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name: "Kirron Kher"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/kirron-kher"
fi1m_id: "kirron-kher"
imdb_id: "nm0451601"
tmdb_id: 35777
wikidata_id: "Q158136"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "14 June 1955"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T19:22:50.943437+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Kirron Kher

## Identity

Kirron Kher

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/kirron-kher
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** kirron-kher
- **IMDb ID:** nm0451601
- **TMDB ID:** 35777
- **Wikidata ID:** Q158136
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirron_Kher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35777

Actor. Born 14 June 1955 in Bangalore, Mysore Eyaleti, Hindistan.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 14 June 1955, Bangalore, Mysore Eyaleti, Hindistan
- **Also known as:** Kiron Kher, Kiran Kher, Kiron Thakursingh-Kher, किरण खेर
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kirron_Kher, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0451601/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/35777

## Biography

Kirron Kher is an Indian actress who has appeared in Hindi and Punjabi films and television. She trained at the Department of Indian Theatre at Panjab University, Chandigarh, and made her film debut in the Punjabi feature *Aasra Pyar Da* (1983).

She is known for supporting roles in films including *Devdas* (2002), *Main Hoon Na* (2004), *Rang De Basanti* (2006) as Mitro, *Om Shanti Om* (2007), *Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna* (2006) and *Dostana* (2008). She has received two National Film Awards, for *Sardari Begum* (1996) and *Bariwali* (1999). Kher is married to actor Anupam Kher.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Rang De Basanti* (2006), Fi1m 76, as Mitro — [page](https://film.one/film/rang-de-basanti.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Dhillon's Jackpot* (2021), series, as Mrs. Dhillon
- *Khoobsurat* (2014), as Manju Chakravarty
- *Punjab 1984* (2014), as Satwant Kaur
- *Total Siyapaa* (2014), as Asha's mother
- *Ajab Gazabb Love* (2012), as Rashmi Grewal
- *Mummy Punjabi* (2011), as Baby R. Arora
- *Action Replayy* (2010), Actor
- *Milenge Milenge* (2010), as Sunita Rao
- *Kurbaan* (2009), as Jaanu
- *Kambakkht Ishq* (2009), as Dolly Auntie
- *Dostana* (2008), as Sameer's Mother
- *Saas Bahu Aur Sensex* (2008), as Binita Sen
- *Singh Is Kinng* (2008), as Rose Lady (Sonia's Mother)
- *Om Shanti Om* (2007), as Bela Makhija
- *Apne* (2007), Actor
- *Just Married* (2007), Actor
- *I See You* (2006), as Mrs. Dutt
- *Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna* (2006), as Kamaljeet Saran
- *Fanaa* (2006), as Nafisa Ali Begum
- *Rang De Basanti* (2006), as Mitro — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/film/rang-de-basanti.md)
- *Mangal Pandey - The Rising* (2005), as Lol Bibi
- *Veer-Zaara* (2004), as Mariam Hayaat Khan
- *Hum Tum* (2004), as Parminder Prakash
- *Main Hoon Na* (2004), as Mrs. Sharma
- *Silent Waters* (2004), as Ayesha / Verro
- *Karz: The Burden of Truth* (2002), Actor
- *Devdas* (2002), as Sumitra Chakraborty
- *Ehsaas: The Feeling* (2001), as Antra
- *Bariwali* (2000), as Banalata
- *Gubbare* (1999), series, Actor
- *Darmiyaan: In Between* (1997), as Zeenat
- *Sardari Begum* (1996), as Sardari Begum
- *ER* (1994), series, as Mrs. Rasgotra — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)
- *Pestonjee* (1988), as Soona Mistry

## Gallery

- ![Kirron Kher at the unveiling of first look of Saas, Bahu aur Sensex](https://film.one/media/person/4155055/gallery-adc38bdeaf09.jpg) Kirron Kher at the unveiling of first look of Saas, Bahu aur Sensex — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Kirron_Kher_Saas_Bahu_aur_Sensex_launch.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kirron Kher](https://film.one/media/person/4155055/gallery-104c2e6d6aa1.jpg) Kirron Kher — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Kiron_kher_colors_indian_telly_awards.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Kirron Kher at 'Amrapali' store opening](https://film.one/media/person/4155055/gallery-c982c6009547.jpg) Kirron Kher at 'Amrapali' store opening — Bollywood Hungama, CC BY 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/da/Kirron_Kher_at_Amrapali_store_opening.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- National Film Award for Best Actress 2000: National Film Award for Best Actress (won), for *Bariwali*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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