List of Hindi film families
Within the Indian film industry,[] there is a common, recurring theme of many members of a family participating in the film industry.
This page lists some of the notable clans and their famous members. For South Indian film families, see List of South Indian film families and for Indian music families, see List of Indian music clans.
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Akhtar–Azmi–Kher family
Akhtar family is considered to be one of the most prominent film clans in the Hindi film Industry. It consists of poets, authors, scriptwriters, directors, actors, and producers.Poet, author, philosopher and one of the main members in the Indian Rebellion of 1857, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi who was the great great grandfather of Javed Akhtar. Muztar Khairabadi an Indian Urdu poet was the grandson of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi and grandfather of Javed Akhtar.
Lyricist Javed Akhtar married the 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.
1st generation | 2nd generation | 3rd generation | 4th generation | Career | Born | Died | Relation |
Jan Nisar Akhtar | Poet, lyricist | 1914 | 1976 | Father of Javed Akhtar | |||
Javed Akhtar | Poet, playwright, lyricist | 1945 | Married to Shabana Azmi, father of Farhan Akhtar | ||||
Honey Irani | Writer | 1955 | First wife of Javed Akhtar | ||||
Daisy Irani | Actor | 1950 | Sister of Honey Irani | ||||
Farhan Akhtar | Director, actor | 1974 | Son of Javed and Honey | ||||
Adhuna Akhtar | Hairstylist, TV host | Ex-wife of Farhan Akhtar | |||||
Zoya Akhtar | Director | 1974 | Daughter of Javed and Honey | ||||
Farah Khan | Director, choreographer | 1965 | Daughter of Kamran Khan and Menaka Irani ; sister of Sajid Khan | ||||
Shirish Kunder | Film editor | 1973 | Married to Farah Khan | ||||
Sajid Khan | Director, actor | 1971 | Son of Kamran Khan and Menaka Irani ; brother of Farah Khan. | ||||
Kaifi Azmi | Poet, lyricist | 1919 | 2002 | Father of Shabana and Baba Azmi, husband of Shaukat Kaifi | |||
Shaukat Kaifi | Actor | Mother of Shabana and Baba Azmi, wife of Kaifi Azmi | |||||
Baba Azmi | Cinematographer | Brother of Shabana Azmi | |||||
Shabana Azmi | Actress | 1950 | Married to Javed Akhtar | ||||
Tanvi Azmi | Actor | Married to Baba Azmi, daughter of Usha Kiran | |||||
Usha Kiran | Actor | 1929 | 2000 | Mother of Tanvi Azmi and Adwait Kher | |||
Uttara Mhatre Kher | Model, Miss India World | 1963 | Married to former model Adwait Kher | ||||
Saiyami Kher | Actress | 1992 | Daughter of Uttara Mhatre Kher and Adwait Kher | ||||
Kabir Akhtar | Director | 1975 | Son of Javed Akhtar's brother psychiatrist Salman Akhtar | ||||
Farah | Actress | 1968 | Niece of Shabana Azmi, daughter of Jamal Hashmi and Rizwana | ||||
Tabu | Actress | 1971 | Niece of Shabana Azmi, daughter of Jamal Hashmi and Rizwana |
Akkineni Prasad (L. V. Prasad) family
- Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao
- Akkineni Ramesh Prasad son of L. V. Prasad, and owner of Prasads Group
- Akkineni Ananda Rao, son of L. V. Prasad, and co-owner of Prasads's Group
- Akkineni Sanjeevi, brother of L. V. Prasad
- A. Sreekar Prasad
- Akshay Akkineni, film director, and son of A. Sreekar Prasad
Akkineni–Daggubati family
- Akkineni Nageswara Rao
- * Akkineni Nagarjuna
- ** Akkineni Naga Chaitanya
- ** Samantha Akkineni
- * Amala
- ** Akhil Akkineni
- ** Sumanth
- ** Sushanth
- Daggubati Ramanaidu
- Daggubati Rajeshwari
- * Daggubati Suresh Babu
- ** Daggubati Rana
- * Daggubati Venkatesh
- * Daggubati Neeraja
Ali–Amrohi family
- Mumtaz Ali
- * Mehmood Ali
- * Mahliqa
- ** Lucky Ali
- ** Pucky Ali
- ** Macky Ali
- ** Masoom Ali
- * Tracy Ali
- ** Mansoor Ali
- ** Manzoor Ali
- ** Ginny Ali
- ** Kizzie Ali or Rehmat
- * Anwar Ali
- ** Binju Ali
- * Khursheed Jr.
