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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]
Pages in category "Films directed by Mehboob Khan" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Ali Baba (1940 film) Amar (1954 film) Andaz (1949 ...
Mother India is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar.A remake of Khan's earlier film Aurat (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village woman named Radha (Nargis), who in the absence of her husband, struggles to raise her sons and survive against a cunning money-lender amidst many troubles.
Mehboob Studio is an Indian film studio and recording studio in Bandra (W), Mumbai, founded in 1954 by director and producer Mehboob Khan, who previously owned Mehboob Productions (founded 1942), and is most known for films such as Mother India (1957), which won the Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director and was a nominee for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.
Al Hilal (Judgement of Allah) is a 1935 Urdu/Hindi costume drama film. [1] It was the debut directorial venture of Mehboob Khan. [2] He went on to become "one of the pioneer directors of Indian Cinema". [3] The film is thought to be inspired by Cecil B. DeMille's The Sign of the Cross. [4] The film was produced by Sagar Movietone.
Roti (transl. Chappati or Flatbread) is a 1942 Indian Hindi film directed by Mehboob Khan. This movie was anti-capitalist. [1] This was Mehboob Khan's last movie before he set up his own production house. [2] The cast included Chandramohan, Sheikh Mukhtar, Sitara, Akhtaribai Faizabadi and Ashraf Khan. [3]
At the 30th Academy Awards, Mehboob Khan's 1957 Hindi-language film Mother India was India's first submission for the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film category. [1] It was nominated alongside four other films and lost to the Italian film Nights of Cabiria (1957) by one vote.
The film had a lavish London premiere, attended by Mehboob Khan, his wife Sardar Akhtar, and Nimmi. [6] The English version was entitled Savage Princess. On the London trip, they met many Western film personalities, including Errol Flynn. When Flynn attempted to kiss Nimmi's hand, she pulled it away, exclaiming, "I am an Indian girl, you cannot ...