# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mehboob-khan
# Generated: 2026-08-15T08:29:50.364Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mehboob-khan"
name: "Mehboob Khan"
slug: "mehboob-khan"
description: "Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan was a prominent Indian film director and producer. He is 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)."
tagline: "Film director (1906–1964)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mehboob_Khan_2007_stamp_of_India.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "IN"
category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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  slug: "director"
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birthDate: "1907-09-09"
deathDate: "1964-05-28"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  242
  category: null
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump