Yakub directed three films;
Sagar Ka Sher and
Uski Tamanna in the 1930s, and
Aiye in 1949.
Sagar Ka Sher, or
Lion of Sagar, was the first film he directed in 1937 under the Sagar Movietone banner. His co-stars in this film were
Bibbo, Pesi Patel, Sankatha Prasad, Raja Mehdi and
David.
Uski Tamanna, also known as
Her Last Desire, was made in 1939 under Sagar and directed by Yakub. The film starred Yakub, Maya,
Bhudo Advani, Kaushalya, Sankatha Prasad, Satish and Putli. He directed his third and last movie,
Aiye, in 1949 under the Indian Production banner. It had
Sulochana Chatterjee, Masud, Jankidas, Sheela Naik, and Ashraf Khan along with Yakub. The music in this film was composed by
Nashad (Shaukat Dehlvi) and was
Mubarak Begum's first film as a playback singer. Yakub's second cousin Allaudin was the song recordist for this film. However, he lost money on this film and called it the biggest mistake of his life. Yakub was a deeply religious person and was called 'Maulana' by his friends. == Death ==