Akhtar family is considered to be one of the most prominent film clan in Hindi film Industry. It consists of poets, authors, script writer, directors, actors and Producer. Poet, author, philosopher and one of the main member in Indian Rebellion of 1857, Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi was great great grand father of Javed Akhtar. Muztar Khairabadi an Indian Urdu poet was grand son of Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi and grand father of Javed Akhtar. 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.
Akkineni Lakshmi Vara Prasada Rao (Telugu and Hindi film producer, and Prasad's Group Founder)
Akkineni Ramesh Prasad son of L. V. Prasad, and owner of Prasads Group
Akkineni Ananda Rao son of L. V. Prasad, and co-owner of Prasads's Group
Akkineni Sanjeevi brother of L. V. Prasad
A. Sreekar Prasad (Tamil, Telugu and Hindi Film editor, and son of Akkineni Sanjeevi)
Akshay Akkineni, film director, and son of A. Sreekar Prasad
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.
Akkineni Nageswara Rao
Akkineni Nagarjuna (younger son of ANR)
Akkineni Naga Chaitanya (son of Nagarjuna and Daggubati Lakshmi Ramanaidu)
Amala (second wife of Nagarjuna)
Akhil Akkineni (son of Nagarjuna and Amala)
Sumanth (nephew of Nagarjuna)
Sushanth (nephew of Nagarjuna)
D. Ramanaidu (father of Venkatesh)
Daggubati Suresh Babu (producer, elder son of Ramanaidu and father of Rana)
Daggubati Rana (Actor and grandson of Ramanaidu)
Daggubati Venkatesh
Mumtaz Ali (actor,dancer)
Mehmood Ali (actor,comedian, son of Mumtaz Ali)
Tracy Ali (actress and second wife of Mehmood Ali)
Minoo Mumtaz (actress,dancer and daughter of Mumtaz)
Anwar Ali (actor, brother of Mehmood Ali)
Lucky Ali (singer,actor, second elder son of mehmood ali and maternal nephew of meena kumari)
Pucky Ali (actor and eldest son of Mehmood)
Macky Ali (actor and third son of Mehmood)
Masoom Ali (Actor, producer and fourth son of Mehmood)
Mansoor Ali (actor and fifth son of Mehmood)
Manzoor Ali (actor and sixth son of Mehmood)
Ginny Ali (actress and daughter of Mehmood Ali)
Khursheed Bano (actress,elder sister of Meena Kumari)
Meena Kumari (actress, ex-sister-in-law of mehmood ali and sister of mehmood ali ex-wife)
Kamal Amrohi (director and husband of meena kumari)
Tajdar Amrohi (director and son of Kamal Amrohi)
Bilal Amrohi (actor, grandson of kamal Amrohi)
Mashhoor Amrohi (actor,grandson of kamal Amrohi)
Mazhar Khan (actor and maternal uncle to Bilal and Mashhoor Amrohi)
Zeenat Aman (actress and wife of Mazhar)
Anand-Sahni family
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.
Dev Anand
Kalpana Kartik (wife of Dev Anand)
Suneil Anand (son of Dev Anand)
Chetan Anand (elder brother of Dev Anand)
Uma Anand (wife of Chetan Anand)
Ketan Anand (son of Chetan Anand)
Priya Rajvansh (actress and partner of Chetan Anand)
Kamal Jeet (actor and brother of Priya Rajvansh)
Waheeda Rehman (actress and wife of Kamal Jeet)
Vijay Anand (younger brother of Dev Anand)
Shekhar Kapur (nephew of Dev Anand, son of his sister Sheel Kanta Kapur)
Suchitra Krishnamurthy (ex-wife of Shekhar Kapur)
Navin Nischol (actor, former brother-in-law of Shekhar Kapur)
Balraj Sahni (actor)
Bhisham Sahni (playwright, actor, novelist and brother of Balraj Sahni)
Parikshit Sahni (actor, son of Balraj Sahni and brother-in-law of Shekhar Kapur)
Vishal Anand (nephew of Dev Anand)
Purab Kohli (nephew of Shekhar Kapur)
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.
Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
Syed Sajjad Zaheer
Raj Babbar
Nadira Babbar (first wife of Raj Babbar and daughter of Syed Sajjad Zaheer)
Arya Babbar (son of Raj Babbar and Nadira Babbar)
Juhi Babbar (daughter of Raj Babbar and Nadira Babbar)
Anup Soni (husband of Juhi Babbar)
Smita Patil (second wife of Raj and daughter of Shivajirao Patil)
Prateek Babbar (son of Smita Patil and Raj Babbar)
Harivansh Rai Bachchan (poet – married to social activist Teji Bachchan, mother of Amitabh Bachchan)
Amitabh Bachchan (actor – married to Jaya Bachchan, son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, father of Abhishek Bachchan)
Jaya Bachchan (actress – married to Amitabh Bachchan, mother of Abhishek Bachchan)
Abhishek Bachchan (actor – married to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, son of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan)
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (actress – married to Abhishek Bachchan)
Nikhil Nanda (industrialist – married to Amitabh Bachchan's daughter Shweta Bachchan-Nanda)
Ritu Kapoor-Nanda (business person – mother of Nikhil Nanda, daughter of Raj Kapoor of the Kapoor family)
Ajitabh Bachchan (actor and producer – son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, brother of Amitabh Bachchan)
Kunal Kapoor (actor, married to Ajitabh Bachchan's daughter Naina Bachchan)
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.
