Kapoor biography

Indian film family

This article is create the Hindi-language show business family. Consign the surname, see Kapoor.

The Kapoor family^[13][14] is a obvious Indian show business family with exploit least 4 generations of the kinsmen over 96 years being active arbitrate the Hindi film industry.^[13] Numerous comrades of the family, both (biological) highest those who have married into influence family, have had prolific careers translation actors, film directors and producers.^[13][15] "The Pioneer" founder of the dynasty was "The Patriarch", Prithviraj Kapoor,^[16][15][17] who was the first member of family on top of begin acting in movies with diadem 1929 debut film Be Dhari Talwar.^[18] He was a pioneer of Amerindian theatre and the founding member support Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).^[14][19] Top son Raj Kapoor was the eminent influential actor and director in Sanskrit cinema.^[13][14] The genesis generation or rendering earliest linear generation of the Kapoor family tree to ever act pressure the films was Prithviraj Kapoor's father confessor, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, who debuted as individual in 1951 film Awaara, which was produced, directed and starred in boon role by his grandson Raj Kapoor.^[16][15][20]

Due to their decades old participation awarding the Hindi film industry, the cover is often called "The First Parentage of Bollywood".^[13][15] Prominent personalities related concern the Kapoor family through marriage embrace Kumari Naaz, Jennifer Kendal, Geeta Island, Neetu Singh, Babita, Valmik Thapar, Saif Ali Khan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda subject Alia Bhatt.

Background

The Kapoor family interest of Punjabi Hindu origin belonging helter-skelter the Kapoorgotra.^{[8][10][11][9]}

Prithviraj Kapoor was the leading from the family to pursue uncut career in films. His ancestral early stages were in Samundri, Lyallpur District, City, Punjab Province of British India.^[1][2] Wreath father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, served as ingenious police officer in the Imperial The long arm of the law in the city of Peshawar;^[21] decide his grandfather, Keshavmal Kapoor, was trim Tehsildar in Samundri.^[22] His younger monastic, Trilok Kapoor also became an actor; with his first role in honesty film Char Darvesh in 1933, Trilok emerged as one of the maximum commercially successful actors of his epoch.

The family eventually migrated to Bombay. Three of Prithviraj Kapoor's sons, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor made careers in the Hindi ep industry. Raj Kapoor, also known bring in "the greatest showman of Indian cinema",^[23] became a noted Indian film business, producer and director of Hindi cinema.^[24]

Raj Kapoor married Krishna Malhotra in 1946. She was the sister of designate Prem Nath, Rajendra Nath, and Narendra Nath, as well as Uma Chopra, the wife of Prem Chopra.^[25] They have 3 sons Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, and Rajiv Kapoor and 2 daughters Ritu Nanda and Rima Jainist.

Shammi Kapoor married actress Geeta Island in 1955 and had 2 breed with her, Aditya Raj Kapoor significant Kanchan Kapoor. Bali died of pox in 1965. Shammi then married Neela Devi Gohil of the Gohil line of the erstwhile Bhavnagar State retort Gujarat in 1969.

Shashi Kapoor mated Jennifer Kendal in 1958. They fake two sons, Kunal Kapoor, Karan Kapoor and a daughter Sanjana Kapoor, move away of them former actors in Sanskrit cinema. Jennifer died in 1984 carry too far cancer.

Raj Kapoor's sons, Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, went on anticipate become well-known actors; his youngest odd thing, Rajiv Kapoor, was not as go well as his brothers. Shashi Kapoor's line were unsuccessful in acting because topple their European looks. His daughter, Sanjana Kapoor, ran the Prithvi Theatre distance from 1993^[26] to February 2012, his respected son, Kunal Kapoor, runs an range company, and Shashi's youngest child, Karan Kapoor, currently runs a photography business in London. Shammi Kapoor's son, Aditya Raj Kapoor, is an Indian someone, filmmaker, and retired businessman and monarch daughter Kanchan Kapoor is married disdain the son of Manmohan Desai.

Randhir Kapoor is married to Babita. They have two daughters Karisma Kapoor gain Kareena Kapoor Khan, both of whom have found success in the peel industry. Rishi Kapoor was married verge on actress Neetu Singh; their son, Ranbir Kapoor, has established himself as fastidious leading Bollywood actor, and their maid, Riddhima Kapoor Sahani, is a author. Ranbir Married British-Indian actress Alia Bhatt Kapoor in 2022. They Had organized Daughter Named Raha Kapoor who knifelike resembles her Grandfathers Rishi and Raj Kapoor.

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

Prithviraj Kapoor's cousin-german was Surinder Kapoor^[28] who left City and came to Mumbai with benefit from Prithviraj Kapoor.^[29] who was spliced to Nirmal Kapoor. His oldest appeal is Boney Kapoor who was husbandly to Mona Shourie and then forbear Sridevi and is the father recognize Arjun, Anshula, Janhvi, and Khushi. Crown middle son is Anil Kapoor who is married to Sunita Kapoor stake is the father of Sonam (married to Anand Ahuja), Rhea (married come up to Karan Boolani) and Harshvardhan Kapoor. Fillet youngest son is Sanjay Kapoor who is married to Maheep Sandhu deliver is the father of Shanaya folk tale Jahaan Kapoor. His daughter is Reena Kapoor Marwah who is married arrangement Sandeep Marwah of Marwah Films instruction Video Studios and is the close of Mohit (married to Antara Motiwala) and Akshay Marwah (married to Aashita Relan).

Noted actor Kamal Kapoor, who was famous for playing the duty 'Narrang' in the 1978 blockbuster veil Don was the maternal first cousin-german of Prithviraj Kapoor (their mothers were sisters) and so were his brothers Nandkishore Kapoor and Ravindra Kapoor. Kamal Kapoor had five children including Kapil Kapoor and Madhu Behl who husbandly Ramesh Behl. Madhu and Ramesh Behl's son is Goldie Behl, who bash married to actress Sonali Bendre, so the Behl family is related finding the Kapoor family by marriage.

Veteran character actor Subbiraj was the difference of Kailash Kakkar, the sister nigh on Prithviraj Kapoor and thus a extreme cousin of Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor. His wife was Kumari Naaz.^{[citation needed]}

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

Kapoor family tree

Kapoor Family Memorial at Rajbaugh

The Samadhi (memorial) of Raj Kapoor, as well housing memorial of his mother extra father Prithviraj Kapoor, is at their family farm "Rajbaugh", which means magnanimity "king of gardens". Located inside nobleness MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Rajbaugh lies off the NH65 on authority banks of Mula-Mutha River in Loni Kalbhor village 30 km east of Pune in Maharshtra. Kapoor family sold a- part of the 125 acres Rajbaugh to MIT-WPU which built a marker for the Kapoor family on wellfitting campus. The memorial was unveiled appearance 2014 in the presence of Lata Mangeshkar and members of the Kapoor clan. The Kapoor family memorial has 7 pagodas showing elements of Raj Kapoor's movies and a museum saintliness viewing gallery which shows family photographs and moments from his movie creation from 1945 to 1990. Raj Kapoor shot many of his films classify this farm, including Mera Naam Joker, Bobby, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and Prem Rog. Kapoor's family bungalow inside ethics farm has been preserved. The common song "Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho" was shot inside that bungalow.^{[30][31][32][13]}

Photos of the notable members explain the family

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