Film Family First has won 15 awards till date and it’s being invited for further screening at film festivals tells director Ayub Khan
By
RUBY ZAIDI
Film Family First helmed by Ayub Khan has been making headlines since few months.
The film has won 15 awards in international and domestic film festivals in various categories.
Bollywood Reporter met Director Ayub Khan at his Millat Nagar, Andheri situated residence.
I asked, “Are you happy and satisfied with the way your career is shaping now?”
Ayub replied, ” I am happy, indeed, but not fully satisfied, the desire of doing much more better than this is still there, the hunger of making good movies has increased, this is the first achievement of my second innings, Family First has won 15 awards and is still being invited for screening in other film festivals.”
“Tell us something about your first Inning?” I asked.
Director Ayub Khan replied, ” When I joined the Indian Film Industry, I had a dream to do something great so I did whatever I was offered, I acted in few television series, likewise Mirza Ghalib, Adalat and few more. I worked as an Executive Producer with quite a few Producers, Swaroop Kumar was one of them, I assisted him in the movie Andha Inteqaam. I was lucky that maximum of the filmmakers with whom I have worked treated me like their family member.”
I asked, ” I know that once you were one of the favourites of the top actress of her time Ranjita.”
Ayub said, ” Yes, I assisted director Vinod Pandey in his heroine oriented film Apradhini starring Ranjita, we became friends, she treated me like a friend. Ranjita, as we all know was a fantastic actress and a very good human being. She was considered as one of the top stars, one can’t forget her performance in the blockbuster Laila Majnu opposite Rishi Kapoor.”
” After that, what you did to further inhance your career?”
Ayub said, ” I continued working in the Industry by doing various works, I worked as a distributor, exhibiter, I even owned a film theatre, I learned almost everything related to films.
I made three films for a Production house owned by a Holland based Doctor Anil K Mehta. The first one was Jahan Tum Le Chalo starring Jimmi Shergill, Nirmal Pandey, Sonali Kulkarni etc, it had music by Vishal Bharadwaj.”
Ayub Khan continued, “The Second film of that production house was Belagaam, the story of this movie was also written by me apart of being the Executive Producer of the movie, it was based on four bad guys Nawab Shah, Tanveer Zaidi, Mahesh Desai and Kshitij with Govinda’s nephew Aryan, Sneha Sangwan, Pramod Moutho, Rajeev Verma, Mushtaq Khan, Pinki Chinoy, Rakesh Bedi, Rana Jung Bahadur, Zahida Parween and many other famous actors. Songs written by Tauqeer Zaidi and sung by all the top singers including Asha Bhosle, Kavita Krishnamurthy, Sonu Nigam, Vinod Rathore, Kumar Sanu were hits.
One of the songs sung by Vinod Rathore ‘ Tension ko thokar maar’ filmed on Nawab Shah, Tanveer Zaidi, Mahesh Desai and Kshitij became a chartbuster, it was played on the top of the chartbuster superhits’ on television channels and on radio.”
Ayub continued, “My third film was Anjane- The Unknown, with Sanjay Kapoor, Manisha Koirala, Pramod Moutho and others, it was the last one of my first innings, I took a break as I was emotionally hurt by some people.
I left the Industry and switched over to media, but films has been my first choice always.”
” And what’s your further plans in your new innings?” I asked.
Ayub Khan replied, ” Film Family First has won 15 awards in different categories at prestigious Film festivals of the country including award for the best direction, now I want to direct few more movies with good contents. ”
I asked Ayub Khan, ” Tell me about your hometown?”
Ayub Khan said, ” I was born and brought up in Allahabad, it’s now Prayagraj.
I left my hometown nearly thirty five years ago, I love Allahabad but now Mumbai is everything for me.”
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