Osian's Auction Catalogue Celebrating Cinematic Heritage | June 2018

76 Osian’s in association with IIFA 43 Sher-E-Baghdad.1946 Basant Pictures / Homi Wadia a. Early Re-release Half-sheet Poster (POS) Litho Typo Works, Bombay-1 29.9 x 20.1 in (76.0 x 51.0 cm) b. Artist: D. Y. Pradhun Early Re-release Half-sheet Poster (POS) 29.9 x 20.1 in (76.0 x 51.0 cm) INR 40,000 – 60,000 USD 593 – 889 Lot of 2 Fearless Nadia, Indian cinema’s most famous stunt actress was born Mary Evans in Perth. Hunterwali, the first of her highly successful films usually directed by her husband Homi Wadia, launched her as “India’s Pearl White” in action films set in an unspecified period or in Tarzan land or in a fantasy version of Hollywood gangster movies. Encyclopedia of Indian Cinema by Ashish Rajadhyaksha and Paul Willeman. British Film Institute/ Oxford University Press 43b An International Link