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. For a full list, see List of South Indian film families.

For Indian music families, see List of Indian music families.

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Akhtar–Azmi–Kher family

The Akhtar family is a prominent film family in the Hindi film industry. It consists of renowned poets, authors, scriptwriters, directors, actors, and producers. 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.

Javed Akhtar's first marriage was with script writer Honey Irani; Zoya Akhtar and Farhan Akhtar are their children. Farah Khan and Sajid Khan are Honey Irani's niece and nephew, and hence Farhan and Zoya Akhtar's maternal cousins.

Javed Akhtar's second wife is actress Shabana Azmi. Shabana Azmi's nieces include actresses Farah Naaz and Tabu.

Farhan Akhtar's second wife is actress Shibani Dandekar. Anusha Dandekar is Shibani's sister.

Ali–Amrohi family

• Mumtaz Ali (actor, dancer)
  • Mehmood Ali (actor, comedian, son of Mumtaz Ali)
    • Pucky Ali (actor and eldest son of Mehmood & Madhu)
    • Lucky Ali (singer, actor, second son of Mehmood Ali & Madhu)
    • Macky Ali (actor and third son of Mehmood & Madhu)
  • Minoo Mumtaz (actress, dancer, daughter of Mumtaz Ali and sister of Mehmood Ali)
  • Anwar Ali (actor, son of Mumtaz Ali)
  • Meena Kumari (actress, elder sister of Mehmood Ali's ex-wife, Mahliqa/Madhu)
  • Kamal Amrohi (director, husband of Meena Kumari)
    • Tajdar Amrohi (Producer, son of Kamal Amrohi)
    • Nilofer Amrohi (one time actress and sister of Mazhar Khan)
      • Bilal Amrohi (actor, grandson of Kamal Amrohi, married to Kumar Gaurav's daughter)
      • Mashhoor Amrohi (actor, grandson of Kamal Amrohi)
    • Mazhar Khan (actor and maternal uncle to Bilal and Mashhoor Amrohi)
    • Zeenat Aman (actress, wife of Mazhar Khan)
    • Shandaar Amrohi (Producer)

Anand–Sahni family

The most prominent member of the Anand family was actor Dev Anand, who has starred in over a hundred films. Another member of the family is internationally known director Shekhar Kapur, who is known for directing the film Elizabeth. He was married to actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy.

• Chetan Anand (elder brother of Dev Anand)
  • Uma Anand (wife of Chetan Anand)
    • Ketan Anand (son of Chetan Anand)
  • Priya Rajvansh (actress and partner of Chetan Anand)
    • Kamaljeet (actor and brother of Priya Rajvansh)
• Dev Anand
  • Kalpana Kartik (wife of Dev Anand)
    • Suneil Anand (son of Dev Anand)
• Vijay Anand (younger brother of Dev Anand)
• Sheel Kanta Kapoor (mother of Shekhar Kapoor and sister of Dev Anand)
  • Shekhar Kapur (nephew of Dev Anand, son of Sheel Kanta Kapur)
    • Suchitra Krishnamurthy (ex-wife of Shekhar Kapur)
      • Kaveri Kapur (daughter of Shekhar Kapur and Suchitra Krishnamurthy)
  • Bhisham Kohli (nephew of Dev Anand, son of Savitri Kohli and cousin of Shekhar Kapoor)
    • Purab Kohli (nephew of Vishal Anand)
    • Aalim Rushdy Anand (Independent Filmmaker)
  • Sohaila Kapur (niece of Dev Anand and daughter of Sheel Kanta Kapur)
  • Neelu (niece of Dev Anand and daughter of Sheel Kanta Kapur)
    • Navin Nischol (actor, former brother-in-law of Shekhar Kapur, ex-husband of Neelu, daughter of Sheel Kanta Kapur and niece of Dev Anand)
  • Aruna Kapoor (niece of Dev Anand, daughter of Sheel Kanta Kapur and sister of Shekhar Kapur)
    • Parikshit Sahni (actor, son of Balraj Sahni, husband of Aruna Kapoor and brother-in-law of Shekhar Kapur)
• Balraj Sahni (actor)
• Bhisham Sahni (playwright, actor, novelist and brother of Balraj Sahni)

Anant Nag

• Anant Nag actor, writer, producer
• Gayatri actress and producer (wife of Anant Nag)
• Shankar Nag actor, director and producer (younger brother of Anant Nag)
• Arundathi Nag actress, director and producer (wife of Shankar Nag)
  • Padmavati Rao actress, sister of Arundati Nag

