Happy birthday Kader Khan (born 22 October 1935) is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer and Director. He graduated fromIsmail Yusuf College affiliated to Bombay University. Before entering the film industry (1970–75) he taught at M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering, Byculla, Mumbai as a professor of Civil Engineering. Khan was born on 22 October 1935 in Kabul, Afghanistan. He is the son of Abdul Rehman Khan who was from Kandahar while his mother was Iqbal Begum from Pishin, Balochistan. He had three brothers Shams ur Rehman, Fazal Rehman & Habib ur Rehman who all died before he was born. At the age of one, his family immigrated to Bombay and started living in the slums there. He enrolled in school and later graduated fromIsmail Yusuf College. Between 1970 and 1975, he taught at M. H. Saboo Siddik College of Engineering in Byculla as professor of civil engineering. On the colleges annual day function, Khan took part in a play and it was acclaimed by all present. Dilip Kumar came to know about it; he called him and showed keenness in watching the play. Khan made special arrangements and acted the play for him. Kumar was so impressed that he signed him for his next two films: Sagina Mahato and Bairaag. Khan lives in Mumbai, the home of the Hindi film industry. And he has family, who lives in Holland and Canada. He has three sons; Sarfaraz khan and Shahnawaz Khan and the third son lives in Canada. His son Sarfaraz Khan has also acted in several films. It is reported that Kader Khan is also a citizen of Canada. Khan has acted in over 450 films in Hindi and Urdu and has written dialogues for over 250 Indian films, from the 1970s up to the turn of the 21st century. Manmohan Desai paid him a handsome amount of one lakh twenty-one thousand for writing dialogues for the film Roti (1974). He is most popularly recognized for working with actor Jeetendra, Feroz Khan, Amitabh Bachchan, Govinda and in films by David Dhawan. He has worked side-by-side with other comedians like Shakti Kapoor and Johnny Lever. He has played a large variety of parts in films like a supporting role of a father, uncle, brother, main villain or the side villain, guest actor and comedian. He is best known as a legend in Hindi cinema. He has made a great contribution to the Hindi film industry and Bollywood. He recently appeared in Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004), Lucky: No Time for Love (2006) and Family: Ties of Blood (2006). He starred in his own comedy television series titled Hasna Mat, which aired on Star Plus. There were rumours of him writing a sequel to Andaaz Apna Apna but, when media asked him, he denied it saying I have not taken any projects as writer, it’s just a rumor. He made a comeback on Indian television with a comedy series Hi Padosi..Kaun Hain Doshi on Sahara One. He will come back on big screen in 2013 with Dhoom 3. Source: Wikipedia
Posted on: Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:42:38 +0000
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