Mumbai, (IANS) Veteran Bollywood actor Anupam Kher is literally

going places - setting up acting schools in London and Durban. He now

plans to open a branch in the US.

“We’ve completed all the formalities. The school in London will start

some time in June, while the one in Durban takes off in August 2008,”

Anupam told IANS.

“In 2007, I started new branches of my school in Chandigarh and

Ahmedabad. What started as a very small and sincere effort to share my

acting skills with newcomers has now spread to three continents. For

our acting school, the proudest achievement in 2007 was Deepika

Padukone. Yes, she’s our product,” added the actor Anupam, who was

trained at the National School of Drama in Delhi.

The “Saransh” star is the only actor in the world with acting schools in

Asia, Europe and South Africa.

From Ang Lee’s “Lust, Caution” to lead India, 2007 has been an

extraordinary of triumphs for the actor.

“Yes, when I look back on the year I do feel a great sense of

satisfaction. I did quite a large number of films, good and not-so-good!

In addition I went to Israel to do the commentary in a six-dimensional

film on India and its culture, and then I gave my voice to an

international animation film, in which I played an Indian horse.

“But I guess my biggest achievement is my acting school. I’m very

proud of our students. The one in Mumbai is so successful that we’ve

to take two batches of students instead one this year.”