MUMBAI: Anupam Kher completed 40 glorious years in cinema this year and he celebrated this milestone moment of his career during the promotions of Vijay 69, a direct to streaming film that is garnering a lot of acclaim.
While Anupam is basking in the success of the film, he looks back on how he began his journey in the Hindi film industry as a struggling actor trying his best to make two ends meet. Anupam visited 6 places in the city which are extremely dear to him because of the nostalgic value that they hold for him and speaks his heart out about how these places shaped him formative years in Bollywood.
Kherwadi: I lived in Bandra East, Kherwadi in 1981 with four people.
Shastri Nagar, Santacruz Linking Road Extension : The place I lived in - at Shastri Nagar Linking road extension between 82 to 83
I lived with four people. We used to sleep on the floor and there was no fan! I can never forget those days.
Casa Maria, Bandra:
Casa Maria on St Paul's Road is my third house in the city. This is during Saaransh (his debut film in 1984) and I was staying on the first floor.
Bal Gandharva Rang Mandir, ( Bandra West)
The first place I worked at when I came to Mumbai on June 3rd 1981 for a job in an acting school. Then I discovered that actually there was no building or a place or an acting school! we were conducting classes on the beach!
Kalumal Estate, Juhu : this is the first one bhk flat, B23 at Kalumal Estate juhu, that I bought.
Prithvi Theatre, Juhu : I started my life at Prithvi when I landed in Mumbai on June 3rd 1981. This is the same place where Satish Kaushik’s play “Us Par Ka Nazara” which was an adaptation of Arthur Millers play, “A view from the bridge”
First play with Kirron Desire Under the Elms, did Look Back In Anger, Salgirah and Kuch bhi ho sakta hai.
Vijay 69 is currently streaming on Netflix.
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