Kirron Kher

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{{short description|Indian actress and TV talk show host}}
{{Use Indian English|date=March 2017}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| image = Kiron kher colors indian telly awards.jpg
| caption = Kher at ''[[Indian Telly Awards]]'' in 2012
| name = Kirron Kher
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|6|14|df=y}}
| birth_name = Kiran Thakar Singh
| birth_place = [[Bangalore]],<ref>http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4775</ref> [[Mysore State]], [[India]] (present-day [[Karnataka]])<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4775 |title=Archived copy |access-date=5 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190510150538/http://164.100.47.194/Loksabha/Members/MemberBioprofile.aspx?mpsno=4775 |archive-date=10 May 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>
| occupation = Actress ([[Theatre]], [[Film]], [[TV]]) • Singer • Entertainment Producer • TV talk show host • Politician
| party = [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
| citizenship = [[Indian people|Indian]]
| nationality = Indian
| office = [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament, Lok Sabha]]
| term_start = 16 May 2014
| term_end =
| predecessor = [[Pawan Kumar Bansal]]
| successor = Incumbent
| majority = 69,642 (15.40%)
| spouse = {{marriage | Gautam Berry |1979|1985|reason=divorced}}<br />{{marriage| [[Anupam Kher]] | 1985}}
| children = [[Sikandar Kher|Sikandar Berry Kher]] (son)
| Media Advisor = Prabhloch Singh
| constituency = [[Chandigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandigarh]]
}}

'''Kirron Anupam Kher''' (also '''Kiran'''<ref name=r1>{{cite web|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=17407 |title=Always there, from tiny steps to big leaps |access-date=2008-11-29 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210084755/http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=17407 |archive-date=10 December 2008 }} ''[[Indian Express]]'', 12 May 2002.</ref> or, '''Kiron'''<ref name=r2/><ref name=daily/><ref name=r3/> born 14 June 1952) is an Indian theatre, film and television actress, singer, entertainment producer, TV talk show host and a member of the [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]. In May 2014, she was elected to the [[Lok Sabha]], the lower house of [[Indian Parliament]] from [[Chandigarh (Lok Sabha constituency)|Chandigarh]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Election results: BJP's Kirron Kher wins from Chandigarh, Naveen Jindal finishes third - Times of India ►|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Election-results-BJPs-Kirron-Kher-wins-from-Chandigarh-Naveen-Jindal-finishes-third/articleshow/35213795.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-05-18}}</ref>

==Family==
Kirron Kher was born on 14 June 1952 in an [[Indian people|Indian]] [[Punjabis|Punjabi]] [[Jat Sikh]] family and grew up in [[Chandigarh]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Sikandar-is-blessed-to-have-Anupam-as-his-stepfather-Kirron-Kher/articleshow/30949698.cms | title=Sikandar is blessed to have Anupam as his stepfather: Kiran Kher | work=The Times of India | date=25 February 2014 | access-date=28 February 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227213303/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news-interviews/Sikandar-is-blessed-to-have-Anupam-as-his-stepfather-Kirron-Kher/articleshow/30949698.cms | archive-date=27 February 2014 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://alumni.puchd.ac.in/distinguished-alumni.php | title = Distinguished Alumni | publisher = Panjab University | access-date = 2014-03-15 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20111004174538/http://alumni.puchd.ac.in/distinguished-alumni.php | archive-date = 4 October 2011 | url-status = dead }}</ref> She was named 'Kiran' by her parents and her full name was 'Kiran Thakur Singh [[Sandhu]]’. During the period of her first marriage to Gautam Berry, she was known as 'Kiran Berry.' When she married [[Anupam Kher]], she resumed her maiden name and also added her latest husband's surname, being known as 'Kiran Thakur Singh Kher.' In later life, she developed a firm belief in [[numerology]], and in 2003 (aged 51), she changed her name from "Kiran" to "Kirron" based on numerological calculations,<ref>[https://archive.today/20130628041118/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2003-08-20/mumbai/27181064_1_suniel-shetty-numerology-bust Numerology: Bust or boom?] ''Times of India'', 20 August 2003.</ref> dropped her maiden names, and came to be known as 'Kirron Kher.'