- * Meena Kumari
- * Kamal Amrohi
- ** Shaandar Amrohi
- ** Tajdar Amrohi
- ** Rukhsar Amrohi
- *** Bilal Amrohi
- *** Saachi Kumar
- *** Mashhoor Amrohi
- ** Mazhar Khan
- ** Zeenat Aman
Allu family
- Allu Ramalingaiah – veteran actor, comedian, and producer
- * Allu Aravind – son of Allu Ramalingaiah and brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi
- ** Allu Arjun
- ** Allu Sirish
- * Chiranjeevi – brother-in-law to Allu Aravind
Anand–Sahni family
- Dev Anand
- Kalpana Kartik
- * Suneil Anand
- Chetan Anand
- Uma Anand
- * Ketan Anand
- Priya Rajvansh
- Kamaljeet
- Vijay Anand
- * Shekhar Kapur
- * Suchitra Krishnamurthy
- * Navin Nischol
- Balraj Sahni
- Bhisham Sahni
- * Parikshit Sahni
- * Vishal Anand
- ** Purab Kohli
B
Babbar family
is an Indian actor and has been married twice. His first wife was Nadira Babbar, who became known with her appearance in Bride and Prejudice 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 only child in 1986. Her son Prateek made his acting debut in 2008 film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Raj Babbar's niece Kajri Babbar is a budding director.- Syed Sajjad Zaheer
- * Nadira Babbar
- ** Arya Babbar
- ** Juhi Babbar
- ** Anup Soni
- Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
- * Smita Patil
- ** Prateek Babbar
- * Raj Babbar
- * Kishan Babbar - brother of Raj Babbar, film producer and father of Kajri Babbar
- Kajri Babbar
Bachchan family
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan
- * Amitabh Bachchan
- * Jaya Bachchan
- ** Abhishek Bachchan
- ** Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
- ** Nikhil Nanda
- * Ritu Kapoor-Nanda
- Ajitabh Bachchan
- * Kunal Kapoor
Barjatya family
The Barjatya family began with Tarachand Barjatya, who was a film producer and director. He began Rajshri Productions in the late 1940s. Tarachand Barjatya had three sons, Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Raj Kumar Barjatya, and Ajit Kumar Barjatya, all of whom were active in bringing the Rajshri empire to great heights. The company saw an all time increase in revenues when Raj Kumar Barjatya's son, Sooraj R. Barjatya, started his film making career with the 1989 blockbuster, Maine Pyar Kiya and then eventually made Hum Aapke Hain Koun and Hum Saath Saath Hain. The company is now led by the third generation of Barjatyas, namely, Kavita K. Barjatya, Sooraj R. Barjatya and Rajat A. Barjatya.- Tarachand Barjatya
- * Kavita K. Barjatya
- * Sooraj R. Barjatya
Baweja family
- Harry Baweja
- Pammi Baweja
- * Harman Baweja
Bedi family (of Kabir Bedi)
- Kabir Bedi
- Protima Bedi
- * Pooja Bedi
- * Alaya Furniturewala
Bedi family (of Bishan Bedi)
- Bishan Singh Bedi
- * Angad Bedi
- * Neha Dhupia
Behl family
- Ramesh Behl, producer
- * Goldie Behl, producer.
- * Shraddha Behl, producer.
- * Tania Behl.
- Shukla Behl nee Kumar.
- Niraj Behl, assistant director.
- Shyam Behl, actor and producer.
- * Ravi Behl, actor and producer.
- * Geeta Behl.
Bhatt family
- Nanabhai Bhatt
- Hemlata Bhatt
- * Late Parmesh Bhatt ;
- * Robin Bhatt ; writer
- Shirin Mohammad Ali Her sister Meherbano Mohammad Ali was grandmother of Emraan Hashmi
- *Mukesh Bhatt ; producer
- ** Vishesh Bhatt
- ** Sakshi Bhatt
- * Mahesh Bhatt ; director, writer, producer
- ** Kiran Bhatt wife of Mahesh Bhatt
- ** Pooja Bhatt
- ** Rahul Bhatt
- * Soni Razdan Bhatt
- **Alia Bhatt
- * Sheila Darshan
- ** Dharmesh Darshan director
- ** Suneel Darshan filmmaker
- * Heena Suri
- **Mohit Suri Bhatt
- ** Udita Goswami
- ** Smiley Suri Bhatt
- ** Vineet Bangera
- ** Onjolee Nair
- ** Milan Luthria
- ** Milan Luthria
- Purnima Mohammad Ali, Sister of Shirin Mohammad Ali
- * Anwar Hashmi - Son of Purnima
- ** Emraan Hashmi, nephew of Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt, second cousin of Pooja, Rahul, Alia Bhatt on their paternal grandmother's side
Bhatt family (of Vijay Bhatt)
- Vijay Bhatt
- * Pravin Bhatt
- ** Vikram Bhatt
- * Arun Bhatt
- ** Chirantan Bhatt
- Harsukh Jagneshwar Bhatt (producer and director, younger brother of Vijay Bhatt
Bhattacharya family
- Pashupati Bhattacharjee
- * Kumar Sanu a.k.a. Kedarnath Bhattacharjee
Bohra family
- Shree Ram Bohra
- * Sunil Bohra
- Ramkumar Bohra
- * Mahendra Bohra
- ** Karanvir Bohra
- ** Teejay Sidhu
Bokadia Family
- K.C. Bokadia
- * Pramod Bokadia, producer.
- * Rajesh Bokadia, producer.
C
Chandrasekhar family
- S. A. Chandrasekhar
- Shoba Chandrasekhar
- * Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar
- S. N. Surendar
- * Hari Prashanth
- Vikranth
Chakraborty family
- Mithun Chakraborty
- Yogeeta Bali
- * Mahaakshay Chakraborty
- * Namashi Chakraborty
Chatterjee family
- Biswajit Chatterjee
- * Prosenjit Chatterjee
- * Debashree Roy
- * Arpita Pal
Chavan KaduDeshmukh family
- Usha Chavan
- Dattatray KaduDeshmukh
- * Hridaynath KaduDeshmukh
Chiranjeevi family
- Chiranjeevi
- Surekha Konidela
- *Ram Charan
- *Allu Arjun
- *Allu Sirish
- *Allu Aravind – son of Allu Ramalingaiah and brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi
- Vijaya Durga
- * Sai Dharam Tej
- * Vaishnav Tej
- Nagendra Babu
- *Varun Tej
- *Niharika Konidela
- Pawan Kalyan
Chopra family (of Parineeti/Priyanka Chopra Jonas)
- Parineeti Chopra
- Priyanka Chopra Jonas
- Meera Chopra
- Mannara Chopra
Chopra family
- The eldest brother, Baldev Raj Chopra, founded B.R. Films in 1947, which is now managed and run by his son Ravi Chopra, who was also a director and a producer.