Tarachand Barjatya (director, producer, writer and founder of Rajshri Productions)
Kavita K. Barjatya (producer – daughter of Kamal Kumar Barjatya)
Sooraj R. Barjatya (director, producer and writer – son of Raj Kumar Barjatya)
Harry Baweja
Pammi Baweja (wife of Harry Baweja)
Harman Baweja (son of Harry and Pammi Baweja)
Kabir Bedi (actor)
Protima Bedi (dancer – wife of Kabir Bedi)
Pooja Bedi (actor and model – daughter of Kabir and Protima)
Nanabhai Bhatt (director – father of Mahesh and Mukesh Bhatt)Robin Bhatt (writer)
Mahesh Bhatt (director, writer)
Pooja Bhatt (actor, producer – daughter of Mahesh and Kiran (nee Shirin Mohammad Ali))
Rahul Bhatt (son of Mahesh and Kiran (nee Shirin Mohammad Ali))
Soni Razdan (actress – second wife of Mahesh Bhatt)
Alia Bhatt (actor, singer – daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan)
Shaheen Bhatt (Assistant Director– daughter of Mahesh Bhatt and Soni Razdan)
Karan Razdan (actor and brother of Soni Razdan)
Vijay Tendulkar (Marathi Play writer, theater artist and father of Priya Tendulkar)
Priya Tendulkar (actress and wife of Karan Razdan)
Mukesh Bhatt (producer – brother of Mahesh)
Vishesh Bhatt (director – son of Mukesh)
Emraan Hashmi (actor – son of Anwar Hashmi and Maherrah Hashmi (nee Maherrah Mohammad Ali) and nephew of Mahesh Bhatt and Mukesh Bhatt)
Onjolee Nair (director – niece of Mahesh Bhatt)
Mohit Suri (director – nephew of Mahesh)
Udita Goswami (actor – wife of Mohit)
Smiley Suri (actor – sister of Mohit Suri)
Milan Luthria (director – nephew of Mahesh Bhatt)
Dharmesh Darshan (filmmaker – nephew of Mahesh Bhatt)
Suneel Darshan (filmmaker – nephew of Mahesh Bhatt)
Pashupati Bhattacharya (vocalist and composer)
Kumar Sanu a.k.a. Kedarnath Bhattacharjee (playback singer, producer and music director – son of Pashupati Bhattacharya)
Shree Ram Bohra (producer – brother of Ramkumar Bohra)Sunil Bohra (producer – grandson of Shree Ram Bohra)
Ramkumar Bohra (producer, director – brother of Shree Ram BohraMahendra Bohra (producer, director – son of Ramkumar Bohra)Karanvir Bohra (actor, designer, producer – son of Mahendra Bohra)
Teejay Sidhu (actor, VJ – wife of Karanvir Bohra)
Chandrasekhar family
S.A. Chandrasekhar (director)
Shoba Chandrasekhar (director and playback singer)
Joseph Vijay Chandrasekhar (actor – son of Chandrasekhar and Shoba)
S. N. Surendar (playback singer – brother of Shoba)
Vikranth (actor – nephew of S.A. Chandrasekhar)
Mithun Chakraborty (actor and hotelier)
Yogeeta Bali (actress and producer – wife of Mithun Chakraborty)
Mahaakshay Chakraborty (actor – son of Mithun Chakraborty and Yogeeta Bali)
Biswajit Chatterjee (actor)
Prosenjit Chatterjee (actor – son of Biswajeet Chatterjee)
Debashree Roy (politician, actress– ex-wife of Prosenjeet Chatterjee)
Arpita Pal (actress – wife of Prosenjeet Chatterjee)
Chiranjeevi, who is a popular actor in Telugu 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.
Allu Ramalingaiah (comedian,actor and father-in law of Chiranjeevi)
Chiranjeevi (actor, politician)
Ram Charan (actor – son of Chiranjeevi)
Sai Dharam Tej (actor – nephew of Chiranjeevi)
Naga Babu (actor, producer – brother of Chiranjeevi)
Varun Tej (actor – son of Naga Babu)
Niharika Konidela (actress – daughter of Naga Babu)
Pawan Kalyan (politician, actor – brother of Chiranjeevi)
Renu Desai (actor – ex-wife of Pawan Kalyan)
Allu Aravind (producer – son of Allu RamaLingaih and brother of Chiranjeevi's wife)
Allu Arjun (actor – son of Allu Aravind and nephew of Chiranjeevi)
Allu Sirish (actor, producer – son of Allu Aravind and nephew of Chiranjeevi)
Four Chopra cousins, part of the Chopra family (next entry), have participated in Indian cinema.
Priyanka Chopra (actress, model and singer – cousin of Parineeti, Mannara and Meera)
Meera Chopra (actress and model – cousin of Priyanka, Parineeti and Mannara)
Parineeti Chopra (actress – cousin of Priyanka, Mannara and Meera)
Mannara Chopra (actress and model – cousin of Priyanka, Parineeti and Meera)
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:
The eldest brother, Baldev Raj Chopra, founded B.R. Films in 1947, which is now managed and run by his son Ravi Chopra, who was also a director and a producer.
Dharam Raj Chopra, was an ace cinematographer, worked for BR Films only, Most of the films of BR were cinemotograph by Dharam Chopra, he won many awards for his Cinematography.
Raj Chopra, the Second youngest brother, distributed and Managed production of several hits for B.R. Films, Distributed many hit films under banner of RAAJ FILMS & Magnum Films,with son Rahul Chopra.
Yash Chopra, the youngest brother, directed and produced several hits for B.R. Films before branching out to form his own Yash Raj Films, along with son Aditya 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.
Dharmendra (actor)
Sunny Deol (actor – son of Dharmendra)
Bobby Deol (actor – son of Dharmendra)
Hema Malini (actress, producer, dancer – second wife of Dharmendra)
Esha Deol (actress – daughter of Dharmendra and Hema)
Ahana Deol (daughter of Dharmendra and Hema)
Madhoo (actress and niece of Hema Malini)
Abhay Deol (actor – nephew of Dharmendra)
Veeru Devgan (producer and action choreographer, father of Ajay and Anil Devgan)
Ajay Devgn (actor, son of Veeru Devgan, married to Kajol)
Kajol (actress, member of the Mukherjee-Samarth family, married to Ajay Devgan)
Anil Devgan (director, son of Veeru Devgan)
Vilasrao Deshmukh (politician)
Amit Deshmukh {politician - elder son of Vilasrao Deshmukh}
Riteish Deshmukh (architect, actor, producer and singer – son of Vilasrao Deshmukh)
Genelia Deshmukh (actress, model and host – wife of Riteish Deshmukh)
Dheeraj Deshmukh {politician - younger son of Vilasrao Deshmukh}
David Dhawan (director and producer – father of Rohit Dhawan and Varun Dhawan, brother of Anil Dhawan and uncle of Siddharth Dhawan)
Varun Dhawan (actor – son of David Dhawan, brother of Rohit Dhawan, nephew of Anil Dhawan and cousin of Siddharth Dhawan)
Rohit Dhawan (director – son of David Dhawan, brother of Varun Dhawan, nephew of Anil Dhawan and cousin of Siddharth Dhawan)
Anil Dhawan (actor – brother of David Dhawan, father of Siddharth Dhawan and uncle of Varun Dhawan and Rohit Dhawan)
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".
Guru Dutt (actor)
Geeta Dutt (singer – wife of Guru Dutt)
Shyam Benegal (director – his paternal grandmother and Dutt's maternal grandmother were sisters)
Lalita Lajmi (Painter and sister of Guru Dutt)
Kalpana Lajmi (director – niece of Guru Dutt)
Amrita Rao (actress – her grandfather and Guru Dutt were second cousins)
Preetika Rao (actress – sister of Amrita Rao, her grandfather and Guru Dutt were second cousins)
Note: Composer Kanu Roy was not the brother of Geeta 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.
Jaddanbai
Anwar Hussain (actor – son of Jaddanbai)
Akhtar Hussain (son of Jaddanbai)
Zahida Hussain (actor – daughter of Akhtar Hussain)
Nilesh Sahay (son of Zahida Hussain)
Nargis (late daughter of Jaddanbai)
Sunil Dutt (late husband of Nargis)
Priya Dutt (politician – daughter of Sunil and Nargis)
Sanjay Dutt (actor – son of Sunil and Nargis)
Richa Sharma (late wife of Sanjay)
Rhea Pillai (ex-wife of Sanjay Dutt)
Manyata Dutt (wife of Sanjay Dutt)
Namrata Dutt (daughter of Sunil and Nargis)
Nimai Bali (actor, nephew of Sunil dutt (Sunil dutt sister's son) and cousin to Sanjay dutt)
Sahila Chadha (actress, wife of Nimai Bali)
Rajendra Kumar (father of Kumar Gaurav)
Kumar Gaurav (actor, son of Rajendra Kumar and husband of Namrata Dutt)
Bilal Amrohi (actor, grandson of Kamal Amrohi and son-in-law of Kumar Gaurav)
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.
