Homi Wadia

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1911-05-22 (93 years old)

Deathday

2004-12-10

Place of Birth

-

Homi Wadia

Biography

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 o...

Acting

1992

Junoon

as Forest Officer Bhaskar Inamdar

1991

Saathi

as Inspector Khan

Production

1946

Amar Raj

as Director

1963

Subhadra Haran

as Visual Effects Supervisor

1963

Subhadra Haran

as Producer

1935

Hunterwali

as Director

1936

1940

Diamond Queen

as Director

1953

1961

Zabak

as Director

1956

Hatim Tai

as Director

1937

Toofani Tarzan

as Director

1964

Char Dervesh

as Director

1966

1954

1935

Hunterwali

as Writer

1946

Lion of Baghdad

as Director

1942

1960

1958

Zimbo

as Producer

1966

1978

1958

Zimbo

as Director

1968

Khiladi

as Director

1949

Balam

as Director

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11 O'Clock

as Director

-

11 O'Clock

as Screenplay

1968

Khilari

as Director

1968

Khilari

as Producer

1949

Comet

as Director

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