Biography

Shajoo Varma née Agboatwala was the daughter of Faimidabanu and Taher Mohamed Agboatwala. She was the spouse of Jagdish Varma, founder of J.V. Films and the daughter-in-law of Bhagwan Das Varma. Children include a son, Sameer, married to Ritika Varma and a daughter, Sabina, married to Kawal Sharma. Shajoo died in 2017 in Mumbai, India.

Shajoo is a part of the Varma family, which includes members that have had careers in the Bollywood industry as producers, distributors, actors, film directors, writers and film editors. The Varma family began working in the film industry in the late 1940s and continues into the 2020s; the family has had a staying power that has extended to more than seven decades.

Shajoo joined the Varma family when he married Jagdish Varma, son of Bhagwan Das Varma, a founder of Varma Films and a patriarch of the Varma family.
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Father-in-law Bhagwan Das Varma was a film director, best known for Aurat (1953), Pooja (1954) and Baghi Sipahi (1958).

Varma Films, the company founded by father-in-law Bhagwan Das Varma and his five brothers is particularly well-known for the films Sohag Raat (1948), Patanga (1949) and Badal (1951).

Spouse Jagdish Varma was a film producer best known for the films Budtameez (1966), Insaaniyat (1974) and Oonch Neech Beech (1989).

Brother-in-law Satpal Varma was the co-producer for the films Insaaniyat (1974) and Oonch Neech Beech (1989).

In 1954, father-in-law Bhagwan Das Varma married actress Purnima, who 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.