''Punjab Mail'' (Hindi: पंजाब मेल) is 1939 action adventure

Hindi Hindi ( Devanāgarī: or , ), or more precisely Modern Standard Hindi (Devanagari: ), is an Indo-Aryan language spoken chiefly in the Hindi Belt region encompassing parts of northern, central, eastern, and western India. Hindi has been ...

film directed by

Homi Wadia Homi Wadia (22 May 1911 – 10 December 2004) was an Indian film director and producer in Bollywood (Hindi cinema). He was the co-founder of Wadia Movietone productions, established in 1933 and later after the closure of Wadiatone, he founded Ba ...

for

Wadia Movietone Wadia Movietone was a noted Indian film production company and studio based in Mumbai, established in 1933 by Wadia brothers J. B. H. Wadia and Homi Wadia. It was most known for stunt, fantasy and mythological films, including ''Hunterwali'' ...

. The score was provided by Madhavlal Damodar Master, and stars

Fearless Nadia Mary Ann Evans (8 January 1908 – 9 January 1996), also known by her stage name Fearless Nadia, was an Australian-born Indian actress and stuntwoman, who worked in Indian cinema. She is most remembered as the masked, cloaked adventurer in ''Hun ...

John Cawas 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 Fearless Nadia and Wadia Movietone. Cawas himself was famous for ...

, Sayani Atish, Sardar Mansoor, Boman Shroff and Sarita Devi. The film once again had Nadia playing the avenging female with mask and whip astride a horse dispensing justice and beating up the villains.

Cast

* Fearless Nadia * John Cawas * Sayani Atish * Sarita Devi * Boman Shroff * Sardar Mansoor * Master Chhotu * Shahzadi * Nazira * Master Mohammed

Production

The Wadia brother films normally starred Boman Shroff in the Douglas Fairbanks Sr. style roles, but with ''Punjab Mail'' Boman Shroff was replaced by John Cawas as a leading man though Shroff continued to act in character roles for them. The action films Nadia starred in like '' Hunterwali'' (1935), ''

Miss Frontier Mail ''Miss Frontier Mail'' is a 1936 Indian action crime thriller film directed by Homi Wadia and produced by Wadia Movietone. The film starred Fearless Nadia, billed as the "Indian Pearl White" in the film. Her co-stars were Sardar Mansur, John Ca ...

'' (1936) and ''Punjab Mail'' (1939) had patriotic implications and showed her fighting against persecution and prejudice with all the films turning out to be box-office successes. The train "metaphor" likening the female protagonist to a speedy train and its "thrilling settings" was continually used in the Wadia Brothers films with titles like '' Toofan Mail'' (1932), ''Miss Frontier Mail'' (1936), '' Toofan Express'' (1938) and ''Punjab Mail''` (1939).

Music

The music was directed by Madhavlal Damodar Master, with lyrics written by Pandit Gyan Chandra. The singers were Sarita Devi, Sardar Mansoor and Master Mohammed.

Song List

References

External links

* {{Homi Wadia 1939 films 1930s Hindi-language films Indian black-and-white films Films directed by Homi Wadia Indian action adventure films 1930s action adventure films Hindi-language action adventure films