Ashok Kumar
Preeti Ganguly (daughter of Ashok Kumar)
Deven Verma (son-in-law of Ashok Kumar via marriage to elder daughter Rupa Ganguly)
Bharathi Jaffrey (actress and daughter of Ashok)
Anuradha Patel (actress,daughter of Bharathi and granddaughter of Ashok Kumar)
Kanwaljit Singh (husband of Anuradha)
Kiara Advani (actress, step grand daughter of Bharathi Jaffrey)
Anoop Kumar (actor and first younger brother of Ashok Kumar)
Kishore Kumar (actor,singer and youngest brother of Ashok and Anoop)
Ruma Guha Thakurta (first wife of Kishore Kumar)
Amit Kumar (son Kishore Kumar and Ruma Guha Thakurta)
Madhubala (second wife of Kishore Kumar)
Yogita Bali (third wife of Kishore Kumar)
Leena Chandavarkar (fourth wife of Kishore Kumar)
Mukesh Gautam (Punjabi film director)
Yami Gautam (actress and daughter of Mukesh)
Surilie Gautam (actress and sister of Yami)
Suresh Chandra Ghatak (district magistrate, a poet and playwright; 9 children)
Manish Ghatak (eldest son of Suresh Chandra Ghatak, Bengali poet and novelist)
Mahasweta Devi (daughter of Manish Ghatak & Dharitri Devi, niece of Ritwik Ghatak; Indian social activist and writer)
Bijon Bhattacharya (married to Mahasweta Devi, prominent Indian theatre and film personality from Bengal)
Nabarun Bhattacharya (son of Bijon Bhattacharya & Mahasweta Devi)
Sudhish Ghatak(second son of Suresh Chandra Ghatak, independent cinematographer in Bristish India covering news of the time
Ashish Ghatak ( third son of Suresh Chandra Ghatak, maternal grandfather of Parambrata Chattopadhyay)
Parambrata Chatterjee (son of Satinath and Sunetra Ghatak Chattopadhyay – actor, director and film maker)
Lokesh Ghatak (Fourth son of Suresh Chandra Ghatak, a writer and activist, was the first editor of the naval magazine Oceanite)
Ritwik Ghatak (filmmaker, script writer and actor)
Durgabai Kamat (first female artist in Indian film Industry)
Kamlabai Gokhale (daughter of Durgabai Kamat,first female child artist in Indian film industry)
Chandrakant Gokhale (son of Kamlabai,actor)
Vikram Gokhale (actor,son of chandrakanta and National award winning actor)
Mohan Gokhale (actor and brother of Vikram)
Shubhangi Gokhale (actress and wife of Mohan)
Sakhi Gokhale (actress and daughter of Mohan)
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.
Manoj Kumar (actor, producer and director)
Rajiv Goswami (brother of Manoj Kumar)
Arun Kumar Ahuja (father of Govinda)
Nirmala Devi (mother of Govinda)
Govinda (son of Arun and Nirmala)
Tina Ahuja (daughter of Govinda)
Krushna Abhishek (nephew of Govinda)
Kashmira Shah (actress and wife of Krishna)
Aarti Singh (actress, sister of Krishna Abhishek and niece of Govinda)
Ragini Khanna (actress, sister of Amit and niece of Govinda)
Soumya Seth (actress, cousin of Krishna, Ragini, Amit and Aarti)
Vinay Anand (nephew of Govinda)
Aryan (actor and nephew of Govinda)
Arjun Singh (actor and nephew of Govinda)
Amit Khanna (actor, brother of Ragini Khanna and nephew of Govinda)
Jamendra Kumar Ahuja (director and son of Kirti Kumar Ahuja (nephew of Govinda))
Gulzar (lyricist, writer and director)
Raakhee (actress – wife of Gulzar)
Meghna Gulzar (director – daughter of Gulzar and Rakhee)
Originated in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam are two of the biggest names in the industry.
Mani Ratnam
Suhasini Mani Ratnam (wife of Mani Ratnam)
Charuhasan (father of Suhasini)
Kamal Haasan (brother of Charuhasan)
Vani Ganapathy (first wife of Kamal)
Sarika (second wife of Kamal)
Shruti Haasan (daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika)
Akshara Haasan (daughter of Kamal Haasan and Sarika)
Gautami (ex-live in partner of Kamal Hassan)
Anu Haasan (daughter of Chandra Haasan)
G. Venkateswaran (brother of Mani)
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
Sanjeev Kumar,(Hindi film actor)
Kishore Jariwala, (Hindi and Gujrati film actor and brother of Sanjeev Kumar)
Leela Jariwala , (Gujarati film actress and wife of Kishore Jariwala)
Darshan Jariwala ( Hindi film actor and son of Kishore and Leela Jariwala)
Apara Mehta (Hindi film,TV actress and wife of Darshan)
Khushali Jariwala (actress and daughter of Darshan and Apara)
Jeetendra a.k.a. Ravi Kapoor (actor)
Shobha Kapoor (wife of Jeetendra)
Tusshar Kapoor (actor – son of Jeetendra)
Ekta Kapoor (producer – daughter of Jeetendra)
Nitin Kapoor (cousin of Jeetendra)
Jayasudha (actress and politician – wife of Nitin Kapoor)
Abhishek Kapoor (director and actor – nephew of Jeetendra)
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.
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.
Additionally, Ranveer Singh (who dropped his surname Bhavnani) is Sonam and Rhea Kapoor's second cousin. (Their mothers are cousins.)
Shanta Gandhi (1917-2002) – theatre director, playwright, dancer
Egy Mohammad Zain Kapoor (1997,06,april) - writer
Dina Pathak (1922-2002) – director, theatre and film actor, activist
Ratna Pathak (born 1963) – television and film actress → m.
Naseeruddin Shah (b. 1949) – film and theatre actor, director → m. Parveen "Manara Sikri" Murad
Surekha Sikri (b.1945)- film,theatre and television actress,ex-sister in law of Naseerudin Shah
Heeba Shah (b. ??) – film and theatre actress (daughter of Naseeruddin Shah and Parveen Murad)
Imaad Shah (b. ??) – singer, songwriter, film actor (son of Naseruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak)
Vivaan Shah (b. 1990) – film actor (son of Naseruddin Shah and Ratna Pathak)
Supriya Pathak (b. 1961) – theatre and film actress → m.1986–present,
Pankaj Kapur (b. 1954) – theatre, television and film actor → m. 1975 -1984,
Neelima Azeem (b. 1959) – television and film actress
Shahid Kapoor (b. 1981) – film actor (son of Pankaj Kapoor and Neelima Azeem)
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.
