List of Hindi film families
This article lists notable families whose members are prominent in the Indian film industry.
This list also includes a select number of South Indian film families who crossed over into Hindi cinema.
One of the most famous among them is Urdu poet, author and philosopher Javed Akhtar, whose great-grandfather Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi is a notable name in the Indian Rebellion of 1857.
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.
Esha has pursued a film career, whilst Dharmendra's nephew Abhay Deol has been in the industry since 2005, giving notable performances.
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).
Note: Composer Kanu Roy was not the brother of Geeta Dutt[20] Jaddanbai, the start of the family, began as a singer and eventually became a filmmaker.
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.
Originated in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam are two of the biggest names in the industry.
Raj's granddaughter Kareena Kapoor married Saif Ali Khan from the Pataudi family.
Story and script writer Salim Khan has written and produced some of the most successful Bollywood films.
The duo have written many commercially and critically successful movies all through the 1970s and 1980s like Yaadon Ki Baraat (Nasir Hussain), Deewaar (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.
Salim Khan met and married Sushila Charak, a Hindu woman from a Marathi 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.
Durga Khote was a Dadasaheb Phalke Award recipient known for her performances in Mughal-e-Azam, Bobby, Bidaai etc.
He recently won the best actor award given by the Karachi International Film Festival for Maine Gandhi Ko Nahin Mara (2005).
Kirron Kher won the Bronze Leopard Award given by the Locarno International Film Festival for Khamosh Pani: Silent Waters (2003).
Gulshan Kumar was the founder of the T-Series (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.), the best known as music label in India, and an Indian Bollywood movie producer.
The Ramsays were seven brothers who had achieved cult status for producing low-budget horror films through the 1970s and 1980s, going into the early 1990s.
They were the sons of Fatehchand Uttamchand (FU) Ramsay, who had shifted to Mumbai (then Bombay) from Karachi after Partition with his wife and children.
In Karachi, the Ramsays (originally Ramsinghani) ran a radio store, and set in Mumbai before shifting to movies.
But the brothers hit upon the idea of making horror films, starting with Do Gaz Zameen Ke Neeche in 1972.
They chose low-cost options, with family members handling most of the key bits of the film-making process.
The brothers – apart from Keshu – did, however, come together to produce the extremely successful Zee Horror Show, which later became Anhonee, for television.
This family is joined to that of producer and director J. Om Prakash, through his daughter Pinky Roshan Nagrath, who is the wife of Rakesh and the mother of Hrithik.
He had a towering personality with a bald head, often cast as the villain brought down by heroes half his size.
Some of his memorable films include China Town, An Evening in Paris, Kismat, Lalkar, Aankhen, Don and Kalicharan.
Originating in the Punjab Province of British India, six brothers born to Laxmidas and Hakumdai Chawla, changed their last name to Varma after moving to Bombay to enter the movie industry.
