Mehboob Khan

Personal Info

Known For Director

Gender Male

Birthday 1907-09-19

Deathday 1964-05-28 (56 years old)

Place of Birth Bilimora, Baroda State, British India

Also Known As Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan

Mehboob Khan

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

Director

1962
Son of India

as Director

1957
Mother India

as Director

1954
Amar

as Director

1952
Aan

as Director

1949
Andaz

as Director

1948
Anokhi Ada

as Director

1947
Elan

as Director

1946
Anmol Ghadi

as Director

1945
Humayun

as Director

1943
Taqdeer

as Director

1943
Najma

as Director

1942
Roti

as Director

1941
Bahen

as Director

1940
Aurat

as Director

1940
Alibaba

as Director

1935
Judgement of Allah

as Director

Producer

1962
Son of India

as Producer

1957
Mother India

as Producer

1954
Amar

as Producer

1952
Aan

as Producer

1949
Andaz

as Producer

1943
Najma

as Producer

Writer

1935
Judgement of Allah

as Screenplay

1935