Kirron has one brother and two sisters. Her brother, the artist Amardeep Singh [[Sandhu]], died in 2003.<ref name=his>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/08/19/stories/2004081900290300.htm All love and Kher] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210083847/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/08/19/stories/2004081900290300.htm |date=10 December 2008 }} ''[[The Hindu]]'', 19 August 2004.</ref> One of her sisters is the [[Arjuna award]]-winning badminton player, [[Kanwal Thakar Singh|Kanwal Thakar Kaur.]] Her other sister, Sharanjit Kaur [[Sandhu]], is the wife of a retired senior officer of the [[Indian Navy]].

Kirron went to school in [[Jabalpur]], [[Madhya Pradesh]],<ref>{{Cite web|title=Shifting roles, yet 'keeping it real'|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/shifting-roles-yet-keeping-it-real/story-uY0Xn00Sw5k56LMZClRI6O.html|date=2014-04-03|website=Hindustan Times|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190207015656/https://www.hindustantimes.com/chandigarh/shifting-roles-yet-keeping-it-real/story-uY0Xn00Sw5k56LMZClRI6O.html|archive-date=7 February 2019|access-date=2019-06-04}}</ref> and completed her school education in Chandigarh, and then graduated from the Department of Indian Theatre of [[Panjab University, Chandigarh]].

===Marriages===
Kirron married Gautam Berry, a Mumbai-based businessman, in first week of March, 1979, and had a son, [[Sikandar Kher]].<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/02kher.htm Kiran Kher on her son, Sikander] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210103925/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2008/jun/02kher.htm |date=10 December 2008 }} ''[[Rediff.com]]'', 2 June 2008.</ref>

In Mumbai, Kiran tried throughout the 1980s to get a foothold in the film industry, but without success. While visiting producer after producer seeking a role in films, Kirron renewed her acquaintance with [[Anupam Kher]], who was also a similarly struggling actor, and whom she had known slightly at university in Chandigarh.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Anupam Kher visits dept of theatre, remembers old days - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/news/Anupam-Kher-visits-dept-of-theatre-remembers-old-days/articleshow/33529743.cms|website=The Times of India|access-date=2020-05-24}}</ref> Moving in the same theatre circles, they worked together in a play called ''Chandpuri Ki Champabai''. In 1985, after Anupam had secured a break in films with ''[[Saaransh]]'', Kirron divorced her first husband.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Second Time Lucky In Love: A Beautiful Love Story Of Anupam Kher And Kirron Kher|url=https://www.bollywoodshaadis.com/articles/a-beautiful-love-story-of-anupam-kher-and-kirron-kher-6373|website=BollywoodShaadis|access-date=2020-05-16}}</ref>

== Career ==
Kirron Kher made her film debut in 1983 in the Punjabi feature film ''Aasra Pyar Da,'' After this, she took a hiatus from films until 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=April2008&file=World_News2008042863016.xml |title=Films are to entertain, not preach: Kirron Kher |access-date=2008-11-29 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090330012052/http://www.thepeninsulaqatar.com/Display_news.asp?section=World_News&subsection=India&month=April2008&file=World_News2008042863016.xml |archive-date=30 March 2009 }} ''[[The Peninsula (newspaper)|The Peninsula]]'', 28 April 2008.</ref> Between 1983 and 1996, she appeared in one film, ''[[Pestonjee]]'' (1987), in which she acted in a small role alongside her second husband Anupam Kher.

Her return to acting came in the mid-1990s, through theatre, with the play ''Saalgirah'' written by playwright [[Javed Siddiqui]] and directed by [[Feroz Abbas Khan]].<ref name=r2>{{cite web|url=http://www.desimatch.com/desi-planet/desi-archive/magazine25b.html |title=Once more, with feeling |access-date=2009-09-20 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210062753/http://www.desimatch.com/desi-planet/desi-archive/magazine25b.html |archive-date=10 December 2008 }}. desimatch.com</ref> She then hosted three television shows, starting with the short-lived ''Purushkshetra'' on [[Zee TV]] which got attention for bringing out the discussion of alternative sexuality for the first time, while also highlighting women's issues.<ref>''The Making of Neoliberal India: Nationalism, Gender, and the Paradoxes of Globalization'', by Rupal Oza, Published by CRC Press, 2006. {{ISBN|0-415-95186-0}}. ''Page 63''.</ref> ''Kiron Kher Today'' and ''Jagte Raho with Kiron Kher'', before doing Hindi films.<ref name=toi>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Kirron_Khers_stock_zooms_higher/articleshow/3509851.cms Kirron Kher’s stock zooms higher!] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081026051621/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Entertainment/Kirron_Khers_stock_zooms_higher/articleshow/3509851.cms |date=26 October 2008 }} ''[[Times of India]]'', 22 September 2008.</ref>

