Sadashiv Amrapurkar & Kader Khan Movies Together List — 11 Films

The shape of the work

The 1990s account for 73% of everything they made together. The 1980s belonged to Muddat; the 2000s to Parwana. Sadashiv Amrapurkar acted in every film; Kader Khan acted in all of them. Strictly Hindi cinema — they never crossed industries together.

Partnership facts

• In 'Hum Hain Kamaal Ke' (1993), Kader Khan played the straight-laced father while Sadashiv Amrapurkar played the comic villain. The joke was that Amrapurkar kept breaking into song mid-scene, and Khan would just stare at him in deadpan silence — that contrast became the film's running gag.
• Kader Khan personally recommended Sadashiv Amrapurkar for the role of the scheming uncle in 'Meharbaan' (1993). The director had wanted a bigger name, but Khan insisted Amrapurkar could do more with the part — and then rewrote several of his own lines to give Amrapurkar more screen time.
• Their first film together, 'Hum Hain Kamaal Ke' (1993), was originally written with two different actors in mind. But when the lead dropped out, the producer asked Kader Khan to step in — and Khan said yes only if they also cast Amrapurkar as the antagonist. He'd seen him in 'Ardh Satya' and wanted to work with him.
• The only reason 'Ek Phool Teen Kante' (1997) exists is because Kader Khan and Sadashiv Amrapurkar's comic timing in 'Hum Hain Kamaal Ke' got such a strong audience response. The producer greenlit a full comedy where the two would play off each other as the main draw — no other big star attached.
• Sadashiv Amrapurkar once said in an interview: 'Kader sahab would finish his dialogue, then look at me and say, "Ab teri baari, lekin mujhe hasa mat dena." (Now your turn, but don't make me laugh.) He never did — but I always tried.'