This iconic baap of Bollywood has starred in over 450 films in his four-decade long career. Born in Kabul, Khan was raised in an impoverished neighbourhood before his family moved to Mumbai when he was six-year old. Before he set his sights towards the tinsel town, Khan, who is a civil engineer, used to teach at the Saboo Siddik Polytechnic at Byculla. In his illustrious career, Khan has acted in 450 movies and written dialogues for over 250 films. He won the Filmfare Award for best comedian in 1991 for ‘Baap Numbri Beta Dus Numbri’ and a Screen Award for best performance in a comic role in 1995 for ‘Taqdeerwala’. As a dialogue writer Kader Khan's work includes ‘Ganga Jamuna Saraswati’, ‘Sharaabi’, ‘Coolie’, ‘Agneepath’, ‘Himmatwala’ to name a few. He was last seen in 'Deshdrohi' in 2008 before he gave up his film career. Last heard, he was teaching Arabic and Urdu in his schools in Dubai and Toronto.
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