Khiladi (1968 film)

Khilari
Directed byHomi Wadia
Produced byWadia Brothers Production
StarringFearless Nadia
Dilip Raj
Sujata
Music byLala Sattar
Production
company
Basant Studios
Release date
  • 1968 (1968)
Running time
155 min
CountryIndia
LanguageHindi

Khiladi is a 1968 Hindi action film directed by Homi Wadia for Basant Pictures.[1] It was produced under the Homi Wadia Production banner with music composed by Lala Sattar and lyrics written by Faruk Kaiser.[2] Fearless Nadia starred in nearly fifty Wadia films, making stunt history starting with Hunterwali (1935).[3] Khiladi was Nadia's last role in films.[4] The film starred Nadia, Dilip Raj, Sujata, Amarnath, Suzie, Uma and Vishwas Kunte.[5]

Nadia had last done an action role nine years earlier. Around the age of fifty-eight she made a flamboyant come-back in a cleverly executed "James Bond" type character in Khiladi where she was code-named "Living Fireball".[6][7]

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