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Within the Hindi film industry, commonly known as "Bollywood" there is a history of many members of a family over several generations all participating in the film industry.

This page lists some of the more well-known such "clans". For South Indian film families, see List of South Indian film families.

The Akhtar-Azmi family

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Javed Akhtar and Shabana Azmi

Lyricist Javed Akhtar married script writer Honey Irani. His second wife is actress Shabana Azmi. Azmi's nieces are actresses Farah Naaz and Tabu. Farhan and Zoya Akhtar's cousins are Farah and Sajid Khan.[1]

The Ali Family

  • Mumtaz Ali (Father of Mehmood)
    • Malikunnisa Ali aka Minoo Mumtaz (Sister of Mehmood)
    • Anwar Ali (Brother of Mehmood)
    • Mehmood Ali
      • Masood Ali aka Pucky Ali (Actor, son of Mehmood and Madhu)
      • Maqsood Mehmood Ali aka Lucky Ali (Actor/ Singer, son of Mehmood and Madhu)
      • Maqdoom Ali aka Makki Ali (Actor, son of Mehmood and Madhu)
      • Masoom Ali (Producer, son of Mehmood and Madhu)
      • Manzoor Ali (Actor, son of Mehmood and Tracy Ali)
      • Jeanie aka Latifunnisa aka Ginny Ali (Actor, daughter of Mehmood and Tracy Ali)

The Anand family

Dev Anand

The most prominent member of the family is actor Dev Anand, who has starred in over a hundred films. Another member of the family is internationally known director Shekhar Kapur, he is known for directing the film Elizabeth. He was married to actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy.

The Babbar family

Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar is an Indian actor and has been married twice. His first wife is Nadira Babbar, who became known with her appearance in Bride and Prejudice (2004) with Aishwarya Rai. Their children are Arya Babbar and Juhi Babbar. Both have ventured into the film industry. Raj's second wife was actress Smita Patil, she died giving birth to their child in 1986. Her son Prateek made his acting debut in 2008 film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na

The Bachchan family

Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan
Main article: Bachchan family

The Barjatya family

The Barjatya family starts with Tarachand Barjatya, who was a film producer and director and set up his Rajshri Productions, in the late 1940s. Tarachand Barjatya had three sons, Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Raj Kumar Barjatya and Ajit Kumar Barjatya, all of whom are active in bringing the Rajshri empire to great heights. The company saw an all time up swing in revenues when Raj Kumar Barjatya's son, Sooraj R. Barjatya, started his film making career with the 1989 blockbuster, Maine Pyar Kiya and eventually with, Hum Aapke Hain Koun and Hum Saath Saath Hain. The company is now led by the third generation of Barjatya's, namely, Kavita K. Barjatya, Sooraj R. Barjatya and Rajat A. Barjatya.

  • Tarachand Barjatya (Director, Producer, Writer and Founder, Rajshri Productions)
    • Kamal Kumar Barjatya (First son of Tarachand Barjatya and Producer)
      • Kavita K. Barjatya (Producer and daughter of Kamal Kumar Barjatya)
    • Raj Kumar Barjatya (Second son of Tarachand Barjatya and Producer
    • Ajit Kumar Barjatya (Third son of Tarachand Barjatya and Producer))
      • Rajat A. Barjatya (Producer and son of Ajit Kumar Barjatya)

The Baweja family

The Bedi family

The Bhatt family

Mahesh Bhatt and Pooja Bhatt (right)

The Chopra-Johar family

Baldev Raj Chopra (left) and Yash Chopra (right)

Considered to be the most powerful family of the Hindi Film Industry, they have produced some of the country's biggest blockbusters and have worked in close quarters with all the leading superstars of the industry. The Chopra's form a gnroup of four siblings, born to Vilayati Raj Chopra, all of whom work independently through different leading film production houses. The eldest brother, Baldev Raj Chopra, found his B.R.Films in the year 1947, which is now managed and run by his son Ravi Chopra, who is also a director and a producer. Baldev Raj Chopra was assisted by his youngest brother, Yash Chopra for a long time with B.R.Films, during which he directed and produced several hits for the company, however eventually branching out to form his own, Yash Raj Films, along with son Aditya Chopra. The second brother Vinod Chopra, found his Vinod Chopra Productions along with his son Vidhu Vinod Chopra and never worked with B.R.Films or Yash Raj Films. The youngest sibling Hiroo Chopra married veteran film maker Yash Johar and together founded Dharma Productions which is now run by their son Karan Johar.

