FrameThrower · Actors · Anupam Kher
Anupam Kher
3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2012–2017
Born 7 March 1955 · Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Anupam Kher is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi-language films. He has appeared in nearly 400 films and 100 plays. He has played a variety of characters including numerous critically acclaimed leading or parallel roles. The Government of India honoured him with the Padma Shri in 2004 and the Padma Bhushan in 2016 for his contribution in the field of Indian cinema and arts. Kher is known internationally for Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and Prejudice (2004) and The Mistress of Spices (2005). In 2012, he co-starred in the Academy Award-winning Silver Linings Playbook.
Awards
On FrameThrower we have: 3 films · 195 frames · top-billed in 1 · 2012–2017
- Padma Bhushan2016
- Padma Shri in arts2004
How their films are shot
Measured across 195 frames from the 3 films we hold. This is the look of the work Anupam takes, not a claim about any single frame — we index the cast of a film, never the people in a shot.
Across the 3 films we hold, 51% of their frames are night, 46% low key — the look of the work Anupam takes.
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Films in the library
Every poster opens that film — stills, cinematography notes and colour palette.
A reference database for filmmakers
FrameThrower is a fully machine-searchable film database and visual reference library — all 195 frames from Anupam Kher's 3 films, and 5,000+ films besides, indexed frame by frame and readable by AI. Search it in plain language, from a reference image, or by colour; call it from an API, an MCP server or an SDK. It's the reference layer for making the next movie.