Kader Khan on His Comedy Role: People of the 90’s know Kader Khan as a comedy actor. But people before that have also seen him as a villain in films. Kader Khan worked as a villain in many films of the 70’s and 80’s and he was shown fighting with the hero. But suddenly he changed his character and then till the end Kader Khan was seen in the same comedy avatar.
There have been many actors who have done simple roles, worked as villains and also become comedy actors. The actor would become whatever the demand of the film was but Kader Khan left the work of villain. When he was questioned on this, he once told what was the reason for becoming a comedian from a villain.
Why did Kader Khan turn from a villain to a comedian?
Many years ago, there was a show on Zee TV called ‘Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai’. Its host was Farooq Sheikh and for some time Suresh Oberoi. Kader Khan came in one episode and he was asked that you were doing good work as a villain, then suddenly you turned to comedy actor and then remained in that, what is the reason behind this?
Kader Khan had replied to this, ‘My elder son Sarfaraz has always been a short-tempered person. Since childhood, when he would return from school, he would often be beaten up because he would have had a fight with someone or the other. I used to ask him what happened, why do you fight so much with everyone. At first he would not say anything but later he said in anger that everyone calls me the son of a goon.
Kader Khan further said, ‘They say that your father gets beaten up by the hero and they make fun of you and me. This thing got deeply embedded in my mind and I decided in the 90’s itself that I will not do any such film which will cause problems to my children. After this, I started acting as a comedian and thank God that people gave me a lot of love in that role too.’
How many films did Kader Khan do?
As a villain, Kader Khan worked in films like ‘Baap Numbri Beta 10 Numbri’, ‘Naseeb’, ‘Coolie’, ‘Swarg Se Sundar’, ‘Jallad’, ‘Vardi’. But as a comedy actor, Kader Khan has done superhit films like ‘Ghar Ho To Aisa’, ‘Naseeb’, ‘Hero No. 1’, ‘Auntie No. 1’, ‘Coolie No. 1’, ‘Bol Radha Bol’, ‘Hum Hain Kamal Ke’, ‘Mujhse Shaadi Karogi’, ‘Aankhen’, ‘Sooryavansham’, ‘Judai’, ‘Raja Babu’ and ‘Haseena Maan Jaayegi’. Kader Khan did about 300 films in his film career and wrote dialogues in 270 films. Apart from being an actor, Kader Khan was also a writer.
