mehboob alam acted in 38 movies, 12 urdu, 15 punjabi and 11 sindhi language movies. some of his famous movies were sooarth (sindhi - 1973), rut ja ristha, dharti la kunwar (1975) and dharti dilwaran jee (sindhi - 1975), shehzor (sindhi - 1976), films "khak-o-khoon" (urdu - 1979), chan varyam (1981 guest appearance in film), fatafat (punjabi - 1981), khan balouch (punjabi - 1985) and darya khan (sindhi - 1991).