Zimbo (1958)
August 22, 1958Release Date
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Cast & Crew.

Azaad Irani
Zimbo

B. M. Vyas
Bihari Lal

Dalpat
Seth Durgadas

Uma Dutt
Rajguru

Krishna Kumari
Queen Maya

Chitra
Leela Devi

Achala Sachdev
Uma Chakravarty

Habib
Sardar Jugal

B.M. Vyas
Bihari Lal

Sardar Mansur
Dilawar

Muzaffar Adeeb

Niloufer

Kanchanamala
Dancer

Chand Pandit
Writer

Pedro (the ape bomb)
Dada

Anant Wadedakar
Cinematography
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Release DateAugust 22, 1958
Original Nameजिम्बो
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 24m
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This Movie Is About.
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Zimbo is a 1958 Hindi action adventure film directed by Homi Wadia and produced by Basant Pictures. John Cawas, the earlier hero of most Wadia Movietone adventure films is credited in the title role of the film as associate director, with special effects by Babubhai Mistry. The screenplay was by JBH Wadia with dialogues by Chand Pandit. The music was composed by Chitragupta, with lyrics by Majrooh Sultanpuri. The film starred Azad, Krishna Kumari, Chitra, Achala Sachdev, Sheikh and Dalpat.
The story idea was similar to Tarzan of the Apes; Homi Wadia made use of a "popular culture" icon like Tarzan and changed the name to Zimbo, with an Indian setting. The film was originally made in 1937 as Toofani Tarzan, directed by Homi Wadia and produced by Wadia Movietone.
The film was dubbed into Tamil with the same title and released in 1958. Aaroor Dass wrote the dialogues and Kuyilan penned the lyrics. Adapted music was composed by VijayaBhaskar. The dubbing was done at Film Centre, Chennai. Editing of the Tamil version was done by M. Thaththaiah and G. Venkataraman.