Top 5 Bollywood families

Bollywood is one big family, no? Butthere are actually many families within this huge family, who allspecialize in their own fields. Here’s a look at the top five. 

5. Bachchan Family:Easily one of the most powerful families in the industry, the Bachchansare known for their glam quotient and acting talent. ‘Paa B’ is yet tobe conquered in terms of performances, and Abhishek too, hasestablished himself pretty well. Jaya Bachchan is a well known MP andhas been a top actress of her time. And of course, there is AishwaryaRai Bachchan, who adds oodles of style to this family.

4. Deol Family: This family from Punjab too, is known for its power in the industry, quite literally too! Dharmendrais an iconic actor, most famous for his ‘blood sucking dialogues’ andson Sunny, for his ear shattering dialogue delivery and ‘dhai kilo kahaath’. Though Bobby couldn’t make it as big, he still holds is own.And then there is Hema Malini, and her daughter, Esha, who is nowstruggling with her career.

3. Khan Family:Scriptwriter Salim Khan’s family is well known in Bollywood. His secondwife is yesteryear ‘dancing queen’ Helen, and his son, is of course,brat Salman. Salman also has two brothers Arbaaz and Sohail. Arbaaz ismarried to Malaika Arora, whose sister Amrita is also into films.Salim’s daughter Alvira is married to Atul Agnihotri of ‘Krantiveer’fame.

2. Chopra – Johar Family:Though this family hasn’t produced stars, it controls most of the bigbudget films in the industry. BR Chopra founded BR Chopra films, nowrun by his son Ravi. BR’s younger brother Yash is the owner of YashrajFilms, producers of many a blockbusters. His son Aditya has taken overthe mantle. The second brother Vinod Chopra, founded Vinod Choprafilms, which is now run by his son Vidhu Vinod Chopra, producers of theMunnabhai series. The youngest sibling Hiroo married Yash Johar ofDharma Productions. Yes you’re right! They are related. There you haveit! They are the rulers of romantic films.

1. Kapoor family:The ultimate big – daddy of all ‘khaandans’ is the Kapoor family, whichall started when Prithviraj Kapoor came over to India. They have beenproducing stars for over three generations from showman Raj, to hisbrothers Shashi and Rishi to their sons and daughters now. Kareena isthe current queen of Bollywood, and Ranbir is set to become the biggeststar in the next few years. They also rule the theatre, with thePrithvi Theatre being a much sought after venue for serious actors.Prithvi is handled by Sanjana Kapoor, who’s the daughter of ShashiKapoor.