Mehboob Khan
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- September 19, 1907
- Place of birth
- Bilimora, Baroda State, British India
- Died
- May 28, 1964
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).
Movies with Mehboob Khan
- Vengeance Is Mine 1935 · ★ 9.0
- Zarina 1932 · ★ 8.0
- Prarthana 1943 · ★ 9.0
- Minoo 1977
Movies directed by Mehboob Khan
- Mother India 1957 · ★ 7.0
- Andaz 1949 · ★ 6.6
- Aan 1952 · ★ 6.1
- Anmol Ghadi 1946 · ★ 7.7
- Humayun 1945 · ★ 5.5
- Aurat 1940 · ★ 6.0
- Son of India 1962 · ★ 8.0
- Najma 1943 · ★ 6.0
- Judgement of Allah 1935 · ★ 10.0
- Taqdeer 1943 · ★ 9.0
- Amar 1954 · ★ 7.0
- Anokhi Ada 1948 · ★ 8.0
- Elan 1947 · ★ 7.0
- Roti 1942 · ★ 7.0
- Alibaba 1940 · ★ 8.0
- Bahen 1941 · ★ 9.0
- Deccan Queen 1936 · ★ 7.0
- Manmohan 1936 · ★ 9.0
- Jagirdar 1937 · ★ 9.0
- We Three 1938 · ★ 9.0
- Watan 1938 · ★ 10.0
- Ek Hi Raasta 1939 · ★ 10.0