ACTOR

Anupam Kher

1955 - Today

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Anupam Kher (born 7 March 1955) is an Indian actor, director and producer who works primarily in Hindi-language films. Considered one of the finest actors in Indian cinema, he has played a variety of characters including numerous critically acclaimed leading or parallel roles. His accolades include two National Film Awards and eight Filmfare Awards. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Anupam Kher has received more than 10,060,433 page views. His biography is available in 42 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 41 in 2019). Anupam Kher is the 3,110th most popular actor (down from 2,873rd in 2019), the 460th most popular biography from India (down from 402nd in 2019) and the 39th most popular Indian Actor.

Memorability Metrics

  • 10M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.13

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 42

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.30

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.40

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Anupam Khers by language

Over the past year Anupam Kher has had the most page views in the with 1,129,571 views, followed by French (35,109), and Hindi (29,310). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (82.64%), Korean (52.47%), and Portuguese (44.49%)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Anupam Kher ranks 3,110 out of 13,578. Before him are Kit Harington, Peggy Ashcroft, Adam Driver, Maite Perroni, Barry Corbin, and Erika Blanc. After him are Holger Meins, Bridget Moynahan, Jesse Eisenberg, Gad Elmaleh, Dodo Abashidze, and Cedric Hardwicke.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1955, Anupam Kher ranks 194. Before him are Şivan Perwer, Chiyonofuji Mitsugu, Jimmy Smits, Gilbert Gottfried, Maxime Bossis, and Fernando Trueba. After him are Matteo Zuppi, Dominique Rocheteau, Verónica Forqué, Oleg Salyukov, Saeb Erekat, and Djamel Zidane.

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In India

Among people born in India, Anupam Kher ranks 460 out of 1,861. Before him are Hansa Jivraj Mehta (1897), Jaswant Singh (1938), Chand Bibi (1550), Firaq Gorakhpuri (1896), Nagarjun (1911), and Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis (1893). After him are Bhalchandra Nemade (1938), Madan Lal Dhingra (1883), Shammi Kapoor (1931), Nilakantha Somayaji (1444), Janaki Ammal (1897), and John Frost (1912).

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Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Anupam Kher ranks 39. Before him are Sharmila Tagore (1944), Anil Kapoor (1956), Madhubala (1933), Jeetendra (1942), Sanjeev Kumar (1938), and Tanuja (1943). After him are Shammi Kapoor (1931), Madhuri Dixit (1967), Om Puri (1950), Nutan (1936), Irrfan Khan (1967), and Kumar Pallana (1918).

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