Kader Khan

Kader Khan
Khan in 2013
Born(1937-10-22)22 October 1937
Kabul, Kingdom of Afghanistan
Died31 December 2018(2018-12-31) (aged 81)
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
NationalityIndian
Alma materIsmail Yusuf College
Occupations
Years active1971–2017
SpouseAzra Khan
Children3 (including Sarfaraz Khan)
HonoursPadma Shri (2019; posthumously)

Kader Khan (11 December 1937 – 31 December 2018) was an Afghan-born Indian-Canadian Actor, screenwriter, comedian, and director. As an actor, he appeared in over 300 films after his debut movie in the 1973 movie Daag: A Poem of Love in which he acted as a prosecuting attorney.[1]

Khan was a Muslim and completed a pilgrimage to Mecca called Hajj in 2014.[2]

Khan died from complications of progressive supranuclear palsy at a hospital in Mississauga, Ontario on 31 December 2018 at the age of 81.[3][4]

References

  1. ↑ "An interview with Kader Khan in Pune". February 2007. Retrieved 2014-10-01.
  2. ↑ "Kader Khan in Makkah for Haj". Arab News. Archived from the original on October 2, 2014. Retrieved August 31, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. ↑ "Actor Kader Khan passes away". January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
  4. ↑ "Kader Khan, Veteran Actor, Dies At 81 After Long Illness". January 1, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2019.