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{{short description|Film actor (1937–2018)}}

 

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

| death_place        = [[Toronto]], [[Ontario]], Canada

| citizenship       = Canada

'''Kader Khan'''  (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018)<!--he died at 6&nbsp;pm on 31 December 2018 in Canada, so we should state the Local time of the place he died--> was an Afghan-born Indian-Canadian [[film actor]], [[screenwriter]], [[comedian]], and [[film director]]. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 [[Bollywood]] films after his debut film in the 1973 film ''[[Daag: A Poem of Love|Daag]]'', starring [[Rajesh Khanna]], in which he acted as a prosecuting [[lawyer|attorney]].<ref name="haham"/> He was also a prolific screenwriter for Bollywood films in the period 1970s to 1999 and wrote dialogues for 200 films. Khan graduated from [[Ismail Yusuf College]] affiliated to [[Mumbai University|Bombay University]]. Before entering the film industry in the early 1970s, he taught at [[M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering]], [[Mumbai]], as a professor of [[Civil engineering]].<ref name="Rediff_interview2012" />

Khan was born in [[Kabul]], [[Afghanistan]], on 22 October 1937.<ref name="haham">{{cite news |url=http://www.haham.net/kader_khan_interview.htm |title=An interview with Kader Khan in Pune |date=February 2007 |access-date=1 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111123144104/http://www.haham.net/kader_khan_interview.htm |archive-date=23 November 2011 |url-status=dead |quote=Basically, I belonged to a staunch Muslim family, born in Kabul.}}</ref><ref name="Shamshad TV">{{cite web|title=Kader Khan Full Interview 2012 with Pashto - Shamshad Tv|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=86Cxy1bpSwo&spfreload=10|website=YouTube|publisher=Shamshad TV|access-date=26 November 2014}}</ref> His father was Abdul Rahman Khan from [[Kandahar]], Afghanistan while his mother was Iqbal Begum from [[Pishin, Pakistan|Pishin]], [[British India]] (now in Balochistan, Pakistan).<ref name="Shamshad TV"/><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tribune.com.pk/story/1879057/4-kader-khan-kakar-balochistan-ruled-bollywood/|title=Kader Khan: The Kakar from Balochistan who ruled Bollywood|last=Tribune.com.pk|date=1 January 2019|website=The Express Tribune|language=en|access-date=4 April 2020|archive-date=4 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190304113354/https://tribune.com.pk/story/1879057/4-kader-khan-kakar-balochistan-ruled-bollywood/|url-status=live}}</ref> Khan had three brothers, Shams ur Rehman, Fazal Rehman and Habib ur Rehman. He is an ethnic [[Pashtun people|Pashtun]] of the [[Kakar]] tribe.<ref name="Shamshad TV"/> Khan was raised in the [[Kamathipura]] neighbourhood of [[Mumbai]] after his family moved there from Kabul.<ref name="hindu_passes" /> He enrolled in a local municipal school and later in the [[Ismail Yusuf College]]<ref name="Rediff_interview2012" /> after which he graduated in Engineering specializing in [[Civil engineering]]. Between 1970 and 1975, he taught at [[M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering]] in [[Byculla]] as a professor of [[civil engineering]].<ref name="Rediff_interview2012" /><ref name="hindu_passes" />

==Career==  

Khan acted in over 300<ref name="haham"/> films in [[Hindi]] and [[Urdu]] and wrote dialogue for over 250 Indian films, from the 1970s up to the turn of the 21st century.<ref name="myasia-bollywood.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.myasia-bollywood.com/film-list/kader-khan|title=Kader Khan - Movies List|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130129064228/http://www.myasia-bollywood.com/film-list/kader%2Dkhan|archive-date=29 January 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the insistence of [[Rajesh Khanna]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://nationnext.in/kader-khan-passes-away-at-81/|title=Veteran actor Kader Khan passes away at 81|date=1 January 2019|access-date=5 January 2020|archive-date=19 June 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200619082725/https://nationnext.in/kader-khan-passes-away-at-81/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Manmohan Desai]] paid him the high amount of one lakh twenty-one thousand for writing dialogue for the film ''[[Roti (1974 film)|Roti]]'' (1974), which was produced by Khanna himself.<ref name="Rediff_interview2012">{{cite news |title=The Kader Khan interview you must read |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/special/the-kader-khan-interview-you-must-read/20190101.htm |publisher=Rediff |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-date=2 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102002331/https://www.rediff.com/movies/special/the-kader-khan-interview-you-must-read/20190101.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

