Mehboob Khan wanted to be an actor and acted in this film, then something happened…
Mehboob Khan Death Anniversary: Today is the 60th death anniversary of famous film director Mehboob Khan. Actually, Mehboob Khan was born on 9 September 1907 in Bilimora, Gujarat. Mahmood Khan's real name is Ramzan Khan. Megaboob Khan has been fond of movies since his childhood. He has directed a total of 40 films in his 30 years of film career. Among them, the film Mother India starring Nargis and Sunil Dutt became the most popular. His film was so loved by the audience that it was nominated for the world's best award, the Oscar. Although the film did not win this award, the film was well received abroad. Mehboob Khan wanted to be an actor, he acted in this film and then something like this happened … 20 days Mehboob Khan wanted to become an actor as he was interested in movies since his childhood. For this he ran away to Mumbai at the age of 16. Upon learning this, the father brought Megaboob home with him. Read More He never gave up on his dream. When he turned 23 and learned about the film industry, he came to the Mumbai of dreams with Noor Mohammed. Noor Mohammad used to supply horses for film shoots. Here he also worked in hammering horseshoes. Mehboob Khan wanted to be an actor, acted in this film, then something happened… 21 How did Mehboob Khan become a director? Mehboob Khan once reached the sets of a South Indian film, directed by Chandrasekhar. After seeing the shooting of the film, Mehboob also got the idea to act. He talked to the director for that and the director accepted his wish. He hired Mehboob as a child artist. After that Megaboob started playing supporting roles in several silent films. A special incident was when the shooting of India's first talkie director Ardeshir Irani's 'Alam Aara' was going on, when Mehboob was decided to play the lead role. But since it was a talking film first, the director didn't want to take any chances and gave the role to Vittal. After that, Megaboob Khan gave up his dream of becoming an actor and started focusing on acting. For this he joined Sagar Movietone. Mehboob later founded his own production company, Mehboob Productions. Apart from this he also established Mehboob Studio in Bandra, Mumbai. Awards won by Mehboob Khan: Mehboob Khan has won two Filmfare Awards for Best Film and Best Director, two National Film Awards and two Academy Awards for Foreign Language Film. Mehboob Khan wanted to be an actor, acted in this film, then something happened… 22 How did Mehboob Khan die? Mehboob Khan died of a heart attack on 28 May 1964. Today, 28 May 2024, marks 60 years since his death. He was the first person to take the first journey to take the Indian film industry to the world stage. The post Mehboob Khan wanted to be an actor, acted in this film, then something like this happened… appeared first on Prabhat Khabar.