Kader Khan
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- Vollständiger Name
- Kader Khan
- Geboren
- 22. Oktober 1937
- Geburtsort
- Kabul
- Alter
- Verstorben im Alter von 81
- Sternzeichen
- Libra
- Größe
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- Gewicht
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- Nationalität
- 🇮🇳 India
- Religion
- Islam
- Ethnizität
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- Eye Color
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- Hair Color
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- Beruf
- Actor, Author
- Nettovermögen
- —
- Ausbildung
- Ismail Yusuf College; North-Eastern Hill University; Osmania University
- Ehepartner
- Azra Khan
- Kinder
- 2 (Sarfaraz Khan, Sarfraz Khan)
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Biografie
Kader Khan is 88 years old, an actor, from India.
Kader Khan was an Indian actor, screenwriter and film producer. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 Bollywood films after his acting debut in the film Daag in 1973, starring Rajesh Khanna, as a prosecuting attorney. He was a prolific actor and screenwriter in Hindi cinema, from the late 1970s to 1990s and wrote dialogues for 200 films. Born in Afghanistan, Khan graduated from Ismail Yusuf College affiliated to Mumbai University.
Before entering the film industry in 1971, he was a professor of civil engineering in M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Mumbai. Kader Khan was born in Kabul , Afghanistan , on 22 October 1937 into a Sunni Muslim family. Khan was an ethnic Pashtun of the Kakar tribe. His father was Maulvi Abdul Rahman Khan from Kandahar , Afghanistan while his mother was Iqbal Begum from Pishin in the Baluchistan Province of British India (now in Balochistan, Pakistan ).
Khan's father was a scholar of Islam , a postgraduate in Arabic and Urdu , who opened an Islamic institute in the Netherlands to teach Islam to the local Dutch , and he often tasked Khan to translate books into Arabic . Khan had three brothers, Shams ur Rehman, Fazal Rehman and Habib ur Rehman. His cousin Akbar Khan Kakar hosted a popular show on Radio Pakistan 's Quetta branch. Khan was raised in the Kamathipura neighbourhood of Mumbai after his family moved there from Kabul .
Khan had described the locality as being known for drug-peddlers, bootleggers and prostitution. He enrolled in a local municipal school and later in the Ismail Yusuf College after which he graduated in engineering, specialising 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 . Subjects he taught included applied mathematics and mechanics .
As a teacher, he was known for making these subjects more accessible to the weaker students. Mainly inspired by Russian literature and culture, with figures such as Stanislavsky , Chekhov and Dostoevsky , Khan used to write plays for colleges, also acting in them, while he was still a teacher. 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 with 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 scriptwriter and for which Khan received 1500 rupees.
Career & Filmography
Movies(100)
| Year | Title |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Lateef |
| 2015 | Hogaya dimaagh ka dahi |
| 2015 | Tevar |
| 2008 | Mehbooba |
| 2007 | Jahan Jaaeyega Hamen Paaeyega |
| 2006 | Umar |
| 2005 | Lucky: No Time for Love |
| 2004 | Will You Marry Me? |
| 2002 | Akhiyon Se Goli Maare |
| 2002 | Yeh Hai Jalwa |
Familie
Relationships
Romantic History
| Person | Status |
|---|---|
| Azra Khan | Married |
Family
Awards & Nominations
| Year | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Padma Shri in arts | Won |
| 1993 | Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue | Won |
| 1991 | Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role | Won |
| 1982 | Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue | Won |
Then vs. Now
Debut in Suhaag
Kader Khan's debut was Suhaag (1975).
43
yrs
Karriere-Zeitleiste
Kader Khan won the Padma Shri in arts.
Kader Khan won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.
Kader Khan won the Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Comic Role.
Kader Khan won the Filmfare Award for Best Dialogue.
Kader Khan's debut was Suhaag (1975).
22 October 1937
Kader Khan was born on 1937-10-22 in Kabul.
Interessante Fakten
- Kader Khan (Hindustani pronunciation: [qɑːd̪əɾ xɑːn]; 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 acting debut in the film Daag in 1973, starring Rajesh Khanna, as a prosecuting attorney.
- Kader Khan studied at Ismail Yusuf College.
- Kader Khan has 3 children.
- Khan lived in Mumbai, until moving to Toronto for health reasons.
- He had three sons: actor Sarfaraz Khan, director Shahnawaz Khan, and Abdul Quddus, who lived in Canada and died in 2021.
- It was reported that Khan took the citizenship of Canada.
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