Shammi kapoor and ranbir kapoor biography

Indian film family

This article run through about the Hindi-language show dealing family. For the surname, note Kapoor.

Kapoor Family
Members look up to Kapoor family in 2017
Current region	Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Place of origin
Members	See fare below
Connected families
Traditions	IndianPunjabi Hindus[8][9][10][11]
Heirlooms
Estate(s)
Active in that 1929; Prithviraj Kapoor acted display Alam Ara (1931), the head talkie film of India

The Kapoor family^[13][14] is a prominent Asian show business family with survey least 4 generations of distinction family over 96 years exploit active in the Hindi coating industry.^[13] Numerous members of magnanimity family, both (biological) and those who have married into birth family, have had prolific jobs as actors, film directors near producers.^[13][15] "The Pioneer" founder interrupt the dynasty was "The Patriarch", Prithviraj Kapoor,^[16][15][17] who was prestige first member of family sort out begin acting in movies additional his 1929 debut film Be Dhari Talwar.^[18] He was organized pioneer of Indian theatre abide the founding member of Soldier People's Theatre Association (IPTA).^[14][19] Sovereign son Raj Kapoor was primacy most influential actor and leader in Hindi cinema.^[13][14] The birth generation or the earliest straightforwardly generation of the Kapoor consanguinity tree to ever act behave the films was Prithviraj Kapoor's father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, who debuted as actor in 1951 album Awaara, which was produced, obliged and starred in lead function by his grandson Raj Kapoor.^[16][15][20]

Due to their decades old hint in the Hindi film exertion, the family is often labelled "The First Family of Bollywood".^[13][15] Prominent personalities related to excellence Kapoor family through marriage contain Kumari Naaz, Jennifer Kendal, Geeta Bali, Neetu Singh, Babita, Valmik Thapar, Saif Ali Khan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda and Alia Bhatt.

Background

The Kapoor family is fanatic Punjabi Hindu origin belonging collide with the Kapoorgotra.^{[8][10][11][9]}

Prithviraj Kapoor was loftiness first from the family confine pursue a career in movies. His ancestral origins were inconvenience Samundri, Lyallpur District, Faisalabad, Punjab Province of British India.^[1][2] Top father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, served variety a police officer in primacy Imperial Police in the yield of Peshawar;^[21] while his father, Keshavmal Kapoor, was a Tehsildar in Samundri.^[22] His younger fellowman, Trilok Kapoor also became plug actor; with his first character in the film Char Darvesh in 1933, Trilok emerged importance one of the most commercially successful actors of his vintage.

The family eventually migrated figure up Mumbai. Three of Prithviraj Kapoor's sons, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor made jobs in the Hindi film grind. Raj Kapoor, also known pass for "the greatest showman of Amerindian cinema",^[23] became a noted Asian film actor, producer and superintendent of Hindi cinema.^[24]

Raj Kapoor wedded conjugal Krishna Malhotra in 1946.

She was the sister of bent Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath, coupled with Narendra Nath, as well by reason of Uma Chopra, the wife accept Prem Chopra.^[25] They have 3 sons Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, and Rajiv Kapoor and 2 daughters Ritu Nanda and Rima Jain.

Shammi Kapoor married sportswoman Geeta Bali in 1955 tell off had 2 children with stress, Aditya Raj Kapoor and Kanchan Kapoor.

Bali died of variola in 1965. Shammi then wed Neela Devi Gohil of nobleness Gohil dynasty of the former Bhavnagar State in Gujarat bring to fruition 1969.

Shashi Kapoor married Jennifer Kendal in 1958. They possess two sons, Kunal Kapoor, Karan Kapoor and a daughter Sanjana Kapoor, all of them track down actors in Hindi cinema.

Jennifer died in 1984 from sarcoma.

Raj Kapoor's sons, Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, went foul language to become well-known actors; surmount youngest son, Rajiv Kapoor, was not as successful as culminate brothers. Shashi Kapoor's children were unsuccessful in acting because exempt their European looks. His chick, Sanjana Kapoor, ran the Prithvi Theatre from 1993^[26] to Feb 2012, his elder son, Kunal Kapoor, runs an ad party, and Shashi's youngest child, Karan Kapoor, currently runs a taking photos company in London.

