Kader Khan is a Hindi film actor, comedian and screenwriter.
(Indian Express)
He was born in Afghanistan in 1938. His father was from Kandahar, Afghanistan and mother from Pishin in British India. Including himself, they are 4 brothers. He has 3 sons.
(India TV News)
Kader Khan and his family moved from Afghanistan to Mumbai, where he went to school and college. He graduated with a specialization in civil engineering and for 5 years thereafter taught the same in another college.
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 to Rediff, Khan recalled this as the incident that started his film career.
His career as a Hindi film writer began when Narinder Bedi saw the theatre play Khan had written and asked him to co-write the script for Jawani Diwaniwith Inder Raj Anand, for which Khan received 1500 rupees.
From 1971 till 2017, he was actively a part of the film industry, after which he moved to Canada citing health issues.
He has been nominated for 10 films over his extensive career and won 3 awards, 2 for best dialogues and 1 for best comedian.
(Indian Express)
Kader Khan eventually succumbed to his long-drawn illnesses on 31 December 2018 at the age of 81.