Salim Khan
Salma Khan(née Sushila Charak) (First wife of Salim Khan)
Helen (second wife of Salim Khan)
Salman Khan (eldest son of Salim Khan and Sushila Charak Khan)
Arbaaz Khan (director, producer, writer and actor – second son of Salim Khan and Sushila Charak Khan)
Malaika Arora Khan (model and actress), wife of Arbaaz Khan and sister of actress Amrita Arora
Sohail Khan (director, producer, writer and actor – third son of Salim Khan and Sushila Charak Khan)
Seema Sachdev Khan, wife of Sohail Khan; also known as Seema Sajdeh Khan
Alvira Agnihotri, daughter of Salim Khan and Sushila Charak Khan, and wife of Atul Agnihotri
Atul Agnihotri, film director, producer and writer; husband of Alvira Agnihotri
Arpita Sharma, adopted daughter of Salim Khan and wife of Ayush Sharma, aspiring actor. He is a grandson of Sukh Ram, a former Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh
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.
Naseem Banu (actress), mother of Saira Banu and grandmother of actress Shaheen Bano.
Dilip Kumar (actor, producer)
Saira Banu (actress) – wife of Dilip Kumar
Sultan Ahmed — brother of Saira Banu
Nasir Khan (actor) – brother of Dilip Kumar, father of actor Ayub Khan.
Begum Para (actress) – wife of Nasir Khan, mother of actor Ayub Khan
Rukhsana Sultana (social activist – niece of Begum Para)
Amrita Singh (actress) – daughter of Rukhsana Sultana and wife of actor Saif Ali Khan
Ayub Khan (actor – son of Nasir Khan, nephew of Dilip Kumar)
K. Asif (filmmaker) – Husband of Akhtar Asif, the sister of Dilip Kumar. His other wife was actress Nigar Sultana.
Nazir Ahmed Khan (actor), cousin and also brother-in-law of K. Asif; his first wife Sikandara Begum was Asif's sister
Shaheen Banu (actress, niece to Saira Banu, granddaughter of Naseem Bhanu)
Sumeet Saigal (ex-husband of Shaheen Banu)
Sayesha Saigal (actress, daughter of Sumeet Saigal and Shaheen Banu Saigal)
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.
Tahir Hussain (producer, director and screenwriter - father of Aamir Khan)
Aamir Khan (actor, director and producer - uncle to Imran Khan)
Reena Dutta (producer - former spouse of Aamir Khan)
Kiran Rao (producer, screenwriter and director - wife of Aamir Khan)
Aditi Rao Hydari (actress - cousin of Kiran Rao)
Faisal Khan (actor - brother of Aamir Khan)
Nikhat Khan (producer - sister of Aamir Khan)
Nasir Hussain (producer, director and screenwriter - uncle of Aamir Khan and grandfather to Imran Khan)
Mansoor Khan (producer, director and screenwriter - cousin to Aamir Khan and uncle of Imran Khan)
Tariq Khan (actor - cousin to Aamir Khan and uncle of Imran Khan)
Raj Zutshi (actor - step-father of Imran Khan and ex-brother-in-law of Aamir Khan)
Imran Khan (actor - nephew to Aamir Khan)
Khanna family starts with Rajesh Khanna(born Jatin Khanna;) he was a Bollywood actor, film producer and politician. He is referred to as the "first superstar" and the "original superstar" of Indian cinema. He starred in 15 consecutive solo hit films in the period 1969 to 1971, still an unbreakable record.
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.
Rajesh Khanna
Dimple Kapadia (actress – wife of Rajesh Khanna)
Twinkle Khanna (actress – eldest daughter of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia)
Akshay Kumar (actor and producer – son-in-law of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia)
Rinke Khanna (actress – younger daughter of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia)
Simple Kapadia (costume designer and actress – sister of Dimple Kapadia)
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.
Vinod Khanna
Rahul Khanna (eldest son of Vinod Khanna and Gitanjali Taleyarkhan)
Akshaye Khanna (youngest son of Vinod Khanna and Gitanjali Taleyarkhan)
Durga Khote was a Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient known for her performances in Mughal-e-Azam, Bobby, Bidaai etc.
Durga Khote
Vijaya Mehta (actress and daughter-in-law of Durga Khote)
Anjali Khote ( TV Producer and grand daughter of Durga Khote)
Deven Khote (grand son of Durga Khote and TV Producer)
Anahita Uberoi (actress and daughter of Vijaya Mehta from her second marriage)
Nandu Khote (stage actor and brother-in-law of Durga Khote)
Shubha Khote (actress and Niece to Durga Khote)
Viju Khote (actor and Nephew to Durga Khote)
Bhavna Balsavar (actress and daughter of Shubha Khote)
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).
Anupam Kher
Raju Kher (actor – brother of Anupam Kher)
Kirron Kher (actress – wife of Anupam Kher)
Sikander Kher (actor – son of Kirron Kher from first marriage)
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.
