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Kapoor family
Current region India Mumbai, India
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Notable members
Connected families Surinder Kapoor family, Bachchan family
Active since 1928, for nearly 84-85 years. (Prithviraj Kapoor acted in Alam Ara in 1931, which was also the first talkie film of India)

The Kapoor family (Hindi: कपूर परिवार), is a prominent Indian family with a long history in Bollywood cinema. Many members of the family have been successful actors, film directors, and producers. It is the first family of Indian Cinema, spanning over 80 years of entertainment.

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[edit] Background

Prithviraj Kapoor, the first of the family to pursue acting, was born in 1906 in the town of Samundri near Faisalabad, in the Punjab province of then British India.[1] His father, a policeman, was posted at Peshawar,[1][2] and his grandfather was a Tehsildar in Samundri.[3] Prithviraj's first lead role was in Cinema Girl in 1929.[1]

Though all three of Prithviraj Kapoor's sons, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, and Shashi Kapoor, became actors, it is Raj Kapoor's descendants who have carried on the family legacy. His sons, Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, went on to become well-known actors; his youngest son, Rajiv Kapoor, was not as successful as his brothers. Randhir Kapoor's daughters, Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, have found success in the film industry. Rishi Kapoor's son, Ranbir Kapoor, made his debut in 2007 opposite Sonam Kapoor, the daughter of Anil Kapoor, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya.

[edit] Family tree

The beginning of the Kapoor family
The family tree of Prithviraj Kapoor's eldest son, Raj Kapoor
The family tree of Prithviraj Kapoor's other two sons, Shammi Kapoor & Shashi Kapoor
 
Dewan Keshavmal Kapoor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Prithviraj Kapoor
 
Ramsarni Mehra
 
Trilok Kapoor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Raj Kapoor
 
Krishna Malhotra
 
Shashi Kapoor
 
Jennifer Kendal
 
Geeta Bali
 
Shammi Kapoor
 
Neila Devi
 
Urmila Sial
 
Nandi Kapoor
 
Devi Kapoor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Randhir Kapoor
 
Babita
 
 
 
 
 
Ritu Nanda
 
Rajan Nanda
 
 
 
 
 
Rishi Kapoor
 
Neetu Singh
 
Reema Jain
 
Rajiv Kapoor
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Karisma Kapoor
 
Sanjay Kapur
 
Kareena Kapoor
 
Nitasha Nanda
 
Nikhil Nanda
 
Shweta Bachchan-Nanda
 
Riddhima Kapoor
 
Ranbir Kapoor
 
Aadar Jain
 
Armaan Jain
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Samaira Kapur
 
Kiaan Raj Kapur
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Navya Naveli Nanda
 
Agastye Nanda
 
 

[edit] Members of the Kapoor family

[edit] First generation

  • Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor – a retired policeman and son of Dewan Keshavmal Kapoor who made a cameo in his grandson Raj Kapoor's movie, Awaara (1951)

[edit] Second generation

  • Prithviraj Kapoor – eldest son of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor; married to Ramsarni Mehra
  • Trilok Kapoor – second son of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor

[edit] Third generation

[edit] Fourth generation

  • Randhir Kapoor – eldest son of Raj Kapoor; married to Babita
  • Rishi Kapoor – second son of Raj Kapoor; married to Neetu Singh Kapoor
  • Rajiv Kapoor – youngest son of Raj Kapoor
  • Ritu Nanda – eldest daughter of Raj Kapoor; married to Rajan Nanda
  • Rima Kapoor Jain – second daughter of Raj Kapoor; married to Manoj Jain
  • Kanchan Desai – daughter of Shammi Kapoor; married to Ketan Desai, son of Manmohan Desai
  • Aditya Raj Kapoor – son of Shammi Kapoor; married to Priti
  • Kunal Kapoor – eldest son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal, married to Sheena Sippy, daughter of film director Ramesh Sippy
  • Karan Kapoor – second son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
  • Sanjana Kapoor – daughter of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal; married to Valmik Thapar
  • Namita Kapur – daughter of Urmila Sial, married to Vicky Kapur
  • Anuradha Kheta – daughter of Urmila Sial, married to Prakash Kheta
  • Priti Grover – daughter of Urmila Sial, married to Sandeep Grover
  • Jatin Sial – son of Urmila Sial, married Kavita Sharma

[edit] Fifth generation

[edit] Sixth generation

[edit] References

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