Mehboob Khan

Directing

Born 1907-09-19 Died 1964-05-28 Bilimora, Baroda State, British India 27 credits Filmfare Award for Best Director 1 Padma Shri in arts 1 Filmfare Award for Best Film 1

Awards

Won 1 Filmfare Award for Best Director Award

Filmfare Award for Best Director 1 won · 1 nominated

1963 Best Director Nominated Son of India
1958 Best Director Won Mother India

Padma Shri in arts 1 won

— Padma Shri in arts Won

Filmfare Award for Best Film 1 won

1958 Best Film Won Mother India

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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).

Mehboob Khan

Awards

Filmfare Award for Best Director 1 won · 1 nominated

Padma Shri in arts 1 won

Filmfare Award for Best Film 1 won

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