Gulshan Kumar
Bhushan Kumar (son of Gulshan Kumar)
Tulsi Kumar (singer – daughter of Gulshan Kumar)
Divya Khosla Kumar (actress, producer and director – wife of Bhushan Kumar)
Uzra Butt (sister of Zohra Sehgal)
Zohra Sehgal (sister of Uzra Butt)
Kiran Segal (daughter of Zohra Sehgal)
Samiya Mumtaz (grandniece of Zohra Sehgal and Uzra Butt)
Sardaar Malik was a veteran music director in the 1900s.
Anu Malik (music composer – son of Sardaar Malik)
Anmol Malik (singer and songwriter – elder daughter of Anu Malik)
Daboo Malik (music director – second son of Sardaar Malik)
Amaal Mallik (music composer – elder son of Daboo Malik)
Armaan Malik (singer – younger son of Daboo Malik)
Hasrat Jaipuri (lyricist – brother-in-law of Sardaar Malik)
Aadar Malik (stand up comedian with SNG - nephew of Anu Malik)
Mukesh was a Bollywood playback singer.
Mukesh (singer)
Nitin Mukesh (singer – son of Mukesh)
Neil Nitin Mukesh (actor – son of Nitin Mukesh and grandson of Mukesh)
Deenanath Mangeshkar (musician and theatre actor)
S.D. Burman (music composer – father of R.D. Burman)
Lata Mangeshkar (singer – eldest daughter of Deenanath Mangeshkar)
Hridaynath Mangeshkar (music composer and singer – son of Deenanath Mangeshkar)
Asha Bhosle (singer – daughter of Deenanath Mangeshkar)
Meena Mangeshkar (daughter of Deenanath Mangeshkar)
Usha Mangeshkar (singer – daughter of Deenanath Mangeshkar)
R.D. Burman (composer – second husband of Asha)
Jitendra Abhisheki (Vocalist,composer,Deenanath Mangeshkar's nephew and paternal cousins to Lata and her siblings)
Shounak Abhisheki (Vocalist,composer and son of Jitendra Abhishek)
Padmini Kolhapure (actress – niece of Lata Mangeshkar)
Tejaswini Kolhapure (actress – sister of Padmini)
Shakti Kapoor (actor – brother-in-law of Padmini)
Siddhanth Kapoor (actor – son of Shakti Kapoor)
Shraddha Kapoor (actress, singer, dasingner,lyrics– daughter of Shakti Kapoor)
Jahar Mukherjee (lyricist)
Manas Mukherjee (music director – son of Jahar Mukherjee)
Shaan (singer and TV presenter – son of Manas Mukherjee)
Sagarika (singer – daughter of Manas Mukherjee)
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.
Murad (actor)
Amanullah Khan (script writer and brother-in-law of Murad)
Raza Murad (actor and son of Murad)
Zeenat Aman (actress and daughter of Amanullah Khan)
Mazhar Khan (actor and husband of Zeenat Aman)
Sanober Kabir (actress and niece of Raza Murad)
Gulshan Rai (film producer)
Rajiv Rai (director, writer and son of Gulshan Rai)
Sonam (actress, niece of Raza Murad and wife of Rajiv Rai)
This family originated in Nepal.
Udit Narayan Jha (singer)
Aditya Narayan Jha (singer and TV presenter – son of Udit Narayan)
Prem Nath (actor)
Bina Rai (actor – wife of Prem Nath)
Prem Krishen (actor – son of Prem Nath and Bina Rai)
Siddharth Malhotra (Director – son of Prem Kishen)
Arjun Malhotra (director – son of actor Kailash Nath, grandson of Prem Nath)
Raj Kapoor from Kapoor family (of Prithviraj Kapoor) (actor, producer, director – husband of Prem Nath's sister Krishna)
Prem Chopra (actor – husband of Prem Nath's sister Uma)
Rajendra Nath (actor – brother of Prem Nath)
Narendra Nath (actor – brother of Prem Nath)
Suresh Oberoi
Vivek Oberoi (second son of Suresh and Yashodhara Oberoi)
Akshay Oberoi (nephew of Suresh Oberoi)
Bipin Chandra Pal (Indian nationalist)
Niranjan Pal (playwright, screenwriter and director – son of Bipin Chandra Pal)
Colin Pal (actor, technician, journalist and publicist – son of Niranjan Pal)
Deep Pal (cinematographer - son of Colin Pal)
Pandit family
Pandit Jasraj (Indian classical vocalist)
Jatin Pandit (composer – son of Pandit Jasraj's brother Indian classical vocalist Pandit Pratap Narayan)
Lalit Pandit (composer – son of Pandit Pratap Narayan)
Sulakshana Pandit (playback singer and actress – daughter of Pandit Pratap Narayan)
Vijayta Pandit (actress and playback singer – daughter of Pandit Pratap Narayan – married to Aadesh Srivastav)
Late Aadesh Srivastav (composer and singer – married to Vijayta Pandit)
Shweta Pandit (singer – daughter of Sulakshana and Vijayta Pandit's brother tabla player Vishwaraj Pandit)
Shrraddha Pandit (singer – daughter of Vishwaraj Pandit)
Yash Pandit (actor – son of Vishwaraj Pandit)
Durga Jasraj (television presenter – daughter of Pandit Jasraj)
Hemlata (singer – cousin of Sulakshana Pandit)
Jagdish Prasad (Indian classical vocalist – cousin of Sulakshana Pandit)
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.
Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi (Indian cricketer)
Sharmila Tagore (actress)
Saif Ali Khan (actor and producer – oldest son of Mansoor and Sharmila)
Amrita Singh (actress – ex-wife of Saif, daughter of Rukhsana Sultana and grandniece of Begum Para)
Kareena Kapoor (second wife of Saif Ali Khan)
Sara Ali Khan (daughter of saif and amrita)
Ibrahim Ali Khan Pataudi ( son of saif and amrita)
Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi ( son of saif and kareena)
Soha Ali Khan (actress – Elder daughter of Mansoor and Sharmila)
Kunal Khemu (actor – husband of Soha Ali Khan)
Saba Ali Khan (Jewelery Designer – younger daughter of Mansoor and Sharmila)
Asha Patel (actress)
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.
Madan Puri (second brother of Chaman Puri and Amrish Puri)
Amrish Puri (youngest brother of Chaman Puri and Madan Puri)
K.L. Saigal (legendary singer and first cousin of Madan and Amrish Puri)
Rajinikanth (actor, producer and screenwriter)
Latha Rajinikanth (film producer and playback singer – wife of Rajinikanth)
Aishwarya Rajinikanth (film producer and director – daughter of Rajinikanth, wife of Dhanush)
Soundarya Rajinikanth (graphic designer, film producer and director – daughter of Rajinikanth)
Dhanush (actor, playback singer, lyricist and producer – son-in-law of Rajinikanth)
Selvaraghavan (director – brother of Dhanush)
Sonia Agarwal (actress – ex-wife of Selvaraghavan, ex-sister-in-law of Dhanush)
Anirudh Ravichander (music director and playback singer – nephew of Rajinikanth)
Ravi Raghavendra (actor – father of Anirudh, brother-in-law of Rajinikanth)
Y. G. Mahendra (actor, dramatist – brother-in-law of Latha Rajinikanth, co-brother of Rajinikanth)
Rajkumar (actor)
Parvathamma Rajkumar (producer – wife of Rajkumar)
Shivrajkumar (actor – son of Rajkumar)
Raghavendra Rajkumar (actor and producer – son of Rajkumar)
Puneeth Rajkumar (actor and playback singer – son of Rajkumar)
Vinay Rajkumar (actor and - son of Raghavendra Rajkumar)
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.
Kumar Ramsay
Keshu Ramsay
Tulsi Ramsay
Shyam Ramsay
Kiran Ramsay
Randhawa family
Dara Singh (Legendary Wrestler and Actor)
Parduman Randhawa (actor, eldest son of Dara Singh)
Vindu Dara Singh (actor, median son of Dara Singh)
Farah Naaz (actress, ex-wife of Vindu Dara Singh)
Amrik Singh Randhawa (film producer, youngest son of Dara Singh)
Randhawa (wrestler and actor, brother of Dara Singh)
Malika (actress, wife of Randhawa)
Shaad Randhawa (actor, son of Randhawa)
Mumtaz (actress, sister of Malika related to Roshan Khan family)
Dwarkanath Ganguly (Social reformer, father-in-law of Upendrakishore Ray)
Upendrakishore Ray (writer, painter, violinist, composer, technologist and entrepreneur)
Hemendra Mohan Bose (entrepreneur, brother-in-law of Upendrakishore Ray)
Sukumar Ray (poet, story writer and playwright – son of Upendrakishore Ray)
Shukhalata Rao(Author-daughter of Upendrakishore Ray)
Leela Majumdar (Author-daughter of Surama Devi and Pramada Ranjan Ray, the younger brother of Upendrakishore Ray)
Nitin Bose (film director,son of Hemendra Bose)
Malati Ghoshal (singer,daughter of Hemendra Bose)
Satyajit Ray (film director, producer, screenwriter, writer, music director and lyricist – son of Sukumar Ray)
Bijoya Ray (actor and playback singer – wife of Satyajit Ray)
Sandip Ray (director – son of Satyajit Ray and Bijoya Ray)
Sonali Raut (Film actress, model)
Ujjwala Raut (Model, sister of Sonali)
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.
