Bollywood icon Anupam Kher to address OAC 2017 tomorrow

Actor, Motivational Speaker and Author Anupam Kher, recipient of Padma Shree and Padma Bhushan National awards for his contribution to Cinema, will be addressing the Outdoor Advertising Convention (OAC) 2017 tomorrow on the theme of ‘How to carve your own niche in a competitive world’. The two-day OAC 2017 is being organised at the Renaissance Mumbai Convention Centre Hotel, Powai.

Anupam Kher has acted in over 500 films in under 35 years and won a record 8 Filmfare awards in a row. He has also established one of the world’s finest acting schools ACTOR PREPARES in 2005, as well as the Anupam Kher Foundation in 2008 to spread education to less privileged children. In 2015, he was appointed the UN Ambassador for HeForShe campaign which strives for gender equality. He has also been awarded the Dalai Lama Award for his work with underprivileged children.

Anupam Kher was chairman of the Film Certification Board and National School of Drama. Besides, he has earned a reputation as a motivational speaker and is sought out by business schools and corporates, internationally. He authored a best-selling inspirational book ‘The Best Thing About You Is You’ which has been translated in 11 languages and is in its 20th edition.

Anupam Kher passed out from the National School of Drama with a Gold Medal in Acting and started his glorious career on the silver screen with National award-winning roles in films such as ‘Saaransh’ and ‘Daddy’. He carried forward his golden streak in blockbuster films like ‘Karma’, ‘Lamhe’, ‘Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge’, ‘Maine Gandhi Ko Nahi Maara’, ‘Hum Aapke Hai Kaun’, ‘Khosla Ka Ghosla’, ‘A Wednesday’, ‘Special 26’, ‘Baby’, ‘Prem Ratan Dhan Payo’ and ‘M.S. Dhoni – The Untold Story to’, name a few.

Anupam Kher is the only Indian actor to have shared screen space with legend Robert De Niro in the Oscar nominated film ‘Silver Linings Playbook’. He has featured in projects directed by Ang Lee, David O Russell, Woody Allen, Gurinder Chaddha and The Wachowskis, and has three Hollywood film releases lined up for 2017 – ‘Hotel Mumbai’, ‘The Big Sick’ and ‘The HeadHunters Calling’.