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

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and Wadia Movietone. Cawas himself was famous for his performance of Tarzan in various movies.

Early life

Born in 1910 in

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in a

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family, Cawas pursued a career of professional body building and won the 1930 All-India Bodybuilding Championship.

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

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was a career defining role for him.

References

1910 births 1993 deaths Parsi people Indian stunt performers Male actors in Hindi cinema People from Jabalpur Indian male bodybuilders 20th-century Indian male actors Male actors from Madhya Pradesh {{India-film-actor-stub