Hallo, people!!!
Guten Abend!
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Ohhkay, WAIT!!
Before you, my favorite-favorite people, not waste a single more
second to hop to some other random blog to read, the first two lines were my
heartiest greetings in German to you on this rainy, pleasant Sunday afternoon
in Manipal. Hmm... weekends are synonymous to relaxing. Why not do the same with this
blog post? Instead of hitting your head with overload of information (I doubt
if this post fails to do so :P ), let’s have some fun!!!
So, today, if not for anything else for time pass sake, I’ll
take you through a maze which might make you feel all confused, lost or just
amaze you. The big fat filmy family awaits you!
Try recognizing these already mentioned Kapoor personalities!! Photo courtesy: Internet |
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Considered
to be the first family of bollywood is the Kapoor clan. The most familiar star
from that family is the young heartthrob, Ranbir kapoor. His ancesters have
occupied the Hindi cinema industry for the
longest time since its inception. The family tree has its roots to Prithviraj Kapoor who started working here as early as 1940. Raj
Kapoor, his son, was a noted Actor, Director, Producer being active for 50
years contributing to the industry.
His sibling was Shammi
Kapoor who married Geeta Bali from whom were born two kids, Aditya and a daughter, Kanchan. Geeta Bali is also
the niece of Yogeeta Bali, a former Hindi film actress who shared a short
married life with Kishore Kumar for two years and later went on to marry the disco
dancer of the 80s, Mithun Chakraborty and has four kids with him, of which the
first one , Mimoh Chakraborty, is struggling hard these days to find a foothold
as an actor.
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There were other two of their siblings too who died in infancy.
Many others also boast to be part of the Kapoor
clan but it is Raj Kapoor's descendants who have carried on the family legacy.
He had three sons,namely, Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Rajiv Kapoor, the least
known and most unsuccessful of the three siblings.
Randhir Kapoor married an actress of her time Babita Kapoor but they started living separately soon
after. They have two lovely daughters who have been at the top of the game during
their times and one of them is still ruling the roost. Karisma
Kapoor is the eldest daughter while Kareena
Kapoor is the youngest daughter. Karisma is the second wife
to a Delhi-based businessman, Sanjay Kapoor who also happens to be her childhood friend. While Kareena, as is well
known, is married to the Nawab of Pataudi, Saif Ali Khan. Now this alliance brought two culturally rich and prominent families together. Saif is the son of Bollywood actress, Sharmila Tagore, and Indian cricketer, Mansoor Ali Khan.
Both his grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, and father were professional cricketers. His mother, Sharmila Tagore, an actress within her own rights, is the grand-niece of renowned Rabindranath Tagore, who converted to Islam after marrying Saif's father, and changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana. He has two sisters, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan, who is currently head-over-heals in love with Actor Kunal Khemu, who debuted as a child artist in the 90s and fashion designer Saba Ali Khan.
Saif Ali Khan married Bollywood actress, Amrita Singh, during October 1991, and has two children, namely daughter Sara Ali Khan, and son Ibrahim Ali Khan. The marriage ended in a divorce during 2004, and both the children live with their mother. Kareena became his second wife on 16th October 2012, amidst much glitz and glamour.
Oops!! Where did we wander off? See, here, everybody is related to everyone. You never know when you hop from Peshawar ke Punjabis to the Nawabs of Pataudi!!! :)
Tracing out footsteps back to the K Khandaan, let's talk about the youngest of the Raj's sons, Rishi Kapoor.
Try recognizing these already mentioned Kapoor personalities!! Photo courtesy: Internet |
Both his grandfather, Iftikhar Ali Khan Pataudi, and father were professional cricketers. His mother, Sharmila Tagore, an actress within her own rights, is the grand-niece of renowned Rabindranath Tagore, who converted to Islam after marrying Saif's father, and changed her name to Begum Ayesha Sultana. He has two sisters, Bollywood actress Soha Ali Khan, who is currently head-over-heals in love with Actor Kunal Khemu, who debuted as a child artist in the 90s and fashion designer Saba Ali Khan.
Saif Ali Khan married Bollywood actress, Amrita Singh, during October 1991, and has two children, namely daughter Sara Ali Khan, and son Ibrahim Ali Khan. The marriage ended in a divorce during 2004, and both the children live with their mother. Kareena became his second wife on 16th October 2012, amidst much glitz and glamour.
Oops!! Where did we wander off? See, here, everybody is related to everyone. You never know when you hop from Peshawar ke Punjabis to the Nawabs of Pataudi!!! :)
Tracing out footsteps back to the K Khandaan, let's talk about the youngest of the Raj's sons, Rishi Kapoor.
Photo courtesy: Internet |
Rishi Kapoor, the most successful of
his two brothers, married his co-star of many films Neetu Singh and produced a
superstar of today’s times in Ranbir Kapoor. His sister Riddhima Kapoor Sahani is
a designer by profession and has her own fashion label ‘Ara’.
Wait wait!!! This does not ends
here. this post is just hardly 5 % of what we'll call The Big Fat Filmy Family. The Bachchans, Sridevi and Sonam Kapoor will all be
in the maze waiting for you. There are many more such families which are
interconnected, and I bet you'll enjoy those more than this one! So, watch out
for the future posts of *Casuale* right here! :)
P.S. Any suggestions for future posts? Feel free to send in your suggestions and requests here or on my e-mail id: aanchal.srivastava20@gmail.com . Hope to hear from you soon :)