Homi Wadia (22 May 1911 – 10 December 2004)[1] was an Indian film director and producer in Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He was the co-founder of Wadia Movietone productions, established in 1933 and later after the closure of Wadiatone, he founded Basant Pictures in 1942. In a career spanning five decades, he directed over 40 films, including Hunterwali (1935), Miss Frontier Mail (1936), Diamond Queen (1940), Shri Ram Bhakta Hanuman (1948) and fantasy film Hatim Tai (1956). He was also a founding member of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India, established in 1954.[2] Homi Wadia was married to actress and stunt woman Fearless Nadia. Homi was the younger brother of JBH Wadia, who was himself a movie director.
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HomiWadia (22 May 1911 – 10 December 2004) was an Indian film director and producer in Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He was the co-founder of Wadia Movietone...
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by HomiWadia for his Basant Pictures under the Wadia Productions banner. The story and dialogue were by C. L. Cavish, with screenplay by JBH Wadia. The...
the name Batuk Bhatt. He began his directorial venture when he joined HomiWadia's team at Basant Pictures by co-directing two films with Babubhai Mistri...
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he transitioned to mythological films. He played the role of Rama in HomiWadia’s 1948 film Shri Ram Bhakta Hanuman and Shiva in Vijay Bhatt's 1954 epic...
audience during the British Raj. The producers Wadia Movietone (founded by the brothers JBH Wadia and HomiWadia) specialised in stunt-based and mythological...
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