It was in 1984 when a 28-year-old Anupam Kher began his journey in cinema, debuting as a 60-plus retired common man in Mahesh Bhatt’s perturbing Saaransh. Cut to 2025, Anupam has starred in over 500 films, and continues to hold his ground in the industry. However, there was a time in the early 2000s when Anupam’s career took a difficult turn. He had a production house and was experimenting with television, and that phase pushed him to his lowest financially, so much so that he was almost bankrupt. He recalled this period on Unfiltered with Samdish, saying, “In 2004, I had almost gone bankrupt because I wanted to become a TV tycoon.” Explaining how things spiralled, he added, “We were borrowing money. And I was the first person in my family to ever see Rs 10,000 at once in our family’s 100-year existence. The interest kept mounting and it went so high that my chartered accountant told me we were on the verge of bankruptcy because there was only Rs 400 left in the bank. …