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Kapoor family
Current regionMumbai, India
Place of originPeshawar, Pakistan
Members
Connected familiesBachchan family[1]
TraditionsHinduism[2]
Active since 1926, 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 Hindi cinema. Many members of the family have been successful actors, film directors, and producers.

Background

Kapoor Haveli, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan.

The Kapoors lived in the city of Peshawar in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. Prithviraj Kapoor, the first of the family to pursue acting, was born in 1901 in the town of Samundri near Lyallpur, in the Punjab province of then British India (now in Pakistan). However, he grew up in Peshawar where his father was a sub-inspector of police, and his grandfather was a Tehsildar in Samundri. In 1928, Prithviraj left Peshawar for the Indian city of Mumbai where he established himself.[3] He was later joined by the rest of the family.[4][5][6]

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 and Babita's daughters, Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, have found success in the film industry. Rishi Kapoor's son, Ranbir Kapoor is Kareena and Karisma's cousin with Riddhima Kapoor Sahani and made his debut in 2007 in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya.

Nikhil Nanda, maternal grandson of Raj Kapoor is married to Shweta Bachchan, daughter of well known actor, Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan.[7][8]

Family tree

Dewan Keshavmal Kapoor
Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor
Prithviraj KapoorRamsarni MehraTrilok Kapoor
Raj KapoorKrishna MalhotraShashi KapoorJennifer KendalGeeta BaliShammi KapoorNeila DeviUrmila SialNandi KapoorDevi Kapoor
Namita KapurVicky KapurAnuradha KhetaPrakash KhetaPriti GoverSandeep GoverJatin SialKavita Sharma
Anisha KapurVibha KapurVarun KapurNushka KhetaPriyanka KhetaSukriti GroverNainika GroverAmmeya SialMaya Sial
Kanchan DesaiKetan DesaiAditya Raj KapoorPriti Kapoor
Pooja DesaiRajrajeshwari DesaiVishwapratapraj KapoorTulsi Kapoor
Kunal KapoorSheena SippyKaran KapoorSanjana KapoorValmik Thapar
Zahan Prithviraj KapoorShaira Laura KapoorHamir Thapar
Randhir KapoorBabitaRitu Kapoor NandaRajan NandaRishi KapoorNeetu Singh KapoorReema JainRajiv Kapoor
Karisma KapoorSanjay KapoorKareena Kapoor KhanSaif Ali KhanNitasha NandaNikhil NandaShweta Bachchan-NandaRiddhima Kapoor SahaniRanbir KapoorAadar JainArmaan Jain
Samaira KapoorKiaan Raj KapoorNavya Naveli NandaAgastya Nanda

Members of the Kapoor family

First generation

  • Dewan Basheshwarnath Kapoor – a sub inspector of police in Peshawar, in what is now Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. He was the son of Dewan Keshavmal Kapoor who made a cameo in Raj Kapoor's movie, Awara (1951)

Second generation

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

Third generation

Fourth generation

File:Ranbir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor IIFA 2012.jpg
Rishi Kapoor(L) with his son Ranbir Kapoor in 2012.

Fifth generation

Karisma and Kareena Kapoor

Sixth generation

Also see

References

  1. ^ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/take-a-peek-at-the-business-political-landscape-of-marriages/nikhil-nanda-shweta-bachchan/slideshow/19118743.cms
  2. ^ Sharmistha Gooptu
  3. ^ a b "Bollywood's First Family". The Kapoors: The First Family Of Indian Cinema by Madhu Jain, published by Penguin Books India. Rediff. Retrieved 2013-07-20. For this Hindu Pathan family, actors belonged to the 'debauched' world of wandering street performers and nautanki groups, people outside the pale of society.
  4. ^ http://books.google.com.au/books?id=l3heZ8I-k9AC&pg=PT363&lpg=PT363&dq=madhu+jain+book+kapoor+punjabi&source=bl&ots=-7NRFGKd7A&sig=Fk-zDaNcSZWl7gVcY-n80omidf4&hl=en&sa=X&ei=368AUqzYHM7YkQW-hIHwBA&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAjgU#v=snippet&q=punjabi&f=false
  5. ^ http://indiatoday.intoday.in/story/obituary-of-yash-chopra/1/226400.html
  6. ^ Sharmistha Gooptu
  7. ^ http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi-times/Nikhil-Nanda-The-business-of-life/articleshow/13296381.cms?
  8. ^ http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/slideshows/people/take-a-peek-at-the-business-political-landscape-of-marriages/nikhil-nanda-shweta-bachchan/slideshow/19118743.cms
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