- Bhagwan Das Varma was born 1907 as Bhagwan Das Chawla to Laxmidas and Hukumdai Chawla in the Punjab Region of British India. He is one of the founders of Varma Films, best known for Sohag Raat (1948), Patanga (1949) and Badal (1951). He was married to Tarawanti and subsequently to Purnima. Children from Tarawanti include two sons (Jagdish & Satpal) and a daughter Nutan. Purnima was married earlier and had a son, Anwar Hashmi, from this marriage. Bhagwan Das died in 1962 in Bombay, India.
Bhagwan Das is a patriarch of the Varma family, which includes members that have had careers in the Bollywood industry as producers, distributors, actors, film directors, writers and editors, debuting in the late 1940s and continuing into the 2020s, for a staying power that has extended to more than seven decades.
- IMDb mini biography by: Anonymous
- Children
- Married actress Purnima in 1954. Purnima Das Varma is the grandmother of Bollywood's successful actor Emraan Hashmi. Purnima's son from her first marriage, Anwar Hashmi, is Emraan's father, making Bhagwan Das Varma Emraan Hashmi's step grandfather.
- Father of Jagdish Varma, producer of Budtameez (1966), Insaaniyat (1974) and Oonch Neech Beech (1989).
- Brother of Munshiram Varma, also one of the key founders of Varma Films, as well as producer of Sohag Raat (1948) and Aurat (1953).
- One of the key founders of Varma Films.
- Father of Satpal Varma, co-producer of Insaaniyat (1974).
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