Person
Mehboob Khan
Directing · 1907–1964 · Bilimora, Baroda State, British India
Biography
Mehboob Khan was a pioneer producer-director of Indian cinema, best known for directing the social epic Mother India (1957), which won the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director, two National Film Awards, and was a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He set up his production company – Mehboob Productions, and later a film studio – Mehboob Studios in Bandra, Mumbai in 1954. He also created the dacoit film genre with Aurat (1940) and Mother India, and is also known for other blockbusters including the romantic drama Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling musical Aan (1951), and the melodrama Amar (1954).
Known for
Taqdeer
Director
Andaz
Producer
Judgement of Allah
Director
Watan
Director
Ek Hi Raasta
Director
Humayun
Director
Mother India
Director
Vengeance Is Mine
1935
Manmohan
Director
Roti
Director
Filmography
- 1977Minoo
- 1962Son of IndiaProducer
- 1957Mother IndiaDirector
- 1954AmarDirector
- 1952AanDirector
- 1949AndazProducer
- 1948Anokhi AdaDirector
- 1947ElanDirector
- 1946Anmol GhadiDirector
- 1945HumayunDirector
- 1943PrarthanaRamu Kaka
- 1943NajmaProducer
- 1943TaqdeerDirector
- 1942RotiDirector
- 1942GaribProducer
- 1941BahenDirector
- 1940AlibabaDirector
- 1940AuratDirector
- 1939Ek Hi RaastaDirector
- 1938We ThreeDirector
- 1938WatanDirector
- 1937JagirdarDirector
- 1936ManmohanDirector
- 1936Deccan QueenDirector
- 1935Vengeance Is Mine
- 1935Judgement of AllahDirector
- 1932Zarina
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