Anupam Kher announces new project to portray Rabindranath Tagore in his next film; first look

New Delhi: Actor Anupam Kher on Friday announced his new project, in which he will be seen playing poet, philosopher and essayist, Rabindranath Tagore.

Taking to Instagram, Anupam shared his look as Tagore and captioned it, “Happy to be playing #Gurudev #RabindranathTagore in my 538th project. Will share details when the time comes. It is my privilege to bring Gurudev to life.” Will have the fortune of.” Has happened. Will share more details of this film with you soon.

Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913, wrote the national anthems of India and Bangladesh and composed many other songs. He is known by many names including Gurudev, Kabiguru and Biswakabi, and is commonly referred to as the ‘Bard of Bengal’.

Tagore was born on May 7, 1861 in a Brahmin family in Kolkata and started writing poems at the age of 8. He created his first collection of poems at the age of 16 using the pseudonym “Bhanusimha”. As soon as they shared the first look, fans flooded the comments section with red hearts and fire emoticons. A fan commented, “Omg sir, you really look like him.” A fan wrote, ‘Congratulations sir, I am very excited for this project.’ A fan wrote, “Wow.. well done.. best wishes sir.”

Further details about the project are still awaited.

Meanwhile, Anupam will next be seen in director Anurag Basu’s upcoming anthology film ‘Metro…In Dino’.

The film also stars Aditya Roy Kapur, Sara Ali Khan, Konkona Sen Sharma, Pankaj Tripathi, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ali Fazal and Neena Gupta in pivotal roles and is all set to release in theaters on March 29, 2024.