Her comeback film was by [[Shyam Benegal]], ''[[Sardari Begum]]'' (1996), which won her the [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|Special Jury Award]] at the 1997 [[National Film Awards]].

She then appeared in film director [[Rituparno Ghosh]]'s [[Bengali language|Bengali]] film ''[[Bariwali]]'' (1999), to critical acclaim.<ref name=daily/> When she won the [[National Film Award (India)|National Film Award]] for Best Actress for the film, a controversy arose as a Bangla film actress, [[Rita Koiral]], claimed that she had dubbed for the character of Kirron, making her an equal claimant to the award. Kirron refuted the charges claiming she spent hours rehearsing for her dialogue delivery, and the award was eventually not shared.<ref name=daily/><ref name=r3>[http://www.apunkachoice.com/happenings/20000811-0.html Kiron Kher in the middle of controversy] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210100948/http://www.apunkachoice.com/happenings/20000811-0.html |date=10 December 2008 }} ''apunkachoice.com. 12 August 2000 .</ref>

In 2002, Kirron appeared in ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]'' (2002), alongside [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]], [[Madhuri Dixit]] and [[Aishwarya Rai]], and was nominated for the [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award]].

In ''[[Khamosh Pani]]'' (''Silent Waters'') (2003),<ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030818/world.htm 56th Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080905204010/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2003/20030818/world.htm |date=5 September 2008 }} ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]]'', 18 August 2003.</ref> a film that portrays the plight of a woman abducted during [[partition of India]], her character not only refused to kill herself as suggested by her family, but marries her abductor and, after his death, makes an earning teaching [[Quran]] to local children. It shows how her life changes dramatically when her son takes up Islamic extremism in 1979 during the rule of [[Muhammad Zia-ul-Haq|Zia-ul-Haq]] and his process of [[Zia-ul-Haq's Islamization|Islamization of Pakistan]].<ref>[http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/oct/08kher.htm Kiron Kher's film releases in New York] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210103915/http://www.rediff.com/movies/2004/oct/08kher.htm |date=10 December 2008 }} ''[[Rediff.com]]'', 8 October 2004.</ref> She won the Best Actress Award, at [[Locarno International Film Festival]], [[Switzerland]], the [[Karachi International Film Festival]], [[Karachi]], and International Festivals at Ciepie in Argentina,<ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/784794.cms Visiting Pakistan was like a pilgrimage: Kiron Kher] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050317084159/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/784794.cms |date=17 March 2005 }} ''Times of India'', 20 July 2004.</ref> and [[Cape Town]] in [[South Africa]]<ref name=daily>[http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/12/03/d31203140289.htm 'Art knows no boundary'] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210075900/http://www.thedailystar.net/2003/12/03/d31203140289.htm |date=10 December 2008 }} ''[[The Daily Star (Bangladesh)|Daily Star]]'', 3 December 2003.</ref><ref>[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/887374.cms Mrs Kher comes calling – page 2] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050508000645/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/887374.cms |date=8 May 2005 }} Times of India, 16 October 2004.</ref> while the film won the Best Film – Golden Leopard, Festival Grand Prize at Locarno.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/02/stories/2004120200920200.htm Silent waves, still waters] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210083854/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2004/12/02/stories/2004120200920200.htm |date=10 December 2008 }} ''The Hindu'', 2 December 2004.</ref>

