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Mehboob Khan

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Film director (1906-1964)

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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.

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Filmography 27

Mother India1957 · ★ 7.0
Andaz1949
Aan1952
Anmol Ghadi1946
Son of India1962
Najma1943
Humayun1945
Aurat1940
Amar1954
Taqdeer1943
Judgement of Allah1935
Roti1942
Anokhi Ada1948
Watan1938
Garib1942
Elan1947
Zarina1932
Prarthana1943
Alibaba1940
Vengeance Is Mine1935
Manmohan1936
Jagirdar1937
We Three1938
Bahen1941
Ek Hi Raasta1939
Deccan Queen1936
Minoo1977

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Awards 3

1958Filmfare Award for Best Director
1958Filmfare Award for Best Film
Padma Shri in arts

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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).

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India
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1907 to 1964 · aged 56
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