The Inspirational Life of Kader Khan - Part II

The previous article highlighted the challenges faced by Kader Khan & his mom. This article is dealing with the professional life of Kader Khan.

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Kader Khan followed his mom's words and studied hard. After completing post graduation in Civil engineering, he entered in the teaching profession. He was the most loved professor among the students. He mentioned in an interview that he had no wish to be a part of Bollywood. He was happy with his teaching profession. He accidentally became a part of Indian cinema.

One day, there was an inter college drama competition. Kader Khan represented his college, he wrote and directed a play, named 'Local Train'. This play won the Best Writer, the Best Director likewise all the awards which were there in the competition. Kadar received the 1st cash price, amounting Rs. 1500/-. The judges of the competition were belonging toIndian Cinema, They persuade Kader Khan to write dialogues for their upcoming movie.

Kadar Khan says about his first movie named 'Jawani Diwani' . The story was shared with him & the directors asked him to come with dialogues. The directors Mr. Ramesh Bedi & Mr.Narendra Bedi were shocked because Kader Khan backed within 4 hrs with all the dialogues. Kader Khan's dialogue so impressed that they rescheduled the movie. Instead of starting the shoot after a month, the shooting started just after a week.Now,

Now, the shooting began. Kader Khan spending his full day in the R.K. Studio. One day, watchman informed Kader Khan that a crowd is waiting outside of the studio to meet him. Kader Khan came out and he saw all 150 students of his batch, requesting Kader Khan to take their lectures in college because final exams were about to come.

Kader Khan said,"Dear students, It may not be possible because I work here, from 9 am to approximately until 10.30 pm. " . But Kader knew the importance of studies, he assures his students that he will teach them anyhow. And he did an extraordinary job. He finished the movie related works at 10.30 pm and headed towards the college. He reached college in midnight at 12 o'clock. He was shocked after seeing all the 150 students waiting for him. A student offered him a cup of tea & said,"Start Sir..."

Kader Khan taught from 12 am to 6 in the morning. Now he was working in two shifts, 9 am to 10 pm in the studio and 12 am to 6 in the morning in the college. He continued this schedule for the next three months. As a result of it, there wasn't a single student who got failed, in fact, everyone secured the first class marks (Grade A). This is how he finished with his first movie.

Kader Khan started his career as dialogue writer from 1970, he was paid for Rs. 1500/-, then he was paid Rs. 21k for his second movie 'Rafoo Chakkar' . The director Mr. Manmohan Desai asked to write climax o 'Roti' (1974) After listening to Kader Khan's marvelous dialogues, Mr. Desai gifted a gold bracelet & an imported black & white T.V. of Toshiba brand, and paid Rs. 121k as fees, 

Kader Khan remembers this incident and says,"It was my third movie of my career, I was unable to believe that in a fraction of seconds, I became a millionaire." Kader Khan never had the scarcity of work. Later, he also entered in acting as an actor & comedian, played some unforgettable characters. Kader Khan is still as popular as he was in the 1970s.

Kader Khan's life is full of fights, he may not be projected as a hero in movies, but he is a real of a hero of his real life. So, next time when you will see Kader Khan then don't forget to salute him.