FILM DIRECTOR

Mehboob Khan

1907 - 1964

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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 Film. He set up his production company – Mehboob Productions, and later a film studio – Mehboob Studios in Bandra, Mumbai in 1954. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mehboob Khan has received more than 867,997 page views. His biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Mehboob Khan is the 1,737th most popular film director (down from 1,635th in 2019), the 1,025th most popular biography from India (down from 896th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Indian Film Director.

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  • 23

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Over the past year Mehboob Khan has had the most page views in the with 102,588 views, followed by Hindi (2,344), and Urdu (1,355). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are Hebrew (243.24%), Russian (134.19%), and Maithili (80.21%)

Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Mehboob Khan ranks 1,737 out of 2,041. Before him are Diao Yinan, Kornél Mundruczó, Gurinder Chadha, Ebrahim Alkazi, Dean Devlin, and Harmony Korine. After him are Lucien Hubbard, Khadija al-Salami, Laurence Rees, David Nutter, John Sayles, and Lorenzo Vigas.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1907, Mehboob Khan ranks 395. Before him are Mary Washburn, Bob Tisdall, Dorrit Hoffleit, Romeo Rivers, Pete Desjardins, and Ruby Myers. After him are Albert Gore Sr., Allan Jones, Hugh Foot, Baron Caradon, Peggy Shannon, Boy Charlton, and Israel Albert Horowitz. Among people deceased in 1964, Mehboob Khan ranks 216. Before him are Harold McMunn, Paul Cavanagh, William Bendix, Montgomery Wilson, Art Ross, and Timmy Mayer. After him are H. Beam Piper, Eddie Sachs, and Taffy Abel.

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In India

Among people born in India, Mehboob Khan ranks 1,025 out of 1,861. Before him are Kavita Krishnamurthy (1958), Ebrahim Alkazi (1925), Monisha Kaltenborn (1971), Charles Correa (1930), Kishori Amonkar (1932), and Rajpal Yadav (1971). After him are Vishnuvardhan (1950), Gita Gopinath (1971), Ravi Shankar Prasad (1954), Mohammed Zahur Khayyam (1927), Zubeida (1911), and Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw (1953).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In India

Among film directors born in India, Mehboob Khan ranks 31. Before him are Tariq Anwar (1945), Hrishikesh Mukherjee (1922), B. R. Chopra (1914), K. Balachander (1930), David Dhawan (1955), and Ebrahim Alkazi (1925). After him are Aditya Chopra (1971), Farah Khan (1965), Rajkumar Hirani (1962), Basu Chatterjee (1930), Aishwarya R. Dhanush (1982), and Deepak Tijori (1961).

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Filmography

Aan
Director
A poor farmer conquers the love of an Indian princess, whose brother wants to kill their father to become king.
Jul 4o 19525.4 / 10
Mother India
Director
A poverty-stricken woman raises her sons through many trials and tribulations. But no matter the struggles, always sticks to her own moral code.
Feb 13o 19577.2 / 10
Andaz
Director
Nina is a rich and spoiled girl. Dilip accidentally meets her and starts liking her, not knowing that she is already engaged.
May 19o 19495.9 / 10