Born Ramzan Khan in Gujarat in 1907 and dying in Bombay in 1964, Mehboob Khan came to Bombay as a youth, worked as an extra and assistant, and directed his first film, Al Hilal, in 1935. He founded Mehboob Productions in 1945 and Mehboob Studios in 1954. Known for lavish, Hollywood-influenced sets and themes of the oppression of the poor, he made Aurat (1940), Andaz (1949) and Aan (1952), and Mother India (1957), a remake of Aurat and the first Indian film nominated for the Oscar for best foreign language film. He introduced or helped to establish stars including Dilip Kumar, Nargis and Sunil Dutt.
Filmography
- Aurat (1940)
- Roti (1942)
- Najma (1943)
- Anmol Ghadi (1946)
- Andaz (1949)
- Aan (1952)
- Amar (1954)
- Mother India (1957)
- Son of India (1962)