Kapoor family
The Kapoor family is a prominent Indian show business family with at least 4 generations of the family over 95 years being active in the Hindi film industry. Numerous members of the family, both biological and those who have married into the family, have had prolific careers as actors, film directors and producers. "The Pioneer" founder of the dynasty was "The Patriarch", Prithviraj Kapoor, who was the first member of family to begin acting in movies with his 1929 debut film Be Dhari Talwar. He was a pioneer of Indian theatre and the founding member of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA). His son Raj Kapoor was the most influential actor and director in Hindi cinema. The genesis generation or the earliest linear generation of the Kapoor family tree to ever act in the films was Prithviraj Kapoor's father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, who debuted as actor in 1951 film Awaara, which was produced, directed and starred in lead role by his grandson Raj Kapoor.
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Some members of Kapoor family on actor Randhir Kapoor's 70th birthday on 15 February 2017 at Mumbai. | |
| Current region | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
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| Members | See table below |
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| Traditions | Indian Punjabi Hindus |
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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 |
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| Prithviraj Kapoor · Trilok Kapoor · Kailash Kakkar |
| Generation 2 (Prithviraj Kapoor's children) |
| Raj Kapoor · Shammi Kapoor |
| Shashi Kapoor · Urmila Sial |
| Ravinder Kapoor · Devinder Kapoor |
| Generation 3 (Raj Kapoor'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 Khan |
| Ritu-Rajan Nanda's children |
| Nikhil Nanda · Nitasha Nanda |
| Rishi Kapoor-Neetu Singh's children |
| Riddhima Kapoor Sahni · Ranbir Kapoor |
| Rima-Manoj Jain's children |
| Armaan Jain · Aadar Jain |
| Generation 5 (Raj Kapoor's great-grandchildren) |
| Ranbir Kapoor-Alia Bhatt's children |
| Raha Kapoor |
| Riddhima Kapoor-Bharat Sahni's children |
| Samara Sahni |
| Kareena Kapoor-Saif Ali Khan's children |
| Taimur Ali Khan · Jehangir Ali Khan |
| Karisma Kapoor-Sanjay Kapur's children |
| Samaira Kapoor · Kiaan Raj Kapoor |
| Nikhil Nanda-Shweta Bachchan Nanda's children |
| Navya Naveli Nanda · Agastya Nanda |
| Armaan Jain-Anissa Malhotra Jain's children |
| Rana Jain |
| Generation 3 (Shammi Kapoor's children) |
| Aditya Raj Kapoor · Kanchan Kapoor |
| Generation 4 (Shammi Kapoor's grandchildren) |
| Aditya Raj-Preeti Kapoor's children |
| Tulsi Kapoor · Vishwa Pratap Kapoor |
| Kanchan Kapoor-Ketan Desai's children |
| Pooja Desai · Raj Rajeshwari Desai |
| Generation 3 (Shashi Kapoor'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 2 (Kailash Kakkar's children) |
| Subbiraj |
Due to their decades old participation in the Hindi film industry, the family is often called "The First Family of Bollywood".
Prominent personalities related to the Kapoor family through marriage include Kumari Naaz, Jennifer Kendal, Geeta Bali, Neetu Singh, Babita, Valmik Thapar, Saif Ali Khan, Shweta Bachchan Nanda and Alia Bhatt.