He was most popularly recognized for working with actors [[Rajesh Khanna]], [[Jeetendra]], [[Feroz Khan (actor, born 1939)|Feroz Khan]], [[Mithun Chakraborty]], [[Amitabh Bachchan]], [[Anil Kapoor]], [[Govinda (actor)|Govinda]] and in films directed by [[Tatineni Rama Rao]], [[K. Raghavendra Rao]], [[K. Bapaiah]], [[Narayana Rao Dasari]], [[David Dhawan]]. He has worked side-by-side with other comedians like [[Asrani]], [[Shakti Kapoor]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/celeb/kader-khan-and-shakti-kapoor-movies-list/6560/13162|title=List of Kader Khan & Shakti Kapoor movies together|work=gomolo.com|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131126035834/http://www.gomolo.com/celeb/kader-khan-and-shakti-kapoor-movies-list/6560/13162|archive-date=26 November 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> and [[Johnny Lever]].<ref name="myasia-bollywood.com"/> He has co-starred with [[Amrish Puri]], [[Prem Chopra]] and [[Anupam Kher]] in many films. He has played a large variety of parts in different genre of films like comedy, action, romance, family, social and political.<ref name="hindu_passes">{{cite news |last1=Joshi |first1=Namrata |title=Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan passes away at 81 |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/veteran-actor-writer-kader-khan-passes-away-at-81/article25878158.ece |work=The Hindu |date=1 January 2019 |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-date=2 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050744/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/veteran-actor-writer-kader-khan-passes-away-at-81/article25878158.ece |url-status=live }}</ref>

Khan made his debut with ''[[Daag (1973 film)|Daag]]'', starring [[Rajesh Khanna]] in the main lead role, wherein Khan played the supporting role as an advocate.<ref name="hindu_passes" /> He subsequently starred as supporting artist with roles in ''[[Dil Diwana]]'', ''[[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]'' and ''[[Mr. Natwarlal]]''.<ref name="NDTV_veteran">{{cite news |title=Film Veteran Kader Khan, Who Engineered Some of the Biggest Hits Of 80s And 90s |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/film-veteran-kader-khan-who-engineered-some-of-the-biggest-hits-of-80s-and-90s-1970974 |access-date=1 January 2019 |publisher=NDTV |date=1 January 2019 |archive-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101121526/https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/film-veteran-kader-khan-who-engineered-some-of-the-biggest-hits-of-80s-and-90s-1970974 |url-status=live }}</ref> <!-- Commenting for now since this line needs references --------------------------- > But he got more visibility with the roles in successful films with [[Rajesh Khanna]] in the lead, like ''Mahachor, Chailla Babu, Fiffty Fiffty, Maqsad, Naya Kadam'' and ''Nasihat''. The period from 1982 to 2005 is considered to be peak period of his career as he established his versatility in acting.{{citeneeded|date=January 2019}} --><!-- Commenting for now since this paragraph needs references --------------------------- > He appeared as a villain in films like ''Parvarish, Dhan Dhaulat, Lootmaar, Qurbani, Bulundi, Meri Awaaz Suno, Sanam Teri Kasam, Naseeb'' and ''Naukar Biwi Ka'' between 1976 and 1982. However it was only from 1982, that he gained popularity as villain with success of films with the lead hero being either [[Jeetendra]] or [[Rajesh Khanna]] and produced by Southern Indian production houses with the director being either [[Narayana Rao Dasari]], [[Kovelamudi Bapayya]], [[K. Raghavendra Rao]] or [[Rama Rao Tatineni]] - like ''Farz Aur Kanoon, Jeeo Aur Jeene Do, Samraat, Justice Chaudhury, Mawaali, Maqsad, Naya Kadam, Qaidi, Ramkali, Hoshiyar'' and ''Swarg Se Sunder''. {{citeneeded|date=January 2019}} -->

