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J F MADAN

J F Madan. Image Courtesy: Gool Madan Ardeshir – private collection
Jamshedji Framji Madan. Image Courtesy: Gool Madan Ardeshir – private collection
Jamshedji Framji Madan. Image Courtesy: Gool Madan Ardeshir – private collection
Jamshedji Framji Madan – OBE certificiate. Image courtesy: Cyrus Madan – private collection.
J F Madan personalised plate from Limoges, France. Appears to have been inherited by Naval Jamshedji Madan, then Korshed Naval Madan, then Ashley Coates. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates 2015 – private collection and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
J F Madan personalised plate from Limoges, France. Appears to have been inherited by Naval Jamshedji Madan, then Korshed Naval Madan, then Ashley Coates. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates 2015 – private collection and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
J F Madan portrait at Dishoom Covent Garden, London. Image courtesy: Ashley Coates 2024 and licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

BURJOR & MEHRA MADAN

Burjor J Madan was a son of J F Madan, born in 1890. He took over the running of the businesses after J F’s passing, presiding over both the high-point of the company’s cinematic and commercial success, and the decades of trouble and decline. He is pictured below, with his wife Mehra.

Scanned from original photograph in the 1949 “Rusi Album”. Image Courtesy: Ashley Coates 2012 – from private collection.
Burjor and Mehra with their children: from left: Dorab, Naju, Khorshed, Jamshed. Scanned from original photograph in the 1949 “Rusi Album”. Image Courtesy: Ashley Coates 2012 – from private collection.

RUSTOM K DOTIVALA

One of the founders of Madan Theatres Ltd, Rustom appears in the original 1919 registration documents. He married J F Madan’s eldest daughter, Putli, who was said to be a talented painter.

Rustom Dotivala, scanned from original photograph in the 1949 “Rusi Album”. Image Courtesy: Ashley Coates 2012 – from private collection.
Lily Madan, wife of Jehangir J Madan. Scanned from original photograph in the 1949 “Rusi Album”. Image Courtesy: Ashley Coates 2012 – from private collection.

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