Mehboob Productions Ltd. (India)

1st Logo (1943-1957)
 Nicknames:  "Communist India", "Communist Statue of Doom", "Indian Thunderstorm", "Communist Tombstone"

 Logo:  We see a bunch of lightning and fog at the beginning on a red background, which then slowly reveals a yellow tombstone that contains an M inside the communist/Soviet emblem, below it reads "MEHBOOB" and smaller "PRODUCTIONS" below the former text. The tombstone slowly zooms in.

 Variants:   FX/SFX:  The thunders and fogs, the tombstone appearing.
 * From 1943 to 1947 and in 1949 (like in Humayum) the logo used a B&W version which consisted of several lightning and fog at the beginning, and after we see between thunders up to 3 times appearing very quick the tombstone, until the logo is still.
 * Anokhi Ada and Andaz used a still B&W version with just the announcer. There are clouds around the tombstone.
 * Some prints of Mother India have a dark blue background, and the tombstone has a blue emblem. The appearance of the tombstone is also delayed, with the voiceover starting during some drawn out fog effects.

 Music/Sounds:  Some thunder sounds along with a dramatic fanfare, followed by a male announcer (Pakistani musician and actor Rafiq Ghaznavi) saying in Hindi: "The Plaintiff might wish you a million ills, but what of it? That alone happens that God allows." (There are various Indian logos in which an announcer says a religious phrase rather than saying the company name.)

 Availability:  Seen on Hindi films released by the company.

 Editor's Note:  The lightning (which might remind some of Renaissance Pictures), fanfare, and the creepy sounding announcer might scare lots of people. The dark blue variant makes it more unnerving with a darker color scheme. The still version does lack the thunders and the fanfare though.

2nd logo (1962)
 Nicknames:  "Indian Thunderstorm II", "The Thunderstorm Strikes Back"

 Logo:  Against a live smoky background, we see a silhouette of the Soviet emblem on top of a pedestal. Not so long after, flashes of lightning starts to appear, revealing the entire statue including the pedestal, which consists of the words "MEHBOOB" on the top and "PRODUCTIONS PRIVATE LTD" at the bottom. Once it stops flashing (and the statue is fully exposed), the camera slowly starts to zoom in towards the statue.

 FX/SFX:  Possibly live-action.

 Music/Sounds:  Various distorted thunder sounds at the beginning, followed by the same dramatic fanfare, and then a male annoucer (who is the same person from the previous logo [Rafiq Ghaznavi]) saying the same line used in the first logo.

 Availability:  Rare. This was only seen on Son of India.

 Editor's Note:  None.