Pammy Varma

Pammy Varma was was born on May 30, 1952 in Bombay, India. For years he worked as the assistant director/second-unit director of Manmohan Desai, leading director of the 1970s, for numerous films including Amar Akbar Anthony (1977), Coolie (1983) and Desh Premee (1982). Subsequently, Pammy made his made his debut as an independent director for the film Ek Misaal (1986). Pammy also was the co-producer of Mard (1985), which was the second highest-grossing film of 1985, and the eighth highest-grossing film of the 1980s. Pammy was married to Sunita Varma with whom he had two sons Aman and Kunal. Pammy died on October 31, 2015 in Mumbai, India. Pammy 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. As the son of Munshiram Varma, one of the founders of Varma Films and a patriarch of the Varma family, Pammy is a biological descendant of the Varma family.