Agha family

• Rafiq Ghaznavi – actor and musician
• Salma Agha – actress and singer
• Zahrah S. Khan – actress and singer and a part of the Khan squash family

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Babbar family

Raj Babbar is an Indian actor and politician. His first wife was Nadira Babbar, who became known with her appearance in Bride and Prejudice (2004) with Aishwarya Rai. Their children are Arya Babbar and Juhi Babbar. Both have ventured into the film industry. Raj's second wife was actress Smita Patil. She died giving birth to their only child Prateik Babbar in 1986. Their son Prateik made his acting debut in 2008 film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na. Raj Babbar's niece Kajri Babbar is a budding director.

• Syed Sajjad Zaheer
  • Nadira Babbar (first wife of Raj Babbar and daughter of Syed Sajjad Zaheer)
    • Arya Babbar (son of Raj Babbar and Nadira Babbar)
    • Juhi Babbar (daughter of Raj Babbar and Nadira Babbar)
    • Anup Soni (husband of Juhi Babbar)
• Shivajirao Girdhar Patil
  • Smita Patil (second wife of Raj and daughter of Shivajirao Patil)
    • Prateek Babbar (son of Smita Patil and Raj Babbar)
  • Raj Babbar
  • Kishan Babbar - brother of Raj Babbar, film producer and father of Kajri Babbar

Bachchan family

• Harivansh Rai Bachchan (poet – married to social activist Teji Bachchan, mother of Amitabh Bachchan)
  • Amitabh Bachchan (actor – married to Jaya Bachchan, son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, father of Abhishek Bachchan, father of Shweta Bachchan-Nanda)
  • Jaya Bachchan (actress – married to Amitabh Bachchan, mother of Abhishek Bachchan)
    • Abhishek Bachchan (actor – married to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, son of Amitabh Bachchan and Jaya Bachchan. Father of Aradhya Bachchan)
    • Aishwarya Rai Bachchan (actress – married to Abhishek Bachchan. Mother of Aradhya Bachchan)
      • Aradhya Bachchan (daughter of Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwariya Rai Bachchan, granddaughter of Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan)
    • Shweta Bachchan Nanda – (married to Nikhil Nanda, grandson of Raj Kapoor) (see Kapoor family)
      • Navya Naveli Nanda (entrepreneur, cofounder of Aara Health and Project Naveli)
      • Agastya Nanda (actor - debuting in The Archies, son of Shweta Bachchan Nanda and Nikhil Nanda, hence great-grandson of Raj Kapoor)
• Ajitabh Bachchan (entrepreneur – son of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, brother of Amitabh Bachchan)
  • Kunal Kapoor (actor, married to Ajitabh Bachchan's daughter Naina Bachchan)
• Tillotama Shome (actress – married to Jaya Bachchan's sister's son Kunal Ross)

Babi family (of Parveen Babi)

• Vali Mohammed Khan Babi – husband of Jamal Bakhte Babi and father of Parveen Babi.
• Jamal Bakhte Babi – wife of Vali Mohammed Khan Babi and mother of Parveen Babi.
  • Parveen Babi (actress and model) – daughter of Vali Mohammed Khan Babi and Jamal Bakhte Babi. She is great aunt of Sarwat Gilani.
• Murad Khan Babi (actor) – maternal uncle of Parveen Babi.
• Gulshan Babi – maternal aunt of Parveen Babi and wife of Murad Khan Babi.
• Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji (Nawab of Manavadar) – uncle of Parveen Babi and father of Aslam Khan. He was Sarwat Gillani's grandfather.
• Aslam Khan (cricketer) – cousin of Parveen Babi and uncle of Sarwat Gilani.
• Sarwat Gilani (actress and model) – great niece of Parveen Babi and granddaughter of Ghulam Moinuddin Khanji.
• Fahad Mirza (actor, model, plastic surgeon and sculptor) – husband of Sarwat Gilani.

Barjatya family

The Barjatya family began with Tarachand Barjatya, who was a film producer and director. He began Rajshri Productions in the late 1940s. Tarachand Barjatya had three sons, Kamal Kumar Barjatya, Raj Kumar Barjatya, and Ajit Kumar Barjatya, all of whom were active in bringing the Rajshri empire to great heights. 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. The company is now led by the third generation of Barjatyas, namely, Kavita K. Barjatya, Sooraj R. Barjatya and Rajat A. Barjatya.