Kader Khan with Sridevi: 17 Films Together over two decades

Fact is, Kader Khan was not given his due in the Hindi film industry. A true giant of Indian cinema, his infinite talents and knowledge, his surreal skills at easing into comedy, melodrama, and villainy with utter ease, his laudable writing, and dialogue delivery... all of it came flooding back to the memory bank as, earlier this week, television comedic genius Sunil Grover—the master of improv and mimicking—appeared in Netflix's The Great Indian Kapil Show (or Comedy Nights with Kapil revival) and gave a tour-de-force, pitch-perfect tribute to the late great Kader Khan.
Looking back at a list of films that Kader Khan appeared in with Sridevi—about 17 films over the course of nearly two decades, from Sridevi's first major Hindi hit Himmatwala in 1983 to Judaai in 1997—I would be remiss if I didn't mention that Kader Khan had one of the funniest and most memorable cameos in Chaalbaaz, though he and Sridevi didn't appear on screen together—but it remains a perennial favourite.

The great man died at age 81 [same year as Sridevi, back in 2018, except Sri was 54!], without much fanfare or celebrity appearances, with few and far between paying tribute. The industry has a way of forgetting those who did so much for it that's borderline cruel, unkind and merciless. Here today, gone tomorrow—the legend deserved a better farewell and more tributes, felicitations and national honours and recognition. Of course, he wasn't in India when he passed, and yet, one wonders if all those he helped took pause? 

Year	Film Name	Hit/Flop Status	Director	Lead Cast
1983	Himmatwala	Blockbustert	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1983	Jaani Dost	Hit	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra, Dharmendra, Parveen Babi, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1983	Justice Chaudhry	Hit	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1983	Mawaali	Superhit	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Kader Khan
1984	Inquilaab	Hit	K. Raghavendra Rao	Amitabh Bachchan, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1984	Akalmand	Average	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1984	Tohfa	Superhit	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra, Jaya Prada, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1985	Balidaan	Hit	Ravi Tandon	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1986	Ghar Sansar	Hit	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1986	Suhagan	Hit	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Raj Babbar, Padmini, Kader Khan
1986	Dharm Adhikari	Hit	K. Raghavendra Rao	Dilip Kumar, Jeetendra, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1987	Majaal	Hit	K. Bapaiah	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Jaya Prada, Kader Khan
1987	Aulad	Hit	K. Raghavendra Rao	Jeetendra, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1988	Sone Pe Suhaaga	Average	K. Bapaiah	Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1988	Sherni	Average	Harmesh Malhotra	Sridevi, Shatrughan Sinha, Kader Khan
1988	Waqt Ki Awaz	Superhit	K. Bapaiah	Mithun Chakraborty, Sridevi, Kader Khan
1989	ChaalBaaz	Superhit	Pankaj Parashar	Sridevi, Sunny Deol, Rajinikanth, Kader Khan (special appearance)
1997	Judaai	Superhit	Raj Kanwar	Anil Kapoor, Sridevi, Urmila Matondkar, Kader Khan