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Jungle Ka Jawahar (1953)

Jungle Ka Jawahar poster
Original title
जंगल का जवाहर
Directed by
Homi Wadia
Genre
adventure film
Country
India
Runtime
2h 20m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A doctor and his daughter live in a jungle with wild tribes ruled by a queen named Sheena. Fearless Nadia plays the lead in this Hindi action adventure film.

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What happens

Jungle Ka Jawahar (Hero of the Forest) is a 1953 Hindi action adventure film directed by Homi Wadia and produced by Basant Pictures. The story was written by Boman Shroff and the special effects were by Babubhai Mistry. Having played daredevil roles starting in the 1930s, Fearless Nadia was still playing lead action roles in the 1950s and continued to act till 1968. The film starred Fearless Nadia, John Cawas, Leela Kumari, Shyam Sunder and Shapoor Aga. The story revolves around a doctor living in the jungle with his daughter, surrounded by wild tribal people who are ruled by the jungle queen, Sheena. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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