Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher are among Bollywood’s most loved couples. They have been married for nearly 40 years now and have often spoken fondly about each other in public. They started off as friends in college in Chandigarh and eventually fell in love after reconnecting in Mumbai.
At that time, Kirron was already in a marriage and Anupam was a struggling actor. Speaking to Shubhankar Mishra, Anupam recalled, “I wasn’t married; Kirron was married, and we were best friends for 12 years. She was my senior in college. She was a star—she was first in her class, the best actress, and an India-level badminton player. I moved to Mumbai, and she came to Mumbai after her marriage to Gautam Berry. As strugglers, Satish Kaushik and I would often go to Kirron and Gautam’s house for dinner, and she would give us Rs 50 for a taxi, but we would save that money and travel by bus instead.”
Anupam mentioned that their relationship started as a solid friendship which later turned to love when both of them were in bad relationships. He said, “When she was going through a tough time in her marriage, and I was going through a bad relationship—after the girl I was with had ditched me—Kirron and I fell in love and got married.”
When asked about what he loves most about Kirron, Anupam said, “She is the most honest person—bindaas, honest, beautiful, caring, and she has a strong character. We were good friends, and that friendship translated into love and then into marriage.”
For the unversed, Kirron was previously married to businessman Gautam Berry. Kirron and Gautam were blessed with a child, Sikandar. Their marriage didn’t last long and they got divorced. Sikandar was four years old when Anupam and Kirron married each other. Later, Kirron and Anupam Kher tied the knot in 1985 and this was the second marriage for both of them. After marriage, Anupam adopted Kirron Kher’s son, Sikandar, and gave him his surname.
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