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'''Mehboob Studio''' is an [[India]]n [[film studio]] and [[recording studio]] in [[Bandra]] (W), [[Mumbai]], founded in 1954 by director and producer [[Mehboob Khan]], who previously owned '''Mehboob Productions''' (founded 1942), and is most known for films such as ''[[Mother India]]'' (1957), which won the [[Filmfare Awards]] for [[Filmfare Best Movie Award|Best Film]] and [[Filmfare Best Director Award|Best Director]] and was a nominee for the [[Academy Award for Best International Feature Film|Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]].<ref name=im>[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0050188/awards Mother India: Awards] ''[[IMDb]]''.</ref> It is spread over 20,000 square yards and includes five shooting stages. It soon become popular with directors such as [[Guru Dutt]], [[Chetan Anand (director)|Chetan Anand]] and [[Dev Anand]]. In the following decades it was used by [[Manmohan Desai]] extensively. A recording studio was added in the 1970s and both remain in use.<ref name=pn>{{cite news |title=Mehboob mere, Mehboob tere |url=http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Mumbai&sectid=3&contentid=20081101200811012008337798596fdb6 |newspaper=Pune Mirror |date=1 November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110718051651/http://www.punemirror.in/index.aspx?Page=article&sectname=News%20-%20Mumbai&sectid=3&contentid=20081101200811012008337798596fdb6 |archive-date=18 July 2011 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name=dn>{{cite news |title=Mumbai, meri mehboob?|url=http://www.dnaindia.com/mumbai/column_mumbai-meri-mehboob_1504231 |newspaper=[[DNA (newspaper)|DNA]]|date= 7 February 2011}}</ref>

The studio was used from November 2010 to January 2011 for the first-ever exhibition of sculptor [[Anish Kapoor]] in India; the other part was held at the [[National Gallery of Modern Art]], New Delhi.<ref name=bc>{{cite web |url=http://www.britishcouncil.org/new/press-office/press-releases/exhibition-anish-kapoor-india/|title=Dates Announced for First Ever Exhibition of Anish Kapoor in India|date=4 November 2010|publisher=[[British Council]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Iconic studio now cultural hotspot|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Iconic-studio-now-cultural-hotspot/Article1-657153.aspx|publisher=Hindustan Times, Mumbai|date=1 February 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711172745/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Iconic-studio-now-cultural-hotspot/Article1-657153.aspx|archive-date=11 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==History==
[[File:Mehboob Studio courtyard.jpg|thumb|right|A film set in making at Mehboob Studio's courtyard, in 2007.]]

Director [[Mehboob Khan]], who started his directorial journey in 1935, had already established Mehboob Productions in 1942 and had made hits such as ''[[Anmol Ghadi]]'' (1946) and ''[[Andaz (1949 film)|Andaz]]'' (1949). He started looking for land closer to central [[Mumbai]], compared with older studios such as [[Filmistan]] and [[Bombay Talkies]], which were in far-flung [[Goregoan]] and [[Malad]]. Eventually, he settled for seaside [[Bandra]], then a quiet and marshy area, long before the Reclamation that took place later. The plot, close to historic [[Mount Mary's Church]] was bought in 1951 from Jaffer Bhai, a local [[Mustaali|Bohra]] Muslim. A portion of the land housed a school run by a Parsi woman and the rest had farmland for vegetables. The construction was completed in 1954.<ref>{{cite news |title=This studio gave a struggling musician a new dawn |url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=18751 |newspaper=Indian Express |date=26 May 2002 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

Mehboob had made ''[[Aan]]'' (1952) and was in the midst of shooting the Dilip Kumar starrer, ''[[Amar (1954 film)|Amar]]'' (1954), when the studio opened its doors. Mehboob shot his next two films, ''Paisa hi Paisa'' and ''Awaaz'', but it was not until he made ''Mother India'' here in 1957, that he tasted both critical and cinematic success again. ''[[Mother India]]'' went on to receive an [[Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film]] nomination and won the [[Filmfare Best Movie Award|Best Film]] and [[Filmfare Best Director Award|Best Director]] Best Film Awards at that year's [[Filmfare Awards]].<ref name=im/> A decade after its inception, Mehboob was being preferred by stars and directors alike, as many stars lived close by. When Mehboob Khan was not shooting his films, it was leased out to other producers and directors.<ref name=ex>{{cite news |title=Out of the ashes, fond memories of Mehboob Studio arise |url=http://www.expressindia.com/ie/daily/20001222/ina22054.html |newspaper=Indian Express |date=22 December 2000 }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=A many-splendoured cinema|last=Karanjia |first=B. K. |author-link= B. K. Karanjia |publisher=New Thacker's Fine Art Press |page=215 |chapter=Mehboob Khan: An Unfinished Story}}</ref>

