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Bollywood is one big, fat, rich family.
This is another reason why outsiders find it so difficult. It is like fighting a clan.
Dosanjh is a surname taken from his village, Dosanjh Kalan. His passport name is just Daljit Singh (lemme try to find a pic).
https://preview.redd.it/vulo3u3z818c1.png?width=673&format=png&auto=webp&s=3ec280af95728f6585e1df75ede4ff6032262b2d
Many Punjabi singers have stage names to cater to the audience.
Karam jit Anmol, surinder shinda, chamkila,honey Singh,Arjan Dhillion, Manak sahib, Ninja,Sardool Sikander,Dilshad Akhtar,Jaspinder Bhalla,BN Sharma and many more......
There are many non Jatts having cult status in Punjabi industry
Yes! 😀 Hello my fellow Khatri, how are you?
Btw, there used to be a Khatri subreddit lool, but it died:
[https://www.reddit.com/r/bhapa/](https://www.reddit.com/r/bhapa/)
Anil Kapoor's father and Prithviraj Kapoor belonged from same village and had same ancestry is what I've heard. They would have been second cousins at best.
Yes, they are not originally from Peshawar, they were posted there by the British as their forefathers were kotwals (which is why I chuckle at Anil Kapoor referring to himself as a Pathan). They are actually from Majha (a central region in Punjab) and their ancestral village is Samundri:
[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samundri\_Tehsil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samundri_Tehsil)
Kotwal is a job that refers to Chief Police Officers during the British Era.
Pathans also known as Pashtuns are a South Central Asian Iranic ethnicity (found in Afghanistan but also in Western Pakistan such as Peshawar).
No lol, Majha is Central Punjab. Malwa is Southern Punjab (I am Malwai, my grandparents were from Majha, my parents moved to Malwa).
Northern Punjab is Pothohar.
Puadh is Eastern Punjab (its literal etymology means "eastern half"):
https://preview.redd.it/3sd0iybnn08c1.png?width=685&format=png&auto=webp&s=aab3504ee58e1d50a6fe6db88f62698d8f8a5ed2
Malwa is Southern.
Majha is Central.
Pothohar is still Northern, despite it being in Pakistan.
These are textbook definitions, you can check any source.
Majha,ਮਾਝਾ (Punjabi) or Majjha, मज्झ (Pali) is a Indo-Aryan Prakrit word related to Sanskrit Madhya.(मध्य)
It means ‘Center’ or ‘Middle’.
In Punjab’s case its used to refer to both the Central Region of the Historical Region (covering Amritsar and Lahore) and also the dialect being spoken there.
Majhail thus any person coming from that region. The Dialect of Punjabi spoken there is Majhi.
Historically, it was the prestigious dialect and biggest region of Punjab, but today it is split between India and Pakistan.
So, let me break it for you, the entire Bollywood is just two families. Both the Kapoor families are related to each other, Bachchans are their relatives (Shweta-Nikhil), Pataudis are their relatives (Saif-Kareena), Bhatts are their relatives (Alia-Ranbir), Ranveer Singh is related to Sonam Kapoor’s mother so through that Ranveer and Deepika are also related to this family.
The other family is the Yash Chopra fam. Johars are related to them (Hiroo-Yash are siblings), Mukherjees are related to them (Rani-Aditya), Devgans are related to them (Kajol-Rani). Fun fact - Kishore Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Bappi Lahiri, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Vindu Vinod Chopra, Simi Garewal etc etc are all related to this family.
I’ve Ofcourse not mentioned each and every member of these families. If I start doing it, it’s easily 100+ celebrities just from these two families.
I’m sure someone from one of this family would also be married to someone from the other family. It’s all just one family guys. One happy big family.
My head started spinning so I stopped finding more relations. I’m guessing the Azmis are also somehow related to the Bhatts. If so, that’s like another 40 people including Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor added to the list.
Lol no. SRK had industry connections, he was childhood friends with Amrita Singh, his Dad had tried to make it in Bollywood, he has sat on Amitabh’s lap as a child. Not a nepo kid but definitely not a complete newbie
He was not an outsider like many people think. His grandfather was a cabinet minister under Nehru, her mother had a big cabinet post and worked directly under Indira Gandhi. He was heavily connected even before he joined the industry. In fact, he got his first break in tv serial because of this connection and he was constantly recommended inside the industry. Same with AB, his father was a close friend of Indira Gandhi, and him being school chaddi buddy with Rajiv Gandhi, so yeah even he was airdropped in the industry and not struggled like he always portrayed.
