Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of Nadia

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Jun 26, 2012, 8:03:05 PM (12 years ago)

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Trupti

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+'''Nadia (1908-1996)'''
+
+Aka ‘Fearless’ Nadia. Indian cinema’s most
+famous stunt actress was born Mary Evans in
+Perth, Australia. She worked in Zacko’s Russian
+circus before touring the Asian subcontinent
+with Madame Astrova’s ballet group, doing live
+shows in between silent films for British and
+Indian troops. She joined Wadia Movietone as
+chorus girl for Lal-e-Yaman. Hunterwali, the
+first of her highly successful films usually
+directed by her husband Homi Wadia,
+launched her as ‘India’s Pearl White’ in action
+films set in an unspecified period or in Tarzanland
+(Jungle Princess) or in a fantasy version of
+Hollywood gangster movies. She was always
+accompanied by her horse, Punjab Ka Beta,
+except when swinging from one building to
+another or through high-domed halls via
+chandeliers (Hunterwali), fighting the villain
+atop a rolling carriage (Diamond Queen) and,
+most popular of all, jumping from roof to roof
+on a moving train. She made several ‘train’
+films, esp. Miss Frontier Mail, to show off
+this talent. The villain was always the devious
+Sayani and her (usually masked) hero was
+initially Boman Shroff who started the Wadia
+stunt tradition in silent films playing Fairbanks
+roles. After Punjab Mail, John Cawas replaced
+him as her leading man. Riyad Vinci Wadia,
+J.B.H. Wadia’s grandson and the current
+owner of Wadia Movietone, made a
+documentary about the star, Fearless: The
+Hunterwali Story (1993).
+
+
+'''FILMOGRAPHY:''' 1933: Lal-e-Yaman; 1935:
+Desh Deepak; Noor-e-Yaman; Hunterwali;
+1936: Miss Frontier Mail; Pahadi Kanya;
+1937: Hurricane Hansa; 1938: Lutaru
+Lalna; 1939: Punjab Mail; 1940: Diamond
+Queen; 1941: Bambaiwali; 1942: Jungle
+Princess; Muqabala; 1943: Hunterwali Ki
+Beti; Mauj; 1946: Flying Prince; Lady Robin
+Hood; Sher-e-Baghdad; Toofan Queen; 1947:
+Himmatwali; Stunt Queen; Toofani Tirandaz;
+Chabuk Sawar; 1948: Eleven O’Clock; Jungle
+Goddess; Tigress; 1949: Delhi Express;
+Dhoomketu; Maya Mahal; Billi; 1950:
+Circuswale; 1952: Jungle Ka Jawahar; 1953:
+Shamsheerbaaz; 1954: Sher Dil; 1955:
+Carnival Queen; 1956: Baghdad Ka Jadu;
+Fighting Queen; Jungle Queen; 1957: Diler
+Daku; 1959: Circus Queen; 1968: Khiladi;
+1993: Fearless: The Hunterwali Story (Doc).
+
+[[Actor]]