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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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Directing

1935

1936

1937

1938

1939

1940

1941

1942

  • [ ] Roti (Director) 

1943

1945

1946

1947

  • [ ] Elan (Director) 

1948

1949

1952

  • [ ] Aan (Director) 

1954

  • [ ] Amar (Director) 

1957

1962

Production

1932

1942

1943

1949

1952

  • [ ] Aan (Producer) 

1954

  • [ ] Amar (Producer) 

1957

1962

Writing

1935

1938

Actor

1932

1935

1943

1977