Anupam Kher in Tampa, Fla. for IIFA 2014. (Amar D. Gupta | Siliconeer)<\/p>\n
With 428 films to his credit, Anupam Kher<\/strong> says he is not satisfied as an actor and wants to have a career like Hollywood legends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. A Press Trust of India <\/strong>report.<\/p>\n Anupam Kher, the 59-year-old ‘Baby’ actor, who was in the capital to attend a session with the students of National Institute of Drama (NSD), said he always keeps a check on De Niro and Pacino’s films.<\/p>\n “My competition is not with Bollywood actors. I compete with Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. I always check what they are doing …,” said Kher, who worked with De Niro in David O Russell’s Silver Linings Playbook<\/em>.<\/p>\n The NSD graduate recalled his days in the theater college and said he always considered his batch mates — Anang Desai and Satish Kaushik — more as “enemies” than friends.<\/p>\n “As a student, one should be hungry, lonely and frustrated to learn. Students, who come here, often get busy in making friends and building relationships.<\/p>\n “When I joined NSD, Anang Desai and Satish Kaushik were my friends but I always considered them my enemies because we all will be competing for one role,” Kher said.<\/p>\n The actor got his first break in Mahesh Bhatt’s Saaransh<\/em>, where he played a character beyond his years. His stellar performance as retired middle class Maharashtrian man grieving the death of his son won him his first Filmfare<\/em> best actor award. It was also India’s official entry to the Oscars.<\/p>\n “When I did the iconic scene of me getting the news of my son’s death and I had to perform the last rites, there was only one thing in my mind.<\/p>\n “I was thinking continuously that if I don’t perform well then my career will have a full stop and I have to go back to Shimla. While I was thinking of that, I gradually became emotional and gave my best shot in one cut,” he said.<\/p>\n Kher, whose acting school completed 10 years, is also planning to teach the NSD students.<\/p>\n “I will definitely come to take classes. I love teaching because I feel teaching and acting are the two professions where a teacher gets to learn everyday. I feel I am a better teacher than actor,” he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Anupam Kher in Tampa, Fla. for IIFA 2014. (Amar D. Gupta | Siliconeer) With 428 films to his credit, Anupam Kher says he is not satisfied as an actor and wants to have a career like Hollywood legends Robert De Niro and Al Pacino. A Press Trust of India report. Anupam Kher, the 59-year-old ‘Baby’…<\/p>\n
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