Mehboob Khan

For the Pakistani chef, see Mehboob Khan (chef). For the Indian food connoisseur and culinary expert, see Mehboob Alam Khan.

Mehboob Khan
Mehboob Khan in the early 1940s
Born
Mehboob Khan

(1907-09-09)9 September 1907
Bilimora, Baroda State, British India
Died28 May 1964(1964-05-28) (aged 56)
Bombay, Maharashtra, India
Resting placeBadakabarastan, Marine Lines, Mumbai
Occupation(s)Film director, producer
Years active1931–1962
Spouse(s)Fatima (separated)
Sardar Akhtar
Children4; One adopted
HonorsPadma Shri (1963)[1]

Mehboob Khan (born Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan; 9 September 1907[2] – 28 May 1964) 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.[3] He set up his production company – Mehboob Productions, and later a film studio – Mehboob Studios in Bandra, Mumbai in 1954.[4][5][6] He also created the dacoit film genre with Aurat (1940) and Mother India,[7] and is also known for other blockbusters including the romantic drama Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling musical Aan (1951), and the melodrama Amar (1954).

  1. ^ "Padma Awards | Interactive Dashboard". Archived from the original on 27 January 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2022.
  2. ^ Mehboob Khan Archived 21 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine at filmreference.com.
  3. ^ "The 30th Academy Awards (1958) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org website. Archived from the original on 2 April 2015. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. ^ "Mehboob mere, Mehboob tere". Pune Mirror (newspaper). 1 November 2008. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  5. ^ "Mumbai, meri mehboob?". DNA (newspaper). 7 February 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  6. ^ Karanjia, B. K. "Mehboob Khan: An Unfinished Story". A many-splendoured cinema. New Thacker's Fine Art Press. p. 215.
  7. ^ Teo, Stephen (2017). Eastern Westerns: Film and Genre Outside and Inside Hollywood. Taylor & Francis. p. 122. ISBN 9781317592266.