Anupam Kher honoured as he attends Independence Day ceremony at Rashtrapati Bhavan
Up next, he will be seen portraying Mahatma Gandhi in Vivek Agnihotri's 'The Bengal Files'. Sharing his look from the film, Kher had earlier posted, 'Some roles change your thoughts, your habits, your inner self. Playing #GandhiJi is one such role. Sharing it with you all for the first time my character from @vivekagnihotri's #TheBengalFiles! No prosthetics was used here! Jai Hind (sic)!"The film is the third installment in Agnihotri's 'Files' trilogy, after 'The Tashkent Files' (2019) and 'The Kashmir Files' (2022), in which Kher also featured. 'The Bengal Files', co-starring Mithun Chakraborty, Pallavi Joshi, Darshan Kumar, Puneet Issar, and Saswata Chatterjee, is slated for release in theatres on September 5.- EndsTrending Reel
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