He was born and brought up in Mumbai city of Maharashtra, where he also received his primary education, first in English and later in Urdu.
[1] In 1986, Mehboob met music composer Ismail Darbar who played violin in film orchestras those days.
Rahman liked his work and introduced him to Mani Ratnam and Mehboob penned the lyrics for the Hindi (dubbed) version of Bombay.
Rahman's non-film album Maa Tujhe Salaam as well as Mani Ratnam's Yuva.
[4] Mehboob collaborated with Ismail Darbar on Sanjay Leela Bhansali's 1999 film Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam, and on Shakti - The Power in 2002.