Overview

• Anupam Kher’s Instagram tribute called De Niro the “God of Acting” and said he feels “honoured, humbled and privileged” to know him as a friend.
• The post included never-before-seen photographs capturing early meetings and moments from the New York Indian Film Festival screening of Tanvi The Great.
• Kher recalled meeting De Niro on the Silver Linings Playbook set, describing how he gifted the actor a Lord Ganesha idol inside De Niro’s van.
• Robert De Niro attended the June premiere of Kher’s first film as director in over two decades, which reached Indian theaters on July 18.
• Kher praised De Niro’s dedication for inspiring actors worldwide and acknowledged De Niro’s associate, Tiffany, for supporting the New York screening.