  • Baldev Raj Chopra (Hindi Film Producer & Director)
  • Vinod Chopra (Hindi Film Producer)
  • Yash Chopra (Hindi Film Producer, Writer & Director)
  • Hiroo Johar (Hindi Film Producer)
    • Yash Johar (Hiroo Johar’s husband and Hindi Film Producer)
  • Ravi Chopra (B.R.Chopra's Son & Hindi Film Writer, Producer and Director)
  • Vidhu Vinod Chopra (Vinod Chopra's Son & Hindi Film Writer, Producer and Director)
  • Aditya Chopra (Yash Chopra’s son and Hindi Film Writer, Producer and Director)
  • Karan Johar (Yash Johar’s son and Hindi Film Writer, Producer and Director)
  • Uday Chopra (Yash Chopra's Youngest Son & Actor)

The Deol family

Hema Malini(second from right) and Esha Deol (Third from right)

The Deols start with Dharmendra. His sons (Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol) went on to pursue a successful film career, who also own Vijayta Films. Esha Deol and Ahana Deol are the daughters of Dharmendra and Hema Malini. Esha has pursued a film career, whilst Dharmendra's nephew Abhay Deol is in the industry since 2005, giving notable performances.

The Dutt family (Guru Dutt)

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), popularly known as Guru Dutt (Konkani:गुरु दत्त), was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He is often credited with ushering in the golden era of Hindi cinema.[citation needed] He made quintessential 1950s and 1960s classics such as Pyaasa (Thirsty), Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (The King, the Queen and the Jack) and Chaudhvin Ka Chand (The Fourteenth Day Moon in Muslim calendar but actually means full moon, a metaphor for beauty). In particular, Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are now included among the greatest films of all time, both by Time magazine's "All-TIME" 100 best movies and by the Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll, where Dutt himself is included among the greatest film directors of all time. He is sometimes referred to as "India's Orson Welles". In 2010, he was included among CNN's "top 25 Asian actors of all time".

  • Guru Dutt (Notable Indian Actor)
  • Shyam Benegal (Director, his paternal grandmother, and Dutt's maternal grandmother were sisters)
  • Kalpana Lajmi (Director, maternal niece of Guru Dutt)
  • Amrita Rao (Actress, her grandfather and Guru Dutt were second cousins)
  • Preetika Rao (Actress, sister of Amrita Rao, her grandfather and Guru Dutt were second cousins)

The Dutt family

Sunil Dutt and Priya Dutt

Jaddanbai, the founder of the family, started as a singer and eventually became a film composer and filmmaker. Her daughter Nargis began her film career at age six when cast by her mother in one of her films. Nargis went on to become a major star in the 1940s and 1950s. Sunil Dutt also acted in the industry in the 1950s. Nargis went into semi-retirement after their marriage in 1958, and full retirement in 1967, but Sunil continued to act until the early 1990s. Their son Sanjay has pursued a successful film career since 1981 and continues to act today. Nargis died from cancer in the year her son made his debut and Sunil Dutt died in May 2005.

The Dutt family is also known for its political involvement. Sunil was elected five times to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India) and, at his death, was a cabinet minister under Manmohan Singh. Nargis was a nominated member of the Parliament's upper house, Rajya Sabha, and died in office in 1981. After Sunil's death, their daughter Priya Dutt ran for, and was elected to, Sunil's vacant seat in the Lok Sabha. She continues to serve in that body.

The Ganguly family

Main article: Ganguly family

Ashok, Kishore and Anoop Kumar have all acted in the industry. Their family is related to the Mukherjee family through the marriage of Sashadhar Mukherjee to their only sister Sati Devi.

The Goswami family

Manoj Kumar was born as Harikishan Goswami in 1937 in abbottabad He started his film career in 1957. but films like Pathar ke Sanam, Woh Kaun thi which gave him Fame. But his career took a different phase by launching his production house Vishal international which gave Classics like Upkar, Purab aur Paschim, Roti Kapda aur Makan, Kranti. which earned him the title of "Bharat Kumar" though he is a Bollywood Legend his sons were unsuccessful in Bollywood

The Haasan-Ratnam family

Originated in South India, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam are two of the biggest names in the industry.

The Hussain family

The Hussain starts with Nasir Hussain, who is the eldest man in the family. Nasir Hussain is a veteran film writer, producer and director and made his writing debut with the 1953 super hit, Anarkali for Filmistan studios, where he joined as a free lancer. Nasir later went on to start his own production house named Nasir Hussain Films and made evergreen cult films like Teesri Manzil and Yaadon Ki Baraat. Nasir Hussain's younger brother, Tahir Hussain, is also a filmmaker and has been a producer and presenter for a number of films. Nasir Hussain has two children; an elder son Mansoor Khan, and a younger daughter, Nuzhat Khan. Nuzhat Khan married Anil Pal, an engineer and had one child, Imran Khan. Tahir Hussain and his wife Zeenat Hussain have four children; Farhat Khan, Aamir Khan, Faisal Khan and Nikhat Khan. Nasir Hussain launched, both Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan with the 1988 blockbuster Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which was produced by Nassir Hussain Films and co-written by the two brothers, in their younger days. Aamir Khan's younger brother Faisal Khan is also an actor. Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan, later launched their nephew, Imran Khan, with Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na in the year 2008. The film was made under the Aamir Khan Productions banner and was a huge hit.

