Boman Shroff was an actor,

stuntman A stunt performer, often called a stuntman or stuntwoman and occasionally stuntperson or stunt-person, is a trained professional who performs daring acts, often as a career. Stunt performers usually appear in films or on television, as opposed ...

, director, writer, producer in Hindi cinema, in the silent era and the early talkies. Boman started working in Hindi movies prior to Talkies and was on monthly payroll of

JBH Wadia Jamshed Boman Homi Wadia (13 September 1901 – 4 January 1986), commonly referred to as J. B. H. Wadia, was a prominent Bollywood movie director, screenwriter, producer and founder of Wadia Movietone Studio. He was born in prominent Parsi fami ...

and

Homi Wadia Homi Wadia (22 May 1911 – 10 December 2004) was an Indian film director and producer in Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He was the co-founder of Wadia Movietone productions, established in 1933 and later after the closure of Wadiatone, he founded Ba ...

's various movie production houses. In mid thirties when Wadia brothers started making populist action movies Boman's roles came to prominence. 1935

Wadia Movietone Wadia Movietone was a noted Indian film production company and studio based in Mumbai, established in 1933 by Wadia brothers J. B. H. Wadia and Homi Wadia. It was most known for stunt, fantasy and mythological films, including '' Hunterwali'' ...

production, '' Hunterwali'' starring

Fearless Nadia Mary Ann Evans (8 January 1908 – 9 January 1996), also known by her stage name Fearless Nadia, was an Australian-Indian actress and stuntwoman, who worked in Indian cinema. She is most remembered as the masked, cloaked adventurer in '' Hunterw ...

was a big hit and career defining movie for everyone involved including Boman, the male lead.

Filmography

;As an Actor: * (1948) Tigress * (1947) Toofani Tirandaz * (1946) Flying Prince * (1946) Sher-E-Baghdad * (1940) Diamond Queen * (1940) Hind Ka Lal * (1937) Toofani Tarzan * (1935) Desh Deepak * (1935) The Princess and the Hunter * (1934) Bag-E-Misar * (1933) Lal-e-Yaman ;As a Writer: * (1953) Jungle Ka Jawahar * (1949) The Palace of Illusions * (1947) Toofani Tirandaz * (1946) Sher-E-Baghdad ;As an Assistant Director * (1946) Flying Prince * (1946) Sher-E-Baghdad * (1942) Jungle Princess * (1936) Miss Frontier Mail ;As part of the Miscellaneous Crew * (1968) Khilari * (1967) Lav-Kush * (1959) Circus Queen ;As a Production Manager * (1960) Bombai Ka Babu * (1958) Zimbo ;As a Director * (1947) Toofani Tirandaz

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* 20th-century Indian people Indian silent film producers Hindi-language film directors Parsi people Year of birth missing Year of death missing Place of birth missing Place of death missing Indian male film actors Indian stunt performers Indian male silent film actors {{India-film-director-stub