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Posted: 10 years ago
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Kapoor family (of Prithviraj Kapoor)

Main article: Kapoor family
  • Babita, Karisma Kapoorand Kareena Kapoor

  • Neetu Singh, Ranbir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor

  • Randhir Kapoor andRajiv Kapoor

  • Shashi Kapoor andSanjana Kapoor

The oldest family in the industry, the Kapoor family have been in the industry since 1926. It is mainly Raj Kapoor's descendants who have carried on with the family tradition of acting, although others have tried with less success. Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor are the success stories from Raj Kapoor clan. Others who tried their hand with less success include Rajiv Kapoor (Raj's son), Karan Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor (Shashi's sons). Shashi Kapoor's daughter, Sanjana Kapoor, with brother Kunal, has been successfully running Prithvi Theatre, founded in 1944 by 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 (now Shweta Nanda), daughter of Amitabh Bachchan from the Bachchan family. Raj Kapoor's maternal uncle actor Jugal Kishore Mehra converted to Islam and married actor/singer Anwari Begum, the lead actor of the first Punjabi film Heer Ranjha. Their daughter was actor Nasreen Agha, and granddaughter actor/singer Salma Agha of Agha family.


Gen oneGen twoGen threeGen fourCareerYoBYoDRelation
Prithviraj KapoorActor19011972Son of Dewan Basheshwarnath Kapoor, father of Raj Kapoor
Raj KapoorActor-producer-director19241988Son of Prithviraj and married to Krishna Kapoor
Randhir KapoorActor-producer-director1947"Son of Raj Kapoor
BabitaActor1948"married to Randhir Kapoor, daughter of character artist Hari Shivdasani
Karisma KapoorActor1974"Daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita
Kareena KapoorActor1980"Daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita
Saif Ali KhanActor1970"Married to Kareena Kapoor, from Pataudi family
Rishi KapoorActor-producer-director1952"Son of Raj Kapoor
Neetu SinghActor1958"Married to Rishi Kapoor
Ranbir KapoorActor1982"Son of Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh
Rajiv KapoorActor-producer-director1962"Son of Raj Kapoor
Shammi KapoorActor-producer-director19312011Son of Prithviraj Kapoor
Geeta BaliActor19301965First wife of Shammi Kapoor
Yogita BaliActor1952"Niece of Geeta Bali, successively married to Kishore Kumar of Ganguly family and Mithun Chakraborty of Chakraborty family
Shashi KapoorActor-producer-director1938"Son of Prithviraj Kaporr
Jennifer KendalActor19341984Wife of Shashi Kapoor
Karan KapoorEnter1962"Son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
Kunal KapoorActorN/A"Son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
Sanjana KapoorActor1967"Daughter of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
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Posted: 10 years ago
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Umm.. Because bollywood industry involves many intricate politics..
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It is a moot point whether Ranbir Kapoor would have achieved the BO success he has if he had not been a scion of the elite Kapoor clan .

After his lacklustre debut in Saawariya he survived an eclipse propped up by the family name. He has reached a pinnacle where producers are willing to keep their projects in cold storage till he nods a "Yes"

Surely there are actors as talented if not more than him to stake their claim in the industry. Do the producers not realise the boredom that sets in to watch the same gyrations from the same star film after film âť“

Look beyond ...there others waiting in the wings 👍🏼

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