As the dacoits flourished through the 1940s–1970s, they were the subject of various Hindi films made during this era, leading to the emergence of the dacoit film genre in Bollywood. The genre began with Mehboob Khan's "Aurat" (1940), which he remade as "Mother India" (1957). "Mother India" received an Academy Award nomination, and defined the dacoit film genre, along with Dilip Kumar's "Gunga Jumna" (1961). Other popular films in this genre included Raj Kapoor’s "Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai" (1961) and Moni Bhattacharjee's "Mujhe Jeene Do" (1963).