Kader Khan (22 October 1937 â€" 31 December 2018) was an Indian film
actor, screenwriter, comedian, and director. As an actor, he appeared
in over 300 films after his debut film in the 1973 film Daag, starring
Rajesh Khanna, in which he acted as a prosecuting attorney. 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 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.Khan was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 22 October 1937.
His father was Abdul Rahman Khan from Kandahar, Afghanistan while his
mother was Iqbal Begum from Pishin, British India (now in Balochistan,
Pakistan). Khan had three brothers, Shams ur Rehman, Fazal Rehman and
Habib ur Rehman. He is an ethnic Pashtun of the Kakar tribe. Khan was
raised in the Kamathipura neighbourhood of Mumbai after his family
moved there from Kabul. He enrolled in a local municipal school and
later in the Ismail Yusuf College 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. While performing in a play named Taash
Ke Patey, he was noted by comedian Agha who then suggested actor Dilip
Kumar to see the play. Dilip Kumar was impressed and signed him up for
his next films, Sagina and Bairaag. During an interview to Rediff,
Khan recalled this as the incident that started his film career. He
used to write plays for theatres and was subsequently offered to write
the script of Jawani Diwani, which started his career as a script
writer.His career as a Hindi film writer began when Narinder Bedi saw
the theatre play Khan had written and asked him to co-write the script
for Jawani Diwani with Inder Raj Anand, for which Khan received 1500
rupees.
actor, screenwriter, comedian, and director. As an actor, he appeared
in over 300 films after his debut film in the 1973 film Daag, starring
Rajesh Khanna, in which he acted as a prosecuting attorney. 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 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.Khan was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 22 October 1937.
His father was Abdul Rahman Khan from Kandahar, Afghanistan while his
mother was Iqbal Begum from Pishin, British India (now in Balochistan,
Pakistan). Khan had three brothers, Shams ur Rehman, Fazal Rehman and
Habib ur Rehman. He is an ethnic Pashtun of the Kakar tribe. Khan was
raised in the Kamathipura neighbourhood of Mumbai after his family
moved there from Kabul. He enrolled in a local municipal school and
later in the Ismail Yusuf College 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. While performing in a play named Taash
Ke Patey, he was noted by comedian Agha who then suggested actor Dilip
Kumar to see the play. Dilip Kumar was impressed and signed him up for
his next films, Sagina and Bairaag. During an interview to Rediff,
Khan recalled this as the incident that started his film career. He
used to write plays for theatres and was subsequently offered to write
the script of Jawani Diwani, which started his career as a script
writer.His career as a Hindi film writer began when Narinder Bedi saw
the theatre play Khan had written and asked him to co-write the script
for Jawani Diwani with Inder Raj Anand, for which Khan received 1500
rupees.
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