Anupam Kher illuminates UN building

     Written by : IANS | Tue, Jun 20, 2017, 11:00 AM

Anupam Kher illuminates UN building

New York, June 20: Veteran Indian actor Anupam Kher says it was a great honor for him to illuminate the UN building here in preparation of International Day of Yoga, which is on Wednesday.

Anupam on Monday took to Twitter to thank Syed Akbaruddin, India's Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the UN.

"Great honor to illuminate the United Nations building, New York in the preparation of International Day of Yoga. Thank you Akbaruddin sir," Anupam tweeted.

The 61-year-old actor later shared a string of photographs in front of the building along with Akbaruddin.

"Here are more pictures of 'Illumination of United Nations Headquarters' in New York. It was great to meet honorable Syed Akbaruddin and other members," he captioned the images.

On the work front, Anupam will be seen in the upcoming film "Toilet: Ek Prem Katha". The film stars National Award winning actor Akshay Kumar and "Dum Laga Ke Haisha" famed actress Bhumi Pednekar. He is in New York also for the premiere of his American film "The Big Sick".