Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher were best friends for over a decade before they tied the knot in 1985. At the time, Kirron was married to Gautam Berry and was going through a difficult phase, and Anupam had recently gone through a break up. The two fell in love and married each other. Kirron’s son from her first marriage, Sikander, became a part of Anupam’s life and even took his last name. Now, 40 years after his marriage, Anupam has said that he feels the void of not having a child of his own. When asked why he never had kids of his own, he said that “Kirron could not conceive” and went on to elaborate how he was “fine with Sikander.”
In a chat with Raj Shamani on his YouTube channel, he was asked about his statement of experiencing a “void” of not watching a kid grow up in front of his eyes. Anupam shared that he didn’t feel so earlier but when he turned 60, he started thinking about it. “I do a lot of work with children. My foundation does a lot of work. I am fond of children. I used to do a show called ‘Say na something to Anupam uncle’ which was a children’s show. So somebody asked me, ‘do you feel this?’ I said yeah and it’s the truth,” he said.
