Kader Khan was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer.
28 Facts About Kader Khan
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Kader Khan was a prolific actor and screenwriter in Hindi cinema in the period late 1970s to 90s and wrote dialogues for 200 films.
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Kader Khan graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Bombay University.
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Kader Khan was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 22 October 1937 into a Sunni Muslim family.
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Kader Khan's father was Abdul Rahman Khan from Kandahar, Afghanistan while his mother was Iqbal Begum from Pishin in the Baluchistan Province of British India.
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Kader Khan had three brothers, Shams ur Rehman, Fazal Rehman and Habib ur Rehman.
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Kader Khan is an ethnic Pashtun of the Kakar tribe.
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Kader Khan was raised in the Kamathipura neighbourhood of Mumbai after his family moved there from Kabul.
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Kader Khan enrolled in a local municipal school and later in the Ismail Yusuf College after which he graduated in Engineering specializing in Civil engineering.
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Kader Khan used to write plays for theatres and was offered to write the script of Jawani Diwani, which started his career as a script writer.
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Kader Khan acted in over 300 films in Hindi and Urdu and wrote dialogue for over 250 Indian films, from the 1970s up to the turn of the 21st century.
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Kader Khan was most popularly recognized for working with actors Amitabh Bachchan, Rajesh Khanna, Jeetendra, Feroz Khan, Mithun Chakraborty, Anil Kapoor, Govinda and in films directed by T Rama Rao, K Raghavendra Rao, K Bapaiah, Narayana Rao Dasari, David Dhawan.
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Kader Khan has worked side by side with other comedians like Asrani, Shakti Kapoor and Johnny Lever.
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Kader Khan has co-starred with Amrish Puri, Prem Chopra, Amjad Khan and Anupam Kher in many films.
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Kader Khan has played a large variety of parts in different genre of films like comedy, action, romance, family, social and political.
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Kader Khan subsequently starred as supporting artist with roles in Dil Diwana, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar and Mr Natwarlal.
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Kader Khan started getting lengthy roles as supporting actor after 1984, with films like Masterji, Dharm Adhikari, Nasihat, Dosti Dushmani, Ghar Sansar, Loha, Insaniyat Ke Dushman, Insaf Ki Pukar, Khudgarz, Sherni, Khoon Bhari Maang, Sone Pe Suhaaga and Vardi.
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Kader Khan started doing main comedy roles from 1989 onwards, with films like Kishen Kanhaiya, Hum, Ghar Parivar, Bol Radha Bol and continued through the nineties with comedy roles in Aankhen, Taqdeerwala, Main Khiladi Tu Anari, Dulhe Raja, Coolie No 1, Saajan Chale Sasural, Sooryavansham, Judaai, Aunty No 1, Bade Miyan Chote Miyan, Raja Babu, Khuddar, Chhote Sarkar, Gharwali Baharwali, Hero Hindustani, Sirf Tum and Anari No 1.
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Kader Khan starred in his own comedy television series titled Hasna Mat, which aired on Star Plus in 2001.
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Kader Khan later appeared in Lucky: No Time for Love and Family: Ties of Blood.
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Kader Khan was in demand by the South Indian film production houses such as Padmalaya.
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Major filmmakers of southern cinema such as Narayana Rao Dasari, K Bapayya, K Raghavendra Rao, T Rama Rao, Dasari Narayan Rao, D Rama Naidu consulted Khan for doing the script and dialogue of the Hindi remakes of their southern language films.
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Kader Khan was preferred dialogue writer for the Hindi films directed by K Raghavendra Rao, Narayana Dasari Rao, K Bapaiah and for films produced by D Rama Naidu and K C Bokadia.
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Kader Khan wrote dialogues for films of Rakesh Roshan like Khoon Bhari Maang, Kala Bazaar and Khudgarz.
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Kader Khan lived in Mumbai, until moving to Toronto due to health reasons.
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Kader Khan had three sons: Sarfaraz Khan, Shahnawaz Khan, and a third son Quddus who lived in Canada, died in 2021.
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In 2009, Kader Khan visited Kuwait for the event "Shaam-e-Ghalib" to explain the poems of Mirza Ghalib which is loved and appreciated by the audience around the globe.
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Kader Khan was hospitalized on 28 December 2018 complaining of "breathlessness" in Canada, where he stayed with his son and daughter-in-law while seeking treatment.