Guru Dutt shot his iconic ''[[Kaagaz Ke Phool]]'' here,<ref>{{cite book |title=Encyclopaedia of Hindi cinema|first=Gulzar |author=Govind Nihalani, Saibal Chatterjee|year=2003|publisher=Popular Prakashan |isbn=81-7991-066-0 |page= 221|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8y8vN9A14nkC&q=%22Mehboob+Studio%22+-inpublisher%3Aicon&pg=PT245}}</ref> and actor-director [[Dev Anand]] shot many of his movies under the Navketan Films banner here, starting with ''[[Hum Dono (1961 film)|Hum Dono]]'' and followed by ''[[Guide (film)|Guide]]''; he even maintained an office at the studio complex for 20 years.<ref name=ex/>

[[Mehboob Khan]] could never recapture his mantle after the success of ''Mother India''. His subsequent films flopped including his last one: ''Son of India'' (1962). When he died in 1964 at the age of 56, he left behind financial debts on his family.<ref>[http://www.upperstall.com/people/mehboob-khan Mehboob Khan, Profile] ''Upperstall.com''</ref> ''Son of India'' was the last film produced under the [[Mehboob Productions]] banner.<ref>{{cite news|title=Historic Mehboob Studio ticks away in anonymity|url=http://www.hindustantimes.com/Historic-Mehboob-Studio-ticks-away-in-anonymity/Article1-242105.aspx|newspaper=Hindustan Times|date=13 August 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110711172809/http://www.hindustantimes.com/Historic-Mehboob-Studio-ticks-away-in-anonymity/Article1-242105.aspx|archive-date=11 July 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref> The fortunes of the studio revived in the 1970s with the rights of ''Mother India'' reverting to the family, and a recording studio was added. In the coming decades it survived the onslaught of real estate development and a fire, which gutted stages 1 and 2 in December 2000.<ref name=ex/> As a part of Khan's birth centenary celebrations, the [[Indian postal department]] released a commemorative stamp at a function held at the studios in September 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Postal stamp on Mehboob Khan to be released today|url=http://cities.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=229147|newspaper=Indian Express|date=30 March 2007}}{{Dead link|date=March 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

The studio saw its reinvention as an arts and cultural space when its stage no. 3 was used from for the first-ever exhibition of sculptor Anish Kapoor in India, November 2010–January 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Anish Kapoor adds glitz to the Mehboob studio|url=http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anish-kapoor-adds-glitz-to-the-mehboob-studio/136122-19-95.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101203172009/http://ibnlive.in.com/news/anish-kapoor-adds-glitz-to-the-mehboob-studio/136122-19-95.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=3 December 2010 |publisher=CNN-IBN |date=29 Nov 2010 }}</ref> and later became the venue for the Mahindra Blues Festival 5 and 6 February 2011<ref>{{cite news |title=Mother India's floors|url=http://www.livemint.com/2011/02/17202343/Mother-India8217s-floors.html |newspaper=[[Mint (newspaper)|Mint]] |date=17 February 2011 }}</ref> and 11 and 12 February 2012.<ref>{{cite web |title=Event Calendar - Mahindra BluesFestival|url=http://www.mahindrablues.com/#/event_calendar |work = www.mahindrablues.com }}</ref>

==Filmography==
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! Year
! Film
! Notes
|-
|1992
| ''[[Tirangaa(1992 film)| Tirangaa]]''
|
|-
|1957
|''[[Mother India]]''
|
|-
|1962
|''[[Hum Dono (1961 film)|Hum Dono]]''
|
|-
|1962
|''[[Son of India (1962 film)|Son of India]]''
|
|-
|1963
| Sapni
|
|-
|1964
|''[[Sangam (1964 Hindi film)|Sangam]]''
|
|-
|1965
|''[[Guide (film)|Guide]]''
|
|-
|1966
|''[[Amrapali (film)|Amrapali]]''
|
|-
| 1970
|''[[Johny Mera Naam]]''
|
|-
|1975
|
|
|-
|1998
|
|
|-
|2005
|''[[Black(film)|Black]]''
|
|-
|2007
|''[[Aap Kaa Surroor (film)|Aap Kaa Surroor]]''
|
|-
|2010
|''Ethan's House''
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Housefull 2]]''
|
|-
|2012
|''[[Dabangg 2]]''
|
|-
|2013
|''[[Chennai Express]]''
|
|-
|2018
|''[[Alexa (film)|Alexa]]''
|
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==Further reading==
* {{cite book |title=Mehboob, India's DeMille: the first biography|last= Reuben|first=Bunny|year= 1994|publisher=Indus|isbn=81-7223-153-9 }}
* {{cite book |title=Mehboob Khan: the romance of history (Legends of Indian cinema)|last=Ahmed |first=Rauf|year= 2008|publisher=Wisdom Tree |isbn= 978-81-8328-106-5}}

==External links==
* [https://www.imdb.com/search/title?locations=Mehboob%20Studios,%20Mumbai,%20Maharashtra,%20India Mehboob Studios] at ''[[Internet Movie Database]]''
* [http://www.bollywoodhungama.com/movies/shootingstudios/29/index.html List of movies shot at Mehboob Studio] at ''[[Bollywood Hungama]]''

[[Category:Film studios in Mumbai]]
[[Category:Bandra]]
[[Category:Mass media companies established in 1935]]
[[Category:Recording studios in India]]
[[Category:Indian companies established in 1935]]

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