The [[Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles]] (IFFLA) 2004 paid tribute to Kirron during its annual festival.<ref>[http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/film04.html IFFLA 2004 Film Schedule, 8:00pm: Tribute to Kirron Kher] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090116020741/http://www.indianfilmfestival.org/film04.html |date=16 January 2009 }} ''[[Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles]]'' (IFFLA).</ref><ref>[http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040322/main7.htm a tribute to award-winning actress Kiron Kher] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210142226/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2004/20040322/main7.htm |date=10 December 2008 }} ''[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] '', 22 March 2004.</ref>

In October 2004 Kirron made a guest appearance, along with her husband, in the American TV series ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' playing [[Parminder Nagra]]'s mother, Mrs. Rasgotra, in episode "[[ER (season 11)#Episodes|Damaged]]."<ref>{{IMDb title|0567950|"ER" Damaged (2004)}} ''[[Anupam Kher]] played her husband in the episode, as Ajay Rasgotra''.</ref>

In 2005, she played the role of Sunanda in the tele-serial ''Prratima'' on [[Sahara One]] channel, before which she had appeared in TV series like ''Dil Na Jaane Kyon'' ([[Zee TV]]), ''Isi Bahane'', and ''Chausath Panne''.<ref>[http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/01/31/stories/2005013100510300.htm Many shades, same delight ] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210083859/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2005/01/31/stories/2005013100510300.htm |date=10 December 2008 }} ''The Hindu'', 31 January 2005.</ref>

Despite playing mostly supporting roles, her successful movies include ''[[Main Hoon Na]]'' (2004), ''[[Hum Tum]]'' (2004), ''[[Veer-Zaara]]'' (2004), and ''[[Mangal Pandey: The Rising]]'' (2005), where her performance drew rave reviews.<ref>[http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kiron_kher/ Kiron Kher] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080811020753/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/celebrity/kiron_kher/ |date=11 August 2008 }} at [[Rotten Tomatoes]].</ref> Her work in ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' (2006) was a huge hit and her performance got her second nomination for the [[Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award]]. Her role in ''[[Fanaa (film)|Fanaa]]'' (2006) and ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' (2006) also received appreciation. Adding to her list of comical roles in 2008 she appeared in ''[[Singh Is Kinng]]'', ''[[Saas bahu aur Sensex]]'' and ''[[Dostana (2008 film)|Dostana]]''. In 2009, she appeared as judge on [[India's Got Talent]], the Indian franchise of the [[Got Talent series]].
[[File:Anupam Kher, Kirron Kher at Esha Deol's wedding reception 12.jpg|thumb|right|Kirron with husband [[Anupam Kher|Anupam]] in 2012.|150px]]

