{"id":928894,"date":"2026-10-11T10:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928894\/"},"modified":"2026-10-11T10:20:09","modified_gmt":"2026-10-11T10:20:09","slug":"anupam-kher-i-do-not-carry-the-burden-of-anupam-kher-on-my-shoulders-actor-on-why-he-avoids-the-loneliness-of-stardom-hindi-movie-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/928894\/","title":{"rendered":"Anupam Kher: \u2018I do not carry the burden of Anupam Kher on my shoulders\u2019: Actor on why he avoids the loneliness of stardom | Hindi Movie News"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\u2018I Anupam Kher<\/a> says he doesn\u2019t let the weight of stardom rest on his shoulders, because carrying it would only leave him feeling isolated. The actor is back on stage after a few years with \u2018Jaane Pehchaane Anjaane,’ a play that mixes humor and music to explore loneliness and relationships. Kher and his troupe are on a 45-day tour of the US and Canada, performing in several cities and winning praise from audiences along the way.<\/p>\n

Anupam Kher says an ivory tower makes loneliness frightening<\/p>\n

Speaking to PTI during a break from a script reading session with director Gajendra Ahire<\/a>, Anupam made it clear that stardom is not something he lugs around. \u201cI do not carry the burden of Anupam Kher on my shoulders,\u201d he said. Reflecting on his tour of North America, he explained that the star in him would begin to look very isolated if he stayed away from everyday spaces, and added, \u201cAnupam Kher as a star will start looking very lonely if he does not sit in this lobby where there is bread and butter shop, a sushi bar or travelling by buses.\u201d He also pointed out that a life in an ivory tower makes loneliness a scary prospect, but he doesn\u2019t live that way. \u201cIf you live in an ivory tower, loneliness is frightening. I don\u2019t. I live a very normal life,\u201d Kher said.The play marks Kher\u2019s first attempt at staging a musical, and audiences in the US responded warmly to it. The veteran actor said that Indians living abroad feel a strong emotional bond with the country, which makes the experience special for them. \u201cPeople outside India are emotionally attached to India and when they see a story, especially being done by a popular actor on stage, they feel closer to the person and closer to the subject,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Anupam Kher\u2019s four decades of theatre<\/p>\n

Kher said he has been choosing plays that connect with audiences on an emotional level. In a career spanning four decades, he has stayed committed to theatre, appearing in productions like \u2018Saalgirah\u2019 with his wife Kirron, \u2018Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai\u2019 and \u2018Mera Woh Matlab Nahi Tha\u2019 opposite Neena Gupta.\u201cI have done Shakespeare, I have done Bertolt Brecht, I have done stylised plays. But when I am doing plays after leaving the movies, I like to do plays which are easily identifiable by the audience. A father in the audience can watch and sort of say, \u2018Oh, this is my story\u2019. So, luckily the response has been the same,\u201d Kher said.\u2018Jaane Pehchaane Anjaane\u2019 looks at relationships and loneliness within a present-day middle-class neighbourhood, weaving together the stories of a widow, a widower, a young paying guest and a woman dealing with a mid-life separation. Through its characters, the play touches on the experiences of three generations: elders living apart from their children, those in middle age, and the young.”The revolution in mobile phones, and internet and everything, has led to a loneliness epidemic. Many countries have announced it as an epidemic, and it\u2019s happening in India also. We have reached a stage where smiles and hugs are replaced by emojis. We have lost, I am not saying it cynically, because we live in a world which is changing, and we have lived, but it has taken away a certain amount of human touch,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Anupam Kher\u2019s play marks Swaroop Sampat\u2019s return to theatre<\/p>\n

\u2018Jaane Pehchaane Anjaane\u2019, written and directed by Gajendra Ahire, also brings Swaroop Sampat back to the stage after almost twenty years. In the US, the play was brought to audiences by Star Promotion Inc, a Houston-based company run by Indian-American Rajendra Singh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Anupam Kher says he doesn\u2019t let the weight of stardom rest on his shoulders, because carrying it would…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":928895,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[9850,49,48,75,247198,319019,337,97343,247199],"class_list":["post-928894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-movies","tag-anupam-kher","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-entertainment","tag-gajendra-ahire","tag-jaane-pehchaane-anjaane","tag-movies","tag-shakespeare","tag-swaroop-sampat"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=928894"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/928894\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/928895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=928894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=928894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=928894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}