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Sajid started acting as a child appearing as the younger version of Sunil Dutt's character Birju in Mehboob Khan's Academy Award-nominated Hindi film Mother India (1957). Sajid was unknown at the time. [1] His salary in the film was ₹ 750 (equivalent to ₹ 75,000 or US$870 in 2023). [3]
Mother India is a 1957 Indian epic drama film, directed by Mehboob Khan and starring Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar and Raaj Kumar.A remake of Khan's earlier film Aurat (1940), it is the story of a poverty-stricken village woman named Radha (Nargis), who in the absence of her husband, struggles to raise her sons and survive against a cunning money-lender amidst many troubles.
Music: Datta Naik Lyrics: Hasrat Jaipuri, Raja Mehdi Ali Khan: Mother India: Mehboob Khan: Nargis, Sunil Dutt, Rajendra Kumar, Raaj Kumar, Kanhaiyalal, Kumkum, Chanchal, Sajid Khan: Social Drama: First Indian film to be nominated at Oscars in 1957 in the Best Foreign Language Film category.
Sajid Kamran Khan (born 23 November 1970) [1] is an Indian film director, television presenter, comedian and an actor who works in the Hindi film industry. He was best known for the Housefull film series, Heyy Babyy (2007) and Humshakals (2014). Khan also served as a judge on the Indian reality television show Nach Baliye.
Mehboob Khan Ramzan Khan (9 September 1907 [2] – 28 May 1964) was a prominent Indian film director and producer. He is 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. [3]
Son of India is a Bollywood film released in 1962. This film was written and directed by Mehboob Khan, starring Sajid Khan, Kamaljit, Simi Garewal, Jayant and Kumkum. The music was composed by Naushad and with Shakeel Badayuni as the lyricist. It was a spiritual successor to Mehboob Khan's previous film, Mother India (1957).
This is a list of films produced by the Indian Hindi-language film industry, popularly known as Bollywood, based in Mumbai, ordered by year and decade of release.Although "Bollywood" films are generally listed under the Hindi language, most are in Hindustani and in Hindi with partial Bhojpuri, Punjabi, Urdu and occasionally other languages.
Farhan Akhtar (born 9 January 1974) [2] is an Indian actor, filmmaker and singer who works in Hindi films.Born to screenwriters Javed Akhtar and Honey Irani, he established the production company Excel Entertainment, along with Ritesh Sidhwani, in 1999.