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	\|name= John Cawas		\| name = John Cawas
	\|birth_date = 1910		\| birth_date = 1910
	\|birth_place = [[Jabalpur]]		\| birth_place = [[Jabalpur]]
	\|death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=y\|1993\|10\|4\|1910}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|df=y\|1993\|10\|4\|1910}}
	\|occupation = Stuntman, actor		\| death_place = [[Mumbai, India]]
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	'''John Cawas''' (1910 – 4 October 1993<ref name=indeUK>{{cite news\|title=John Cawas\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-cawas-1512514.html\| work=Independent UK \| accessdate=2011-12-27\|location=London\|first=Kuldip\|last=Singh\|date=23 October 1993}}</ref>) was a stuntman and actor in Hindi movies. Cawas made his debut in the Hindi film ''[[Hunterwali]]'' (1935), which became a career-defining movie for [[Fearless Nadia]] and Wadia Movietone. Cawas himself was famous for his performance of Tarzan in various movies.		'''John Cawas''' (1910 – 4 October 1993<ref name=indeUK>{{cite news\|title=John Cawas\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-cawas-1512514.html\| work=Independent UK \| accessdate=2011-12-27\|location=London\|first=Kuldip\|last=Singh\|date=23 October 1993}}</ref>) was a stuntman and actor in Hindi movies. Cawas made his debut in the Hindi film ''[[Hunterwali]]'' (1935), which became a career-defining movie for [[Fearless Nadia]] and Wadia Movietone. Cawas himself was famous for his performance of Tarzan in various movies.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2023}}

	==Early life==		==Early life==
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	==Film career==		==Film career==
	The 1930s was an era of adventure movies for Hindi cinema, and Cawas got his first break as a swordsman in ''Hunterwali'' along with Nadia and [[Boman Shroff]]. This role along with similar roles in subsequent sequel remakes of this movie helped Cawas establish himself as a professional stuntman and actor.		The 1930s was an era of adventure movies for Hindi cinema, and Cawas got his first break as a swordsman in ''Hunterwali'' along with Nadia and [[Boman Shroff]]. This role along with similar roles in subsequent sequel remakes of this movie helped Cawas establish himself as a professional stuntman and actor.{{Citation needed\|date=December 2023}}

	His portrayal of Tarzan in [[~~Toofani Tarzan~~]] ~~movie from~~ [[~~Wadia Movietone~~]] was a career defining role for him.<ref name=pop>{{cite book\|title=Bollyworld: Popular Indian cinema through a transnational lens\|year=2005\|publisher=SAGE\|isbn=9780761933212\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGtNhQsLl7wC&pg=PP1}}</ref><ref name=TT>{{cite web\|title=Toofani Tarzan\|url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/toofanitarzan.html\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222201305/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/toofanitarzan.html\|archivedate=22 February 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=Vanmala>{{cite web\|title=Vanmala\|url=~~http~~://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/10/vanamala-1951.html}}</ref>		His portrayal of Tarzan in [[Wadia Movietone]]'s [[Toofani Tarzan]] was a career-defining role for him.<ref name=pop>{{cite book\|title=Bollyworld: Popular Indian cinema through a transnational lens\|year=2005\|publisher=SAGE\|isbn=9780761933212\|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGtNhQsLl7wC&pg=PP1}}</ref><ref name=TT>{{cite web\|title=Toofani Tarzan\|url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/toofanitarzan.html\|url-status=dead\|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222201305/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/toofanitarzan.html\|archivedate=22 February 2012\|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=Vanmala>{{cite web\|title=Vanmala\|date=26 October 2010 \|url=https://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/10/vanamala-1951.html}}</ref>

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{{Infobox person
|name= John Cawas
|birth_date = 1910
|birth_place = [[Jabalpur]]
|death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1993|10|4|1910}}
|occupation = Stuntman, actor
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'''John Cawas''' (1910 – 4 October 1993<ref name=indeUK>{{cite news|title=John Cawas|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-john-cawas-1512514.html| work=Independent UK | accessdate=2011-12-27|location=London|first=Kuldip|last=Singh|date=23 October 1993}}</ref>) was a stuntman and actor in Hindi movies. Cawas made his debut in the Hindi film ''[[Hunterwali]]'' (1935), which became a career-defining movie for [[Fearless Nadia]] and Wadia Movietone. Cawas himself was famous for his performance of Tarzan in various movies.

==Early life==
Born in 1910 in [[Jabalpur]] in a [[Parsi]] family, Cawas pursued a career of professional body building and won the 1930 All-India Bodybuilding Championship.<ref name=pop />

==Film career==
The 1930s was an era of adventure movies for Hindi cinema, and Cawas got his first break as a swordsman in ''Hunterwali'' along with Nadia and [[Boman Shroff]]. This role along with similar roles in subsequent sequel remakes of this movie helped Cawas establish himself as a professional stuntman and actor.

His portrayal of Tarzan in [[Toofani Tarzan]] movie from [[Wadia Movietone]] was a career defining role for him.<ref name=pop>{{cite book|title=Bollyworld: Popular Indian cinema through a transnational lens|year=2005|publisher=SAGE|isbn=9780761933212|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DGtNhQsLl7wC&pg=PP1}}</ref><ref name=TT>{{cite web|title=Toofani Tarzan|url=http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/toofanitarzan.html|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222201305/http://www.mjsimpson.co.uk/reviews/toofanitarzan.html|archivedate=22 February 2012|df=dmy-all}}</ref><ref name=Vanmala>{{cite web|title=Vanmala|url=http://oldmalayalam.blogspot.com/2010/10/vanamala-1951.html}}</ref>

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