He also started getting lengthy roles as supporting actor after 1984, with films like ''[[Masterji]]'', ''[[Dharm Adhikari]]'', ''[[Nasihat]]'', ''[[Dosti Dushmani]]'', ''[[Ghar Sansar]]'', ''[[Loha (1987 film)|Loha]]'', ''[[Insaniyat Ke Dushman]]'', ''[[Insaf Ki Pukar]]'', ''[[Khudgarz]]'', ''[[Sherni]]'', ''[[Khoon Bhari Maang]]'', ''[[Sone Pe Suhaaga]]'' and ''[[Vardi (film)|Vardi]]''. From 1988, there were films written with him in main lead, like [[Karz Chukana Hai]], ''[[Jaisi Karni Waisi Bharnii]]'', ''[[Biwi Ho To Aisi]]'', ''[[Ghar Ho To Aisa]]'', ''[[Hum Hain Kamaal Ke]]'' and ''[[Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri]]''.<ref name="hindu_passes" />

His first attempt at comedy was with ''[[Himmatwala (1983 film)|Himmatwala]]'' and ''[[Aaj Ka Daur]]''. He started doing main comedy roles from 1989 onwards, with films like ''[[Sikka (film)|Sikka]]'', ''[[Kishen Kanhaiya]]'', ''[[Hum (film)|Hum]]'', ''[[Ghar Parivar]]'', ''[[Bol Radha Bol]]'' and continued through the nineties with comedy roles in ''[[Aankhen (1993 film)|Aankhen]]'', ''[[Taqdeerwala]]'', ''[[Main Khiladi Tu Anari]]'', ''[[Dulhe Raja]]'', ''[[Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)|Coolie No. 1]]'', ''[[Saajan Chale Sasural]]'', ''[[Sooryavansham]]'', ''[[Judaai (1997 film)|Judaai]]'', ''[[Aunty No. 1]]'', ''[[Bade Miyan Chote Miyan]]'', ''[[Raja Babu (film)|Raja Babu]]'', ''[[Khuddar]]'', ''[[Chhote Sarkar (1996 film)|Chhote Sarkar]]'', ''[[Gharwali Baharwali]]'', ''[[Hero Hindustani]]'', ''[[Sirf Tum]]'' and ''[[Anari No. 1]]''. Even in early 2000s, he attempted versatile roles with films like ''[[Akhiyon Se Goli Maare]]'', ''[[Chalo Ishq Ladaaye]]'', ''[[Suno Sasurjee]]'', ''[[Yeh Hai Jalwa]]'' and ''[[Mujhse Shaadi Karogi]]''.<ref name="Rediff_Govinda">{{cite news |title=Govinda: Kader Khan was a father figure to me |url=https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kader-khan-was-a-father-figure-to-me-govinda/20190102.htm |publisher=Rediff |access-date=2 January 2019 |archive-date=2 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102193434/https://www.rediff.com/movies/report/kader-khan-was-a-father-figure-to-me-govinda/20190102.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> His work as a comedian was notable in ''Himmatwala'', ''Aankhen'' and ''Coolie No. 1''.<ref name="Express_rumor">{{cite news |title=Kader Khan alive, death rumours a hoax |url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-alive-death-rumours-a-hoax/ |publisher=The Indian Express |date=3 April 2016 |language=en-IN |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180217212120/http://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-alive-death-rumours-a-hoax/ |archive-date=17 February 2018 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

