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.Template:Citation needed
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.[2]
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.Template:Citation needed
His portrayal of Tarzan in Wadia Movietone's Toofani Tarzan was a career-defining role for him.[2][3][4]
References
- ↑ John Cawas. Independent UK(23 October 1993).
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bollyworld: Popular Indian cinema through a transnational lens{{#if:|, {{{last}}}}. SAGE(2005). ISBN 9780761933212
- ↑ Toofani Tarzan.
- ↑ Vanmala(26 October 2010).