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Kapoor family
Current regionIndia Mumbai, India
MembersPrithviraj Kapoor
Raj Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor
Rajiv Kapoor
Karisma Kapoor
Kareena Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor
Connected familiesSurinder Kapoor family, Bachchan family,Chakroborty Family

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.

Background

Prithviraj Kapoor, the first of the family to pursue acting, was born in 1906 in the town of Samundri near Lyallpur, in the Punjab province of Pakistan.[1] His father, a policeman, was posted at Peshawar,[2][3] and his grandfather was a Tehsildar in Samundri.[4] Prithviraj's first lead role was in Cinema Girl in 1929.[5]

Though all three of Prithviraj Kapoor's sons became actors, it is Raj Kapoor's descendants that have carried on the family legacy. His sons, Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, went on to become well-known actors, whilst his youngest son, Rajiv Kapoor, was not as successful as his brothers. Randhir Kapoor's daughters, Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, have gone on to find success in the film industry, although the former has temporarily retired due to marriage. 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.Mithun Chakroborty's wife Yogeeta Bali's aunt is Geeta Baliwho was the wife of Shammi Kapoor

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 KapoorRamsarni MehraTrilok Kapoor
Raj KapoorKrishna MalhotraShashi KapoorJennifer KendalGeeta BaliShammi KapoorNeila DeviUrmila SialNandi KapoorDevi Kapoor
Randhir KapoorBabitaRitu NandaRajan NandaRishi KapoorNeetu SinghReema JainRajiv Kapoor
Karisma KapoorSanjay KapurKareena KapoorNitasha NandaNikhil NandaShweta Bachchan-NandaRiddhima KapoorRanbir KapoorAadar JainArmaan Jain
Samaira KapurKiaan Raj KapurNavya Naveli NandaAgastye Nanda

Members of the Kapoor family

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)

Second generation

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

Third generation

File:Shammi Kapoor.jpg
Shammi Kapoor, filming Junglee

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 first son,name of Mohitjain
  • 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

Fifth generation

Kareena Kapoor

Sixth generation

References

  1. ^ http://punjabiworld.com/Punjab-Worldwide/kapoor-prithiviraj.html
  2. ^ http://punjabiworld.com/Punjab-Worldwide/kapoor-prithiviraj.html
  3. ^ http://www.statsvet.su.se/publikationer/ahmed/artiklar_2006/41_prithviraj_kapoor.htm
  4. ^ http://specials.rediff.com/movies/2006/feb/02slide1.htm
  5. ^ http://punjabiworld.com/Punjab-Worldwide/kapoor-prithiviraj.html
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