Director
Mehboob Khan
119 years · Bilimora, Baroda State, British India · 25 films
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).
Best known for
Filmography 25
Son of India
1962 · Producer, Director
Mother India
1957 · Director, Producer
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Amar
1954 · Director, Producer
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Aan
1952 · Director, Producer
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Andaz
1949 · Producer, Director
Anokhi Ada
1948 · Director
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Elan
1947 · Director
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Anmol Ghadi
1946 · Director
Humayun
1945 · Director
Prarthana
1943 · Ramu Kaka
Najma
1943 · Producer, Director
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Taqdeer
1943 · Director
Roti
1942 · Director
Garib
1942 · Producer
Bahen
1941 · Director
Alibaba
1940 · Director
Aurat
1940 · Director
We Three
1938 · Director
Watan
1938 · Director, Writer
Jagirdar
1937 · Director
Manmohan
1936 · Director
Deccan Queen
1936 · Director
Vengeance Is Mine
1935 · Actor
Judgement of Allah
1935 · Screenplay, Director