John Cawas
John Cawas (1910 – 4 October 1993) 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
- Name
- John Cawas
- Born
- 1910
- Birthplace
- Jabalpur
- Died
- 4 October 1993
- Place of death
- Mumbai, India
- Occupation
- Stuntman, actor
- Nationality
- India
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• Name — John Cawas • Born — 1910 • Birthplace — Jabalpur • Died — 4 October 1993 • Place of death — Mumbai, India • Occupation — Stuntman, actor
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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.
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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 Wadia Movietone's Toofani Tarzan was a career-defining role for him.
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