Homi Wadia

Birthday: 1911-05-22
Deathday: 2004-12-10
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Gender: Male

Homi Wadia was one of the earliest film makers of Hindi talkies. He was the co-founder of Wadia Movietone productions, established in the year 1933 and later he shut down the production house to form Basant Pictures in 1942. He was married to noted actress known as a stuntwoman then – Fearless Nadia, with whom he has worked in many movies. As a film director, he has contributed more than 40 films, the majority belonging to B-grade action category. Hunterwali (1935), Miss Frontier Mail (1936), Diamond Queen (1940) and Hatim Tai (1956) are among his major hits. He was also one of the founding members of the Film and Television Producers Guild of India in 1954.

Credits

Year Title
11 O'Clock
1978-01-09 Adventures of Aladdin
1971-01-15 The Doings of Lord Krishna
1968-01-01 Khiladi
1968-01-01 Khilari
1966-01-01 Alibaba and 40 Thieves
1964-02-14 Char Dervesh
1961-01-01 Zabak
1958-08-22 Zimbo
1956-01-01 Hatim Tai
1954-01-01 Alibaba and 40 Thieves
1953-01-01 Jungle Ka Jawahar
1952-01-01 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp
1949-01-01 Balam
1948-01-01 Hanuman, The Worshipper of Lord Rama
1946-01-01 Amar Raj
1946-01-01 Lion of Baghdad
1942-03-16 The Jungle Princess
1940-01-02 Diamond Queen
1938-06-04 Karzan, the Jungle King
1937-11-02 Toofani Tarzan
1936-01-02 Miss Frontier Mail
1935-01-02 Hunterwali