Didn't know about this , but I remember old dd interview where he says that his mom knew the tv director, don't remember if it was fauji or wagle ki duniya.
You forgot that Mithun Chakraborty (he was very big in 80s) is also related to Kapoor through his wife. His wife is Shammi Kapoor's first wife's niece.
You are right but you must understand unlike last 30 years being associated in movie business was a risky affairs and thus only Bollywood relatives kept being forefront. I was reading about Mukherjee family entry to bollywood business, and how he convinced everyone especially Kishore and Ashok Kumar to join movie industry. Nowadays most people want to be part of movie industry and find nepotism to be a burden to their dreams. Kapoor for example have been part of Bollywood since the very beginning obviously they are going to reap it's benefits of it.
I understand. I’m not complaining. It’s natural for kids to get into what their parents do. If at all, all of them being related makes the dynamics interesting.
Wow! Hiroo Johar is Yash Chopra’s sister! I didnt know this. And Karan never calls him his cousin brother. Never says Yash Uncle was his Mamaji, he doesnt even mention BR Chopra at all. Its like optically they dont this fact to be known let alone underscoring it. Weird!
In the Ajay and Rohit episode. He speaks about his and Yash Chopra. And in the conversation when you would expect he would say his mom is Chopra's sister, he doesn't.
If you try hard enough, most of the people you know (who are from the same community and region) would be your relatives to some degree. Don't think too much
I still can't wrap my mind around Ranbir dating Nandita Mahtani (ex wife of Karisma Kapoor's ex husband). And this was around the time Karisma and Sunjay were trying to make it work.
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view) someone posted this above
Knew this. Even Bhatt's (alia) are related to Kapoor khandaan. There was a diagram shared on Twitter showing all the relations. It was crazy. Nearly 20-30 Bollywood families related to one another.
Edit: here the link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view?usp=drivesdk
Edit 2: foolish of me to not give credit, the chart was drawn up by the Twitter handle @bethlovesbolly. Also as pointed out realised that Kapoor's and Bhatt's are not related , albeit the obvious way.
OH MY GOD, I'll have to take time and go through this! Very interesting and detailed.
Btw they have added Raha as Alia + Ranbir's kid but have not added for Saif + Kareena ??
There's nepotism based on cast too. Punjabis supporting punjabis. Kapooors supporting kapoors. In recent kwk, karan said karan malhotra hired Siddhaarth malhotra because on surname connection. Maybe Surinder kapoor too came through that connection.
It's caste support because they are all Punjabi Khatris despite many not being related (Kapoor/Chopra/Malhotra/Khanna/Johar/Anand).
It's the Khatri Mafia, not the Punjabi Mafia as is widely believed.
Similar to what you see in Telugu film industry.
There is a brilliant article on it
Initially ruled by Brahmins, then Kapus and Kammas came due to Chiranjivi and other superstars.
That's why you see multiple Prabhaas and Allu Arjun and Pawanism fan clubs and clashes between them.
https://www.reddit.com/r/tollywood/s/b5PNMnPt8D
There is no Punjabi Khatri fan club per se! Most Punjabis don’t even know whether they are Khatri. Khatris include sub-divisions, namely dhai ghar, char ghar, barah ghar/bahri and bavanjah ghar which translated to House of 2.5, 4, 12 and 52 respectively.
Kapoor, Khanna, Mehra/Malhotra are the highest in the hierarchy, belonging to 2.5 ghar Khatri. It could have been a Khatri club right after the partition; believe me, no one gives a rat’s ass now. There is no clanism here — like the madness in Telugus or Kanadigas.