The Kapoor family (of Jeetendra)

The Kapoor family (of Prithviraj Kapoor)

Main article: Kapoor family

The oldest family in the industry, the Kapoor family have been in the industry for decades since 1926. It is mainly Raj Kapoor's descendants that have carried on with the family tradition of acting, although others have tried with less success. Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor are the success stories from Raj Kapoor clan. Others who tried their hand with less success include Rajiv Kapoor (Raj's son), Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor (Shashi's sons). Shashi Kapoor's daughter, Sanjana Kapoor, with brother Kunal, has been successfully running Prithvi Theatre, founded in 1944 by Prithviraj Kapoor.

The Kapoor family (of Surinder Kapoor)

Surinder Kapoor is also related to the main Kapoor family. His sons have acted and produced in the industry. Producer Boney Kapoor is married to actress Sridevi. Anil Kapoor's daughter, Sonam made her debut in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's film Saawariya (2007).

  • Surinder Kapoor (father)
  • Nirmal Kapoor (wife of Surinder Kapoor)
  • Boney Kapoor (oldest son)
  • Anil Kapoor (middle son)
  • Reena Kapoor Marwah (daughter)
  • Sanjay Kapoor (youngest son)
  • Sandeep Marwah (son-in-law & Reena's husband)
  • Mona Kapoor (first wife of Boney Kapoor)
  • Sridevi (Boney Kapoor's second wife)
  • Sunita Kapoor (wife of Anil)
  • Maheep Kapoor (wife of Sanjay)
  • Sonam Kapoor (oldest daughter of Anil)
  • Arjun Kapoor (oldest son of Boney & Mona)
  • Rhea Kapoor (daughter of Anil)
  • Harshvardhan Kapoor (son of Anil kapoor)
  • Anshula Kapoor (daughter of Boney & Mona)
  • Mohit Marwah (son of Reena & Sandeep)
  • Akshay Marwah (son of Reena & Sandeep)
  • Shanaya Kapoor (daughter of Maheep & Sanjay)
  • Jehaan Kapoor (son of Maheep & Sanjay)
  • Jahanvi Kapoor (daughter of Boney & Sridevi)
  • Khushi Kapoor (daughter of Boney & Sridevi)

The Kapoor-Pathak-Shah family

The Khan family (of Salim Khan)

Story and script writer Salim Khan has written and produced a majority of the successful movies all through the 1970s and 1980s era. Salim Khan was earlier a junior technician for various films had not made any considerable mark in the field. Realizing the lack of writers in the movie making industry, he gradually learnt about story telling and writing techniques used in films, along with close friend and then business associate Javed Akhtar and began writing short transcripts. Salim-Javed (as they are famously called) have scripted innumerable commercially and critically accepted movies for movie making giants like Nasir Hussain (Yaadon Ki Baraat), Yash Chopra (Deewar), Yash Johar (Dostana), Ramesh Sippy (Sholay), Shekhar Kapoor (Mr. India) and Farhan Akhtar (Don - The Chase Begins Again). The duo split up in the early 1980s and ended their 15 year professional relationship for unknown reasons. Salim Khan married his first wife Salma Khan and had four children with her; Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan and Alvira Khan. His marriage to Salma, however, did not last as Salim Khan married film star Helen thus making her, his second wife. The newlywed couple lived separately and adopted a girl child, Arpita Khan, while Khan's first wife, Salma, singlehandedly raised all the four kids. Salma Khan's eldest son, Salman, made his film debut at the age of twenty four with Maine Pyaar Kiya in the year 1989 and eventually went on to become one of the most successful actors in the history of Indian Cinema and is till date considered to be one, among the most influential people of the country, enjoying heavy commercial and critical success throughout his career. Salman Khan, however, for unknown reasons, has never collaborated with his (writer) father on any film project in his two decade old career. The entire Khan family currently lives with their eldest son Salman Khan, in Galaxy Apartments on Bandra Bandstand Mumbai.

