Mumbai, August 25, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
Veteran actor-filmmaker Anupam Kher has reflected on his decades-long acting journey, saying he has become more relaxed and curious about the craft and no longer feels the same pressure to prove or impress himself through his performances.
Kher shared a series of pictures on Instagram featuring characters he has portrayed over the years in Hindi cinema. Looking back on his journey from the National School of Drama to his current phase as an actor, he described acting as an art that requires both technical skill and emotional vulnerability.
“Actors are vulnerable people. We willingly expose emotions that most people spend their lives trying to hide. Grief, fear, jealousy, love, joy, insecurity… we have to go looking for them inside ourselves. So yes, I think actors are also very brave,” he wrote.
Kher acknowledged that acting can bring fame, money and luxury, but said these rewards cannot substitute for authenticity when an actor is required to reveal something truthful before the camera.
“For that you need craft, but you also need a certain kind of heart. Sometimes even a broken one!” he added.
Recalling the early years of his career, Kher said he felt a constant need to establish himself after entering the film industry without a godfather but with the training and confidence he gained at the National School of Drama.
“Somewhere I was constantly saying, ‘Look what I can do. Look how different I can be.’ Maybe that was necessary then,” he said.
However, Kher said his perspective has changed significantly over the past decade.
“I am much more relaxed. I don’t feel the same need to impress. Instead, I have started enjoying the uncertainty of a character—his silences, contradictions, weaknesses, even his foolishness,” he wrote.
He said he now challenges himself with less anxiety and believes growing older has brought a greater sense of curiosity to his work.
“Perhaps that is one of the nicer things about growing older as an actor: you stop trying to show how much you know… and start becoming curious about how much you still don’t know,” Kher said.
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