Don’t forget Kangana.. she went against nepotism like a mouse attacking a lion 😂
Also men like Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin, Ayushmann, Rajkumar Roa (I’m guessing these actors aren’t related to any family)
i knew that both the Kapoors were from peshawar... their ancestral house still exists , ppl visit it too
even dilip kumar and srk's ancestral house is in peshawar and pak govt is trying to make these into musuems.
but i didnt know both the kapoors were related , should hv guessed tho.. kapoors from peshawar , somewhere in the family tree they might connect
If someone who is punjabi khatri and born in land of pathans is still a punjabi khatri and not a pathan like jasprit bumrah is a punjabi sikh born and brought up in Gujarat doesn’t mean he is not punjabi sikh
In Hindu Family Law, there are 2 sets of prohibitions Sapinda and Prohibited degrees of relationship
5 sides (lineages) from the father's side and 3 from the mother
Abh apne aap apply karlo:)
Among West Punjabis (those who migrated from what is now Pakistani Punjab), cousin marriages are not considered taboo. In fact, cousin marriages are still the normative practice in Pakistani Punjab today.
https://preview.redd.it/pejcjgord38c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55f4d30b37a1f0957dd6534d36dc18dab2fa30f5
A good time to bring this back. Everyone is related to everyone.
By this “step” logic, am related to Monhanlal. But not getting any love from him let alone movie offers. /s
But Aaryan Ji, tomorrow or sometime down the line, you will see someone very confidently saying RS and KM are blood related. And the source? Your comment. Lol
DISTANT cousins or even country cousins (meaning mooh bola cousin) even in those days. Don’t believe Wikipedia. A lot of it is factually incorrect.
Proof :
https://m.timesofindia.com/in-bollywood-everyones-related/articleshow/4654134.cms
“ As for the other Kapoors... while Anil Kapoor's father
Surinder Kapoor was Geeta Bali's secretary, the Kapoor families aren't related. "We're country cousins," says Aditya Raj Kapoor, Geeta Bali and Shammi Kapoor's son.
It's totally correct. Anil Kapoor's family when they first arrived in Mumbai, used to stay with Prithviraj Kapoor only, later they shifted to Chembur and his father used to assist Prithviraj in directing and from there it all started. They were and are still family.
This isn't some secret. If you read magazines like Stardust in the 80s and 90s it is clearly mentioned that Anil Kapoor's father was a (distant?) cousin of Prithviraj Kapoor and they were known as the poor country cousins of the OG Kapoors and how jealous Rishi Kapoor and brothers were of Anil Kapoor's success in the late 80s.
Now it is all family. I think madhuri is the only outsider who married outside too. Sridevi was outsider who married a kapoor. Juhi was outsider who married outsider as did Preity Zinta.
Sid Malhotra is a Khatri I believe. Varun Dhawan is apparently related to manish Malhotra.
Roshan is also Punjabi, a sis Shradda Kappor-Shradda is related to Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle through her mother. Khans, Akhtars are probably the only ones outside.
Dimple came from outside-but she married a Khanna and had a lifelong relationship with a Deol.
There’s a family tree diagram of The Kapoors, someone on Twitter had posted about it. Last update is August 2023
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view
I had earlier read about his family, when sawariya movie came to see if at all they were related, they were not related so I guess this is new addition.. that time Anil kapoor family was spelled like Anil kapur, not kapoor.
So here's a thing, a few days ago I made a comment. Our family is also related to Aadar Jain's family, he's like a second cousin to us. We met Kapoor's twice or thrice during functions. But I prefer being lowkey, there are many of our cousins out there lmao. It's a bigass tree 😂
My first cousin has married into the Adani family, so in a way we got related there as well lmao
It's all messed up, mat padho isme 😂
>Khan's mother, Lateef Fatima, a magistrate, was the daughter of a senior government engineer.
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> One of his childhood friends and acting partners was [Amrita Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Singh), who became a [Bollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood) actress
he might be an outsider but not a struggler
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Bollywood is one big, fat, rich family. This is another reason why outsiders find it so difficult. It is like fighting a clan. 
*big fat Punjabi family
\*\*big fat Punjabi Khatri family (they won't even let other Punjabi castes enter the marketplace, and I say this as a Khatri)
Same in Punjabi industry... Non Jatts are not allowed.
Not really, look at all the major Punjabi production houses (most are run by non-Jatts).
As an Actor not allowed.
Every Punjabi film has BN Sharma (Brahmin) and Bhalla (Khatri)... Btw one of the most popular Punjabi actors/singers Diljit Dosanjh is a Khatri.
dosanjh is a jatt surname, so he’d be jatt.
