Long before he became an actor, Bollywood veteran Anupam Kher had tried to get a job as a casual announcer at the All India Radio in Shimla but fate had other things in store for him. During a brief appearance on an AIR programme in shimla on Saturday, the 66-year-old revealed that he had applied for the post at the radio station when he was just 19. It was a usual chilly day in Shimla in December 1974 when Kher tried his hand at making announcements on AIR. However, he fumbled at his first and only attempt.
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