[1] Mehboob Alam was born in 1948 in Tando Ghulam Ali, Matli district, Hyderabad in Pakistan.
He did his Masters in History and he also worked at Radio Pakistan later he made his debut in sindhi film Soorath.
[2] He also appeared in the PTV drama Andhera Ujala (1984), Apnay Log (1985) and Neelay Hath in 1989.
[4][5] In 2005 at 1st Indus Drama Awards in Karachi, he was posthumously honoured with Special Award for his contributions to cinema which was given to his family and tributes were paid to him by television personalities including Moin Akhter, Adnan Siddiqui, Faysal Qureshi, Sultana Siddiqui, Humayun Saeed and Babra Sharif.
[6] He died on 18 March 1994 in Karachi at age 46 and was laid to rest in his ancestral graveyard in Hyderabad district.