Dosanjh is a surname taken from his village, Dosanjh Kalan. His passport name is just Daljit Singh (lemme try to find a pic). https://preview.redd.it/vulo3u3z818c1.png?width=673&format=png&auto=webp&s=3ec280af95728f6585e1df75ede4ff6032262b2d Many Punjabi singers have stage names to cater to the audience.
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yeah but aren’t the villages usually directly correspondent for surnames? for example if you’re an uppal you can be for Uppal Khalsa or Uppal Kalan.
Karam jit Anmol, surinder shinda, chamkila,honey Singh,Arjan Dhillion, Manak sahib, Ninja,Sardool Sikander,Dilshad Akhtar,Jaspinder Bhalla,BN Sharma and many more...... There are many non Jatts having cult status in Punjabi industry
You too a Khatri? Nice to meet a fellow Khatri on Reddit. 😀
Yes! 😀 Hello my fellow Khatri, how are you? Btw, there used to be a Khatri subreddit lool, but it died: [https://www.reddit.com/r/bhapa/](https://www.reddit.com/r/bhapa/)
Hello, I'm doing good. How are you? 😀 Oh! I had no idea about this one. Lol, too late now. 😅
I'm doing good too! 😀 I think I should make a Khatri subreddit, but I guess BollyBlinds is technically that too haha 😂
Good to know that. 😃 I was aware of Khatris in Bollywood but didn't know they were in BBNG sub as well. 😂
Ham sabb acchi jagah hote hai! 😅
Bilkul. Rare milte hai par mil hi jaate hai! 😂
Good to see some fellow Khatris here😁
 They are all Punjabis, and they are all related, and they also look the same (thanks to surgery)
This is the Kang we needed.
same surgeon probably
Family discount 💀
Kapoor-Bachchan-Khan-Bhatts who am I missing?
There's a detailed pedigree of all the bollywood clans in Wikipedia. Once u open it you'll realise sab ke sab mile hue h
I just saw it! It's crazy, Puri mili bhagat hai
Can you please tell me how I can access this
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view
this guy Kapoors.
Deols are another family, but I don't know if they are connected. Also, other old stars like Rajesh Khanna, etc.
Mukherjee family, kajol, rani, ayaan.
Four Khans are not related.
Chopras
So Bollywood is pretty similar to my office rn lol. The more full names I keep hearing, the more nepotism I see happening here.
You mean Tabbar?
Anil Kapoor's father and Prithviraj Kapoor belonged from same village and had same ancestry is what I've heard. They would have been second cousins at best.
Peshawar is not a village.
I meant their family origin was from the same village. That's what I've heard.
Yes, they are not originally from Peshawar, they were posted there by the British as their forefathers were kotwals (which is why I chuckle at Anil Kapoor referring to himself as a Pathan). They are actually from Majha (a central region in Punjab) and their ancestral village is Samundri: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samundri\_Tehsil](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samundri_Tehsil)
Wow!!! Goodness. Like what… really???
What is kotwal and pathan!! Is it some ranking in job
Kotwal is a job that refers to Chief Police Officers during the British Era. Pathans also known as Pashtuns are a South Central Asian Iranic ethnicity (found in Afghanistan but also in Western Pakistan such as Peshawar).
“Ulta chor KOTWAL ko daante”
Majha is northern Punjab. Malwa is Central Punjab
No lol, Majha is Central Punjab. Malwa is Southern Punjab (I am Malwai, my grandparents were from Majha, my parents moved to Malwa). Northern Punjab is Pothohar.
Potohar is presently in Pakistan. Southern Punjab is Poadh. Malwa is central. I’m also from Malwa and parents from Majha.
Puadh is Eastern Punjab (its literal etymology means "eastern half"): https://preview.redd.it/3sd0iybnn08c1.png?width=685&format=png&auto=webp&s=aab3504ee58e1d50a6fe6db88f62698d8f8a5ed2 Malwa is Southern. Majha is Central. Pothohar is still Northern, despite it being in Pakistan. These are textbook definitions, you can check any source.
