Anupam Kher on 41-year marriage: Wife Kirron can't cook tea

Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher, married for 41 years, shared insights about their relationship in a recent interview. The veteran actor revealed that Kirron, who was diagnosed with cancer in 2020, doesn't know how to cook, including making tea. Despite earning a good income from his NBC series 'New Amsterdam', Anupam quit his successful career to be with his wife. They have no typical family rules, and Anupam expressed his wish for Kirron to make him tea. The couple, who married in 1985, have a son named Sikander. Kirron was previously married to Gautam Berry before their divorce in 1985. Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher’s close friendship translated into a pure bond of marriage in 1985. The actor couple found solace in each other after Anupam’s relationship and Kirron’s first marriage ended. They went on to face financial and emotional struggles together, including Kirron’s cancer diagnosis in 2020. In a recent interview, Anupam recalled quitting his NBC series New Amsterdam halfway in the US, to return to India and be with his wife. He also revealed that there are no specific gender roles in their household, and he has a wish for his wife to make a cup of tea for him. During a conversation with Times Now, he shared, “When I was working in New York, I had a five-year contract for 5 seasons. I was earning great amount of money per episode. The series had become very popular and it was a great window for me to become a mainstream international actor over there. But, the moment I came to know Kirron has been diagnosed with cancer, it didn’t take me much time to decide that I must leave that and be next to her.” The veteran actor continued, “I was not physically next to her but it gave me great satisfaction. I was there. No matter how much differences we have sometimes, but if it comes to standing next to her, I am always there, and vice versa. I have learnt to deal with things in a calm way, I am way more calm, Kirron is hyper.” Anupam expressed that the couple and their son Sikander Kher haven’t set any typical family rules at home, and that Kirron Kher doesn’t even know how to cook at all. “We are always one family, touchwood. We have no pretensions. Kirron has never called me like, ‘Sunte ho ji’. I am dying for her to call me like that, or even make a cup of tea for me. She can’t even boil an egg. I have a dream that she should make a cup of tea for me. I make really good food, used to make a lot when we are dating each other.” ALSO READ | Anupam Kher’s love letters used to come to Kirron’s house: ‘Had no idea we’d get married’ During the interview, he also recalled an incident when his wife rejected gift of a saree from him and asked the actor to never buy a saree