Director

Mehboob Khan

Directing

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Directed movies: 18Directed series: 0All crew credits: 23

TMDB ID: 14088

IMDb ID: nm0006371

Known for: Directing

Born: September 19, 1907

Died: May 28, 1964

Age: 56

Place of birth: Bilimora, Baroda State, British India

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1932 - 1962

Years active: 31

Average TMDB rating: 7.1

Wikidata: Q55409

Also known as

Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan

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Director (18)Producer (5)

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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).

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