As a screenwriter, Kader Khan has worked with [[Manmohan Desai]] and [[Prakash Mehra]] for their films starring Amitabh Bachchan. Besides Amitabh, he was the only one to work in the rival camps of Mehra and Desai. His films with Desai include ''[[Dharam Veer (film)|Dharam Veer]]'', ''[[Gangaa Jamunaa Saraswati]]'', ''[[Coolie (1983 Hindi film)|Coolie]]'', ''[[Desh Premee]]'', ''[[Suhaag (1979 film)|Suhaag]]'', ''[[Parvarish (1977 film)|Parvarish]]'' and ''[[Amar Akbar Anthony]]''<ref name="Rediff_interview2012" /> and films with Prakash Mehra include ''[[Jwalamukhi (1980 film)|Jwalamukhi]]'', ''[[Sharaabi]]'', ''[[Laawaris (1981 film)|Lawaaris]]'' and ''[[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]''.<ref name="gomolo.com">{{cite web|url=http://www.gomolo.com/celeb/mithun-chakraborty-and-kader-khan-movies-list/724/6560|title=List of Mithun Chakraborty & Kader Khan movies together|work=gomolo.com|access-date=13 August 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140202102758/http://www.gomolo.com/celeb/mithun-chakraborty-and-kader-khan-movies-list/724/6560|archive-date=2 February 2014|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="NDTV_veteran" /><ref name="hindu_passes" />

Khan was in demand by the South Indian film production houses such as Padmalaya. Major filmmakers of southern cinema such as [[Narayana Rao Dasari]], [[Kovelamudi Bapayya]], [[K. Raghavendra Rao]], [[Rama Rao Tatineni]], Dasari Narayan Rao, D. Rama Naidu consulted Khan for doing the script and dialogue of the Hindi remakes of their southern language films.<ref name="hindu_passes" /> Some of these films included ''[[Himmatwala (1983 film)|Himmatwala]]'' (1983), ''[[Justice Chaudhury]]'' (1983), ''[[Haisiyat]]'' (1984) and ''[[Singhasan]]'' (1986). As reported in ''[[The Hindu]]'', "He didn't just translate the original films into Hindi but transposed them into a new North setting, culture, context and language."<ref name="hindu_passes" />

He 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. He also wrote dialogues in other successful films in the late '80s to the late '90s like ''[[Meri Aawaz Suno]]'', ''[[Angaar]]'', ''Jail Yatra'', ''[[Satte Pe Satta]]'', ''[[Katilon Ke Kaatil]]'', ''[[Waqt Ki Awaz]]'', ''[[Coolie No. 1 (1995 film)|Coolie No. 1]]'', ''[[Main Khiladi Tu Anari]]'', ''[[Kanoon Apna Apna]]'', ''[[Karma (1986 film)|Karma]]'', ''[[Sultanat]]'', ''[[Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri]]'', ''[[Humshakal (1992 film)|Humshakal]]'', ''[[Saajan Chale Sasural]]'', ''[[Hero Hindustani]]'', ''[[Aunty No. 1]]'', and ''[[Rajaji (film)|Rajaji]]''. He also wrote dialogues for films of Rakesh Roshan like ''[[Khoon Bhari Maang]]'', ''[[Kala Bazaar]]'' and ''[[Khudgarz]]''.<ref name="gomolo.com"/>

Khan lived in [[Mumbai]], until moving to [[Toronto]] due to health reasons.<ref name="DNAI"/> He had three sons: [[Sarfaraz Khan (actor)|Sarfaraz Khan]], Shahnawaz Khan, and a third son Quddus who lived in [[Canada]], died in 2021.<ref name="Rediff_interview2012" /><ref name="HungamaInterview">{{cite web |last1=Interview |title="Amitabh has always been a well wisher of mine" - Kader Khan: Part 2 |url=http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/amitabh-has-always-been-a-well-wisher-of-mine-kader-khan-part-2/ |website=Bollywood Hungama |language=en |date=3 August 2012 |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-date=2 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190102050545/http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/news/features/amitabh-has-always-been-a-well-wisher-of-mine-kader-khan-part-2/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Basu |first1=Nilanjana |title=Late Actor Kader Khan's Son Abdul Quddus Dies In Canada |url=https://www.ndtv.com/entertainment/late-actor-kader-khans-son-abdul-quddus-dies-in-canada-2404259 |access-date=2 April 2021 |work=NDTV |date=1 April 2021}}</ref> His son [[Sarfaraz Khan (actor)|Sarfaraz Khan]] has also acted in several films. It was reported that Khan took the citizenship of [[Canada]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Kader-Khan-turns-educationist/articleshow/12041490.cms |title=Kader Khan turns educationist |author=Indu Mirani |publisher=[[Times of India]] |date=26 February 2012 |access-date=30 December 2018 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/67sSdbyJt?url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/news-interviews/Kader-Khan-turns-educationist/articleshow/12041490.cms |archive-date=23 May 2012 }}</ref> In 2014, Khan visited [[Mecca]] to perform [[Hajj]].<ref name=ArabNews2014>{{cite news | url=http://www.arabnews.com/news/637731 | publisher=Arab News | title=Kader Khan in Makkah for Haj | first=Siraj | last=Wahab | date=30 September 2014 | access-date=3 October 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141002015405/http://www.arabnews.com/news/637731 | archive-date=2 October 2014 | url-status=dead | df=dmy-all }}</ref>

