The son of legendary filmmaker and one of the pioneers of Indian cinema Mehboob Khan, Ayub Memboob Khan, died Friday at his Bandra house in north-west Mumbai. He was a trustee of the Mehboob Studio at Bandra, founded by Mehboob Khan in late 1940s.

His father made the path-breaking films Mother India and Aurat. His last film as a director was Son of India (1962). He died two years later at the age of 57.

Mehboob was also the adopted father of Sajid Khan, who had appeared in his last two films Mother India where he played the younger version of the character played by Sunil Dutt and Son of India. He was also cast as Raji in Maya (1966), the film which became a television series (1967-1968) where he played opposite Jay North (Dennis the Menace).

Ayub himself had no interest in movies and preferred to keep himself away from the film industry.