[2] Khader was born on Christmas day in 1948, in a village named Poovachal in the present-day Thiruvananthapuram district.

Chuzhi released in 1973 under the musical direction of M. S. Baburaj was the first movie released after Poovachal Khader entered the industry as a lyricist and was proud of having written lyrics for more than 900 songs in the Malayalam film industry.

[4] He, along with Bichu Thirumala, dominated the Malayalam film industry for more than a decade.

Peter Reuben, A. T. Ummer, Shyam, K. V. Mahadevan, G. Devarajan, K. Raghavan, M. K. Arjunan, Raveendran, Johnson, MG Radhakrishnan, Gangai Amaran, Raghu Kumar, Jerry Amaldev, Ilayaraja and Shankar–Ganesh have set tunes to his lyrics whereby his works have been musically voiced by vocal maestros like K. J. Yesudas, P. Jayachandran, Vani Jairam, S. Janaki, K. S. Chithra, P. Susheela, P. Madhuri, Unni Menon and Lathika.

[7] He was buried with full state honours at the Juma Masjid in his birthplace.