Archive · 3 Oct 2026
Raju Kher Recalls Anupam Kher’s Brief First Marriage
Raju Kher talked about his brother Anupam’s first marriage.
He said Anupam and actor Madhumalti Kapoor had been together for a few years.
They got married at a temple in Lucknow.
Raju said Anupam left a day or two later because he felt he could not stay in the relationship.
The family did not realize they had married, since nobody from the family was at the wedding.
Raju said he never asked them what went wrong.
Madhumalti later married Ranjit Kapoor.
Anupam married Kirron Kher in 1985.
Raju Kher said his brother Anupam married Madhumalti Kapoor at a temple in Lucknow.
The couple had reportedly been together for two to three years before marrying.
Raju said Anupam left a day or two after the wedding, saying he could not stay.
Raju said the family did not know Anupam had married because no relatives attended the wedding.
Anupam later married Kirron Kher in 1985 and made his screen debut in Saaransh in 1984.
- Who
- Actor Raju Kher recalled his brother Anupam Kher’s marriage to Madhumalti Kapoor.
- What
- Raju said the couple married and separated shortly afterward.
- When
- The first marriage occurred before Anupam’s Hindi film debut in 1984; the article does not give its exact date.
- Where
- The wedding took place at a temple in Lucknow.
- Why
- Raju said Anupam left because he felt he could not stay; he did not explain the underlying reasons for the separation.
- Wedding location
- A temple in Lucknow
- Relationship before marriage
- Raju said they had been together for two to three years
- Time before Anupam left
- A day or two after the wedding, according to Raju
- Family’s awareness
- Raju said the family did not initially realize Anupam had married
- Anupam’s film debut
- Saaransh, in 1984
- Anupam and Kirron Kher’s marriage
- August 26, 1985
- Madhumalti’s later marriage
- She later married writer-director Ranjit Kapoor