Kader Khan

Kader Khan
Khan in 2013
Born	(1937-10-22)22 October 1937 Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died	31 December 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 81) Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Nationality	Indian
Alma mater	Ismail Yusuf College
Occupations	Film actor screenwriter comedian film producer
Years active	1971–2017
Spouse	Azra Khan
Children	3 (including Sarfaraz Khan)
Honours	Padma Shri (2019; posthumously)

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]