J.J. Madan was a theater business owner and film director in India. He was the third son of Indian film magnate

Jamshedji Framji Madan Jamshedji Framji Madan (27 April 1857, Bombay – 28 June 1923), professionally known as J. F. Madan, was an Indian theatre and film magnate who was one of the pioneers of film production in India, an early exhibitor, distributor and producer of ...

who started

Madan Theatres Madan Theatre Company, also known as Madan Theatres Limited or Madan Theatres in short, was a film production company founded by Jamshedji Framji Madan, one of the pioneers of Indian Cinema. History Madan, a young Parsi businessman, who had exp ...

Ltd. in 1919. After his father died in 1923, J. J. Madan took over the management of Madan Theatres.

Indian-American Indian Americans or Indo-Americans are citizens of the United States with ancestry from India. The United States Census Bureau uses the term Asian Indian to avoid confusion with Native Americans, who have also historically been referred to ...

actor

Erick Avari Erick Avari (born Nariman Nariman Erach Avari; 13 April 1952) is an Indian-American actor whose roles in science-fiction and action productions include ''Stargate'' (1994), '' Independence Day'' (1996), and ''The Mummy'' (1999). Early life E ...

is a great-great-grandson of J. F. Madan (and great-grandson of J. J. Madan).

Filmography

* The 1922 silent film version of the

Savitri and Satyavan In Hinduism, Savitri and Satyavan ( sa, सावित्री ''Sāvitrī'' and ''Satyavān'') are a legendary couple, known for Savitri's love and devotion to her husband Satyavan. According to the legend, princess Savitri marries an exiled ...

story, an Italian co-production directed by Giorgio Mannini and J. J. Madan produced by Madan Theatres Ltd and Cines. * ''

Laila Majnu ''Layla & Majnun'' ( ar, مجنون ليلى ; Layla's Mad Lover) is an old story of Arab origin, about the 7th-century Bedouin poet Qays ibn al-Mulawwah and his ladylove Layla bint Mahdi (later known as Layla al-Aamiriya). "The Layla ...

'' (1927 silent film) * ''

Shirin Farhad (1931 film) ''Shirin Farhad'' is a 1931 Hindi language musical film. It was the second Indian film with sound. It was based on the love story from the ''Shahnameh'' of Farhad and Shirin by Nizami Ganjavi. The film was directed by J.J. Madan and starred N ...

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Zalim Saudagar ''Zalim Saudagar'' is a Bollywood drama film. It was released in 1941. The film is also known as ''Merchant Of Venice''. It was directed by J.J. Madan and starred Khalil, Kajjan, Rani Premlata, and Haider Bandi in the pivotal roles. Zalim Sau ...

'' (1941)

References

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