- Dharam Raj Chopra, was a cinematographer, worked for BR Films. Most of the films of BR were cinematography by Dharam Chopra, which garnered him many awards.
- Raj Chopra, the second youngest brother, distributed and managed production of several hits for BR under the banner of RAAJ FILMS & Magnum Films, with son Rahul Chopra.
- Yash Chopra, the youngest brother, directed and produced several hits for BR Films before branching out to form his own Yash Raj Films, along with son Aditya Chopra.
Name | Born | Died | Career | Relation |
Baldev Raj Chopra | 22 April 1914 | 5 November 2008 | ||
Dharam Raj Chopra | 1924 | Cinematographer | Brother of Baldev Raj Chopra | |
Raj Chopra | 1927 | Film Distributor | Brother of Baldev Raj Chopra | |
Yash Chopra | 27 September 1932 | 21 October 2012 | Director, writer, producer | Brother of Baldev Raj Chopra |
Pamela Chopra | Playback singer, producer, writer | Wife of Yash Chopra, sister of actor Simi Garewal's mother Darshi Garewal | ||
Bhram Swaroop Bhalla | Married to Vimla Chopra, sister of Baldev Raj, Dharam, Raj & Yash Chopra | |||
Kuldeep Raj Chopra | Banker | Brother of Baldev Raj, Yash and Raj Chopra | ||
Ravi Chopra | 27 September 1946 | 12 November 2014 | Director of most-viewed Indian television series Mahabharat Mahabharat | Son of B. R. Chopra |
Rahul Chopra | 23 December 1964 | Film Distribution & Managing IATA Travel Company Ltd | Son of Raj Chopra & Nephew of BR Chopra, Yash Chopra, Dharam Chopra, K R Chopra | |
Aditya Chopra | 21 May 1963 | Writer, producer, director | Son of Pamela Chopra and Yash Chopra, brother of actor Uday Chopra, married to Rani Mukerji of #Mukherjee–Samarth family | |
Uday Chopra | 5 January 1965 | Actor, producer | Son of Pamela Chopra and Yash Chopra, brother of director Aditya Chopra, brother-in-law to Rani Mukerji | |
Rani Mukerji | 21 March 1970 | Actress | Wife of Aditya Chopra | |
Adira Chopra | 9 December 2015 | Daughter of Aditya Chopra and Rani Mukherji | ||
Kapil Chopra | 1983 | Son of Ravi Chopra | ||
Abhay Chopra | Son of Ravi Chopra |
Chopra family of [Prem Chopra]
- Prem Chopra
- Uma Chopra - Sister of Prem Nath and Krishna Kapoor
- * Rakita Chopra -Nanda - wife of Rahul Nanda
- * Punita Chopra
- * Prerna Chopra
- * Sharman Joshi
- * Vikas Bhalla
D
Deol family
The Deol family's legacy began with Dharmendra. His sons went on to pursue film careers, and 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 has been in the industry since 2005, giving notable performances.- Dharmendra
- * Parkash Kaur
- * Sunny Deol
- ** Lynda Deol
- ** Karan Deol
- * Bobby Deol
- ** Tanya Deol
- * Abhay Deol
- Hema Malini
- * Esha Deol
- * Ahana Deol
Devgan family
- Veeru Devgan
- * Ajay Devgan
- * Kajol
- * Anil Devgan
- * Neelam Gandhi
Deshmukh family
- Dagadojirao Deshmukh + Sushila Deshmukh
- * Vilasrao Deshmukh + Vaishali Deshmukh
- ** Amit Deshmukh + Aditi Deshmukh
- ** Riteish Deshmukh + Genelia Deshmukh
- ** Dheeraj Deshmukh + Deepshikha Deshmukh
Dhawan family
- Madan Lal Dhawan –
- * Anil Dhawan
- * David Dhawan
- * Siddharth Dhawan –
- * Varun Dhawan
- * Rohit Dhawan
Dutt family (of Guru Dutt)
- Guru Dutt
- Geeta Dutt
- Shyam Benegal
- Lalita Lajmi
- * Kalpana Lajmi
- ** Amrita Rao
- ** Preetika Rao
Dutt family (of Sunil Dutt)
Jaddanbai, the start of the family, began as a singer and eventually became a filmmaker. Her husband was Abdul Rashid. Their 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 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.
Nargis-Sunil Dutt's granddaughter and Sanjay Dutt's niece Sanchi Kumar is married to legendary Indian film director Kamal Amrohi's grandson Bilal Amrohi.
- Abdul Rashid
- Jaddanbai
- * Anwar Hussain
- * Akhtar Hussain
- ** Zahida Hussain
- *** Nilesh Sahay
- * Nargis
- * Sunil Dutt
- ** Priya Dutt
- ** Sanjay Dutt
- *** Richa Sharma
- *** Rhea Pillai
- *** Manyata Dutt
- ** Namrata Dutt
- ** Jay Dutt
- ** Nimai Bali
- *** Sahila Chadha
- * Rajendra Kumar
- ** Kumar Gaurav
- *** Bilal Amrohi
Dutta family
- O. P. Dutta
- * J. P. Dutta
- * Bindiya Goswami
- ** Nidhi Dutta.
Dheer Family
- Pankaj Dheer
- Anita Dheer
- * Nikitin Dheer
- * Kratika Sengar..