Khan had been suffering from [[supranuclear palsy]], a degenerative disease.<ref name="DNAI">{{cite web |title=Knee surgery gone wrong: Veteran actor Kader Khan rushed to Canada for treatment |url=https://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-knee-surgery-gone-wrong-veteran-actor-kader-khan-rushed-to-canada-for-treatment-2337701 |website=dnaindia.com |access-date=1 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170306235406/http://www.dnaindia.com/entertainment/report-knee-surgery-gone-wrong-veteran-actor-kader-khan-rushed-to-canada-for-treatment-2337701 |archive-date=6 March 2017 |url-status=live  |date=28 February 2017 }}</ref><ref name=SAP>{{cite web|url=https://dunyanews.tv/en/Entertainment/471976-Bollywood-veteran-actor-Kader-Khan-hospitalized-put-on-BiPAP-ventilator|title=Bollywood veteran actor Kader Khan hospitalized, put on BiPAP ventilator|publisher=Dunyanews|access-date=30 December 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181228222107/https://dunyanews.tv/en/Entertainment/471976-Bollywood-veteran-actor-Kader-Khan-hospitalized-put-on-BiPAP-ventilator|archive-date=28 December 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> He was hospitalized on 28 December 2018 complaining of "breathlessness" in [[Canada]], where he stayed with his son and daughter-in-law while seeking treatment.<ref name=SAP/> <!--he died at 6&nbsp;pm on 31 December 2018 in Canada, so we should state the Local time of the place he died--> On 31 December 2018 ([[Eastern Time Zone|EST]]), Khan's son, [[Sarfaraz Khan (actor)|Sarfaraz Khan]], confirmed that Khan had died.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-dead-5513822/|title=Actor Kader Khan passes away|date=1 January 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101100520/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-dead-5513822/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/article/veteran-actor-kader-khan-passes-away-at-81-confirms-family/339820|title=Veteran actor Kader Khan passes away at 81, confirms family|date=1 January 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101090155/https://www.timesnownews.com/entertainment/news/people/article/veteran-actor-kader-khan-passes-away-at-81-confirms-family/339820|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=31Dec>{{cite web|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/veteran-actor-writer-kader-khan-dies-at-81/articleshow/67332658.cms|title=Veteran actor-writer Kader Khan passes away at 81|date=1 January 2019|access-date=1 January 2019|archive-date=1 January 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190101135039/https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/veteran-actor-writer-kader-khan-dies-at-81/articleshow/67332658.cms|url-status=live}}</ref> His funeral ceremony was held at [[ISNA Canada|ISNA mosque]] in Mississauga,<ref>{{cite news|title=Actor-Writer Kader Khan Buried in a Canadian Cemetery|url=https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/actor-writer-kader-khan-to-be-buried-in-a-canadian-cemetry|publisher=[[The Quint]]|access-date=28 May 2020|archive-date=2 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202221109/https://www.thequint.com/entertainment/celebrities/actor-writer-kader-khan-to-be-buried-in-a-canadian-cemetry|url-status=live}}</ref> and he was buried in Brampton's Meadowvale Cemetery.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-buried-in-canada-5522023/|title=Kader Khan buried in Canadian cemetery|date=3 January 2019|website=The Indian Express|access-date=5 January 2020|archive-date=1 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701045026/https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/kader-khan-buried-in-canada-5522023/|url-status=live}}</ref>