About: Varma Films

Varma Films was a film production and distribution company founded in Bombay, India and predominantly involved in producing and distributing Hindi-language films. During its 18-year existence, starting from its inception with the release of the film Suhaag Raat in 1948, to the release of its last film, Budtameez in 1966, Varma Films and its affiliates distributed 18 films, of which 12 were produced by them. This corresponds to an average of one film per year. In his sample of 274,991 films with 269,385 individual producers over the years 1949 to 2018, Follows (2019) finds that the average producer starting out in 1950 would go on to produce 6 films over his/her career span. With 18 of the films distributed by Varma Films including 12 films produced by the company, the above benchmark is an