Acting
John Cawas
Acting credits
NRDharamdas, A fake philanthropist, sets up an ashram for poor women as a front for his dealing in black market grain. Inspectors Dayal and Comet (John Cawas) along with Sergeant Sunder (Shyam Sunder) vow to bring him to book. Dayal’s daughter Shanti (Fearless Nadia) and Sunder’s fiancé Mohini (Sona Chaterjee), join hands with the police to nab the crook, however Dharmads has Inspector Dayal murdered and vows to silence anyone else who gets near the truth of his criminal activity.
Comet
1949
10.0Two sisters, Iqbal and Sharifa, battle for control of a kingdom. Iqbal wins, persecuting Sharifa, who is supported by Iqbal's husband. When Iqbal captures her brother-in-law, he stands firm in his ideals. The treacherous general's daughter, Bano, champions a pacifist campaign after losing her lover. With the help of the adventurous Nadia and Parsee Charlie, disguised as dancers, they infiltrate the enemy.
Desh Deepak
1935
7.0Hansa, daughter of Veer Singh, escapes an attack on her family by the villain Zalim Singh in which her mother is killed, her father injured and her sister Padma abducted. Growing up as a Harijan (an untouchable) she transforms the word to 'Hurricane', dons a mask and overthrows Zalim. She falls in love with Zalim's good son Diler. The horse Punjab-Ka-Beta features in its usual key role, rescuing Hansa when she hangs from a cliff, leaping over a wall of fire and aiding the love angle by nudging Diler into the pond where Hansa is having a bath.
Hurricane Hansa
1937
9.0Savita, aka Miss 1936, is an amateur hunter while her brother Jayant is an amateur film-maker. Their father, Maganlal, arrested for the murder of a station-master, is defended by their uncle Shyamlal, who is in fact the mysterious Signal X. Shyamlal causes a major train smash-up so as to promote his new airline. He then implicates hero Sundar, son of the railway president, in the crime. Savita overcomes the nasty Signal X, whose henchmen are caught on film by Jayant as they sabotage a bridge. Nadia indulges in extensive fist-fights, set to heavy sound effects, and a famous battle alongside Sundar atop a moving train.
Miss Frontier Mail
1936
9.0Also known as Lion of Baghdad, this film stars Fearless Nadia, John Cavas and Sayani Atish.
Lion of Baghdad
1946
NRDr. Sharma (Sayani Atish) creates a serum that can control any human’s will. He first tests it on dancer, Veena (Sita Devi), with great success. One night Veena, as instructed, gives the serum to the local villagers who then began to sign over all of their property to Sharma and his co-conspirators (Dalpat and Azim). Two villagers, who avoided taking the serum, report the incident to the King (Master Mohammad) who in turn instructs his son Vijay (John Cawas) to investigate. Vijay takes on the persona of a masked pilot known as The Flying Price and battles Sharma and his associates and saves the villagers from losing their land.
Flying Prince
1946
NRFearless Nadia as Fighting Queen
Fighting Queen
1956
10.0A young girl named Maya is shipwrecked and raised by lions in a jungle. Years later, a search party tries to return her to civilization. Despite interference from cannibal chief Radha Rani, Maya and her loyal lions help the explorers. She also finds love with John.
The Jungle Princess
1942
NRScientist Ramu and his wife Uma (Nazira) live with their four-year-old son Leher in the jungle where he carries out experiments. He has discovered the elixir of life. Lions attack their house killing him, while his wife goes mad with grief. Ramu’s son, Leher, and their little dog Moti, escape with the help of a half-man, half-ape called Dada (Boman Shroff). Several people arrive in the jungle fifteen years later from the city. One of them is Ramu’s father with his adopted daughter, Leela. Bihari, one of the people in the group wants the formula for his own purpose. The formula was put in a pendant around Leher’s neck by his father before he died. Leher now grown-up and known as Tarzan (John Cawas), has been brought up in the jungle and there are some amusing incidents between Leela and Tarzan, due to his lack of language skills. Tarzan saves Leela from Bihari’s unwanted advances.
Toofani Tarzan
1937
NRWill Jeevan discover who is behind the caper and prove that he is innocent of any crime?
Stunt King
1944
It's a sequel to Hunterwali (1935) and tells the story of Hunterwali's daughter.
Hunterwali Ki Beti
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NRA young boy (Master Suresh), and his pet duck, are found by the owners of a circus. A gangster (Habib) plans to kidnap the kid and hold him for ransom, but circus star Usha Devi (Fearless Nadia) and police detective Kishore (John Cawas) foil the plan.
Circus Queen
1959
NRA man named Kulasekaran comes to Vanarajapuram forest with his wife and little son Karzan to find the secret of Amirdharasam (elixir of life) after fighting with his father Veerasingam, who disapproved of his plan to be in the forest. After considerable efforts for several days, Kulasekaran finds the Amirdharasam secret, which he writes in a piece of paper and locks it inside a locket on Karzan's necklace. Veerasingam, on learning of the death of his son, comes to the same forest with his adopted daughter Leela to find his grandson.
Karzan, the Jungle King
1938
8.0Suresh (John Cawas) has been left ₹1,000,000 (equivalent to ₹110 million or US$1.4 million in 2023) by his uncle in his will. The stipulation is that he has to be married and reach the lawyer's office by 11 O'Clock the next morning. The money will otherwise go to his cousin Harish.
11 O'Clock
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7.0The story revolves around a doctor living in the jungle with his daughter, surrounded by wild tribal people who are ruled by the jungle queen, Sheena.
Jungle Ka Jawahar
1953
