[10] Involvement in the Indian film industry was pursued by Bhagwan Das and Purnima as well as members of their immediate family.

Jagdish Varma, son of Bhagwan Das from his previous marriage, started a new production and distribution company called J.V.

[15] Purnima Das Varma’s son from her first marriage, Anwar Hashmi, worked as a character actor in Baharon Ki Manzil (1968).

[21] In the next several years that followed these box-office hits, Bhagwan Das and his brothers produced and/or distributed the following films: Thes (1949), Neki Aur Badi (1949), Sagai (1951), Badal (1951), Parbat (1952), Aurat (1953), Ladla (1954) and Pooja (1954).

V P Productions was associated with Baghi Sipahi (1958), and Varma Pictures with Night Club (1958) and Main Nashe Mein Hoon (1959).

In addition to playing the above roles with Varma Films and affiliated companies, Bhagwan Das made his debut as a producer with Badal in 1951.

In the Indianized version of the Robin Hood legend, a Jagirdar’s henchmen loot poor villagers until Badal (played by Premnath) steals from the oppressor and helps the repressed while getting into a romantic relationship with the tyrant’s daughter Ratna (played by Madhubala).

[26] Aurat was released shortly after the release of the American film Samson and Delilah, a commercially successful film directed by Cecil B. DeMille with a box-office revenue of $25.6 million[27] and a budget of only 3.1 million.

[29] Aurat also marked the first time Purnima worked in an important role under the direction of Bhagwan Das.

Once again Purnima, who was by this time married to Bhagwan Das, played an important role in the film.

Madhubala has been designated one of the greats in Indian cinematic history, and her status has withstood the test of time in the decades following her death.

[38][39] In 1958 alone, the year in which Baghi Sipahi was released, Madhubla was the lead actress in four films (Phagun, Kala Pani, Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi and Howrah Bridge) that were all on the list of the ten highest grossing films of the year 1958.