Mehboob Khan
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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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Mother India (1957)
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Son of India (1962)
Director
Anmol Ghadi (1946)
Director
Taqdeer (1943)
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Andaz (1949)
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Bahen (1941)
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Manmohan (1936)
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Aurat (1940)
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Roti (1942)
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Judgement of Allah (1935)
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Najma (1943)
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Amar (1954)
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Humayun (1945)
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Aan (1952)
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Elan (1947)
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Ek Hi Raasta (1939)
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Alibaba (1940)
Director
We Three (1938)
Director
Watan (1938)
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Jagirdar (1937)
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Deccan Queen (1936)
Director
Anokhi Ada (1948)
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