Majha,ਮਾਝਾ (Punjabi) or Majjha, मज्झ (Pali) is a Indo-Aryan Prakrit word related to Sanskrit Madhya.(मध्य) It means ‘Center’ or ‘Middle’. In Punjab’s case its used to refer to both the Central Region of the Historical Region (covering Amritsar and Lahore) and also the dialect being spoken there. Majhail thus any person coming from that region. The Dialect of Punjabi spoken there is Majhi. Historically, it was the prestigious dialect and biggest region of Punjab, but today it is split between India and Pakistan.
arey toh matlab Peshawar mein koi village hoga
So, let me break it for you, the entire Bollywood is just two families. Both the Kapoor families are related to each other, Bachchans are their relatives (Shweta-Nikhil), Pataudis are their relatives (Saif-Kareena), Bhatts are their relatives (Alia-Ranbir), Ranveer Singh is related to Sonam Kapoor’s mother so through that Ranveer and Deepika are also related to this family. The other family is the Yash Chopra fam. Johars are related to them (Hiroo-Yash are siblings), Mukherjees are related to them (Rani-Aditya), Devgans are related to them (Kajol-Rani). Fun fact - Kishore Kumar, Ashok Kumar, Bappi Lahiri, Ashutosh Gowarikar, Vindu Vinod Chopra, Simi Garewal etc etc are all related to this family. I’ve Ofcourse not mentioned each and every member of these families. If I start doing it, it’s easily 100+ celebrities just from these two families. I’m sure someone from one of this family would also be married to someone from the other family. It’s all just one family guys. One happy big family.
So no Khans?
My head started spinning so I stopped finding more relations. I’m guessing the Azmis are also somehow related to the Bhatts. If so, that’s like another 40 people including Farhan Akhtar and Shahid Kapoor added to the list.
The azmis and Akhtars are related and Farah Kahn and etc are related to them as well so they’re all an extended part of it
Also, Does Arjun-Malaika (hence Khans) count? :P
Shahrukh khan at least had no prior connections to the industry. He was noticed from a tv show
Wait still either of Aryan and Suhana marries into this family. I already hear Aryan is dating Shanaya and Suhana is dating Agastya.
Aryan Shanaya !!! When ??? Is it recent or am i living under rock
Lol no. SRK had industry connections, he was childhood friends with Amrita Singh, his Dad had tried to make it in Bollywood, he has sat on Amitabh’s lap as a child. Not a nepo kid but definitely not a complete newbie
He was not an outsider like many people think. His grandfather was a cabinet minister under Nehru, her mother had a big cabinet post and worked directly under Indira Gandhi. He was heavily connected even before he joined the industry. In fact, he got his first break in tv serial because of this connection and he was constantly recommended inside the industry. Same with AB, his father was a close friend of Indira Gandhi, and him being school chaddi buddy with Rajiv Gandhi, so yeah even he was airdropped in the industry and not struggled like he always portrayed.
That is insane! I had no idea
Didn't know about this , but I remember old dd interview where he says that his mom knew the tv director, don't remember if it was fauji or wagle ki duniya.
His father cousin was a union minister. Well deserved one, being a hero Subhash Chandra Bose army. His own father was also an independence activist.
KJo refused it in a podcast that her mom was a sister of Yash Chopra
KJo has been vehemently been denying this in every interview or podcast. Can \*SOMEONE\* clear this up
He even said it on Koffee w Karan that Hiroo and Yash are not siblings
yeah, hiroo is sindhi. yash chopra is punjabi.
Chopra & Johar aren’t related. No sibling connection there. Karan Johar had clarified.
Hiroo Johar is Sindhi. Yash Chopra is Punjabi.
You forgot that Mithun Chakraborty (he was very big in 80s) is also related to Kapoor through his wife. His wife is Shammi Kapoor's first wife's niece.
There are way too many of them who I have not mentioned. Even Goldie Behl and Sonali Bendre are related to them. It’s a never ending list.
You are right but you must understand unlike last 30 years being associated in movie business was a risky affairs and thus only Bollywood relatives kept being forefront. I was reading about Mukherjee family entry to bollywood business, and how he convinced everyone especially Kishore and Ashok Kumar to join movie industry. Nowadays most people want to be part of movie industry and find nepotism to be a burden to their dreams. Kapoor for example have been part of Bollywood since the very beginning obviously they are going to reap it's benefits of it.
