About

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Birthday:
1911-05-22
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Homi Wadia

Overview

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.

Known for

Acting
1992 Junoon Actor Forest Officer Bhaskar Inamdar 58
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1991 Saathi Actor Inspector Khan 58
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Directing
1978 Adventures of Aladdin Directing Director N/A
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1971 The Doings of Lord Krishna Directing Director N/A
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1968 Khiladi Directing Director N/A
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1966 Alibaba and 40 Thieves Directing Director 59
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1964 Char Dervesh Directing Director N/A
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1961 Zabak Directing Director N/A
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1958 Zimbo Directing Director N/A
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1956 Hatim Tai Directing Director N/A
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1954 Alibaba and 40 Thieves Directing Director 58
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1953 Jungle Ka Jawahar Directing Director N/A
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1952 Aladdin and the Wonderful Lamp Directing Director N/A
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1949 Balam Directing Director N/A
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1948 Hanuman, The Worshipper of Lord Rama Directing Director 58
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1946 Amar Raj Directing Director N/A
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1946 Lion of Baghdad Directing Director N/A
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1942 The Jungle Princess Directing Director N/A
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1940 Diamond Queen Directing Director N/A
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1938 Karzan, the Jungle King Directing Director N/A
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1937 Toofani Tarzan Directing Director N/A
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1936 Miss Frontier Mail Directing Director N/A
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1935 Hunterwali Directing Director N/A
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11 O'Clock Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1971 The Doings of Lord Krishna Writing Screenplay N/A
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1935 Hunterwali Writing Writer N/A
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11 O'Clock Writing Screenplay N/A
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Production
1971 The Doings of Lord Krishna Production Producer N/A
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1966 Zimbo Finds a Son Production Producer N/A
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1963 Subhadra Haran Production Producer 59
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1960 Zimbo Comes To Town Production Producer N/A
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1958 Zimbo Production Producer N/A
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Visual Effects
1963 Subhadra Haran Visual Effects Visual Effects Supervisor 59
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