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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).
- 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...
The beginning of the Wadia Movietone Legacy. J.B.H. Wadia (1901-1986), the founder of Wadia Movietone, was the great-grandson of Lovji Nusserwanjee Wadia (1702-1774) of Surat, Gujarat, of the Wadia line of shipbuilders who founded the Wadia Group in 1736.
Wadia Movietone - India. 350 likes · 1 talking about this. Pioneering Indian film studio founded in 1933 by Jamshed "JBH" Wadia, creator of the Fearless Nadia / Hunterwali character and stunt films...
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A glimpse into J.B.H Wadia's cinematic oeuvre and the many artistic influences that made the legacy of Wadia Movietone.
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.
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His great-grandsons, JBH Wadia and Homi Wadia, founded Wadia Movietone in 1933, which had its studios at Lovji Castle (Lovejee Castle) in Chembur, Mumbai. The company even had its logo as a...
