The pioneer of Hindi cinema Mehboob Khan is best known for directing Mother India in 1957, which won him the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director and was a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Mehboob Khan was born in Gujurat. When he came to Bombay he played supporting characters before directing his first film, Judgement of Allah in 1935. Directorial features like Aurat followed, with the studios Sagar Movietone and National Studios. Mehboob Studio courtyard was set-up by him in 1954.
Throughout his career, Mehboob Khan produced and directed many blockbuster notable films like Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling Aan (1951), the dramatic Amar and the social epic Mother India (1957), the latter of which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1957.
He has directed 21 other films dating from the late 1930s. His last film as a director was the 1962 film Son of India. He died two years later at the age of 57. Mehboob Khan was so much influenced by Hollywood films that his films featured lavish sets in the style of the Hollywood era at that time.
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Mehboob Khan was born in Gujurat. When he came to Bombay he played supporting characters before directing his first film, Judgement of Allah in 1935. Directorial features like Aurat followed, with the studios Sagar Movietone and National Studios. Mehboob Studio courtyard was set-up by him in 1954.
Throughout his career, Mehboob Khan produced and directed many blockbuster notable films like Andaz (1949), the swashbuckling Aan (1951), the dramatic Amar and the social epic Mother India (1957), the latter of which was nominated for an Academy Award in 1957.
He has directed 21 other films dating from the late 1930s. His last film as a director was the 1962 film Son of India. He died two years later at the age of 57. Mehboob Khan was so much influenced by Hollywood films that his films featured lavish sets in the style of the Hollywood era at that time.
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