== Socio-political activism ==
Kirron Kher has been involved with non-profit movements such as Laadli (a campaign against [[female infanticide]]) and Roko Cancer (a campaign for awareness of [[cancer]]).<ref>{{cite news | url = http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kirron-kher-prefers-social-work-to-politics-1126684 | title = Kirron Kher prefers social work to politics | newspaper = DNA | date = 2007-10-10 | access-date = 16 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140316063805/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-kirron-kher-prefers-social-work-to-politics-1126684 | archive-date = 16 March 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/A-walk-against-cancer/articleshow/12156300.cms | title = A walk against cancer | date = 2012-03-06 | newspaper = The Times of India | access-date = 16 March 2014 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20160927034620/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/A-walk-against-cancer/articleshow/12156300.cms | archive-date = 27 September 2016 | url-status = live }}</ref> She joined the [[Bhartiya Janata Party]] in 2009.<ref>{{cite web | title = Kiran Kher joins BJP | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kiran-Kher-joins-BJP/articleshow/4451462.cms?referral=PM | date = 26 April 2009 | access-date = 2014-05-16 | work = The Times of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140521045722/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Kiran-Kher-joins-BJP/articleshow/4451462.cms?referral=PM | archive-date = 21 May 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref> She campaigned for the party in across the country during the elections, including in Chandigarh for the 2011 municipal corporation elections.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/bjp-to-take-partymen-s-view-on-kirron-kher-s-chandigarh-ticket/article1-1178451.aspx |title=BJP to take partymen's view on Kirron Kher's Chandigarh ticket |date=2014-01-30 |newspaper=Hindustan Times |author=Surender Sharma |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140316080310/http://www.hindustantimes.com/punjab/chandigarh/bjp-to-take-partymen-s-view-on-kirron-kher-s-chandigarh-ticket/article1-1178451.aspx |archive-date=16 March 2014 }}</ref>
She has been a vocal admirer of BJP's Prime Ministerial candidate [[Narendra Modi]] since long before his candidature was announced.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z65aIyXRu90&t=45s |title=YouTube |publisher=YouTube |access-date=2014-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160607020129/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z65aIyXRu90&t=45s |archive-date=7 June 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> Bharatiya Janata Party(BJP) declared her as the Lok Sabha candidate from Chandigarh for [[2014 Indian general election|General Elections, 2014]]. Subsequently, in May 2014, she won the seat with 1,91,362 votes, defeating sitting MP, Congress leader [[Pawan Bansal]] who received 1,21,720 votes, while AAP's [[Gul Panag]] came in third position with 1,08,679 votes.<ref>{{cite web | title = Kirron Kher wins Chandigarh | publisher = The Indian Express | url = http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/kirron-kher-wins-chandigarh/ | date = 16 May 2014 | access-date = 2014-05-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140516102931/http://indianexpress.com/article/india/politics/kirron-kher-wins-chandigarh/ | archive-date = 16 May 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Election results: BJP's Kirron Kher wins from Chandigarh, Naveen Jindal finishes third | url = http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Election-results-BJPs-Kirron-Kher-wins-from-Chandigarh-Naveen-Jindal-finishes-third/articleshow/35213795.cms | date = 16 May 2014 | access-date = 2014-05-16 | work = The Times of India | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20140516142954/http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/lok-sabha-elections-2014/news/Election-results-BJPs-Kirron-Kher-wins-from-Chandigarh-Naveen-Jindal-finishes-third/articleshow/35213795.cms | archive-date = 16 May 2014 | url-status = live }}</ref>

As a [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of parliament]] from [[Chandigarh]] and having connection with the film industry, Kirron promised a film city for [[Chandigarh]]. After winning the seat, she said that she had difficulty in acquiring land in [[Chandigarh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/trying-to-get-film-city-for-chandigarh-soon-kirron-kher-114082500941_1.html |title=Trying to get Film City for Chandigarh soon: Kirron Kher | Business Standard News |publisher=Business-standard.com |date=2014-08-25 |access-date=2014-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141113120346/http://www.business-standard.com/article/pti-stories/trying-to-get-film-city-for-chandigarh-soon-kirron-kher-114082500941_1.html |archive-date=13 November 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> However, her proposal was accepted by the Chandigarh Administration and the film city is proposed to be set up in Sarangpur, [[Chandigarh]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chandigarh.gov.in/admn_new_init_filmcity.htm |title=Official Website of Chandigarh Administration |publisher=Chandigarh.gov.in |access-date=2014-12-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112185824/http://chandigarh.gov.in/admn_new_init_filmcity.htm |archive-date=12 November 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Kirron Kher, [[Bharatiya Janata Party|BJP]] candidate, won in [[2019 Indian general election]] [[Chandigarh]] constituency by a margin of 46,970 votes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/lok-sabha-election-results-live-updates-bjp-leading-in-348-seats-upa-at-94/1532677|title=Lok Sabha Election Results Live UPdates: BJP leading in 348 seats, UPA at 94|date=2019-05-24|website=Freepressjournal : Latest Indian news,Live updates|language=en-US|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-date=12 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012040315/https://www.freepressjournal.in/india/lok-sabha-election-results-live-updates-bjp-leading-in-348-seats-upa-at-94|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.newsnation.in/election/lok-sabha-election-2019/from-sunny-deol-to-urmila-matondkar-heres-how-star-candidates-fared-in-lok-sabha-polls-article-225290.html|title=From Sunny Deol to Urmila Matondkar, here's how star candidates fared in Lok Sabha Polls|date=2019-05-24|website=News Nation|language=en|access-date=2019-05-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190524112411/https://www.newsnation.in/election/lok-sabha-election-2019/from-sunny-deol-to-urmila-matondkar-heres-how-star-candidates-fared-in-lok-sabha-polls-article-225290.html|archive-date=24 May 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Controversy ==
After a woman was gang raped by an auto rickshaw driver and his accomplices in Chandigarh in 2017, she suggested that women should avoid traveling with strangers, earning wide-spread criticism from the opposition and social media.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/slammed-for-comment-on-gang-rape-survivor-kirron-kher-clarifies-1781968|title=Never Blamed Or Shamed Gang-Rape Survivor, Says Kirron Kher After Outrage|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171210230120/https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/slammed-for-comment-on-gang-rape-survivor-kirron-kher-clarifies-1781968|archive-date=10 December 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/301117/kirron-kher-shames-rape-victim-enraged-twitterati-erupt.html|title=Kirron Kher shames Chandigarh rape victim, enraged Twitterati erupt|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171209185150/https://www.deccanchronicle.com/entertainment/bollywood/301117/kirron-kher-shames-rape-victim-enraged-twitterati-erupt.html|archive-date=9 December 2017}}</ref>

