‘Toh celebrity kyun bante?’: Here’s what happened when this corporate exec met Anupam Kher on a flight

Piramal Capital and Housing Finance Managing Director Jairam Sridharan was on a flight recently, deeply engrossed in his book and pretending not to care about a celebrity onboard. Halfway through the flight, he met the veteran actor Anupam Kher and wanted to strike up a conversation with the latter. 

The industry veteran recounted his conversation with the acting maven in a LinkedIn post. Sridharan asked Kher if he would be comfortable talking to a complete stranger on a flight. To this, Kher replied and said that he wouldn’t have bothered to become a celebrity if he wanted people to leave him alone. Kher said, “Look, sir, if we wanted people to leave us alone, why would we bother turning a celebrity in the first place?”

After this, Kher asked Sridharan about his life story and appreciated the latter for his decision to come back to India. 

In this post, he wrote, “From there, the conversation soars. He asks you your life story and actually listens. Celebrates your choice to return to India. (“Bahut accha kiya aap wapas aa gaye.”) Asks after your family. Gently wags his finger at something you say … “You say you liked my father character in Dilwale Dulhania”, he chides, “but sometimes you speak like you are the Amrish Puri type of dad.” ”

Sridharan further wrote that during the course of this conversation, he brought up an unpleasant incident from Kher’s life, to which the veteran actor replied with the exact date and location of the incident.  The Piramal Capital and Housing Finance MD then asked Kher how did the latter know what he was talking about. To this, Kher quipped and noted, “I remember my failures more vividly” Sridharan further noted, “Only, ‘failures’ doesn’t bear the same pathos that ‘naakamiyaan’ carries.” 

Kher also told Sridharan to show his kids and family his latest Uunchai and Kher further said that as per him, the kids will like the movie.

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