ETimes BFFs: Kareena Kapoor, Ranbir Kapoor may be ruling Bollywood, but have you heard of Aliya Kapoor and Zak Kapoor? | Hindi Movie News
In at the moment’s section of ETimes BFFs (Massive Filmy Households), we take you thru the 4 generations of Kapoors most of whom have been entertaining the movie and tv lovers for years and the fifth era that’s simply a few years away from making their massive Bollywood debut.
Prithviraj Kapoor
Prithviraj Kapoor was the son of Dewan Basheswarnath Singh Kapoor from his first marriage. Prithviraj married Ramsarni Mehra in 1923. They’d three sons once they moved to Mumbai from Peshawar – Ranbirraj (Raj), Devinder (Devi) and Ravinder (Nandi). Whereas Devi died of pneumonia round 1930, Nandi handed away per week later after by chance consuming rat poison tablets. Later Shamsherraj (Shammi) was born in 1931, adopted by Urmila after which Balbirraj (Shashi).
It will not be flawed to say that Prithviraj gave delivery to 30-40% of the Indian movie business. He was a university graduate who wished to take up drama whereas he was nonetheless in Peshawar. On the time of partition, he determined to maneuver to Calcutta which was the Hollywood of India at the moment. He began working after which introduced his household to Calcutta. The movie Awara options three generations of Kapoors. Whereas Prithviraj performs the lawyer, his father Basheswarnath was the choose, whereas Raj Kapoor essayed the defendant, the man underneath trial.
He made his appearing debut as an additional in Be Dhari Talwar within the yr 1928 and thereafter had an exhaustive filmography with evergreen movies like Alam Ara, Boot Polish, Shree 420, Mughal-e-Azam amongst many others.
Raj Kapoor
The eldest son of Prithviraj, Raj Kapoor was a faculty dropout who spent 5 years studying the commerce of movies and theatre. He joined Prithvi Theatre in 1944. He made his debut with Neel Kamal in 1947. Thereafter, he did the movie Aag underneath the banner of RK Studios. Nevertheless it was Barsaat that established him as a producer, director and an actor par excellence. With the type of roles and movies he did, he went on to be generally known as the Showman of Indian cinema. He was also referred to as Charlie Chaplin of Indian cinema and Clarke Gable of Indian movie business.
Krishna Kapoor
Raj Kapoor married Krishna, sister of actors Premnath and Rajendranath, in 1946. They’d 5 youngsters – three sons and two daughters. Krishna was Prithviraj’s cousin, so she was additionally Raj’s aunt along with being his spouse.
Randhir Kapoor
Raj Kapoor’s eldest son Randhir was born in 1947. He began off as a toddler artiste in RK Movies motion pictures. He additionally had a short stint as an AD, after which he made his appearing and directorial debut with Kal Aaj Aur Kal in 1971. This movie too featured three generations of Kapoors. Within the 70s, he got here ot be generally known as a romantic star.
Randhir married actress Babita, who’s actor Hari Shivdasani’s daughter in 1971. They’ve two daughters – Karisma and Kareena.
Karisma Kapoor
Karisma grew to become the primary girl within the Kapoor household to behave in movies within the 90s. Kareena adopted swimsuit and have become one of the profitable actresses of current occasions.
Karisma tied the knot with industrialist Sanjay Kapur in 2003. They obtained divorced in 2016. The custody of their youngsters, Samaira and Kiaan lies with Karisma and Sanjay has visitation rights.
Samaira and Kiaan
Samaira was born in 2005 and has made a brief movie titled Be Pleased. She has acted within the movie and has been credited as a cinematographer too. Kiaan is at present pursuing his research.
Kareena Kapoor Khan
A mom of two youngsters Taimur and Jeh, Kareena is maybe one of many busiest actresses of present occasions with a number of movies, sequence and endorsements in her kitty. She married Saif in 2012.
Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor made his Bollywood debut on the age of 20 with Bobby. Thereafter, he had an enormous filmography of over 150 movies. He married Neetu Singh in 1979. They acted in a number of movies collectively and have been a success romantic pair on display as nicely. Khel Khel Mein, Kabhi Kabhie, Amar Akbar Anthony are a few of their hottest movies. They’ve two youngsters – Riddhima and Ranbir.
Riddhima Kapoor Sahni
Riddhima is a longtime jewelry designer and owns a label too. She married businessman Bharat Sahni in 2006 after relationship him three years. They’ve a daughter Samara.
Samara
Samara just lately turned 12. She typically hits the headlines and particularly her Dubsmash movies with uncle Ranbir Kapoor had change into a rage on the web.
Ranbir Kapoor
Ranbir Kapoor is the chocolate boy of Bollywood. He enjoys a large fan following and has had some very profitable movies like Wake Up Sid, Rockstar, Barfi!, Tamasha, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil, Brahmastra amongst many others. he’ll quickly be seen in Animal. He married actress Alia Bhatt final yr and so they have a daughter named Raha Kapoor.