In 2017, Kirron and her husband [[Anupam Kher]] were accused of threatening to ruin the career of a Bengali actor to cover up a voice acting controversy.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/entertainment/the-old-dubbing-controversy-resurfaces-to-embarrass-bjps-poster-boy-anupam-kher-and-his-wife-bjp-mp-kirron-kher|title=When Anupam Kher threatened to ruin the career of an actor|website=National Herald|language=en|access-date=2019-08-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190731053111/https://www.nationalheraldindia.com/entertainment/the-old-dubbing-controversy-resurfaces-to-embarrass-bjps-poster-boy-anupam-kher-and-his-wife-bjp-mp-kirron-kher|archive-date=31 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>

== Filmography ==
{|class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Language
! Notes
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2014 || ''[[Punjab 1984]]'' || Satwant Kaur (Shiva's mother) || Punjabi ||
|-
| ''[[Khoobsurat (2014 film)|Khoobsurat]]'' || Manju (Mili's mother) || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Total Siyapaa]]'' || Asha's Mother || Hindi ||
|-
| 2012 || ''[[Ajab Gazabb Love]]'' || Rashmi Grewal || Hindi ||
|-
| 2011 || ''[[Mummy Punjabi]]'' ||Baby R. Arora|| Hindi ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010 || ''[[Action Replayy]]'' || Bholi Devi || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Milenge Milenge]]'' || Tarot Card Reader|| Hindi
||
|-
| ''[[Alexander the Great (2010 film)|Alexander the Great]]'' || || [[Malayalam]] ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2009 || ''[[Kurbaan (2009 film)|Kurbaan]]'' || Nasreen Aapa || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Kambakkht Ishq]]'' || Aunt Dolly || Hindi ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2008 || ''[[Dostana (2008 film)|Dostana]]'' || Mrs. Acharya / Seema (Sam's mother) || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Saas bahu aur Sensex]]'' || Binita Sen || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Singh Is Kinng]]'' || Rose Lady (Sonia's mother) || Hindi ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2007 || ''[[Om Shanti Om]]'' || Bela Makhija (Om's mother) || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Apne]]'' || Raavi B. Choudhary || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Just Married (2007 film)|Just Married]]'' || Shobha Chaturvedi || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[I See You (2006 film)|I See You]]'' || Mrs. Dutt || Hindi ||
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2006 || ''[[Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna]]'' || Kamaljit 'Kamal' Saran || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Fanaa (film)|Fanaa]]'' || Nafisa Ali Begum (Zooni's mother) || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Rang De Basanti]]'' || Mitro (DJ's Mother) || Hindi ||
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2005 || ''[[Mangal Pandey: The Rising]]'' || Lol Bibi || Hindi ||
|-
| ''It Could Be You'' || Mrs. Dhillon || [[English language|English]] ||
|-
| rowspan="4" | 2004 || ''[[Veer-Zaara]]'' || Mariam Hayaat Khan (Zaara's mother) || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Hum Tum]]'' || Parminder 'Bobby' Prakash (Rhea's mother) || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Main Hoon Na]]'' || Madhu Sharma|| Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Khamosh Pani]]'' || Veero/Ayesha Khan || Punjabi, [[Urdu]] || [[Lux Style Awards|Lux Style Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2002 || ''[[Karz: The Burden of Truth]]'' || Savitri Devi || Hindi ||
|-
| ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]'' || Sumitra Chakraborty || Hindi ||
|-
| 2001 || ''[[Ehsaas: The Feeling]]'' || Antra's mother || Hindi ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Bariwali|Bariwali/The Lady of the House]]'' || Banalata || [[Bengali language|Bengali]] || [[National Film Award for Best Actress]]
|-
| 1997 || ''[[Darmiyaan: In Between]]'' || Zeenat Begum || Hindi / [[Assamese language|Assamese]] ||
|-
| 1996 || ''[[Sardari Begum]]'' || Sardari Begum|| Hindi
||[[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Award Special Jury Awards]]
|-
| 1988 || ''[[Pestonjee]]'' || Soona Mistry || [[Hindi language|Hindi]] || credited as ''Kiron Thakursingh-Kher''
|-
| 1983 || ''Aasra Pyaar Da'' || Sheela || [[Punjabi language|Punjabi]] ||
|}

