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  1. Fearless Nadia is a tribute to her legacy and there can’t be a better time to revisit the past than the month in which she was born as Mary Evans and passed away as Fearless Nadia. This definitive biography of Indian cinema’s most unusual iconic figures was penned by Dorothee Wenner in German and was later translated by Rebecca Morrison for readers in the Indian subcontinent, and it is nothing short of a treat.

  2. Fearless Nadia : the true story of Bollywood's original stunt queen by Wenner, Dorothee. Publication date 2005 Topics Nadia, 1908-1996, Wadia Movietone (Firm), Motion ...

  3. Jan 7, 2021 · Nadia Wadia, originally known as Fearless Nadia, was born Mary Evans in Perth Australia (thus the Fearless Nadia film festival Australia hosted a few years back). Her mother was a Greek belly-dancer, her father a British army officer. The little family moved to Indian in 1911, when future-Nadia was 3. 4 years later, her father died in France in ...

  4. May 9, 2019 · 1- Fearless Nadia was born in the year 1908 in Perth in Australia. His father was a British officer and her mother was a Greek belly dancer. She came to Mumbai in 1913 with her parents after her father’s regiment was stationed there. 2- She learnt horse riding and gymnastic in her early years and joined an European dancing troupe where she ...

  5. Apr 8, 2024 · On the 116th birth anniversary of Fearless Nadia, let's revisit the remarkable story of the original franchise queen who starred in India's first-ever sequel, challenging norms by performing her own daring stunts decades before stars like Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn. | Tellychakkar.com

  6. Jan 12, 2017 · Contemporary audiences marvelled at the exploits of the proto-feminist icon, and a new generation of Fearless Nadia fans was born. Nadia died on January 9, 1996, eight years before Homi Wadia.