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Indian actor, comedian, screenwriter, and producer (1937–2018)

Kader Khan (22 October 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer.

As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his debut in the 1973 film Daag, starring Rajesh Khanna, as a prosecuting attorney.^[1] He was a prolific actor and screenwriter in Hindi cinema in the period late 1970s to 90s and wrote dialogues for 200 films.

Born in Afghanistan, Khan graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Bombay University. Before entering the film industry in the early 1970s, he was a professor of civil engineering in M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai.^[2]

Early life and education

Kader Khan was born in Kabul, Afghanistan, on 22 October 1937 into a Sunni Muslim family.^[1][3] His father was Abdul Rahman Khan from Kandahar, Afghanistan while his mother was Iqbal Begum from Pishin in the Baluchistan Province