===Television===
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Program
! Language
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 2014 || ''[[Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain]]'' || [[Urdu language|Urdu]]|| Herself||Narrator<ref>{{cite web|title=Kirron Kher to be the sutradhar in Zindagi's Kitni Girhain Baaki Hain|url=http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/releases/kirron-kher-be-the-sutradhar-zindagis-kitni-girhain-baaki-hain-140701|work=Tellychakkar|access-date=1 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715002957/http://www.tellychakkar.com/tv/releases/kirron-kher-be-the-sutradhar-zindagis-kitni-girhain-baaki-hain-140701|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2009- || ''[[India's Got Talent]]'' || Hindi || Judge|| All seasons
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2004 || ''[[ER (TV series)|ER]]'' || English || Mrs. Rasgotra || Episode: ''Damaged''
|-
| ''[[Prratima]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1999 || ''[[Kanyadaan (1999 TV series)|Kanyadaan]]'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1999- || ''Gubbare'' || Hindi || ||
|-
| 1988 || ''Isi Bahane'' || Hindi || ||
|}

== Awards ==
* [[44th National Film Awards|1996]]: [[National Film Award – Special Jury Award (Feature Film)|National Film Award – Special Jury Award]]: ''[[Sardari Begum]]''
* [[47th National Film Awards|1999]]: [[National Film Award for Best Actress]]: ''[[Bariwali]]''
* 2003: [[IIFA Best Supporting Actress Award]]: ''[[Devdas (2002 Hindi film)|Devdas]]''
* 2003: [[Locarno International Film Festival]]: [[Best Actress Award (Locarno International Film Festival)|Best Actress]] : ''[[Khamosh Pani]] ([[Khamosh Pani|Silent Waters]])''<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451601/awards awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911090836/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451601/awards |date=11 September 2018 }} ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''.</ref>
*2003:[[5th Lux Style Awards]]: Lux Style Award for Best Film Actress for [[Khamosh Pani]]
* 2003: [[Karachi International Film Festival]]: Best Female Actor in a Leading Role: ''[[Khamosh Pani]] ([[Khamosh Pani|Silent Waters]])''<ref>[http://www.karafilmfest.com/pastkaras_2003/pastkaras_2003_awardcitations.shtml Award Citations – 2003 Kara Awards] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828141135/http://www.karafilmfest.com/pastkaras_2003/pastkaras_2003_awardcitations.shtml |date=28 August 2008 }} ''[[Karachi International Film Festival]]'' Official website.</ref>
* 2006: [[Star Screen Award Best Supporting Actress]]: ''[[Rang De Basanti]]''
* 2010: [[Apsara Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]: ''[[Kurbaan (2009 film)|Kurbaan]]''
* 2011: Colors Golden Petal Award for Most Manoranjank Personality
* 2012: Colors Golden Petal Award for Most Dildaar Personality
* 2015: [[PTC Punjabi Film Awards]]: for Critics Award Best Actress: ''[[Punjab 1984]]''

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{IMDb name|id=0451601|name=Kiron Kher}}

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