Mehboob Khan (1907 – 28 May 1964) was a pioneer, producer-director of
Hindi cinema, best known for directing
Mother India (1957), which won the
Filmfare Awards for
Best Film and
Best Director and was a nominee for the
Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
IMDB. He set up his production company, Mehboob Productions, and later a film studio, the
Mehboob Studios in
Bandra, Mumbai in 1954.
Early life
Khan was born Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan in Bilimoria,
Gujarat in Gandevi Taluka of
Navsari - State.
Career
He ran away from home to work small jobs in the studios of Bombay. He started as an assistant in the silent era and an
extra in the studios of the Imperial Film Company of
Ardeshir Irani, before directing his first film,
Judgement of Allah (1935), when he started he started directing films for the Sagar Film Company. Directorial features like
Aurat followed, with the studios Sagar Movietone and National Studios. In 1945, Khan set up his own production house, Mehboob Productions.
Throughout his career, Khan produced and directed many blockbuster films, the most notable being the romantic drama
Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling
Aan (1951), the dramatic
Amar (1954) and the social epic
Mother India (1957), the latter of which was nominated for an
Academy Award in 1957 and was a remake of his own 1940 film
Aurat....
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