G
[|Ganguly family]
Ashok, Kishore, and Anoop Kumar have all acted in the film industry. Their family is related to the Mukherjee family through the marriage of Sashadhar Mukherjee to their only sister Sati Devi.- Ashok Kumar
- * Preeti Ganguly
- * Deven Verma
- * Bharathi Jaffrey
- ** Anuradha Patel
- ** Kanwaljit Singh
- *** Kiara Advani
- Anoop Kumar
- Kishore Kumar
- Ruma Guha Thakurta
- * Amit Kumar
- Madhubala
- Yogita Bali
- Leena Chandavarkar
- * Sumeet Kumar
Gautam family
- Mukesh Gautam
- * Yami Gautam
- * Surilie Gautam
Ghatak family
- Suresh Chandra Ghatak
- * Manish Ghatak
- ** Mahasweta Devi
- ** Bijon Bhattacharya
- *** Nabarun Bhattacharya
- * Sudhish Ghatak
- ** Parambrata Chatterjee
- * Lokesh Ghatak
- * Ritwik Ghatak
Gokhale family
- Durgabai Kamat
- * Kamlabai Gokhale
- ** Chandrakant Gokhale
- *** Vikram Gokhale
Gokhale family (Mohan Gokhale)
- Mohan Gokhale
- * Shubhangi Gokhale
- ** Sakhi Gokhale
Goswami family
- Manoj Kumar
- * Kunal Goswami
- * Vishal Goswami
- Rajiv Goswami
Ahuja Family (Govinda's Family)
- Arun Kumar Ahuja
- Nirmala Devi
- * Govinda
- ** Tina Ahuja
- ** Krushna Abhishek
- ** Kashmira Shah
- ** Aarti Singh
- ** Ragini Khanna
- ** Soumya Seth
- ** Vinay Anand
- ** Aryan
- ** Arjun Singh
- ** Amit Khanna
- ** Rahul Sharma
- ** Janmendra Kumar Ahuja
- * Kirti Kumar Ahuja
Gulzar family
- Gulzar
- Raakhee Gulzar
- * Meghna Gulzar
H
Haasan–Ratnam family
Originated in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam are two of the biggest names in the industry.- Mani Ratnam
- * Suhasini Mani Ratnam
- Charuhasan
- Chandrahasan
- * Anu Hasan
- Kamal Haasan
- * Vani Ganapathy
- * Sarika
- ** Shruti Haasan
- ** Akshara Haasan
- G. Venkateswaran
- G. Srinivasan
J
Jain brothers
Owners of one of the oldest and most popular production houses of Bollywood, Venus Worldwide Entertainment, the J clan includes the Jain brothers- Ratan Jain
- Ganesh Jain
- Girish Jain
- Champak Jain
- Umed Jain
- Ramesh Jain
- Bhawar Jain.
Jariwala family
- Sanjeev Kumar,
- Kishore Jariwala,
- Leela Jariwala,
- ** Khushali Jariwala
K
[|Kapoor family] (of Jeetendra)
- Jeetendra a.k.a. Ravi Kapoor
- * Shobha Kapoor
- ** Tusshar Kapoor
- ** Laksshya Kapoor
- ** Ekta Kapoor
- ** Ravie Kapoor
- Nitin Kapoor
- * Jayasudha
- ** Abhishek Kapoor
Kapoor family (of Prithviraj Kapoor)
Raj Kapoor married Krishna, sister of actor Prem Nath from Nath family. Prem's other sister Uma married actor Prem Chopra, and their daughters Rakita, Punita, and Prerna married film publicity designer Rahul Nanda, actor Vikas Bhalla, and actor Sharman Joshi respectively. Raj's grandson and Ritu Nanda's son, industrialist Nikhil Nanda, married Shweta Bachchan, daughter of Amitabh Bachchan from the Bachchan family. Raj Kapoor's maternal cousin, actor Jugal Kishore Mehra, married actor/singer Anwari Begum, the lead actor of the first Punjabi film Heer Ranjha. Anwari Begum was previously married to Rafiq Ghaznavi and they had a daughter, actor Nasreen Agha, and granddaughter, actor/singer Salma Agha of Agha family. Jugal Kishore Mehra formally adopted Nasreen as his daughter.
1st generation | 2nd generation | 3rd generation | 4th generation | Career | Born | Died | Relation |
Prithviraj Kapoor | Actor | 1906 | 1972 | Son of Dewan Basheshwarnath Kapoor, father of Raj Kapoor | |||
Raj Kapoor | Actor, producer, director | 1924 | 1988 | Son of Prithviraj Kapoor and married to Krishna Kapoor | |||
Randhir Kapoor | Actor, producer, director | 1947 | Son of Raj Kapoor and married to Babita | ||||
Babita | Actress | 1948 | Married to Randhir Kapoor, daughter of character artist Hari Shivdasani | ||||
Karisma Kapoor | Actress | 1974 | Daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita | ||||
Kareena Kapoor | Actress | 1980 | Daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita | ||||
Saif Ali Khan | Actor | 1970 | Married to Kareena Kapoor, from Pataudi family | ||||
Rishi Kapoor | Actor, producer, director | 1952 | 2020 | Son of Raj Kapoor and married to Neetu Singh | |||
Neetu Singh | Actress | 1958 | Married to Rishi Kapoor | ||||
Ranbir Kapoor | Actor | 1982 | Son of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh | ||||
Rajiv Kapoor | Actor, producer, director | 1962 | Son of Raj Kapoor | ||||
Shammi Kapoor | Actor, producer, director | 1931 | 2011 | Son of Prithviraj Kapoor | |||
Geeta Bali | Actress | 1930 | 1965 | 1st wife of Shammi Kapoor | |||
Neila Devi | 2nd wife of Shammi Kapoor | ||||||
Aditya Raj Kapoor | Actor, producer | 1956 | Son of Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali | ||||
Kanchan Desai | Actress, Producer | 1961 | Daughter of Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali | ||||
Shashi Kapoor | Actor, producer, director | 1938 | 2017 | Son of Prithviraj Kapoor | |||
Jennifer Kendal | Actor | 1934 | 1984 | Wife of Shashi Kapoor | |||
Kunal Kapoor | Actor, Ad-Film Director | 1960 | Son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal | ||||
