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Talent Company
ACTOR PREPARES receives continual request from film and television producers to locate talent from its alumni. It has therefore started a Talent management company to promote the careers of selected students as well as to enlist after a process evaluation.
Chairman's Profile
"I have never judged life. If I had, I would have been a complete mess..."
--Anupam Kher
Perhaps it is this attitude that explains the steady evolution of Anupam Kher, both as a person and as an actor, over his twenty three years in the Indian film industry. Moving from very humble beginnings to acquire a gold medal at the National School of Drama, Anupam Kher started his career through the expression that mattered most to him - theatre. He has always made time for the stage, having acted in more than a hundred plays including Kuch Bhi Ho Sakta Hai, which is currently being staged successfully all over the world.
However, there is no denying that Anupam Kher is a talent mainly associated with the silver screen. With over three hundred films to his credit, in some of which his performances are stellar, Anupam Kher has made an indelible impression in the minds of his audience as one of India 's finest actors. With Gurinder Chaddha’s Bend it like Beckham he has now forayed into the international arena with challenging projects at hand.
Dipped in films, theatre and television, Anupam Kher's brush strokes give us a resplendent canvas that bears the weight of the Padmashree Award bestowed upon him by the Government of India, and innumerable personal awards too. Not only has he to his credit the Special National Jury Award and the Actor of the Decade Award [Millennium Honours] among others, but he also holds the record for being the only actor in the industry to have won eight Filmfare awards in succession.
Yet Anupam Kher is more than just a success story with a celluloid image. He has always concerned himself with causes that kept him grounded and let him make a difference. He has taught special children for several years, is one of the founder members of People for Animals and has attended and organised numerous fund raising shows for charity.
Student Speak
"After Talking with Mr. Kher, I truly understood what the requirements were to be an actor, but only after training under him I felt equipped to be able to fulfill the requirement."
-- Abhishek Bachchan
"Mr. Kher's acting workshop with me was the most definitive and cathartic experience of my life. It was like a doorway; from the hesitant and shaky to the realm of conviction and confidence. It was the most assuring experience at a time when one felt lost in a crowd. I will forever be thankful for the opportunity to have been taught by a talent as great as him."
-- Hrithik Roshan
"In the 3 months I have spent here I feel I have learnt a lot. I have not only improved as an actor but also as an individual / human being. All I can say is that a lot of knowledge has been given to us about acting, which will show only with time and experience. It is not something that can happen overnight. But the finer details about me as a person and the changes in me are more visible. The classes have not only taught me the details of acting but groomed me overall and has made me a more confident person."
-- Deepika Padukone
