Happy Birthday to Anupam Kher, a prolific Indian actor, director, and producer, born on March 7, 1955, in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh. Anupam made his acting debut in 1982 in the movie ‘Aagman’. He came to prominence in ‘Saaransh’ (1984), ‘Karma’ (1986), and ‘Daddy’ (1989). Anupam has acted in approximately 500 Indian and international films, 100 plays, and many television shows as well. Among his many awards, he holds the record for most Filmfare Best Comedian Awards won for ‘Ram Lakhan’ (1989), ‘Lamhe’ (1991), ‘Khel’ (1992), ‘Darr’ (1993), and ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’ (1995), and the Millennium Honors Actor of the Decade (2000). He has won a National Film – Special Jury Award for ‘Daddy’ (1989), and a National Film – Special Jury Award for ‘Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara’. In 2004, Anupam was presented the Padma Shri Award from the Government of India, and in 2016, he was presented the Padma Bhushan. My recent favorite Anupam performances were, as a nervous con man in ‘Special 26’ (2013), and as grouchy technology wiz Shukla in ‘Baby’ (2015). Some of his newer films are ‘M.S. Dhoni: The Untold Story’ 2016), ‘Toilet: Ek Prem Katha’,’ Judwaa 2’, and “The Big Sick’, an Oscar-nominated American movie, all in 2017, Hotel Mumbai (2018), and in the role of Manmohan Singh in ‘The Accidental Prime Minister’, and ‘One Day: Justice Delivered’ (2019). Anupam also plays the role of a doctor on an American television show, ‘New Amsterdam’. Anupam has been married to actress Kirron Kher since 1985.