Rima Jain
Rima and her sister Ritu didn’t take to appearing following the Kapoor household diktat. Rima married funding banker Manoj Jain, the most effective buddy of Rajiv Kapoor. They’ve two sons Armaan and Aadar.
Armaan Jain
Armaan made his appearing debut with Lekar Hum Deewana Dil in 2014. Ranbir was instrumental in bringing him on board for the movie which was Saif Ali Khan’s house manufacturing. Armaan was earlier an assistant with Dharma Productions for 3 years and has labored on movies like I Hate Luv Storys, Ek Predominant Aur Ekk Tu and Scholar Of The Yr. He married Anissa Malhotra in 2020 and so they have a child boy named Rana.
Aadar Jain
Aadar too began as an assistant director and later turned an actor. He’s know for movies like Qaidi Band, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil and Hi there Charlie.
Ritu Nanda
Ritu wrote a ebook on Raj Kapoor within the 90s. This biography was initially written in Russian and it reportedly offered greater than a crore copies around the globe. She married industrialist Rajan Nanda and she or he runs her personal insurance coverage agency. Collectively they’ve a daughter Natasha and son Nikhil.
Nikhil Nanda
Nikhil studied in USA and married Amitabh Bachchan’s daughter Shweta Bachchan in 1997. They’ve two youngsters, Navya Naveli and Agastya.
Navya Naveli Nanda
Navya enjoys a significant fan following on social media. She is probably not occupied with a profession in Bollywood, however she just lately launched her podcast What The Hell Navya that featured her together with mother Shweta and grandma Jaya Bachchan. She can also be the co-founder of Aara Well being that works in the direction of ladies’s well being.
Agastya Nanda
Agastya accomplished his education in London and is at present making headlines for his a lot awaited Bollywood debut with Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies.
Natasha Nanda
Natasha has a prolific profession in banking and finance. She has based Rimari Company Artwork Service.
Rajiv Kapoor
Rajiv’s declare to fame was the 1985 movie Ram Teri Ganga Maili. Later, he turned producer with movies like Henna and Premgranth. He married Aarti Sabharwal however later they parted methods and obtained divorced.
Shammi Kapoor
Shammi Kapoor made his Bollywood debut in 1952, but it surely was solely after Junglee in 1961 when he grew to become a Bollywood sensation. He married actress Geeta Bali in 1955. They’d two youngsters Aditya and Kanchan. After Geeta handed away in 1965 as a consequence of a bout of small pox, Shammi married Neila Devi in 1969. Neila by no means had youngsters of her personal, however she held the complete household collectively.
Aditya Raj Kapoor
Aditya Raj Kapoor obtained into movies simply to take pleasure in himself. He spent 5-6 years there performing some tv serials and one thing or the opposite, however he stopped appearing after his dad expired. He married Neila Devi’s niece Priti. They’ve two youngsters – Vishwapratap and Tulsi.
Kanchan Desai
Kanchan married Manmohan Desai’s son Ketan Desai. They’ve two daughters Pooja and Raj Rajeshwari.
Urmila Sial
Urmila is Prithviraj’s solely daughter. She married businessman Charanjit Sial and has 4 youngsters – Anuradha, Priti, Namita and Jatin.
Jatin Sial
Jatin is the one member of the Sial household who’s made a profession in showbiz. He is a well-liked face having on tv having labored in reveals like Kasam Se. He was additionally seen in movies like Vivah and Aa Ab Laut Chalein.
Shashi Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor began as a toddler artiste in RK Movies motion pictures like Aag and Awara. He made debut as a lead actor in 1961 with the movie Dharmputra. He married Jennifer Kendall in 1958. He’d met her throughout one of many excursions of Prithvi Theatre in Calcutta. They’ve three youngsters – Kunal, Karan and Sanjana
Kunal Kapoor
Shashi Kapoor’s eldest son Kunal Kapoor made his appearing debut in 1972 with the English movie Siddhartha. He made his mainstream Bollywood debut with Shyam Benegal’s Junoon. He was final seen in 2019 movie Panipat. He’s married to Ramesh Sippy’s daughter Sheena. They’ve two youngsters – Zahaan Kapoor and Shaira Laura Kapoor. Zahaan made his appearing debut with Hansal Mehta’s Faraaz.
Karan Kapoor
Karan featured in motion flicks like Sultanat and Loha within the 80s. He is later turned to images and lives in London along with his spouse Lorna Tarling Kapoor and two youngsters youngsters Aliya Kapoor and Zak Kapoor.
Sanjana Kapoor
Sanjana featured in movie like Hero Hiralal and Salaam Bombay. Later she gave up her movie profession to revive Prithvi Theatre. She first married Aditya Bhattacharya, however they obtained divorced. She later married to tiger conservation skilled Valmik Thapar. They’ve a son named Hamir Thapar.
