Anupam Kher on 40-year acting career: ‘I came to this city with Rs 37, today we are talking about my 540th film’

Anupam Kher reminisced about his Bollywood journey and how he feels like a newcomer even today.

Anupam Kher in Kuch Khatta HoJaay trailer

Versatile actor Anupma Kher launched the trailer of his upcoming Hindi film Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay along with the film’s lead actors Guru Randhawa, Saiee Manjrekar and Paresh Rawal among others. At the trailer launch Anupam reminisced about his 40-year journey as an actor and doing 540 films in his acting career. Anupam, while discussing his journey in Hindi films and doing several international projects, said, “I have built my castle with stones that people threw at me.”

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Talking about the ups and downs in his life and career, Anupam, 68, said, “Until you don’t taste sourness in life, you don’t understand true happiness. It wouldn’t be a journey if the roads were without any hurdles. There is a saying, I built my caste with the stones thrown at me… So yes, there should be difficulties in life, there should be ups and downs only then you can live a life and enjoy it. It wouldn’t be as much fun if the road ahead of me was simple and smooth.”

“I welcome problems, I am a sum total of my failures and my bad experiences but I don’t remember them. There is so much to look forward to in life. I am very fortunate, in 1981 I came with Rs 37 (in my pocket) to this city and today I am talking about my 540th film, what more can I ask for from god? So I am very happy,” he added.

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Anupam also shared that Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay is the first film he signed after shooting for Netflix’s New Amsterdam in the US for three years and that’s why he felt like he was a newcomer.

He shared, “This is the first film I signed after I worked in the US for three years. I was in the US working on Netflix’s New Amsterdam. After going there and working I realised that after doing 540 films you want to make your job difficult and the only way to do it is by thinking that you are a newcomer. I wanted to look at myself with a completely different perspective, of course I bring in my experience and love for every film that I do because earlier I was running fast nowhere, now I am walking slowly somewhere.”

Kuch Khattaa Ho Jaay, directed by G. Ashok is scheduled to release on February 16.

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