Karan Kapoor | Actor, model, photographer | 1962 | Son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal | ||||
Sanjana Kapoor | Actress | 1967 | Daughter of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal | ||||
Aditya Bhattacharya | Director, Screenwriter | 1965 | 1st husband of Sanjana Kapoor | ||||
Valmik Thapar | Writer, producer | 1952 | 2nd husband of Sanjana Kapoor |
Kapoor family (of Surinder Kapoor)
Surinder Kapoor was the one who introduced his family to the world of Bollywood. Surinder Kapoor started his career as Geeta Bali's secretary and went on to become a producer. He also happens to be a cousin of Prithviraj Kapoor. He served as president of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India for six years. He married Nirmal Devi and has four children – Boney, Anil, Reena and Sanjay Kapoor.Kapoor family (of Shakti Kapoor)
- Shakti Kapoor + Shivangi Kolhapure
- * Shraddha Kapoor
- * Siddhanth Kapoor
Kapur–Pathak–Shah family
- Shanta Gandhi – theatre director, dancer
- Tarla Gandhi – stage performer
- Dina Pathak – director, theatre and film actor, activist
- * Ratna Pathak – television and film actress
- * Naseeruddin Shah – film and theater actor, director
- * Surekha Sikri - film, theatre and television actress
- ** Heeba Shah – film and theatre actress
- ** Imaad Shah – singer, songwriter, film actor
- ** Saba Azad – theatre, film actress, musician
- ** Vivaan Shah – film actor
- ** Salim Shah – film and TV actor
- ** Mohommed Ali Shah – theatre and film actor
- * Supriya Pathak – theatre and film actress
- * Pankaj Kapur – theatre, television and film actor
- * Neelima Azeem – television and film actress
- * Rajesh Khattar – actor, voice actor, story/screen play writer
- * Vandana Sajnani – actress
- ** Shahid Kapoor – film actor
- ** Ishaan Khatter – film actor
- ** Sanah Kapur – film actress
- ** Ruhaan Kapur – aspiring actor
Khan family (of Salim Khan)
Salim Khan met and married Sushila Charak, a Hindu woman from a Marathi family. She took the name 'Salma Khan' and they have four children. In later life, Salim Khan married Helen, and took her as his second wife while still married to Sushila/Salma. This arrangement was accepted to by both ladies, and by all four of his children by his first wife. The family then adopted a girl, Arpita Khan, who was formally adopted by Helen and raised amid the entire family in their family home in Galaxy Apartments, Bandra Bandstand, Mumbai. Eventually, the two daughters married and left to raise their own families, while two of the three sons married. They live together, as per the Joint family traditions.
- Salim Khan
- Salma Khan
- Helen
- * Salman Khan
- * Arbaaz Khan
- * Malaika Arora, Ex-wife of Arbaaz Khan and sister of actress Amrita Arora
- * Sohail Khan
- * Seema Sachdev Khan, wife of Sohail Khan; also known as Seema Sajdeh Khan
- * Alvira Khan Agnihotri, daughter of Salim Khan and Sushila Charak Khan, and wife of Atul Agnihotri
- * Atul Agnihotri, film director, producer and writer; husband of Alvira Khan Agnihotri
- * Alizeh Agnihotri, daughter of Alvira Khan Agnihotri and Atul Agnihotri
- * Arpita Sharma, adopted daughter of Salim Khan and wife of Ayush Sharma, aspiring actor. Ayush is a grandson of Sukh Ram, a former Minister from Himachal Pradesh
Khan family (of Shah Rukh Khan)
- Meer Taj Mohammed Khan + Lateef Fatima Khan
- * Shah Rukh Khan + Gauri Khan
- ** Aryan Khan
- ** Suhana Khan
- ** AbRam Khan
Khan-Banu family (of Yusuf Khan aka Dilip Kumar and Saira Banu)
- Dilip Kumar
- Saira Banu – wife of Dilip Kumar
Dilip Kumar's relatives
- K. Asif – his wife, Akhtar Asif, was the sister of Dilip Kumar. His other wife was actress Nigar Sultana.
- * Nazir Ahmed Khan, cousin and also brother-in-law of K. Asif; his first wife Sikandara Begum was K. Asif's sister
- Nasir Khan – brother of Dilip Kumar, father of actor Ayub Khan.
- Begum Para – wife of Nasir Khan, mother of actor Ayub Khan.
- * Ayub Khan – son of Nasir Khan and Begum Para, nephew of Dilip Kumar
- * Rukhsana Sultana – her mother was the sister of Begum Para
- ** Amrita Singh – daughter of Rukhsana Sultana and wife of actor Saif Ali Khan
Saira Banu's relatives
- Naseem Banu, mother of Saira Banu and grandmother of actress Shaheen Bano.
- * Saira Banu – wife of Dilip Kumar
- * Sultan Ahmed — brother of Saira Banu, father of Shaheen Banu
- ** Shaheen Banu
- ** Sumeet Saigal
- *** Sayesha Saigal
- *** Arya
Khan–Hussain family
- Tahir Hussain
- * Aamir Khan
- ** Reena Dutta
- ** Kiran Rao
- *** Aditi Rao Hydari
- * Faisal Khan
- * Nikhat Khan
- Nasir Hussain
- * Mansoor Khan
- * Tariq Khan
- * Raj Zutshi
- * Imran Khan
Khanna-Kapadia-Bhatia family
Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia's daughters Twinkle Khanna, and Rinkle Khanna have also acted in the industry. Twinkle Khanna left the industry after her marriage to actor Akshay Kumar.
