Film-maker
David
Dhawan
remembered
veteran
writer-actor
Kader
Khan
as
the
"king
of
writing
emotions" and
a
performer
who
believed
in
improvisation.
Khan
and
Dhawan
delivered
some
of
the
biggest
hits
of
'90s
and
early
2000s
including
Shola
aur
Shabnam,
Hero
No
1,
Coolie
No
1,
Aunty
No
1,
Haseena
Maan
Jayegi
and
Mujhse
Shaadi
Karogi
among
others.
"He
has
done
such
great
work.
He
was
a
fine
writer
and
an
actor
as
well.
He
played
his
innings
very
well.
I
have
enjoyed
working
with
him.
He
was
so
talented," Dhawan
told
PTI.
Khan
passed
away
on
Tuesday
after
prolonged
illness
in
Toronto,
Canada,
where
he
was
hospitalised.
He
was
81.
Recalling
his
first
meeting
with
Khan
during
the
making
of
Bol
Radha
Bol
in
1992,
the
director
said
the
actor-writer
was
a
professional
par
excellence.
"I
remember
going
and
meeting
him
first
in
1992
during
Bol
Radha
Bol
and
he
was
such
a
big
star
then.
When
he
used
to
hear
the
story
and
discuss
scenes
he
was
so
professional
and
humble.
He
used
to
give
suggestions
and
improvise
a
lot.
He
contributed
a
lot
in
my
journey,"
he
added.
Dhawan
said
as
a
writer
Khan
had
the
flair
of
penning
emotional
and
dramatic
sequences.
"I
remember
when
I
used
to
get
stuck
with
a
scene,
he
would
write
the
scene
and
perform
it
spectacularly.
He
used
to
write
lovely
lines,
especially
for
emotional
and
dramatic
scenes.
He
was
the
king
of
writing
emotions."
The
director
said
even
though
people
in
the
film
industry
loved
Khan,
he
never
got
the
credit
he
deserved.
"...He
has
played
a
great
innings
and
I
salute
him.
I
feel
the
credit
he
should
have
got,
he
did
not
get.
Film
industry
people
have
always
loved
him.
He
used
to
believe
in
enjoying
his
work
to
the
fullest,"
he
said.
Dhawan's
son,
actor
Varun
also
paid
homage
to
Khan
saying
his
contribution
to
his
father's
cinema
was
"limitless".