  • Salim Khan
  • Salma Khan (Salim Khan's First Wife)
    • Salman Khan ( Eldest Son Of Salim Khan and Salma Khan)
    • Arbaaz Khan (Director, Producer, Writer & Actor and Second Son Of Salim Khan and Salma Khan)
    • Sohail Khan (Director, Producer, Writer & Actor and Third Son Of Salim Khan and Salma Khan)
      • Seema Khan (Sohail Khan's Wife)
    • Alvira Khan (Eldest Daughter of Salim Khan and Salma Khan)
    • Atul Agnihotri (Director, Producer & Writer and Alvira Khan's Husband)
  • Helen (Salim Khan's Second Wife)
    • Arpita Khan (Adopted girl by Salim Khan and Helen)

The Khan family of Taj Muhammad Khan

  • Taj Muhammad Khan-Indian Independence activist and father of Shahrukh Khan, died when Shahrukh was a child.
  • Lateef Fatima (mother of Shahrukh Khan, died in 1990)
  • Gen,. Shah Nawaz Khan, adopted the mother of Shahrukh Khan
  • Shahrukh Khan (actor, born 1965)
  • Shehnaz Khan (sister of Shahrukh)
  • Gauri Khan (Indian interior designer, married Shahrukh and became a film producer)
  • Aryan Khan Nov. 1997 (son of Khan and Gauri) Not to be confused with another Afghani actor Aryan Khan
  • Suhana Khan May 2000 (daughter of Khan and Gauri)

The Khan family of Yusuf Khan

Dilip Kumar was born as Muhaamad Yusuf Khan on 1922, he is considered as ultimate method actor an actor won several awards in his life. His wife Saira Banu was also successful actress in Bollywood. Filmmaker K Asif is also related to family as he was married to Dilip Kumar's sister.

The Khan-Roshan family

Rakesh Roshan was an actor from the 60s to the 80s. Towards the 90s he started directing films. His brother Rajesh is a Music director and does the music for Rakesh's films. Rakesh introduced his son Hrithik in 2000 in the film Kaho Na Pyaar Hai which made Hrithik a star overnight. Most Bollywood film families marry into other families.

The Khanna family (of Rajesh Khanna)

Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia's daughters Twinkle Khanna and Rinke Khanna have also acted in the industry. Twinkle Khanna left the industry after her marriage to actor Akshay Kumar.

The Khanna family (of Vinod Khanna)

Vinod Khanna was a popular successful actor in the industry in the 1970s and 80s. His sons Akshaye and Rahul both pursued a film career though Rahul has not been as successful.

The Kher family

The Kher family includes the actors Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher. Their son is actor Sikander Kher. Anupam has starred in the international hit film Bend It Like Beckham. He recently won the best actor award given by the Karachi International Film Festival for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005). Kiron Kher won the Bronze Leopard Award given by the Locarno International Film Festival for Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters (2003).

The Kumar family

Gulshan Kumar was the founder of the T-Series (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.), the best known music label in India, and an Indian Bollywood movie producer.

The Mukesh family

Mukesh was an Indian playback singer of Bollywood.

The Mangeshkar-Burman family

The Mukherjee-Samarth Devagn family

Main article: Mukherjee-Samarth family (film)

The current members of the Mukherjee-Samarth family that are in the industry are Tanuja, Rani Mukerji, Kajol, Tanisha, and Mohnish Behl. The family have been acting in the industry since the 1940s. Their family married into the Ganguly brothers. Sashadhar Mukherjee was married to Sati Devi who was the sister of three brothers. The Mukherjee and Samarth family are related through the marriage of Tanuja to the son of Sashadhar Mukherjee. 

    * Joy Mukherjee (son of Sashadhar)
    * Deb Mukherjee (son of Sashadhar)

The Oberoi family

The Pataudis

Sharmila Tagore and Soha Ali Khan

Sharmila Tagore is married to Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who was an Indian cricket captain. She has also acted in Bengali films. Saif Ali Khan is a popular actor and is also a National Award winner.Soha Ali Khan, has just started in the industry.

The Puri family

Madan Puri was probably the best known villain in the industry in the 1950 & late sixties. His brothers Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri were also a very successful actors of their time.

  • Madan Puri (Second brother of Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri).
  • Amrish Puri (Youngest brother of Chaman Puri and Madan Puri).

The Raj Kumar family

The Ramsay family

The Ramsay Brothers are a brethren of five brothers of who had achieved cult status for producing, directing and editing B-grade horror films. They are the sons of F U Ramsay, who had made movies in the same genre.

The Sen-Dev Varma family

The Sen family

The Shetty Family

The Gulzar family

The Rajinikanth family

Rajinikanth

References

  1. ^ THE DYNAMIC DYNASTIES: What would the world of films be without them? Screen, September 22, 2000.
  • "A legacy lives on". The Hindu. July 28, 2000.
  • "In Bollywood, everyone's related!". The Times of India. Jun 14, 2009.
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