Mehboob Studio
Parent | Mehboob Khan |
Mehboob Studio is an Indian
It is spread over 20,000 square yards (4.2 acres) and includes five shooting stages.[2] It soon become popular with directors such as Guru Dutt, 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.[2][3]
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.[4][5]
History
Director
Mehboob had made
Guru Dutt shot his iconic Kaagaz Ke Phool here,[8] and actor-director Dev Anand shot many of his movies under the Navketan Films banner here, starting with Hum Dono and followed by Guide; he even maintained an office at the studio complex for 20 years.
Commemorative postage stamp
As a part of Khan's birth centenary celebrations, the
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[11] and later became the venue for the Mahindra Blues Festival 5 and 6 February 2011 and 11 and 12 February 2012.[12]
Filmography at Mehboob Studio
Year | Film | Notes |
---|---|---|
1992 | Tirangaa | |
1957 | Mother India[2] | |
1962 | Hum Dono | |
1962 | Son of India[9] | |
1963 | Sapni | |
1964 | Sangam | |
1965 | Guide | |
1966 | Amrapali | |
1970 | Johny Mera Naam | |
1975 | ||
1998 | ||
2005 | Black | |
2007 | Aap Kaa Surroor
|
Producer |
2010 | Ethan's House | |
2012 | Housefull 2 | |
2012 | Dabangg 2 | |
2013 | Chennai Express | |
2018 | Alexa |
References
- ^ a b "Filmfare Awards Winners List [Mother India (1957 film)]: Awards" (PDF). Googlepages.com website. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2009. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ a b c Hetal Vyas (1 November 2008). "Mehboob mere, Mehboob tere". Pune Mirror newspaper. Archived from the original on 18 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ Ranjona Banerji (7 February 2011). "Mumbai, meri mehboob?". DNA newspaper. Archived from the original on 10 February 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Dates Announced for First Ever Exhibition of Anish Kapoor in India". British Council. 4 November 2010.
- ^ "Iconic studio now cultural hotspot". Hindustan Times, Mumbai. 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ a b "Historic Mehboob Studio ticks away in anonymity". Hindustan Times. 13 August 2007. Archived from the original on 11 July 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ Karanjia, B. K. "Mehboob Khan: An Unfinished Story". A many-splendoured cinema. New Thacker's Fine Art Press. p. 215.
- ISBN 81-7991-066-0.
- ^ a b "Mehboob Khan profile and filmography". Upperstall.com website. Archived from the original on 29 September 2010. Retrieved 6 April 2024.
- ^ "Commemorative postage stamps 2007". India postal department, Government of India website. 28 January 2007. Archived from the original on 31 January 2012. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Anish Kapoor adds glitz to the Mehboob studio". CNN-IBN website. 29 November 2010. Archived from the original on 3 December 2010. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
- ^ "Event Calendar - Mahindra BluesFestival". www.mahindrablues.com.
Further reading
- Reuben, Bunny (1994). Mehboob, India's DeMille: the first biography. Indus. ISBN 81-7223-153-9.
- Ahmed, Rauf (2008). Mehboob Khan: the romance of history (Legends of Indian cinema). Wisdom Tree. ISBN 978-81-8328-106-5.
External links
- Mehboob Studios at Internet Movie Database
- List of movies shot at Mehboob Studio Archived 28 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine at Bollywood Hungama