- Rajesh Khanna + Dimple Kapadia
- * Twinkle Khanna + Akshay Kumar
- **Aarav Kumar Bhatia
- **Nitara Kumar Bhatia
- * Rinkle Khanna + Sameer Saran
- ** 1 daughter
- Simple Kapadia
Khanna family (of Vinod Khanna)
- Vinod Khanna
- Rahul Khanna
- Akshaye Khanna
Khote family
- Durga Khote
- * Vijaya Mehta
- ** Anjali Khote
- ** Deven Khote
- ** Anahita Uberoi
- Nandu Khote
- * Shubha Khote
- * Viju Khote
- ** Bhavna Balsavar
Kher family
- Anupam Kher
- Raju Kher
- Kirron Kher
- * Sikander Kher
Kumar Dua family
- Krishnan Kumar
- Gulshan Kumar
- * Bhushan Kumar + Divya Khosla Kumar
- * Tulsi Kumar
- * Khushali Kumar
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Lulla Family
Mr. Arjun Lulla was the founder of Eros International, best known for film distribution and production in India.- Arjan Lulla, founded Eros International in 1977, life president of the company
- * Kishore Lulla, chairman and director of Eros International plc, the first Indian Media & entertainment company listed on New York stock exchange; also known for being the biggest overseas Bollywood distributor
- ** Rishika Lulla, daughter of Kishore Lulla, CEO of Eros Digital
- * Sunil Lulla, chairman and executive director of Eros International; produced over 40 films for the company including several hits
- ** Krishika Lulla, wife of Sunil Lulla; Bollywood producer
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Maan Family
- Sardar Harjit Singh Maan
- Karanjit Singh Maan
- Daman Maan
Mumtazullah Khan family
- Uzra Butt
- Zohra Sehgal
- * Kiran Segal
- ** Samiya Mumtaz
Malhotra family
- Prem Nath
- Bina Rai
- * Prem Krishen
- ** Siddharth Malhotra
- * Arjun Malhotra
- Krishna Kapoor - Wife of Raj Kapoor from Kapoor family
- Uma Chopra - Wife of Prem Chopra)
- Rajendra Nath
- Narendra Nath
Malik family
- Anu Malik
- * Anmol Malik
- Daboo Malik
- * Amaal Mallik
- * Armaan Malik
- Abu Malik
- * Aadar Malik
- Hasrat Jaipuri
Mukesh-Mathur family
- Mukesh Chand Mathur + Sarla Trivedi Raichand
- *Rita Mukesh
- * Nitin Mukesh
- ** Neil Nitin Mukesh + Rukmini Sahay
- *** Nurvi Neil Mukesh
- *Nalini Mukesh
- *Mohnish Mukesh
- *Namrata Mukesh
Mammootty family
- Mammootty
- * Dulquer Salmaan
- * Ibrahim Kutty
- * Maqbool Salmaan
- * Ashkar Saudan
Mangeshkar-Hardikar-Abhisheki extended family
- Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar + Yesubai Rane
- * Deenanath Mangeshkar
- ** Lata Mangeshkar
- ** Hridaynath Mangeshkar
- ** Meena Khadikar
- ** Usha Mangeshkar
- ** Asha Bhosle + Ganpatrao Bhosle and R. D. Burman
- ***Hemant Bhosle
- ***Varsha Bhosle
- ***Anand Bhosle
- * Balwantrao Abhisheki
- ** Jitendra Abhisheki
- *** Shounak Abhisheki
- * Krishnarao Kolhapure
- ** Pandharinath Kolhapure - musician – son of Krishnarao Kolhapure. His mother was half-sister of Deenanath Mangeshkar.
- *** Padmini Kolhapure
- *** Tejaswini Kolhapure
- *** Shivangi Kapoor + Shakti Kapoor
- **** Siddhanth Kapoor
- **** Shraddha Kapoor
Mohanlal family
- Mohanlal
- * Pranav Mohanlal
- * K.Balaji
- * Suresh Balaje
Mukherjee family
- Jahar Mukherjee
- * Manas Mukherjee
- ** Shaan
- ** Sagarika
Mukherjee–Samarth family
1st generation | 2nd generation | 3rd generation | 4th generation | Career | Born | Died | Relation |
Rattan Bai | Mother of Shobhana Samarth | ||||||
Shobhana Samarth | Actor | 1915 | 2000 | Daughter of Rattan Bai, mother of Nutan and Tanuja | |||
Kumarsen Samarth | Director | Former husband of Sobhana Samarth | |||||
Nutan | Actor | 1936 | 1991 | Daughter of Shobhana and Kumarsen Samarth, sister of Tanuja | |||
Mohnish Behl | Actor | 1961 | Son of Nutan and Rajnish Behl | ||||
Tanuja | Actor | 1943 | Daughter of Shobhana Samarth and Kumarsen Samarth, married to Shomu Mukherjee | ||||
Nalini Jaywant | Actor | 1926 | 2010 | First cousin of Shobhana Samarth | |||
Sashadhar Mukherjee | Producer | 1909 | 1990 | Father of Deb, Joy and Shomu Mukherjee; husband of Sati Devi from Ganguly family | |||
