हंटरवाली की बेटी

A Wadia Movietone stunt-adventure and the sequel to the studio's 1935 smash Hunterwali. When the legendary masked avenger Hunterwali vanishes, her daughter Kishori (Fearless Nadia) sets out to find her — a quest that puts a price on Kishori's head and pits her against villains in a string of whip-cracking, horse-riding, fist-fighting set pieces, aided by Kumar and Vijay.

The music was composed by Channalal Naik with all lyrics written by A. Karim. The soundtrack mixes filmi romantic duets (sung by Mansoor with Rajkumari, and by Ranibala with Shyam Sundar) with rousing march-style and novelty numbers fitting a stunt picture — including the patriotic-flavoured 'Kadam Kadam Badhe Chalo' and two 'Arab'-styled numbers. Khan Mastana lends a solo.

Wadia Movietone, run by JBH Wadia and his brother Homi Wadia (Nadia's collaborator and later husband), built its reputation on stunt films headlined by the Australian-origin performer Mary Ann Evans, billed as Fearless Nadia. Hunterwali Ki Beti capitalised on the runaway success of the 1935 Hunterwali by continuing the masked-avenger story into a second generation.

Often cited as the first Indian film to be a sequel, Hunterwali Ki Beti extended the Fearless Nadia stunt-heroine franchise that had made Wadia Movietone the home of Indian action cinema. Channalal Naik's score and A. Karim's lyrics provided the songs around which Nadia's whip-and-fist heroics were staged.

The film cemented the stunt-and-spectacle template of 1940s Indian action cinema and the cultural icon of the leather-clad, whip-wielding female action star — a lineage that runs from Fearless Nadia through to the action heroines of later Hindi cinema.