The Two Wives Of Anupam Kher | One With College Memories & Another For Lifetime CompanyBefore becoming one of the most successful Bollywood actors, and probably the most popular comedian in the country at the moment, Anupam Kher had struggled to find a role in the Hindi film industry during 1980s. He got married to Kirron Kher when he gained initial recognition for the movie Saaransh, but a few people knew that the woman who accompanied Aupam Kher before that moment was not Kirron only. She is Anupam Kher first wife, Madhumalti Kapoor.
Anupam Kher’s first wife was Madhumalti Kapoor who was an actress in Hindi and Punjabi cinema and TV serials. Though Anupam Kher met his first wife at college, reports claimed that Anupam Kher first marriage with actress Madhumalti Kapoor in 1979 was an arranged marriage.
Anupam Kher first wife Madhumalti Kapoor was born on 12 January, 1955 in Mumbai. She is 66 years old in 2021, of the same age as her ex-husband. She studied acting at the National School of Drama where she met Anupam Kher as her classmate.
When Anupam Kher married his first wife Madhumalti, he just graduated from acting school for over a year. Several years after that witnessed his struggle in theatres to get a major role for recognition. While working in a theatre in Chandigarh, Anupam Kher met Kirron Singh, who later became his second wife.
Kirron Singh was born in 1952, three years older than Anupam Kher. She got married to a Mumbai businessman Gautam Berry in 1980, just a few weeks after meeting each other. She gave birth to their son Sikandar in 1982.
Anupam Kher’s second wife Kirron Khan shared that when she worked in the theatre in Chandigarh, she was a close friend of Anupam Kher. They knew everything about the other but there was no attraction beyond a pure friendship. At that time, Anupam Kher was already married to Madhumalti.
However, things changed after Kirron got married. They both knew something were wrong in their marriages and they were not happy in those relationships at all. They were still doing plays together, then one day, they realized they had fallen in love with the other, maybe a long time ago.
When they realized the feelings towards each other, it’s Anupam Kher who broke silence and proposed to Kirron first. Kirron said that:
"He came and knocked on my door, and said "I want to talk to you." He then said "I think I have fallen in love with you." And suddenly there was this immense, intense change, the chemistry exploded. I got a divorce and married him. He had nothing then.”
Having said that, the couple didn’t get married until Anupam Kher got a break in his film career. The movie Saaransh in 1984 directed by Mahesh Bhatt had brought Anupam Kher to nationwide recognition. It’s also his debut movie, which facilitated his successful screen career later.
In 1985, Kirron Singh divorced Gautam Berry to marry Anupam Kher in a private ceremony. Her son Sikandar also moved to live with her and Anupam Kher.
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