Joy Mukherjee | Actor | 1939 | 2012 | Son of Sashadhar Mukherjee | |||
Deb Mukherjee | Actor | Son of Sashadhar Mukherjee | |||||
Ayan Mukerji | Director | Son of Deb Mukherjee | |||||
Shomu Mukherjee | Director, writer, producer | 1943 | 2008 | Son of Sashadhar Mukherjee, husband of Tanuja | |||
Kajol | Actor | 1974 | Daughter of Tanuja and Shomu Mukherjee, married to Ajay Devgan from Devgan family | ||||
Tanisha | Actor | 1978 | Daughter of Tanuja and Shomu Mukherjee | ||||
Subodh Mukherjee | Director, producer | 1921 | 2005 | Brother of Sashadhar Mukherjee | |||
Shyam Mukherjee | Film editor | Son of Sashadhar's brother Ravidramohan Mukherjee | |||||
Ram Mukherjee | Writer, director, producer | 1933 | 2017 | Son of Ravidramohan Mukherjee, married to singer Krishna Roy | |||
Rani Mukerji | Actor | 1978 | Daughter of Ram Mukherjee and Krishna Roy, married to producer, director Aditya Chopra''' | ||||
Raja Mukherjee | Director | Son of Ram Mukherjee and Krishna Roy | |||||
Debashree Roy | Actor | 1964 | Sister of Krishna Roy, formerly married to actor Prosenjit Chatterjee | ||||
Rono Mukerji | Actor | Father of Sharbani and Samrat Mukherji | |||||
Sharbani Mukherji | Actor | Daughter of Shomu and Dev's brother Rono Mukherji | |||||
Samrat Mukherjee | Actor | Son of Shomu and Dev's brother Rono Mukherjee |
Murad–Rai family
- Murad
- Amanullah Khan
- * Raza Murad
- * Zeenat Aman
- * Mazhar Khan
- ** Sanober Kabir
- * Gulshan Rai
- ** Rajiv Rai
- ** Sonam
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Nandamuri family
- Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, popularly known as NTR, was a legendary Telugu cinema actor, filmmaker and politician who served as Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh over three terms.
- Basavatarakam-1st W/O NTR
- * Nandamuri Harikrishna -Son of NTR
- ** Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao
- ** Nandamuri Kalyan Ram
- * Nandamuri Balakrishna -Son of NTR
- ** Nara Brahmani
- * Daggubati Purandeswari-D/O NTR
- * Nara Bhuvaneshwari-D/O NTR
- * Nara Chandrababu Naidu-H/O Bhuvaneshwari
- ** Nara Lokesh
- * Nandamuri Suhasini
- Nandamuri Taraka Ratna
- Lakshmi Parvathi-2nd W/O NTR
Narayan Jha family
Oberoi family
Pal family
- Bipin Chandra Pal
- * Niranjan Pal Bipin Chandra Pal is associated with the trio Lal, Bal and Pal.
- ** Colin Pal
- *** Deep Pal
- *** Prabhu Palorton
Pandit family
- Pandit Maniram
- * Pandit Dinesh - Musician
- * Vinod Pandit - Partner of Deepti Naval
- Pandit Jasraj
- * Durga Jasraj .
- Pandit Pratap Narayan
- * Jatin Pandit
- * Lalit Pandit
- * Sulakshana Pandit
- * Vijayta Pandit
- ** Aadesh Shrivastava Composer and husband of Vijayata Pandit
- * Vishwaraj Pandit - Tabla Player and Brother of Vijayata and Sulakshana Pandit
- ** Shweta Pandit
- ** Shrraddha Pandit
- ** Yash Pandit
- * Hemlata
- ** Yogesh Bali -
- * Jagdish Prasad
- ** Samrat Pandit
- ** Santhosh Pandit
Pataudi family
- Sharmila Tagore - wife of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, 9th Nawab of Pataudi
- * Saif Ali Khan - son of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore
- * Amrita Singh - first wife of Saif Ali Khan and daughter of Rukhsana Sultana
- ** Sara Ali Khan - daughter of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh
- ** Ibrahim Ali Khan - son of Saif Ali Khan and Amrita Singh
- * Kareena Kapoor - second wife of Saif Ali Khan and daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita
- ** Taimur Ali Khan - son of Saif Ali Khan and Kareena Kapoor Khan
- * Soha Ali Khan - daughter of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore
- * Kunal Khemu - husband of Soha Ali Khan and grandson of Moti Lal Kemmu
- *Saba Ali Khan - daughter of Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi and Sharmila Tagore
Patel family
- * Ameesha Patel.