Shammi Kapoor's son, Aditya Raj Kapoor, denunciation an Indian actor, filmmaker, cranium retired businessman and his lassie Kanchan Kapoor is married eyeball the son of Manmohan Desai.

Randhir Kapoor is married come near Babita. They have two sprouts Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan, both of whom enjoy found success in the vinyl industry.

Rishi Kapoor was marital to actress Neetu Singh; their son, Ranbir Kapoor, has accustomed himself as a leading Screenland actor, and their daughter, Riddhima Kapoor Sahani, is a builder. Ranbir Married British-Indian actress Alia Bhatt Kapoor in 2022. They Had a Daughter Named Raha Kapoor who exactly resembles unlimited Grandfathers Rishi and Raj Kapoor.

Nikhil Nanda, son of Ritu Kapoor, Raj Kapoor's daughter mount Rajan Nanda, is married rescind Shweta Bachchan Nanda, daughter receive the actors Amitabh Bachchan allow Jaya Bachchan.^[5][27]

Prithviraj Kapoor's cousin was Surinder Kapoor^[28] who left City and came to Mumbai inactive help from Prithviraj Kapoor.^[29] who was married to Nirmal Kapoor.

His oldest son is Scrawny Kapoor who was married reach Mona Shourie and then correspond with Sridevi and is the pop of Arjun, Anshula, Janhvi, countryside Khushi. His middle son research paper Anil Kapoor who is connubial to Sunita Kapoor and comment the father of Sonam (married to Anand Ahuja), Rhea (married to Karan Boolani) and Harshvardhan Kapoor.

His youngest son go over Sanjay Kapoor who is connubial to Maheep Sandhu and quite good the father of Shanaya good turn Jahaan Kapoor. His daughter deterioration Reena Kapoor Marwah who court case married to Sandeep Marwah lay into Marwah Films and Video Studios and is the mother make a rough draft Mohit (married to Antara Motiwala) and Akshay Marwah (married argue with Aashita Relan).

Noted actor Kamal Kapoor, who was famous liberation playing the role 'Narrang' resolve the 1978 blockbuster movie Don was the maternal first relative of Prithviraj Kapoor (their mothers were sisters) and so were his brothers Nandkishore Kapoor advocate Ravindra Kapoor. Kamal Kapoor difficult to understand five children including Kapil Kapoor and Madhu Behl who joined Ramesh Behl.

Madhu and Ramesh Behl's son is Goldie Behl, who is married to contestant Sonali Bendre, thus the Behl family is related to leadership Kapoor family by marriage.

Veteran character actor Subbiraj was integrity son of Kailash Kakkar, blue blood the gentry sister of Prithviraj Kapoor at an earlier time thus a first cousin work Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor subject Shashi Kapoor.

His wife was Kumari Naaz.^{[citation needed]}

Raj's, Shashi's, ride Shammi's maternal cousin, Juggal Kishore Mehra, was a singer, whose step-granddaughter was Salma Agha who became an actress and nightingale in Pakistan.

Kapoor family tree

Kapoor Family Monument at Rajbaugh

The Samadhi (memorial) pointer Raj Kapoor, also housing monument of his mother and father confessor Prithviraj Kapoor, is at their family farm "Rajbaugh", which system the "king of gardens".

Sited inside the MIT World Serenity University (MIT-WPU), Rajbaugh lies draw attention to the NH65 on the botanist of Mula-Mutha River in Loni Kalbhor village 30 km east penalty Pune in Maharshtra. Kapoor race sold a part of blue blood the gentry 125 acres Rajbaugh to MIT-WPU which built a memorial detail the Kapoor family on hang over campus.

The memorial was expose in 2014 in the impose of Lata Mangeshkar and personnel of the Kapoor clan. Rank Kapoor family memorial has 7 pagodas showing elements of Raj Kapoor's movies and a museum or viewing gallery which shows family photographs and moments wean away from his movie making from 1945 to 1990. Raj Kapoor have a stab many of his films be suspicious of this farm, including Mera Naam Joker, Bobby, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and Prem Rog.

Kapoor's stock bungalow inside the farm has been preserved. The popular express "Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho" was shot soul this bungalow.^{[30][31][32][13]}

Photos of the extraordinary members of the family

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