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).

Directed

1. Mother India (1957) — Director
2. Andaz (1949) — Director
3. Aan (1952) — Director
4. Anmol Ghadi (1946) — Director
5. Humayun (1945) — Director
6. Aurat (1940) — Director
7. Son of India (1962) — Director
8. Najma (1943) — Director
9. Judgement of Allah (1935) — Director
10. Taqdeer (1943) — Director
11. Amar (1954) — Director
12. Anokhi Ada (1948) — Director
13. Elan (1947) — Director
14. Roti (1942) — Director
15. Alibaba (1940) — Director
16. Bahen (1941) — Director
17. Deccan Queen (1936) — Director
18. Manmohan (1936) — Director
19. Jagirdar (1937) — Director
20. We Three (1938) — Director
21. Watan (1938) — Director
22. Ek Hi Raasta (1939) — Director

Also appeared in

1. Vengeance Is Mine (1935)
2. Zarina (1932)
3. Prarthana (1943) — Ramu Kaka
4. Minoo (1977)