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Mehboob Khan (born Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan; 9 September 1907 – 28 May 1964) 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 ...
Mehboob Khan was born on 9 September 1907 in Bilimora, Baroda, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a director and producer, known for Mother India (1957), Son of India (1962) and The Savage Princess (1952). He was married to Sardar Akhtar. He died on 28 May 1964 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
May 28, 2019 · New Delhi: Mehboob Khan will always be known as the ‘director of Mother India’, the first Indian film to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. It has remained iconic for every generation of film watchers for its portrayal of the class divide tinged with Nehruvian socialism, and for having prominently put Indian ...
May 28, 2021 · India’s DeMille: Remembering Mehboob Khan on his 57th death anniversary. We know him as the ambitious maker behind Bollywood's greatest ode to Indian womanhood (1957's Mother India) and perhaps as the founder of Mumbai's iconic Mehboob Studio. But Mehboob Khan was more than that.
In Mother India, a piece of Hindu myth-making directed by a Muslim socialist, Mehboob Khan, the Indian peasant women is idealised as a bride, mother, and producers of sons, as long-suffering, stoical, loving, redemptive, and conservatively wedded to the maintenance of the social status quo.
May 28, 2024 · Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): Mehboob Khan has left a lasting legacy with his creativity and sensitivity in the portrayal of human relationships in his films.
Mehboob Khan was born on September 9, 1907 in Bilimora, Baroda, Bombay Presidency, British India. He was a director and producer, known for Mother India (1957), Son of India (1962) and The Savage Princess (1952). He was married to Sardar Akhtar. He died on May 28, 1964 in Bombay, Maharashtra, India.
May 28, 2024 · Mumbai (Maharashtra) [India], May 28 (ANI): Mehboob Khan has left a lasting legacy with his creativity and sensitivity in the portrayal of human relationships in his films. The music of many of his movies is also timeless. On the death anniversary of the pioneering Bollywood director, here’s a look at some of his masterpieces.
Mother India: Directed by Mehboob Khan. With Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar Tuli, Raaj Kumar. In this melodrama, a poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, she always sticks to her own moral code.
Aug 21, 2021 · Starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar, Mehboob Khan's 1957 film Mother India is still celebrated as one of the most influential films of Indian cinema.
