The Mind Creative
In the 1940’s, she fell in love with Homi (the younger of the Wadia
brothers). However, Homi was from a traditional Parsee family and
the strict social norms of this sect disallowed Homi marrying a
non-Parsee. Ultimately by the time they got married in 1960, it
was too late for them to have children of their own and Homi
adopted Nadia’s son from a previous marriage.
Throughout the 30’s,
40’s and 50’s Nadia
acted in as many as 50
to 60 action films with
rather strange names
like Miss Frontier Mail,
Diamond Queen and
Jungle Princess.
Nadia was often depicted
as an extremely brave
character who fought for
the oppressed and the
poor and one who could
kill the strongest of
villains, fighting them in
desserts, jungles and
even on top of trains! She
was known for doing her
own stunts in films and
even often did the stunts
for some her male costars too!
Apparently her looks and fitness provoked a fitness craze in the
country during those years and Nadia – the fearless one – became
a cult figure in the Indian cinema with a following of millions of
fans.
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