List of Hindi film clans

Within the Hindi film industry, commonly known as Bollywood, there is a common, reoccurring theme of many members of a family participating in the film industry over several generations.

This page lists some of the notable clans and their noteworthy members. For South Indian film families, see List of South Indian film families and for Indian music families, see List of Indian music clans.

A

Agha family

The Agha family is Pakistani British and contains many squash players as well as Bollywood singers and actors.

Akhtar-Azmi-Kher family

Lyricist Javed Akhtar married the script writer Honey Irani. His second wife was actress Shabana Azmi. Azmi's nieces are actresses Farah Naaz and Tabu. Farhan and Zoya Akhtar's cousins are Farah and Sajid Khan.[1]

Film personalities of Akhtar-Azmi family
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 1950 First wife of Javed Akhtar
Daisy Irani Actor 1952 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 Honey and Daisy Irani's sister Menaka Irani, sister of Sajid Khan
Shirish Kunder Film editor 1973 Married to Farah Khan
Sajid Khan Director, actor Son of Honey and Daisy Irani's sister 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
Kabir Akhtar Director 1975 Son of Javed Akhtar's brother psychiatrist Salman Akhtar
Farah Actress Niece of Shabana Azmi, daughter of Jamal Hashmi and Rizwana
Tabu Actor 1971 Niece of Shabana Azmi, daughter of Jamal Hashmi and Rizwana

Akkineni family & Duggubati family

The most prominent member of the Akkineni family is actor Akkineni Nageswara Rao or ANR, who has starred in over two hundred films. Another famous member of the family is his son Akkineni Nagarjuna. He is married to actress Amala.

Ali-Amrohi family

Anand-Sahni family

Dev Anand

The most prominent member of the Anand family is actor Dev Anand, who has starred in over a hundred films. Another member of the family is internationally known director Shekhar Kapur, who is known for directing the film Elizabeth. He was married to actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy.

B

Babbar family

Raj Babbar

Raj Babbar 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 (2004) 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.

Bachchan family

Main article: Bachchan family
The Bachchan family (starting with second from the left) Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.

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.

Baweja family

Bedi family

Bhatt family

Bhattacharya family

Bohra family

Karanvir Bohra

C

Chandrasekhar family

Chakraborty family

Mithun Chakraborty

Chatterjee family

Chiranjeevi family

Chiranjeevi, who is a popular actor in Telugu cinema has starred in few Hindi films.

Chopra family

Four Chopra cousins, not part of the Chopra family (next entry), have participated in Indian cinema.

Chopra-family

Baldev Raj Chopra (left) and Yash Chopra (right)

Considered to be the most powerful family of the Hindi film industry, the Chopra family has produced some of the country's biggest blockbusters and have worked in close quarters with all the leading superstars of the industry. The founders of this family were the four children of Vilayati Raj Chopra, all of whom worked independently through different leading film production houses:

Vilayati Raj Chopra
Baldev Raj ChopraYash ChopraPamela Singh{{{Raj Chopra}}}{{{Kiran Chopra}}}
Ravi ChopraRenu ChopraRani MukerjiAditya ChopraUday Chopra
Kapil ChopraAbhay Chopra
Film personalities of Chopra family
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(1988) Son of B.R.Chopra
Simi Garewal 17 October 1947 Actor Niece of Pamela Chopra, daughter of Pamela's sister Darshi
Aditya Chopra May 21, 1971 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 1973 Actor, producer Son of Pamela Chopra and Yash Chopra, brother of director Aditya Chopra, brother-in-law to Rani Mukerji
Rani Mukerji 21 March 1978 Actress Wife of Aditya Chopra
Kapil Chopra 1983 Son of Ravi Chopra
Abhay Chopra Son of Ravi Chopra

D

Deol family

The Deol family's legacy began with Dharmendra. His sons (Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol) moved on to pursue film careers, and went on to 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.

Devgan family

Deshmukh family

Dhawan family

Dutt family (of Guru Dutt)

Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), popularly known as Guru Dutt (Konkani:गुरु दत्त), was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He made quintessential 1950s and 1960s classics such as Pyaasa (Thirsty), Kaagaz Ke Phool (Paper Flowers), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam (The King, the Queen and the Jack), and Chaudhvin Ka Chand (The Fourteenth Day Moon in the Muslim calendar but actually means full moon, a metaphor for beauty). In particular, Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are now included among the greatest films of all time, both by Time magazine's All-Time 100 best movies and by the Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll, where Dutt himself is included among the greatest film directors of all time. He is sometimes referred to as "India's Orson Welles". In 2010, he was included among CNN's "top 25 Asian actors of all time".

Dutt family (of Sunil Dutt)

Sunil Dutt and Priya Dutt

Jaddanbai, the start of the family, began as a singer and eventually became a filmmaker. Her 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 (the lower house of the Parliament of India) 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. She continues to serve in that body.