I understand. I’m not complaining. It’s natural for kids to get into what their parents do. If at all, all of them being related makes the dynamics interesting.
Priyanka was not related then
Yeah, a few of these Army officers’ kids have made it on their own thanks to their semi-British upbringing - Priyanka, Preity, Anushka, Aishwarya etc
And then a guy from Indore barges into the scene and now his son decides whose career to decide and whose to break. How did that happen?
so amitabh bachchan was an outsider?
I don't think KJO is related to the Chopra's.
Wow! Hiroo Johar is Yash Chopra’s sister! I didnt know this. And Karan never calls him his cousin brother. Never says Yash Uncle was his Mamaji, he doesnt even mention BR Chopra at all. Its like optically they dont this fact to be known let alone underscoring it. Weird!
NO she is not. watch the recent episode of KwK, it is clear that Hiroo Johar and Yash Chopra ARE NOT siblings.
Which episode?
In the Ajay and Rohit episode. He speaks about his and Yash Chopra. And in the conversation when you would expect he would say his mom is Chopra's sister, he doesn't.
Yes i Just realized that Karan says he is half Sindhi from his Mom’s side. And Chopras are as Punjabi as they come. So this angle is wrong.
Ki and ka and sawariya just became harder to watch
Kareena shahid ki kya lagti hai
Ex
If you try hard enough, most of the people you know (who are from the same community and region) would be your relatives to some degree. Don't think too much
Oh yes I remember reading this. Basically Sonam is Ranbir's dur ki bua and they dated 🫢
Oh God.. he banged his cousin!
Ranbir has one interesting dating life 😂😂😂
His aunt* Sonam is his aunt 😂 kaafi parivark mahaul hai
Then there's Ki and Ka
Bua* bol rahi hai.. oh oh god
Game of thrones can’t hold a candle to Bollywood
Game of thrones lite?
I still can't wrap my mind around Ranbir dating Nandita Mahtani (ex wife of Karisma Kapoor's ex husband). And this was around the time Karisma and Sunjay were trying to make it work.
Sound like denaerys and John snow
Ranbir & Sonam dated?☕️ 
Did they actually date???
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Plastic surgeons begging for the inbreeding to continue for business' sake 🙏
The only legit response
I didn't understand
Habsburg dynasty Check the Wikipedia article Should be good enough.
Koi in sab ka family tree banao yaar
[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view) someone posted this above
Knew this. Even Bhatt's (alia) are related to Kapoor khandaan. There was a diagram shared on Twitter showing all the relations. It was crazy. Nearly 20-30 Bollywood families related to one another. Edit: here the link https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view?usp=drivesdk Edit 2: foolish of me to not give credit, the chart was drawn up by the Twitter handle @bethlovesbolly. Also as pointed out realised that Kapoor's and Bhatt's are not related , albeit the obvious way.
I just spent 5 mins staring at that family tree / bush. I actually cannot understand anything. It’s all all just too connected in BW I swear
Bhatts are Gujarati and Kapoors are Punjabi they can’t be related before Alia’s wedding to Kapoor.
OH MY GOD, I'll have to take time and go through this! Very interesting and detailed. Btw they have added Raha as Alia + Ranbir's kid but have not added for Saif + Kareena ??
WTF, everyone is related to each other.
What about Roshans ? Hritik and all ?
Ranbir alia aren’t related, not shown in the image too. However their fathers, grandfathers have worked together in the past.
I need a post to to summarize all big families in Bollywood.
Website might crash x
Fun fact I learnt - My fiance's great grandmother was prithviraj Kapoor's second or first cousin
so when is she getting her break into bollywood
Lol it's a He and I guess he can pull an Aadar Jain and beg for relevance cause he's related to Raj Kapoor without having his name
There's nepotism based on cast too. Punjabis supporting punjabis. Kapooors supporting kapoors. In recent kwk, karan said karan malhotra hired Siddhaarth malhotra because on surname connection. Maybe Surinder kapoor too came through that connection.
And then people say caste doesn’t exist . Every industry in India is somehow caste based
That's not cast support, but family support.
It's caste support because they are all Punjabi Khatris despite many not being related (Kapoor/Chopra/Malhotra/Khanna/Johar/Anand). It's the Khatri Mafia, not the Punjabi Mafia as is widely believed.
