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).
Mehboob Khan Biography / Wiki
Name
Mehboob Khan
Also Know
Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan
Gender
Male
Known For
Directing
Place of Birth
Bilimora, Baroda State, British India
Date of Birth
1907-09-19
Age(as in 2022)
56
Deathday
1964-05-28
Mehboob Khan Acting Movies
Movie Name
Character
Release Date
Overview
Minoo
1977-08-12
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Mehboob Khan Directing Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Mother India
Director
1957-02-13
A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code….
Humayun
Director
1945-01-01
Humayan (Hindi: हà¥à¤®à¤¾à¤¯à¥‚à¤) is a 1945 Indian Bollywood historical epic film directed by Mehboob Khan. It was the seventh highest grossing I…
The Savage Princess
Director
1953-01-01
A poor farmer conquers the love of an Indian princess, whose brother wants to kill their father to become king….
Andaz
Director
1949-05-19
Nina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing that she is already engaged….
Aurat
Director
1940-01-02
Radha is a resolute mother, who strives hard against poverty and a lecherous money lender to feed her two sons who grew up with contrasting temperamen…
Taqdeer
Director
1943-01-02
In between his more ambitious Najma (1943) and Humayun (1945), Mehboob made this lightweight comedy about Justice Gangaprasad (Chandramohan) and theat…
Amar
Director
1954-10-07
A delicately nuanced psychological drama, exploring a 3-way relationship between the main characters and the crisis of conscience that rocks it. A pro…
Najma
Director
1943-01-01
Najma is a 1943 Indian film directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Ashok Kumar and Veena. The film’s music is by Rafiq Ghaznavi with lyrics by Anjum Pi…
Son of India
Director
1962-01-01
The film is based on an incredible true story about a village woman who gets lost at a railway station and waits fourteen years for her husband to com…
Anmol Ghadi
Director
1946-01-01
School-going Chandrabhan lives a poor lifestyle with his widowed mom in a small town in India, and has a childhood sweetheart named Lata, who is the d…
Anokhi Ada
Director
1948-01-01
A traumatized beautiful woman loses her memory in a train accident….
Elan
Director
1947-01-01
Elaan is a 1947 Indian Bollywood Muslim social melodrama film. It was the sixth highest grossing Indian film of 1947.[1]…
Roti
Director
1942-01-01
Roti made in the early 1940s inspired by the German Expressionism, is a real critique of Indian society with prophetic insight. It deals with two mode…
Bahen
Director
1941-01-01
Having saved his little sister Bina (Baby Meena Kumari) from the floods, Amar (Sheikh Mukhtar) becomes increasingly possessive about her over the year…
Judgement of Allah
Director
1935-01-01
A classic period movie. It is set in the Ottaman empire where Caesar’s Roman armies clash with the Muslim kingdoms. Ziyad, the son of the sultan, is c…
Mehboob Khan Production Movies
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Mother India
Producer
1957-02-13
A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code….
The Savage Princess
Producer
1953-01-01
A poor farmer conquers the love of an Indian princess, whose brother wants to kill their father to become king….
Amar
Producer
1954-10-07
A delicately nuanced psychological drama, exploring a 3-way relationship between the main characters and the crisis of conscience that rocks it. A pro…
Andaz
Producer
1949-05-19
Nina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing that she is already engaged….
Son of India
Producer
1962-01-01
The film is based on an incredible true story about a village woman who gets lost at a railway station and waits fourteen years for her husband to com…
Writing
Movie Name
Job
Release Date
Overview
Judgement of Allah
Screenplay
1935-01-01
A classic period movie. It is set in the Ottaman empire where Caesar’s Roman armies clash with the Muslim kingdoms. Ziyad, the son of the sultan, is c…
Judgement of Allah
Story
1935-01-01
A classic period movie. It is set in the Ottaman empire where Caesar’s Roman armies clash with the Muslim kingdoms. Ziyad, the son of the sultan, is c…
