Famous People with Name Varma

Mahadevi Varma            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mahadevi Varma: was one of the most famous modern Hindi poets. She is widely regarded as the "modern Meera"[citation needed]. She was a major poet of the Chhayavaad generation, a period of romanticism in Modern Hindi poetry.She was awarded, India's highest literary award, for lifetime achievement, the Sahitya Akademi Fellowship in 1976, followed by the Jnanpith award in 1982.Mahadevi was appointed as the first headmistress of Allahabad (Prayag) Mahila Vidyapeeth, which was started with a view to imparting cultural and literary education to girls through Hindi medium. Later, she became the chancellor of the institute.

Ram Gopal Varma            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ram Gopal Varma: an Indian film director, screenwriter and producer. Varma has directed, written and produced films across multiple genres—psychological thrillers, underworld gang warfare, politician-criminal nexus, and musicals—and in multiple languages—Telugu and Hindi.Shiva (1989) was his first film as director and Phoonk (2008) is his most recent one. He gained recognition in Hindi cinema, also known as "Bollywood", with Rangeela (1995). The next film he directed was Satya (1998), which won six Filmfare Awards, including the Critics Award for Best Film. Satya, together with his 2002 film Company (which he directed and which won seven Filmfare Awards) and 2005 film D (which he produced), form an "Indian Gangster Trilogy", comparable to the Godfather Trilogy or Infernal Affairs trilogy.[1] Other successful films Varma directed include Kshana Kshanam (1991), Kaun (1999), Jungle (2000), Bhoot (2003), Sarkar (2005) and Sarkar Raj (2008).[2]

Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Mavelikkara Prabhakara Varma: was an Indian carnatic musician[1] and teacher who descended from the royal family of Mavelikkara, Kerala.He was born in 1928 as the second son of chandraprabha thamburatty(daughter of the great scholar A. R. Raja Raja Varma) and Rama Varma of Kilimanoor Palace. While in his mother's womb, Varma was affected by polio[2] and thus was born with disorder in his right leg, which he had to carry till his death. After his initial studies, he joined the Swathi Thirunal Music Academy in Thiruvananthapuram and after the couse, joined the acadeny as an Assistant Professor in 1957. He retired as the principal of RLV College of Music and Fine Arts, Tripunithura.

Ajay Varma            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ajay Varma: was an Indian cricketer. An all-rounder, he had healthy batting and bowling averages throughout his 12 year career for Bengal.

Ratilal Kalidas Varma            Origin/Culture/Country: Indian

Ratilal Kalidas Varma: is a member of the 14th Lok Sabha of India. He represents the Dhanduka constituency of Gujarat and is a member of the Bharatiya Janata Party.