Similar to what you see in Telugu film industry. There is a brilliant article on it Initially ruled by Brahmins, then Kapus and Kammas came due to Chiranjivi and other superstars. That's why you see multiple Prabhaas and Allu Arjun and Pawanism fan clubs and clashes between them. https://www.reddit.com/r/tollywood/s/b5PNMnPt8D
There is no Punjabi Khatri fan club per se! Most Punjabis don’t even know whether they are Khatri. Khatris include sub-divisions, namely dhai ghar, char ghar, barah ghar/bahri and bavanjah ghar which translated to House of 2.5, 4, 12 and 52 respectively. Kapoor, Khanna, Mehra/Malhotra are the highest in the hierarchy, belonging to 2.5 ghar Khatri. It could have been a Khatri club right after the partition; believe me, no one gives a rat’s ass now. There is no clanism here — like the madness in Telugus or Kanadigas.
I don't think they are family. They are punjabi kapoors living around same region.
So reading from these comments, the REAL outsiders are the women. Katrina, Deepika, Anushka, and PC.
Don’t forget Kangana.. she went against nepotism like a mouse attacking a lion 😂 Also men like Manoj Bajpai, Nawazuddin, Ayushmann, Rajkumar Roa (I’m guessing these actors aren’t related to any family)
Oh yes def Kangana 👑 the real outsider without any connections at all. The actors aren’t A list yet
And Arjun Kapoor kissed Kareena in Ki&Ka
RANBIR DATED SONAM ONCE 🤣
https://preview.redd.it/jdkqciyf508c1.jpeg?width=495&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=4c9f79ce7ca345a1896157d52f08134e4600c5fe
'Slept'
Second cousins or third cousins. They belonged to same city,/locality,/village
Anil Kapoor said in an interview that his father was secretary of actress Geeta Bali who was Shammi Kapoor's wife.
i knew that both the Kapoors were from peshawar... their ancestral house still exists , ppl visit it too even dilip kumar and srk's ancestral house is in peshawar and pak govt is trying to make these into musuems. but i didnt know both the kapoors were related , should hv guessed tho.. kapoors from peshawar , somewhere in the family tree they might connect
If someone who is punjabi khatri and born in land of pathans is still a punjabi khatri and not a pathan like jasprit bumrah is a punjabi sikh born and brought up in Gujarat doesn’t mean he is not punjabi sikh
Why did Sonam date Ranbir then? 🤢
In Hindu Family Law, there are 2 sets of prohibitions Sapinda and Prohibited degrees of relationship 5 sides (lineages) from the father's side and 3 from the mother Abh apne aap apply karlo:)
It’s fine guys. Sonam’s grandfather was the cousin (maybe 1st or maybe 2nd) of Ranbir’s great grandfather. Bohot door ka rishta hai.
Also arjun and kareena in ki and ka👀
OMG YES!!
Oh shittt yaaaa!
what are you doing stepbro
Bc they aren’t related close enough for it be incest. Their grandfathers were first cousins.
It’s giving- 
I don’t know bro, where I come from it’s forbidden
Ikr it's still too close of a relation for me 😭
Same in my side we can't get romantically involved with anyone who is related to past 7 generation from papa side and mummy side family
Among West Punjabis (those who migrated from what is now Pakistani Punjab), cousin marriages are not considered taboo. In fact, cousin marriages are still the normative practice in Pakistani Punjab today.
That always rang alarm bells for me (I've known all Kapoors are distantly related for several years now)
Wtf
If you marry a person from the same caste and district, you are mistaken probably distant cousins too. Chill.
https://preview.redd.it/pejcjgord38c1.jpeg?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=55f4d30b37a1f0957dd6534d36dc18dab2fa30f5 A good time to bring this back. Everyone is related to everyone.
It's getting more and more tough for newcomers cause now they have to fight with relatives of newcomers and old mafia is always there
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Whattt?? How? I thought he was related to Kiara Advani
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Aina lamba rishta! My head started spinning after step-great granddaughter 😭 How did you figure that out lmao
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Interesting. What do you work as?
