Padmini Kolhapure & Kader Khan Movies Together List — 9 Films
Complete Movies List & Collaboration History
Last updated: 2026-07-18 · Data sources: Wikipedia, TMDB
Padmini Kolhapure and Kader Khan appeared together in 9 Hindi films between 1981 and 1986. Their highest-rated collaboration was Ahista Ahista (1981 — 6.8/10). Films span Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981) through Muddat (1986).
The Padmini Kolhapure & Kader Khan partnership
Between 1981 and 1986, they barely worked apart — 9 films in 5 years. 1985 was their peak — 4 films in twelve months. For 5 years, a Padmini–Kader film arrived almost every year.
From Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981) to Muddat (1986). The spanned closed with Muddat in 1986.
The shape of the work
Padmini Kolhapure acted in every film; Kader Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.
Partnership facts
- Padmini Kolhapure was just 16 when she first worked with Kader Khan in Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981). He was 44. She later said he treated her like a daughter on set, which made her comfortable enough to deliver one of her earliest mature performances.
- In Wafadaar (1985), Kader Khan played Padmini's father. That same year, in Do Dilon Ki Dastaan, he played her love interest's father. The age gap was so wide that filmmakers kept casting them as parent-child, never as a romantic pair — even though she was 19 and he was 47.
- Kader Khan personally recommended Padmini for a role in Naya Kadam (1984) after the producer was unsure about casting her. He told the producer, 'She has the innocence and fire this script needs.' She got the part without a screen test.
- Their only film that didn't bomb at the box office was Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai (1981). It was a moderate hit, but the real ripple: it introduced the 'angry young woman' template in Padmini's career — a role Kader Khan helped shape by rewriting her dialogue to be sharper.
- Padmini once said in an interview: 'Kader saab would sit with me before every scene and explain the subtext. He didn't just act with me — he taught me how to read between the lines.'
9 films across 1 decade
- Ahista Ahista
- Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai
The partnership in numbers
Partnership Pattern
9 films across 5 years represents consistent collaboration.
Language Distribution
Linguistic diversity: 1 language, with Hindi being their primary medium.
Where each was in their career
38% of Padmini Kolhapure's screen credits are with Kader Khan. After Muddat, Kader Khan kept going for 145 more films; Padmini Kolhapure stepped back.
Before Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai, Padmini Kolhapure had starred in 3 films, including Gehrayee (1980) and Insaf Ka Tarazu (1980).
After Muddat, Padmini Kolhapure went on to appear in 12 more films, including Panipat (2019) and Professor Ki Padosan (1993).
Before Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai, Kader Khan had starred in 9 films, including Qurbani (1980) and Unees-Bees (1980).
After Muddat, Kader Khan went on to appear in 145 more films, including Saajan (1991) and Sooryavansham (1999).
Collaboration Journey
A chronological view of Padmini Kolhapure & Kader Khan's professional partnership
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