- * Ashmit Patel
Puri family
- Madan Puri
- Amrish Puri
- K.L. Saigal
- Vardhan Puri
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Rajinikanth family
- Rajinikanth
- Latha Rajinikanth
- * Aishwarya Rajinikanth
- * Soundarya Rajinikanth
- * Dhanush
- * Selvaraghavan
- * Sonia Agarwal
- * Anirudh Ravichander
- * Ravi Raghavendra
- * Y. G. Mahendra
- * Madhuvanti Arun
- * V. Arunkumar and Gemini Ganeshan )
- * Vyjanthimala
- * K. Balaji
- * Mohanlal
- * Pranav Mohanlal
Rajkumar family
- Rajkumar
- Parvathamma Rajkumar
- * Shiva Rajkumar
- * Raghavendra Rajkumar
- ** Vinay Rajkumar
- * Puneeth Rajkumar
- * Ramkumar
- ** Dheeren Rajkumar
- S. A. Chinne Gowda
- * Vijay Raghavendra
- * Sriimurali
- ** Prashanth Neel
Ramsay family
- F. U. Ramsay
- Kumar Ramsay
- Tulsi Ramsay
- * Deepak Ramsay
- Gangu Ramsay
- Arjun Ramsay
- Keshu Ramsay
- * Aryeman Ramsay
- Shyam Ramsay
- * Saasha Ramsay
- * Namrata Ramsay
- Kiran Ramsay
Randhawa family
- Dara Singh
- * Parduman Randhawa
- * Vindu Dara Singh
- * Farah Naaz
- * Damian Maan
- Randhawa
- Malika
- * Shaad Randhawa
- Mumtaz
Roy Kapur—Balan family
- Siddharth Roy Kapur
- Aditya Roy Kapur
- Kunaal Roy Kapur
- Vidya Balan
- Priyamani
- Malgudi Subha
Ray–Ganguly–Bose family
- Dwarkanath Ganguly
- Kadambini Ganguly
- * Upendrakishore Ray
- * Hemendra Mohan Bose
- ** Sukumar Ray
- ** Shukhalata Rao
- ** Leela Majumdar
- ** Nitin Bose
- ** Kartick Bose, Ganesh Bose, Bapi Bose
- ** Malati Ghoshal
- *** Satyajit Ray
- *** Bijoya Ray
- **** Sandip Ray
Raut family
- Ujjwala Raut
- * Sonali Raut
Reshammiya family
- Vipin Reshammiya
- Madhu Reshammiya
- Himesh Reshammiya
- Swayam Reshammiya
Roshan family
Feroz Khan was an actor, film editor, producer and director from the 1960s till 2007. He introduced his son Fardeen Khan in 1998 in the film Prem Aggan for which Fardeen won the Filmfare Best Debut Award.
Mumtaz was a popular actress in the 1960s–70s. She left the industry after her marriage to Mayur Madhvani.
- Roshan
- * Rajesh Roshan
- *Rakesh Roshan
- **Hrithik Roshan
- ** Sunaina Roshan
- ** Sussanne Khan
- *** Zayed Khan
- *** Farah Khan Ali
- *** DJ Aqeel
- ** J. Om Prakash
- * Sanjay Khan
- * Feroz Khan
- ** Fardeen Khan
- * Mumtaz
Roy–Bhattacharya family
- Bimal Roy
- * Rinki Bhattacharya
- * Basu Bhattacharya
- ** Aditya Bhattacharya
- ** Sanjana Kapoor
Roy–Joshi–Irani family
- Praveen Joshi
- Sarita Joshi
- * Ketki Dave
- * Rasik Dave
- ** Riddhi Dave
- * Purbi Joshi
- Aravind Joshi
- * Sharman Joshi
- * Manasi Joshi Roy
- * Rohit Roy
- * Ronit Roy
- Padmarani
- * Daisy Irani
- * Aruna Irani
- * Sandesh Kohli
- * Adi Irani
- * Indra Kumar
- ** Shweta Irani
- * Firoz Irani
Ratheesh family
- * Ratheesh
- * Parvathy Ratheesh
- * Padmaraj Ratheesh
- * Pranav Ratheesh
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Samanta family
- Shakti Samanta
- * Ashim Samanta
Sapru family
- Sapru
- * Tej Sapru
- * Priti Sapru
- * Reema Rakesh Nath
- * Rakesh Nath
- ** Karan Nath
Sen family
- Suchitra Sen
- * Moonmoon Sen
- ** Raima Sen a.k.a. Raima Dev Varma
- ** Riya Sen a.k.a. Riya Dev Varma
Sen family (of Chidananda Dasgupta)
- Chidananda Dasgupta
- * Aparna Sen
- * Mukul Sharma
- ** Konkona Sen Sharma
- ** Ranvir Shorey
Shetty family (of Suniel Shetty)
- Suniel Shetty
- Mana Shetty
- Athiya Shetty
- Ahan Shetty
Shetty family (of Shilpa Shetty)
- Shilpa Shetty
- Raj Kundra
- Shamita Shetty
Shetty family (of MB Shetty)
His two sons Rohit Shetty and Hriday Shetty are well-known film directors. Rohit has directed films like Golmaal series, Singham series and Chennai Express. Whereas Hriday directed Plan and Pyaar Ka Twist.
- M. B. Shetty
- Rohit Shetty
- Hriday Shetty
Shroff family
- Jackie Shroff
- Ayesha Dutt
- * Tiger Shroff
- * Kirshna Shroff
Shantaram–Pendharkar–Talpade family
- V. Shantaram
- Jayshree Shantaram
- Sandhya Shantaram
- * Kiran Shantaram
- * Rajshree
- * Pandit Jasraj
- * Ranjana Deshmukh
- ** Durga Jasraj
- ** Siddharth Ray
- ** Shantipriya
- ** Bhanupriya
- Bhalji Pendharkar
- Baburao Pendharkar
- Master Vinayak
- * Prabhakar Pendharkar
- * Nanda
- * Jayshree T.
- * Meena T.
- ** Shreyas Talpade (actor, nephew of Jayashree and Radhika
Sinha family
- Shatrughan Sinha
- Poonam Sinha
- * Luv Sinha
- * Kush Sinha
- * Sonakshi Sinha
- * Bhavna Ruparel
- * Pooja Ruparel
Sippy family
- G. P. Sippy
- * Ramesh Sippy
- * Kiran Juneja
- ** Rohan Sippy
- ** Sheena Sippy
Suman family
- Shekhar Suman
- * Adhyayan Suman
Sukumaran family
- Sukumaran
- * Mallika Sukumaran
- ** Prithviraj Sukumaran
- ** Indrajith Sukumaran
- ** Poornima Indrajith
Suresh Gopi family
- Suresh Gopi
- * Gokul Suresh
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Tandon–Makijany family
- Ravi Tandon
- * Raveena Tandon
- * Anil Thadani
- * Rajiv Tandon
- Mac Mohan
- * Manjari Makijany
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