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Wadia Movietone was a noted Indian film production company and studio based in Mumbai, established in 1933 by Wadia brothers J. B. H. Wadia and Homi Wadia. It was most known for stunt, fantasy and mythological films, including Hunterwali (1935).
A glimpse into J.B.H Wadia's cinematic oeuvre and the many artistic influences that made the legacy of Wadia Movietone.
- The Man Behind Wadia Movietone – and His Motivation
- Revolutionary Influences
- The Wadia Movietone Legacy
This was Wadia Movietone, started by an intellectually accomplished, politically conscious Parsi from an elite background --- Jamshed “J.B.H.” Wadia,a descendant of the legendary Wadia shipbuilders, who was meant to pursue a career in law or finance with the approval of his conservative family, but who was enamoured of – nay, obsessed with - the ci...
J.B.H. Wadia had a wide range of interests and hosted several nationalist as well as international revolutionary figures of the period at his celebrated Bombay home of Casa da Vinci on Worli Sea Face – where he and his wife Hilla held gatherings featuring politicians, musicians, and poets. Among the friends and guests who enjoyed their hospitality ...
J.B.H. Wadia headed Wadia Movietone from its inception in 1933, through the heyday of talkies well into the 1970s, producing almost a hundred films before the shutters finally came down on the production of feature films by the company. The company – both individually and in collaboration with the Wadia Brothers and Basant banners - produced a wide...
Wadia Movietone was established by the Wadia brothers, J.B.H. Wadia and Homi Wadia in 1933. It was one of the first studios in the 1930s to achieve success through the production of stunt films.
Jamshed Boman Homi Wadia (13 September 1901 – 4 January 1986), commonly referred to as J. B. H. Wadia, was a prominent Bollywood movie director, screenwriter, producer and founder of Wadia Movietone Studio. He was born in prominent Parsi family which hailed from Surat, Gujarat whose ancestral business was ship building.
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Jamshed Boman Homi Wadia, shortly called J. B. H. Wadia was a noted film producer and director associated with Hindi film since the 1930s. He, along with his brother Homi Wadia started Wadia Movietone productions, established in the year 1933 and later he shut down the production house to form Basant Pictures in 1942.
