Mohammed Mansoor Hussain Khan (born 30 May 1958) is an Indian film director and producer known for his works in

Hindi cinema Hindi cinema, popularly known as Bollywood and formerly as Bombay cinema, is primarily produced in Mumbai. The popular term Bollywood is a portmanteau of "Bombay" (former name of Mumbai) and "Cinema of the United States, Hollywood". The in ...

Early and personal life

He is the son of film-maker

Nasir Hussain Mohammad Nasir Hussain Khan (16 November 1926 – 13 March 2002), better known as Nasir Hussain, was an Indian film producer, film director, and screenwriter. With a career spanning decades, Hussain has been credited as a major trendsetter in ...

. Khan attended

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, and MIT before making his foray into

. Khan is settled in

Coonoor Coonoor (), is a taluk and a municipal town of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. As of 2011, the town had a population of 45,494. The town sits at the south-east corner of the Nilgiri plateau, and at the head of the Coonoo ...

, Tamil Nadu with his wife Tina, where he indulges in farming. Their children are daughter Zayn Marie, an actress, and son Pablo.

Film career

Khan made his directorial debut with the super-hit ''

Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' (; ''QSQT''), also known by the initialism ''QSQT'', is a 1988 Indian Hindi-language romantic musical film, directed by Mansoor Khan in his directorial debut, and written and produced by Nasir Hussain. The film st ...

'' (1988), for which Khan received the

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, and the

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for that year. Mansoor Khan's directorial debut paved the way back for the musical romantic genre in Hindi Cinema. He followed this success four years later with '' Jo Jeeta Wohi Sikander'' (1992). Mansoor Khan's last two films; ''

Akele Hum Akele Tum ''Akele Hum Akele Tum'' ( ''I'm Alone, You're Alone'') is a 1995 Indian Hindi-language romantic drama film starring Aamir Khan, Manisha Koirala, and Master Adil. It was directed by Mansoor Khan. The music is by Anu Malik and the lyrics are by ...

'' (1995) and ''

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'' (2000) were moderately successful. In 2008, he made a comeback, albeit as a producer, and has co-produced the movie '' Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na'' along with

Aamir Khan Mohammed Aamir Hussain Khan (; born 14 March 1965) is an Indian actor, filmmaker, and television personality who works in Bollywood, Hindi films. Referred to as "Mr. Perfectionist" in the media, he is known for his work in a variety of film g ...

, which marked the debut of his nephew

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Filmography

Books

He has launched a book, "The Third Curve" (2013), which talks about the world economy. He talks about unsustainable cities and society's false understanding of money in his book. His second book, titled "One: The story of the Ultimate Myth", was published in Aug 2023. The key idea behind the book is the oneness and interconnectedness of life that the modern world, in many ways, doesn't seem to understand.

Awards

;

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(director) - ''

'' (1988) ;

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- ''Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak'' (1988)

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