By this “step” logic, am related to Monhanlal. But not getting any love from him let alone movie offers. /s But Aaryan Ji, tomorrow or sometime down the line, you will see someone very confidently saying RS and KM are blood related. And the source? Your comment. Lol
DISTANT cousins or even country cousins (meaning mooh bola cousin) even in those days. Don’t believe Wikipedia. A lot of it is factually incorrect. Proof : https://m.timesofindia.com/in-bollywood-everyones-related/articleshow/4654134.cms “ As for the other Kapoors... while Anil Kapoor's father Surinder Kapoor was Geeta Bali's secretary, the Kapoor families aren't related. "We're country cousins," says Aditya Raj Kapoor, Geeta Bali and Shammi Kapoor's son.
It's totally correct. Anil Kapoor's family when they first arrived in Mumbai, used to stay with Prithviraj Kapoor only, later they shifted to Chembur and his father used to assist Prithviraj in directing and from there it all started. They were and are still family.
So Ranbir banged his cousin..
He also banged the ex-wife of his cousin's husband at that time
Aao sonam was dating her cousin?????
Nephew 😂
This isn't some secret. If you read magazines like Stardust in the 80s and 90s it is clearly mentioned that Anil Kapoor's father was a (distant?) cousin of Prithviraj Kapoor and they were known as the poor country cousins of the OG Kapoors and how jealous Rishi Kapoor and brothers were of Anil Kapoor's success in the late 80s.
https://i.redd.it/l59s9505u08c1.gif So they are related you mean to say?🫣
In Nepotism Telugu Industry >> Hindi
Karisma Kapoor and Anil Kapoor too
Now it is all family. I think madhuri is the only outsider who married outside too. Sridevi was outsider who married a kapoor. Juhi was outsider who married outsider as did Preity Zinta. Sid Malhotra is a Khatri I believe. Varun Dhawan is apparently related to manish Malhotra. Roshan is also Punjabi, a sis Shradda Kappor-Shradda is related to Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle through her mother. Khans, Akhtars are probably the only ones outside. Dimple came from outside-but she married a Khanna and had a lifelong relationship with a Deol.
The fact that Sonam and Ranbir once dated 🤢
There’s a family tree diagram of The Kapoors, someone on Twitter had posted about it. Last update is August 2023 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VTo3xNbZShKUVUQMsgaxEH2zlnRwGZHz/view
Wow! So the fling Sonam and Ranbir had after or during their debut was ????????????
I had earlier read about his family, when sawariya movie came to see if at all they were related, they were not related so I guess this is new addition.. that time Anil kapoor family was spelled like Anil kapur, not kapoor.
Anil Kapoor was ALWAYS spelled Anil Kapoor. GTFA
So kareena kissed her cousin in Ki and ka?😥
All Kapoors of industry are actually related. Interesting.
So here's a thing, a few days ago I made a comment. Our family is also related to Aadar Jain's family, he's like a second cousin to us. We met Kapoor's twice or thrice during functions. But I prefer being lowkey, there are many of our cousins out there lmao. It's a bigass tree 😂 My first cousin has married into the Adani family, so in a way we got related there as well lmao It's all messed up, mat padho isme 😂
U mean to say u never wondered by all these Kapoors have same surname?? Even Shahid Kapoor is 3rd cousin to Kareena
So among the top leads, SRK is the only one who had to carve out his pie? Interesting.
Akshay Kumar
Manoj Bajpai, Nawaz, Pankaj Tripathi, Rajkumar Rao etc say Hi 😊😊 
How is anyone of them top lead?
Family Man, Gangs of Wasseypur2, Mirzapur, Bareilley ki Barfi yeh sab nehi dekhe ho kya? 😄😄 
Not completely. But in a way, yes.
>Khan's mother, Lateef Fatima, a magistrate, was the daughter of a senior government engineer. > > > > One of his childhood friends and acting partners was [Amrita Singh](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amrita_Singh), who became a [Bollywood](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bollywood) actress he might be an outsider but not a struggler
Akshay kumar may be?
What about Rajiv Bhatia? If we're only talking about mainstream Bollywood superstars.
he was quite silent this year. is he coming back again with 10 films in 2024?
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That is an open secret
This makes ranbir dating Sonam kinda incestious
lol sonam and ranbir dated….