Kader Khan

Kader Khan
Khan in 2013
Born(1937-10-22)22 October 1937
Died31 December 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 81)
Alma materIsmail Yusuf College
Occupations
Years active1971–2018
WorksFull list
SpouseAzra Khan
Children3 (including Sarfraz Khan)
HonoursPadma 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 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 the late 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.