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 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.
Akhtar family is considered to be one of the most prominent film clan in Hindi film Industry. It consists of poets, authors, scriptwriter, directors, actors, and Producer. 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.[1]
1st generation | 2nd generation | 3rd generation | 4th generation | Career | Born | Died | Relation |
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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 Kamran Khan and Menaka Irani (Honey and Daisy Irani's sister); sister of Sajid Khan | ||||
Shirish Kunder | Film editor | 1973 | Married to Farah Khan | ||||
Sajid Khan | Director, actor | Son of Kamran Khan and Menaka Irani (Honey and Daisy Irani's sister); 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 | Niece of Shabana Azmi, daughter of Jamal Hashmi and Rizwana | |||||
Tabu | Actress | 1971 | Niece of Shabana Azmi, daughter of Jamal Hashmi and Rizwana |
Main article: Daggubati-Akkineni Family |
The Akkineni-Daggubati family is a prominent film family with a long history in Indian cinema mainly Telugu and Hindi cinema. Akkineni Nageswara Rao and Daggubati Ramanaidu are the prominent heads of both families.
The most prominent member of the Anand family was 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.
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.
Main article: Bachchan family |
Plus Aishwarya Rai and Abhishek's new born daughter.(Now 4–5 years old )
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.
Chiranjeevi, who is a Super star in south cinema has starred in a few Hindi films. His son Ram Charan also acted in lead role of remake in Amitabh Bachachan's Blockbuster Zanjeer. Allu Arjun also acted in some of Hindi ads and became familiar to Hindi film Industry.
Four Chopra cousins, not part of the Chopra family (next entry), have participated in Indian cinema.
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 Chopra | Yash Chopra | Pamela Chopra | D.R. Chopra | Kiran Chopra | Raj Chopra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Ravi Chopra | Renu Chopra | Rani Mukerji | Aditya Chopra | Uday Chopra | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kapil Chopra | Abhay Chopra | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name | Born | Died | Career | Relation |
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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 | |
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 |
The Deol family's legacy began with Dharmendra. His sons (Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol) 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.
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. In 2010, he was included among CNN's "top 25 Asian actors of all time".
Note: Composer Kanu Roy was not the brother of Geeta Dutt[8]
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.
Main article: 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.
The family is related to Ray-Ganguly-Bose_family through the first wife of Kishore Kumar, Ruma Guha Thakurta, who is a nice of Bijoya Ray
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.
Originated in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam are two of the biggest names in the industry.
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 and Bhawar Jain
Main article: Kapoor family |
The oldest family in the industry, the Kapoor family has been in the industry since 1926, starting with Prithviraj Kapoor. His descendants 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 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.
1st generation | 2nd generation | 3rd generation | 4th generation | Career | Born | Died | Relation |
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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 | 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 | Actoress, 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 |
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 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 kapoor
Surinder Kapoor | Nirmal Kapoor | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Mona Kapoor (m. 1983-1996) | ![]() Boney Kapoor | ![]() Sridevi (m. 1996-) | ![]() Anil Kapoor | Sunita Kapoor (m. 1984-; nee Bhavnani) | Sanjay Kapoor | Maheep Sandhu (m. 1992-) | Reena Marwah | Sandeep Marwah | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Anshula Kapoor | ![]() Arjun Kapoor | Khushi Kapoor | Jhanvi Kapoor | ![]() Sonam Kapoor | ![]() Rhea Kapoor | Harshvardhan Kapoor | ![]() Mohit Marwah | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Additionally, Ranveer Singh (who dropped his surname Bhavnani) is Sonam Kapoor and Rhea Kapoor's second cousin. (Sonam's mother is a cousin of Ranveer's father .)
Main article: Salim Khan family |
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). His eldest son, Salman, made his film debut at the age of 22 with Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988) and went on to become one of the most successful superstars of Indian cinema. His second son, Arbaaz Khan, is a successful filmmaker whose films include Dabangg and Dabangg 2. His third son, Sohail Khan, is an actor and film maker. His elder daughter Alvira is married to the actor Atul Agnihotri. It is only his second daughter Arpita who has kept away from the field of films.
Salim Khan met and married Sushila Charak, a Hindu lady from a Marathi family. Took the name 'Salma Khan' and bore him four children (three sons and a daughter). In later life, Salim Khan fell in love with the actress Helen, and took her as his second wife while still married to Sushila/Salma. This arrangement was acceded 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 (Alvira and Arpita) married and left to raise their own families, while two of the three sons (Arbaaz and Sohail) married and brought their brides home. All of them still live together, according to the Joint family tradition of India.
Dilip Kumar was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan in 1922, and became one of India's most acclaimed actors. His wife Saira Banu was also a successful actress in Bollywood. His brother Nasir Khan, brother-in-law K. Asif and nephew Ayub Khan are among those who followed him into films, and his wife Saira Banu is also related to several film personalities.
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 starts with Rajesh Khanna (born Jatin Khanna;[9]) he was a Bollywood actor, film producer and politician. He is referred to as the "first superstar"[10] and the "original superstar" of Indian cinema.[11][12] He starred in 15 consecutive solo hit films in the period 1969 to 1971, still an unbreakable record.[13][14]
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.
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.
Durga Khote was a Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient known for her performances in Mughal-e-Azam, Bobby, Bidaai etc.
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).
Gulshan Kumar Dua was the founder of the T-Series (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.), the best known music label in India, and an Indian Bollywood movie producer.
Sardaar Malik was a veteran music director in the 1900s.
Mukesh was a Bollywood playback singer.
Main article: 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.
1st generation | 2nd generation | 3rd generation | 4th generation | Career | Born | Died | Relation |
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Rattan Bai | Actor-singer | 1890 | 1986 | 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 |
This family originated in Nepal.
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.
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.
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.
The family is related to Ganguly family through the marriage of Ruma Guha Thakurta, niece of Bijoya Ray to Kishore Kumar.
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.
Shantaram and Bhalji Pendharkar are considered to be biggest names in Indian film Industry and also both of them were Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipients. Indian film personalities like Master Vinayak, Nanda, Siddharth Ray belongs to this family. Pandit Jasraj was son-in-law of Shantaram. Bollywood veterans like Jayashree T. also belong to this family.