>Citation bot Alter: url. URLs might have been internationalized/anonymized. Add: isbn. Upgrade ISBN10 to ISBN13. | You can use this bot yourself. Report bugs here. | Suggested by AManWithNoPlan | All pages linked from cached copy of User:AManWithNoPlan/sandbox2 | via #UCB_webform_linked 3013/3818 |
No edit summary |
||
| Line 2: | Line 2: | ||
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} | {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2015}} | ||
{{Infobox person | {{Infobox person | ||
|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]] | ||
| occupation = Stuntman, actor | |||
}} | }} | ||
'''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== | ||
| Line 14: | Line 15: | ||
==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 [[ | 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> | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
| Line 30: | Line 31: | ||
[[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]] | [[Category:Male actors in Hindi cinema]] | ||
[[Category:People from Jabalpur]] | [[Category:People from Jabalpur]] | ||
[[Category:Indian bodybuilders]] | [[Category:Indian male bodybuilders]] | ||
[[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]] | [[Category:20th-century Indian male actors]] | ||
[[Category:Male actors from Madhya Pradesh]] | [[Category:Male actors from Madhya Pradesh]] | ||
{{India-film-actor-1910s-stub}} | |||
{{India-film-actor-stub}} | |||
Latest revision as of 16:12, 28 September 2025
John Cawas | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1910 |
| Died | 4 October 1993 (aged 82–83) |
| Occupation | Stuntman, actor |
John Cawas (1910 – 4 October 1993[1]) 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]
Early life[edit | edit source]
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.[2]
Film career[edit | edit source]
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]
His portrayal of Tarzan in Wadia Movietone's Toofani Tarzan was a career-defining role for him.[2][3][4]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ Singh, Kuldip (23 October 1993). "John Cawas". Independent UK. London. Retrieved 27 December 2011.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bollyworld: Popular Indian cinema through a transnational lens. SAGE. 2005. ISBN 9780761933212.
- ↑ "Toofani Tarzan". Archived from the original on 22 February 2012.
- ↑ "Vanmala". 26 October 2010.