Director

Homi Wadia

Directing

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Directed movies: 23Directed series: 0All crew credits: 30

TMDB ID: 1029054

IMDb ID: nm1267344

Known for: Directing

Born: May 22, 1911

Died: December 10, 2004

Age: 93

Gender: Male

Adult content flag: No

Career span: 1935 - 1992

Years active: 58

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Director (23)Producer (6)Writer (1)

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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 of India in 1954.

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