Kapoor family

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The Kapoor family^[13] 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.^[14] "The Pioneer" founder of the dynasty was "The Patriarch", Prithviraj Kapoor,^[15][14][16] who was the first member of family to begin acting in movies with his 1929 debut film Be Dhari Talwar.^[17] He was a pioneer of Indian theatre and the founding member of Indian People's Theatre Association (IPTA).^[13][18] His son Raj Kapoor was the most influential actor and director in Hindi cinema.^[13] 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.^[15][14][19] Due to their decades old participation in the Hindi film industry, the family is often called "The First Family of Bollywood".^[14] 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.

The Kapoor family is of Punjabi Hindu Khatri origin belonging to the Kapoor gotra.^{[8][10][11][9]} Prithviraj Kapoor was the first from the family to pursue a career in films. His ancestral origins were in Samundri, Lyallpur District, Faisalabad, Punjab Province of British India.^[1][2] His father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, served as a police officer in the Imperial Police in the city of Peshawar;^[20] while his grandfather, Keshavmal Kapoor, was a Tehsildar in Samundri.^[21] His younger brother, Trilok Kapoor also became an actor; with his first role in the film Char Darvesh in 1933, Trilok emerged as one of the most commercially successful actors of his era.

The family eventually migrated to Mumbai. 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",^[22] became a noted Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema.^[23]

The Samadhi (memorial) of Raj Kapoor, also housing memorial of his mother and father Prithviraj Kapoor, is at their family farm "Rajbaugh", which means the "king of gardens". Located inside the MIT World Peace University (MIT-WPU), Rajbaugh lies off the NH65 on the banks of Mula-Mutha River in Loni Kalbhor village 30 km east of Pune in Maharshtra. Kapoor family sold a part of the 125 acres Rajbaugh to MIT-WPU which built a memorial for the Kapoor family on its campus. The memorial was unveiled in 2014 in the presence of Lata Mangeshkar and members of the Kapoor clan. The Kapoor family memorial has 7 pagodas showing elements of Raj Kapoor's movies and a museum or viewing gallery which shows family photographs and moments from his movie making from 1945 to 1990. Raj Kapoor shot many of his films at this farm, including Mera Naam Joker, Bobby, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and Prem Rog. Kapoor's family bungalow inside the farm has been preserved. The popular song "Hum Tum Ek Kamre Mein Band Ho" was shot inside this bungalow.^[24][25][26]

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  Prithviraj Kapoor
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  Trilok Kapoor
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  Shammi Kapoor
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  Shashi Kapoor
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  Randhir Kapoor
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  Rishi Kapoor
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  Rajiv Kapoor
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  Neetu Kapoor
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  Babita Kapoor
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  Aditya Raj Kapoor
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  Kunal Kapoor
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  Karan Kapoor
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  Sanjana Kapoor
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  Karisma Kapoor
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  Kareena Kapoor
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  Ranbir Kapoor
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  Alia Bhatt
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  Nikhil Nanda
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  Shweta Bachchan
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  Zahan Kapoor

• List of Indian film families

• "Indian cinema@100: 35 fun facts about the Kapoors of Bollywood". NDTV. 29 April 2013. Archived from the original on 3 May 2013. Retrieved 3 May 2013.
• The Kapoor Family Site by - Shammi Kapoor (by Shammi Kapoor)