Kirron Kher was diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, in 2020. In a new interview, the popular actress, who was last seen in the 2014 film Khoobsurat, opened up about the struggles that she had to face during the treatment. Kirron also shared how she kept her commitment to judge the reality show India's Got Talent 9 while undergoing cancer treatment.
Kirron Kher on judging IGT while suffering from cancer
“I wasn’t acting. I was only doing India’s Got Talent and had moved to Chandigarh, my hometown. I kept my commitment to the show but avoided everything else, including films. Even when I was going through major treatment, I did India’s Got Talent. I can’t give up that show… Everyone fears that one day something like this might happen. But when it does, there’s no choice but to accept it. The treatment, with all its side effects, was harder than the illness itself. The first six to eight months were very tough, but you leave it in the hands of the Lord. I’ve always believed, even when fighting elections, that ‘This is not my fight; the Lord fights for me,’” Kirron Kher told News18.
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Kher added, “We often think we are in control, but it’s the divine that truly shapes things. They don’t even say that you have beaten it. They continue the treatment. They give it at longer intervals, but the treatment goes on for years.”
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Kirron Kher's acting career
Kirron Kher made her acting debut with the Punjabi film Aasra Pyar Da back in 1983. Ever since, she has been a powerhouse of talent. The former actress later featured in Hindi films such as Pestonjee, Sardari Begum, Devdas, Main Hoon Na, Hum Tum, Veer–Zaara, Mangal Pandey: The Rising, Rang De Basanti, Fanaa, Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna and Om Shanti Om. Kirron has been hosting India's Got Talent since 2009.