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Mehboob Khan
Directing
19 Sept 1907
† 28 May 1964
Bilimora, Baroda State, British India
Biography
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 kn...
Also Known As
Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan
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