Nargis-Sunil Dutts' grand daughter and Sanjay dutt Niece Sanchi Kumar (daughter of Kumar Gaurav and Namrata Dutt) is married to legendary Indian film director Kamal Amrohi's grandson Bilal Amrohi.

G

Ganguly family

Main article: Ganguly family
The Ganguly brothers – Anoop Kumar, Ashok Kumar and the famous Kishore Kumar (left to right) – with their mother

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.

Gautam family

Ghatak family

Goswami family

Manoj Kumar was born as Harikishan Goswami in 1937 in Abbottabad. He started his film career in 1957. But it was films like Pathar ke Sanam and Woh Kaun Thi which gave him his fame. His career took off on a different path when he launched his production house Vishal International, making classics like Upkar, Purab aur Paschim, Roti Kapda aur Makan and Kranti which earned him the title of "Bharat Kumar". Though he is a Bollywood legend, his sons were unsuccessful in Bollywood.

Govinda family

Gulzar family

H

Haasan-Ratnam family

Originated in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam are two of the biggest names in the industry.

K

Kapoor family (of Jeetendra)

Kapoor family (of Prithviraj Kapoor)

Main article: Kapoor family

The oldest family in the industry, the Kapoor family has 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 industralist Nikhil Nanda married Shweta Bachchan (now Shweta Nanda), daughter of Amitabh Bachchan from the Bachchan family. Raj Kapoor's maternal cousin 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.

Film personalities of Kapoor family (of Prithviraj Kapoor)
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 and married to Krishna Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor Actor, producer, director 1947 Son of Raj Kapoor
Babita Actor 1948 Married to Randhir Kapoor, daughter of character artist Hari Shivdasani
Karisma Kapoor Actor 1974 Daughter of Randhir Kapoor and Babita
Kareena Kapoor Actor 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 Son of Raj Kapoor
Neetu Singh Actor 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 Actor 1930 1965 First wife of Shammi Kapoor
Yogita Bali Actor 1952 Niece of Geeta Bali, successively married to Kishore Kumar of Ganguly family and Mithun Chakraborty of Chakraborty family
Shashi Kapoor Actor, producer, director 1938 Son of Prithviraj Kapoor
Jennifer Kendal Actor 1934 1984 Wife of Shashi Kapoor
Kunal Kapoor Actor 1960 Son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
Karan Kapoor Actor 1962 Son of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
Sanjana Kapoor Actor 1967 Daughter of Shashi Kapoor and Jennifer Kendal
Valmik Thapar Writer, producer 1952 Married to Sanjana Kapoor

Kapoor family (of Surinder Kapoor)

Surinder Kapoor was the one who introduced his family to the world of Bollywood. [[]] started his career as Geeta Bali’s secretary and went on to become a producer. He also happens to be a distant cousin of Prithiviraj 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.

Kapur-Pathak-Shah family

Khan family (of Salim Khan)

Story and script writer Salim Khan has written and produced a majority of the successful movies. He formed a pair with Javed Akhtar and began writing as Salim-Javed. The duo have written many commercially and critically successful movies all through the 1970s and 1980s like Yaadon Ki Baraat (Nasir Hussain), Deewar (Yash Chopra), Dostana (Yash Johar), Sholay (Ramesh Sippy), Mr. India (Shekhar Kapoor) and Don – The Chase Begins Again (Farhan Akhtar).

Salim Khan married his first wife Sushila Charak and had four children with her; Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan and Alvira Khan. His marriage to Sushila, however, did not last as Salim Khan married film star Helen thus making her his second wife. The newlywed couple lived separately and adopted a girl, Arpita Khan, while Khan's first wife, Sushila, singlehandedly raised all four of his children. Sushila Charak Khan's eldest son, Salman, made his film debut at the age of 22 with Biwi Ho To Aisi released in 1988 went on to become one of the most successful actors of Indian cinema. The entire Khan family currently lives with their eldest son Salman Khan, in the Galaxy Apartments in Bandra Bandstand, Mumbai.

Khan family (of Yusuf Khan aka Dilip Kumar)

Dilip Kumar was born as Muhaamad Yusuf Khan on 1922, is considered to be the ultimate method actor and has won several awards. His wife Saira Banu was also a successful actress in Bollywood. Filmmaker K Asif is also related to family as he was married to Dilip Kumar's sister.

Khan-Hussain family

The Khan-Hussain family starts with Nasir Hussain, who is the eldest man in the family. He is a veteran film writer, producer and director and made his writing debut with the 1953 super hit, Anarkali for Filmistan studios, where he joined as a freelancer. Nasir later went on to start his own production house named Nasir Hussain Films and made evergreen cult films like Teesri Manzil and Yaadon Ki Baraat. Nasir Hussain's younger brother, Tahir Hussain, is also a filmmaker and has been a producer for a number of films. Nasir Hussain has two children; an elder son Mansoor Khan, and a younger daughter, Nuzhat Khan. Nuzhat Khan married Anil Pal, an engineer and had one child, Imran Khan. Tahir Hussain and his wife Zeenat Hussain have four children; Farhat Khan, Aamir Khan, Faisal Khan, and Nikhat Khan. Nasir Hussain launched, both Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan with the 1988 blockbuster Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak, which was produced by Nassir Hussain Films and co-written by the two brothers in their younger days. Aamir Khan's younger brother Faisal Khan is also an actor. Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan, later launched their nephew, Imran Khan, with Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na in 2008. The film was made under the Aamir Khan Productions banner and was a huge hit.