Roshan (father of Rakesh Roshan)
J. Om Prakash (father-in-law of Rakesh Roshan)
Rakesh Roshan (son of Roshan and father of Hrithik Roshan)
Rajesh Roshan (brother of Rakesh)
Hrithik Roshan (son of Rakesh)
Sussanne Khan (ex-wife of Hrithik)
Zayed Khan (brother of Suzanne)
Farah Khan Ali (sister of Suzanne)
DJ Aqeel (husband of Suzanne's sister, Farah)
Sanjay Khan (father of Suzanne)
Feroz Khan (uncle of Suzanne and father of Fardeen Khan)
Fardeen Khan (cousin of Suzanne)
Mumtaz (mother-in-law of Fardeen Khan)
Bimal Roy (director)
Rinki Bhattacharya (writer, columnist and documentary filmmaker – daughter of Bimal Roy)
Basu Bhattacharya (director – son-in-law of Bimal Roy)
Aditya Bhattacharya (actor, director, screenwriter and producer – son of Basu Bhattacharya)
Sanjana Kapoor (theatre personality and actress – ex-wife of Aditya Bhattacharya)
Praveen Joshi (theater artist and director)
Sarita Joshi (stage, television and film actress and wife of Praveen)
Ketki Dave (actress and daughter of Sarita Joshi)
Rasik Dave (actor,husband of Ketki Dave)
Riddhi Dave (actress and daughter of Ketki)
Purbi Joshi (TV and voice-dubbing actress – daughter of Sarita Joshi)
Aravind Joshi (theatre artist, writer and brother of Praveen Joshi)
Sharman Joshi (actor –son of Aravind Joshi and son-in-law Prem Chopra)
Mansi Joshi Roy (theater artist, daughter of Arvind joshi)
Rohit Roy (actor and husband of Mansi joshi roy)
Ronit Roy (actor – brother of Ronit Roy)
Padmarani (Sister of Sarita Joshi,Gujrathi and Hindi film actress)
Daisy Irani (actress-Daughter ofPadmarani)
Aruna Irani (Paternal niece to Padmarani's husband,film and Television actress)
Sandesh Kohli (Husband of Aruna Irani,Director and writer)
Adi Irani (Brother of Aruna Irani)
Indra Kumar (Brother of Aruna Irani)
Shweta Irani (actress,daughter of Indra Kumar)
Firoz Irani (Brother of Aruna Irani)
Shakti Samanta (director and producer)
Ashim Samanta (director and producer – son of Shakti Samanta)
Sapru (character actor)
Tej Sapru (actor and son of Sapru)
Priti Sapru (actress and daughter of Sapru)
Reema Rakesh Nath (script writer, director and daughter of Sapru)
Rakesh Nath (producer and husband of Reema)
Karan Nath (actor and son of Reema and Rakesh Nath)
Suchitra Sen
Moonmoon Sen (daughter of Suchitra)
Raima Sen a.k.a. Raima Dev Varma (elder daughter of Moonmoon)
Riya Sen a.k.a. Riya Dev Varma (younger daughter of Moonmoon)
Sen family (of Chidananda Dasgupta)
Chidananda Dasgupta (director)
Aparna Sen (actor and director - daughter of Chidananda Dasgupta)
Mukul Sharma (sports journalist - ex-husband of Aparna Sen)
Konkona Sen Sharma (actress – daughter of Aparna)
Ranvir Shorey (actor – ex-husband of Konkana)
Sunil Shetty (actor, producer and entrepreneur)
Mana Shetty (Entrepreneur and Fashion Designer - wife of Sunil Shetty)
Athiya Shetty (actress - Daughter of Sunil Shetty)
Shilpa Shetty (actress, producer, model and businesswoman)
Raj Kundra (husband of shilpa shetty Businessman, producer)
Shamita Shetty (former actress – sister of Shilpa Shetty)
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.
V.Shantaram (director,producer and actor)
Sandhya Shantaram (actress,third wife of shantaram)
Kiran Shantaram (producer, son of shantaram)
Rajshree (actress,daughter of shantaram)
Pandit Jasraj (Vocalist, son-in-law of shantaram and belongs to Pandit family)
Ranjana Deshmukh (actress,niece to Sandhya shantaram)
Durga Jasraj (daughter of Pandit Jasraj)
Siddharth Ray (actor,grandson of Shantaram)
Shantipriya (actress, wife of Siddharath Ray)
Bhanupriya (actress, sister of shantipriya)
Bhalji Pendharkar (film maker,maternal cousin of shantaram)
Baburao Pendharkar (elder brother of bhalji, famous film personality)
Master Vinayak (actor,brother of bhalji)
Prabhakar Pendharkar (writer,son of bhalji)
Nanda (actress, daughter of vinayak)
Jayshree T. (actress,sister-in-law of Nanda)
Meena T. (actress,sister of Jayashree)
Shreyas Talpade (actor, nephew of Jayashree and Meena)
Shatrughan Sinha (actor and politician)
Poonam Sinha (actress and producer)
Luv Sinha (actor – son of Shatrughan and Poonam Sinha)
Kush Sinha (son of Shatrughan and Poonam Sinha)
Sonakshi Sinha (actress – daughter of Shatrughan and Poonam Sinha)
Bhavna Ruparel (actress and cousin to Luv and Sonakshi)
Pooja Ruparel (actress and sister of Bhavna)
G.P. Sippy (producer and director)
Ramesh Sippy (director – son of G.P. Sippy)
Kiran Juneja (actress and wife of Ramesh Sippy)
Rohan Sippy (director and producer – son of Ramesh Sippy)
Kunal Kapoor (actor, son of Shashi Kapoor and son-in-law of Sippy)
Sivakumar (actor and artist)
Suriya (actor – first son of Sivakumar)
Karthik Sivakumar (actor – second son of Sivakumar)
Jyothika (actor – first daughter-in-law of Sivakumar)
Nagma (actor – elder sister of Jyothika and sister-in-law of Suriya Sivakumar)
Shekhar Suman
Adhyayan Suman
Uppalapati Krishnam Raju(Actor)
Uppalapati Surya Narayana Raju (Producer)
Prabhas(Actor)
Uppalapati Pramodh Raju(Producer)
