Anupam and his brother Raju Kher aren't mourning the death in their father Pushkarnath Kher. They're celebrating his going.
Speaking in a bright positive tone, Anupam said, "We're indeed celebrating our father's death. He lived a whole life. He witnessed such a lot of wonderful happenings during his life. He liked to spread happiness wherever he went. I'm sure he's at this very moment making everyone laugh in Heaven."
Anupam had left for Goa to wait his friend David Dhawan's son wedding when the scoop of his father's death reached the actor. He needed to return from the Goa airport.
Chuckles Anupam, "I'm sure if my father had his way, he'd have urged me to wait the marriage rather than returning."
Recalls Anupam fondly, "My father was my greatest critic and fan. He would call up from our home-town in Simla inquiring about every snippet of stories that appeared about me in Hindi and English newspapers. 'Beta, unhonein aisa kyon likha?' he'd wonder at some insignificant but nasty news item. I needed to remind him to simply chill."
Every morning unfailingly, Anupam made that morning call to his father to offer him the lowdown at the previous day's activities. "More recently of course, my parents had moved to Mumbai to be with me and my brother. So I USED TO BE relieved from the pain of missing that morning phone chat with him now when he is not available at the phone anymore," says Anupam.
Anupam Kher and his family are celebrating the death of his father. Says Anupam, "Like I said we're celebrating his death. For the condolence meeting on Monday, we've asked all our friends to thrill not occur within the mournful black and white clothes. Come clothed in colours please .Because that is what my father provided in our lives all his life. Plenty of vibrant colours of joy and positivity. I DO KNOW he's up there looking down at us. He's going to give you the option to connect to me, similar to he did even in those days of bad STD connections between Shimla and Mumbai."
