Kapoor family
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The Kapoor Family is an influential film dynasty in India's Bollywood cinema.
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[edit] Background
Originally hailing from the city of Peshawar, Pakistan of Pathan and Punjabi origin,[1] five generations of the Kapoor family have acted, directed or produced in the Bollywood industry, starting from Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor right down to Kareena Kapoor. It was founded by actor Prithviraj Kapoor, whose eldest son Raj Kapoor became a superstar in the Hindi film industry, and his two other sons (Shashi Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor) became stars in their own right. Most members of the family have either acted in, produced or directed films, and have had a major impact on Indian films.
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. 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. In addition to that, 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.
Initially, the Kapoor tradition states that the women of the family are not allowed to act in films. Babita and Neetu Singh were forced to leave the film industry as per Kapoor tradition though Jennifer Kendal didn't. Ultimately, this myth was first broken by Prithiviraj's granddaughter Sanjana Kapoor in 1981 and later by his great granddaughters Karisma and Kareena Kapoor in 1991 and 2000 respectively.
Raj Kapoor's grandson Nikhil Nanda is married to Shweta Nanda, the only daughter of megastar Amitabh Bachchan (see Bachchan family). Karisma Kapoor was briefly engaged to Amitabh Bachchan's son, Abhishek but they broke up for unknown reasons.
[edit] Family Tree
[edit] Members of the Kapoor Family
[edit] 1st generation
- Dewan Keshavmal Kapoor (1845-1923) - father of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor, from Punjab
[edit] 2nd 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] 3rd generation
- Prithviraj Kapoor - eldest son of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor; married to Ramsarni Mehra
- Trilok Kapoor - second son of Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor
[edit] 4th generation
- Raj Kapoor - eldest son of Prithviraj; married to Krishna Malhotra
- Shammi Kapoor - second son of Prithviraj; married to Geeta Bali (first wife) and Neila Devi (second wife)
- Shashi Kapoor - youngest son of Prithviraj; married to Jennifer Kendal
[edit] 5th 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
- Reema 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
- Karan Kapoor - second son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
- Sanjana Kapoor - daughter of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
[edit] 6th generation
- Karisma Kapoor - eldest daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita; married to Sanjay Kapur
- Kareena Kapoor - second daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita
- Ranbir Kapoor - son of Rishi and Neetu Singh Kapoor
- Riddhima Sahni Kapoor - daughter of Rishi and Neetu Singh Kapoor; married to Bharat Sahni
- Natasha Nanda - daughter of Ritu and Rajan Nanda
- Nikhil Nanda - son of Ritu and Rajan Nanda; married to Shweta Bachchan-Nanda, daughter of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan
- Adar Jain - eldest son of Reema and Manoj Jain
- Armaan Jain - second son of Reema and Manoj Jain
- Pooja Desai - eldest daughter of Kanchan and Ketan Desai
- Rajrajeshwari Desai - second daughter of Kanchan and Ketan Desai
- Vishwapratapraj Kapoor - son of Aditya Raj and Priti Kapoor
- Tulsi Kapoor - daughter of Aditya Raj and Priti Kapoor
[edit] 7th generation
- Samaira Kapur - daughter of Karisma Kapoor and Sanjay Kapur
- Navya Naveli Nanda - daughter of Nikhil and Shweta Nanda
- Agastye Nanda - son of Nikhil and Shweta Nanda
