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This article is about the Indian Hindi-language show business family. For the surname, see Kapoor.

Kapoor family

Kapoor family on Randir's birthday.jpg

Kapoor family on Randhir's birthday

Current region Mumbai, Maharashtra, India

Place of origin Lasara, Samundri, Samundri Tehsil, Lyallpur District, Faisalabad District, Punjab, Pakistan (former Punjab, British India) [1][2]

(Prithviraj Kapoor in 1906 CE)[3]

Members See table below

Connected families Bachchan family[4]

Malhotra family[5]

Surinder Kapoor family[6]

Pataudi family

Tagore family[7]

Nanda family

Shivdasani family

Heirlooms R. K. Studio, Prithvi Theatre

Estate(s) Krishna Raj Bungalow, Mumbai, Kapoor Haveli, Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan (formerly owned)

Active since 1929; Prithviraj Kapoor acted in Alam Ara (1931), the first talkie film of India

Murli Mal Kapoor

Keshavmal Kapoor

Basheshwarnath Kapoor

Generation 1

Prithviraj Kapoor · Trilok Kapoor

Generation 2

(Prithviraj Kapoor-Ramsarni Mehra's children)

Raj Kapoor · Shammi Kapoor

Shashi Kapoor · Ravinder Kapoor

Devinder Kapoor · Urmila Sial Kapoor

Generation 3

(Raj Kapoor-Krishna Malhotra's children)

Randhir Kapoor · Ritu Kapoor Nanda

Rishi Kapoor · Rima Kapoor Jain

Rajiv Kapoor

Generation 4 (Raj Kapoor's grandchildren)

Randhir Kapoor-Babita Shivdasani's children

Karisma Kapoor · Kareena Kapoor

Ritu-Ranjan Nanda's children

Nikhil Nanda · Nitasha Nanda

Rishi Kapoor-Neetu Singh's children

Riddhima Kapoor · Ranbir Kapoor

Rima-Manoj Jain's children

Armaan Jain · Aadar Jain

Generation 3

(Shammi Kapoor-Geeta Bali's children)

Aditya Raj Kapoor · Kanchan Kapoor

(Shammi Kapoor-Neila Devi's children)

No children

Generation 4 (Shammi Kapoor's grandchildren)

Aditya Raj-Preeti Kapoor's children

Tulsi Kapoor

Kanchan-Ketan Desai's children

Pooja Desai · Rajarajeshwari Desai

Generation 3

(Shashi Kapoor-Jennifer Kendal's children)

Kunal Kapoor · Karan Kapoor

Sanjana Kapoor

Generation 4 (Shashi Kapoor's grandchildren)

Kunal Kapoor-Sheena Sippy's children

Shaira Kapoor · Zahan Kapoor

Karan-Lorna Kapoor's children

Aliya Kapoor · Zach Kapoor

Sanjana-Valmik Thapar's children

Hamir Thapar

Generation 2 (Trilok Kapoor's children)

Vijay Kapoor · Vicky Kapoor

Generation 3 (Vijay Kapoor's children)

Ajay Kapoor · Sanjay Kapoor

The Kapoor family is a prominent Indian show business family with a long history in Hindi cinema. Many members of the family have had prolific careers as actors, film directors and producers.

Contents

1 Background

2 Members of the Kapoor family

2.1 Previous generations before the film industry

2.2 First generation

2.3 Second generation

2.4 Third generation

2.5 Fourth generation

2.6 Fifth generation

3 Family photos

4 See also

5 References

6 External Links

Background

The Kapoor family is of Punjabi Hindu origin.[8][10][11][9] Prithviraj Kapoor was the first from the family to pursue a career in films. He was born in 1906 in the town of Samundri in Punjab Province, British India.[12][13] His father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, served as a police officer in the Indian Imperial Police in the city of Peshawar;[14] while his grandfather, Keshavmal Kapoor, was a Tehsildar in Samundri, Punjab, British India.[15] Prithviraj's first lead role was in Cinema Girl in 1929.

All three of Prithviraj Kapoor's sons, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, and Shashi Kapoor, made careers in the Hindi film industry. Raj Kapoor also known as "the greatest showman of Indian cinema",[16] became a noted Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema.[17]

Raj Kapoor's sons, Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, went on to become well-known actors; his youngest son, Rajiv Kapoor, was not as successful as his brothers. Shashi Kapoor's daughter Sanjana Kapoor also became a film actress, although she had a short career.

Randhir Kapoor is married to Babita. They have two daughters Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, both of whom have found success in the film industry. Rishi Kapoor is married to actress Neetu Singh, their son, Ranbir Kapoor, has established himself as a leading Bollywood actor.

Nikhil Nanda, son of Ritu Kapoor, Raj Kapoor's daughter and Rajan Nanda, is married to Shweta Bachchan, daughter of the actors Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan