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Mehboob Khan
Bilimora, Baroda State, British India
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…
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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).
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1977
Minoo
Movie
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1962
Son of India
Movie Producer
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1957
Mother India
Movie Director
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1954
Amar
Movie Director
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1952
Aan
Movie Director
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1949
Andaz
Movie Producer
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1948
Anokhi Ada
Movie Director
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1947
Elan
Movie Director
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1946
Anmol Ghadi
Movie Director
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1945
Humayun
Movie Director
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1943
Prarthana
Movie Ramu Kaka
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1943
Najma
Movie Producer
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1943
Taqdeer
Movie Director
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1942
Roti
Movie Director
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1942
Garib
Movie Producer
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1941
Bahen
Movie Director
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1940
Alibaba
Movie Director
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1940
Aurat
Movie Director
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1939
Ek Hi Raasta
Movie Director
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1938
We Three
Movie Director
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1938
Watan
Movie Director
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1937
Jagirdar
Movie Director
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1936
Manmohan
Movie Director
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1936
Deccan Queen
Movie Director
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1935
Vengeance Is Mine
Movie
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1935
Judgement of Allah
Movie Director
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1932
Zarina
Movie