Khanna family (of Rajesh Khanna)

Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia's daughters Twinkle Khanna, and Rinke Khanna have also acted in the industry. Twinkle Khanna left the industry after her marriage to actor Akshay Kumar.

The Khanna family (of Vinod Khanna)

Vinod Khanna was a popular and successful actor in the film industry in the 1970s and 1980s. His sons Akshaye and Rahul both pursued a film career though Rahul has not been as successful.

Khote family

Durga Khote a Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient known for her performances in Mughal-e-Azam,Booby,Bidaai etc.


Kher family

The Kher family includes the actors Anupam Kher and Kirron Kher. Their son is actor Sikander Kher. Anupam has starred in the international hit Bend It Like Beckham. He recently won the best actor award given by the Karachi International Film Festival for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005). Kiron Kher won the Bronze Leopard Award given by the Locarno International Film Festival for Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters (2003).

Kumar family

Gulshan Kumar was the founder of the T-Series (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.), the best known music label in India, and an Indian Bollywood movie producer.

M

Mumtazullah Khan family

Mallik family

Sardaar Malik was a veteran music director in the 1900s.

Mukesh family

Mukesh was a Bollywood playback singer.

Mangeshkar-Burman family

Asha Bhosle and R.D. Burman

Mukherjee family

Mukherjee-Samarth family

The Mukherjee-Samarth family has been active in the film industry since the 1940s when Rattan Bai, mother of actor Shobhana Samarth, acted in various films. The current members of the Mukherjee-Samarth family who working are in the industry are actor Tanuja, actor Kajol (married to actor Ajay Devgan), actor Rani Mukerji (married to producer-director Aditya Chopra), actor Tanisha, and actor Mohnish Behl. Their family married into the Ganguly brothers. The Mukherjees and Samarths came together by marriage between producer Sashadhar Mukherjee and Sati Devi's son Shomu Mukherjee and Shobhana Samarth and director Kumarsen Samarth's daughter Tanuja. Shomu Mukherjee's cousin married the sister of actor Debashree Roy.

Film personalities of Mukherjee-Samarth family
1st generation 2nd generation 3rd generation 4th generation Career Born Died Relation
Rattan Bai Actor-singer 1890 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 1981 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 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 from Chopra-Johar family
Raja Mukherjee Director Son of Ram Mukherjee and Krishna Roy
Debashree Roy Actor 1964 Sister of Krishna Roy, formerly married to actor Prosenjit Chatterjee
Sharbani Mukherjee Actor Daughter of Shomu and Dev's brother Rono Mukherjee
Samrat Mukherjee Actor Son of Shomu and Dev's brother Rono Mukherjee

Murad-Rai family

N

Narayan Jha family

This family originated in Nepal.

Nath family

O

Oberoi family

P

Pal family

Pandit family

Pataudi family

Sharmila Tagore and Soha Ali Khan

Sharmila Tagore is married to Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi who was an Indian cricket captain. She has also acted in Bengali films. Saif Ali Khan is a popular actor and is also a national award winner. Soha Ali Khan, has just begun in the film industry.

Patel family

Puri family

Madan Puri was probably the best known villain in the film industry in the 1950s and late 1960s. His brothers Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri were also very successful actors of their time.

Q

Qureshi family

R

Rajinikanth family

Rajinikanth

Rajkumar family

Ramsay family

The Ramsay Brothers are seven brothers of who had achieved cult status for producing, directing, and editing B-grade horror films. They are the sons of F U Ramsay, who had made movies in the same genre. They are often referred to as The Horror Masters of India.

Randhawa family

Dara Singh

Ray-Ganguly-Bose family

Roshan family

Rakesh Roshan was an actor from the 1960s to the 1980s. Towards the 1990s he started directing films. His brother Rajesh is a music director and does the music for Rakesh's films. Rakesh introduced his son Hrithik Roshan in 2000 in the film Kaho Na Pyaar Hai which made Hrithik a star overnight.
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 1960-70s. She left the industry after her marriage to Mayur Madhvani.

Roy-Bhattacharya family

Roy-Joshi-Irani family

S

Samanta family

Sapru family

Sen family

Sen family

Shetty family

Shantaram-Pendharkar-Talpade family

Sinha family

Sippy family

Sivakumar family

Suman family

References

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  2. ↑ "Pooja Bhatt Biography". IMDb.com. Retrieved 2015-08-28.
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  4. ↑ Bakshi, Dibyojyoti (18 November 2011). "Sahib Biwi Aur Gangster co-produced by Karanveer?". Hindustan Times. Retrieved 10 July 2015.
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