Kader Khan

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Kader Khan (born circa 1937) is an Indian film actor, comedian, script and dialogue writer, producer and director.



He has acted in over 300 films in the Hindi & Urdu languages, and has written dialogue for over 1,000 Indian films, from the 1970s up to the turn of the 21st century. He is most popularly recognized for working with comedian actor Govinda in comedic films by director David Dhawan. He has also worked side by side with other comedic legends like Shakti Kapoor and Asrani in over 100 films. He played a larga variety of parts in films like a supporting role of a father, uncle, brother, relative, the main villain or the side villain, Guest Actor and a comedian. He lives in Mumbai, the home of the Indian film industry. Kader Khan is an Afghan, from the Pashtun ethnic line. He is originally from Pishin, which is now in Balochistan province of Pakistan.



Kader Khan is said to be as responsible for Amitabh Bachan's success as a Bollywood icon as much as writer duo Salim-Javed. He wrote many memorable dialogues for Amitabh's films such as Mr.Natwarlal, Amar Akbar Anthony, Laawaris, Naseeb which were huge hits at the box office.



Some of his recent roles include Mujhse Shaadi Karogi (2004) and Family: Ties of Blood (2006). He has also starred in his own comedy television series titled Hasna Mat which airs on Star Plus.



Due to a recent accident in May of 2007, he is currently in hospital in critical condition. Whether he will be returning to films in the near future has yet to be determined.

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[edit] Early life

Mumtaz Begum Jehan Dehlavi, who is famous by her nick name Madhubala, was born in Delhi, India. She was Muslim and an ethnic Pashtun, the 5th child of a conservative Afghan family of 11 children. It is believed that a Muslim spiritual man or a saint has predicted that the young Mumtaz (Madhubala) would earn fame and fortune, but would lead an unhappy life and die at a young age. Madhubala (literally, damsel of honey) has been regarded with utmost admiration by multiple generations of Hindi moviegoers even up to the present day. Her father, Ataullah Khan, was a coachman in Delhi who migrated to Bombay remembering the holy man's words and searching for a better livelihood. The family struggled for over a year, and Mumtaz entered Bollywood as a child-artist under the name Baby Mumtaz. Madhubala's sister Chanchal was also a notable actress in the 1950s and had acted in some films with her.

Early life

Feroz Khan was born in Bangalore, India to an Afghan father, Sadiq Khan (Naib Khel) and an Iranian mother, Fatima. He has three brothers named Sanjay Khan actor Sameer Khan actor and film maker Akbar Khan. After acquiring an English accent from a Bangalore school, he arrived in Bombay where he made his debut as second lead in Didi (1960).

Personal life

Abbas (Sanjay) Khan was born in Bangalore and is of mixed Afghan and Iranian parentage He is married to Parsi Zarine Khan. His two brothers, Feroz Khan and Akbar Khan also work as actors, while his third brother Sameer is not connected with the tinsel screen, but his only son Zayed Khan is an actor. He had three daughters and a son. Elder daughter Farha (married to DJ Aqeel),second daughter Simone (married to Ajay Arora) and his youngest daughter Suzanne Khan is married to actor Hrithik Roshan. Sanjay Khan became grandfather on March 28, 2006 of a boy named Hrehaan, Hrithik Roshan's and Suzanne Khan's first child. Sanjay Khan's Daughter-in-Law is Malika Parekh who is married to his son Zayed Khan.

Idol, great idea for a thread!

Noorie

awwww.......thank u noorie dear

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Early life

He was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan, in Qissa Khwani Bazaar in Peshawar, capital of NWFP, British India, in a Pashtun family of twelve children. His father was based in Devlali in Maharashtra near Mumbai during 1930s. His father later relocated to Bombay (now Mumbai) after the Partition of India. Yusuf Khan moved to Pune and started off with his canteen business and supplying dry fruits. There he was spotted by a leading actress of those years, Devika Rani, who was also the wife of the founder of Bombay Talkies, Himanshu Rai and helped his entry into the Bollywood film industry. He changed his real name, Muhammad Yusuf Khan, to Dilip Kumar on her suggestion.

as Rahim Shah says in this song:



Kabul De Ka Ghazni De Ka Paktia Ka Kandhar
De Tolo Pukhtanu Afghanistan De Moor Au Plar

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Whether it is kabul, ghazni, paktia, or kandhar

for all pashtuns, Afghanistan is the mother and the father

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wow great infos..thanks

Aamir Khan



Family background

Aamir Khan was born in Mumbai into a Muslim family that has been actively involved in the Indian film-industry. His roots are connected to the city of Herat in Afghanistan due to him being a descendant of Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. He is also a descendant of Late President of India Dr.Zakir Hussain and a second cousine of Former Chair Person of Rajya Sabha in Parliament Dr Nagma Hebdulla. [5] His father Tahir Hussain is a producer; his uncle Nasir Hussain was a director. He has acted in a few films directed by his cousin Mansoor Khan. His brother Faisal Khan is an actor, and they have co-starred in Mela. His cousin Tariq was an actor in the 1970s who notably appeared in Yaadon Ki Baraat (Aamir played him as a child in the film) and Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin.

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He also said that he was a farmer, tracing his roots in U.P. There was some such news. Anyone remember this one?

Well this is some intresing facts.. But it doesnt mean that i they are from pashtun orgin then they must be afghan. Pakistan has pashtuns too.

Me as an afghan this is very intresting facts..

I just want to make it clear that that there is a difference between nationality and ethnicity. Most, if not, all filmi cast/crew members have Indian nationality with only a handful having Afghani ethnicity.

I would also like to point out that not all Pathans (or "Pashtuns") have Afghani heritage - the majority have Pakistani heritage (e.g. the Kapoor family). So saying that, one should not automatically assume that a Pathan is Afghani without any reliable evidence.

Finally, Pathans in India/Pakistan (like Parsis, Iranis etc) aren't necessarily "full-blooded" Persians - many of these people have some "Indo" ancestry (hence their physical appearance).

I don't feel that Afghani culture had any impact, or at least significance in Bollywood history (or in Indian films in general). However, Afghanistan had given Bollywood a number of noteworthy stories to reproduce into films.

London ldki ji yeh mujhe samjh nehi aaya



"Indo" ancestry kisko kehte hain? you mean post 47 wale?? and please do tell me about ur ethincity and nationality( apart from UK )

DYK : At one time India was ruled by a pakistani and at the same time Pakistan was ruled by an Indian.

Thoda jaldi mein rehta hoon main. Cheers !


Sonu


I think SRK khan's father was also afghan !

http://www.reference.com/search?q=Indo: "...Indo-, prefix indicating India or the Indian subcontinent...".

oye_sonu: I don't speak, or at least I don't believe I speak any South Asian language fluently. I have somewhat understood what you had said above though (I'm learning Hindi through Bollywood films, Indian television serials, etc). I was born, bred and still living in England. I prefer not to say what my ethnicity or religion is - my opinions, like everyone else's are individual to my own and I don't want to receive prejudice responses based on my ethnic and religious background.[/b]

PS: Shahrukh Khan is half Pakistani-Pathan, NOT half Afghani-Pathan.

http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/features/2...2043/index.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shahrukh_Khan#Biography

"Khan was born to Muslim parents of Pathan ethnicity in New Delhi, India. His father, Taj Mohammed Khan was a freedom fighter from Peshawar, Pakistan. His mother Lateef Fatima was the adopted daughter of Major General Shah Nawaz Khan of the Janjua Rajput clan, who served as a General in the Indian National Army of Subash Chandra Bose."

Like I said in my previous response, one should not automatically assume that a Pathan is Afghani without any reliable evidence.