Pestonjee 1988), she worked for her husband Anupam Kher as a costume designer and suggested the title for his movie Dilwale Dulhania Le Jayenge. At the Locarno International Film Festival 2003 she received the Bronze Leopard for her role in Khamoshi Pani: Silent Waters. In October 2004 she had a guest appearance along with her husband in the American TV series Emergency Room. Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her list of successful movies includes Devdas
, Main Hoon Na
, Hum Tum
and Veer-Zaara
.

Her son Sikander Kher, also an actor, is from her first marriage with actor and businessman Gautam Berry whom she divorced in 1985.

Awards

2000, National Film Award for Best Actress, Bariwali
2003, IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award, Devdas
2003, Locarno International Film Festival, Bronze Leopard Award, Khamoshi Pani: Silent Waters

Filmography

Chhal: The Game of Death (2006) ... (pre-production)
Fanaah (2006) ... (filming)
Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna (2006) ... (post-production)
It Could Be You (2006) (filming)
Rang De Basanti
(2006) ... Mitro
The Rising (2005) ... Lol Bibi
Veer-Zaara
(2004) ... Mariam Hayaat Khan
Hum Tum
(2004) ... Parminder Prakash aka Bobby
Main Hoon Na
(2004) ... Madhu Sharma
Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters (2003) (as Kirron Kher) ... Veero or Ayesha
Karz (2002) ... Savitri Devi
Devdas
(2002) ... Sumitra
Bariwali (1999) ... Banalata
Darmiyan (1997) ... Zeenat Begum
Sardari Begum (1996) ... Sardari Begum
Pestonjee (1988) (as Kiran Thakur Singh Kher) ... Soona Mistry

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