Bollywood families who are related to each other by deep family root, some are related through marriage of brother side and others through sister.
1. Saif Ali Khan and Kunal Khemu
Kunal Khemu married to Soha Ali Khan, Younger sister of Saif Ali Khan, so Saif Ali Khan is a brother in law
2. Uday Chopra and Rani Mukherjee
Uday Chopra Elder Brother Aditya Chopra is married to Mukherjee
So Uday Chopra and Rani Mukerji are brother-in-law and sister-in-law.
3. Priyanka Chopra and Parineeti Chopra
Parineeti Chopra Priyanka Chopra first cousins, their fathers are brothers
Interesting relationship is both Priyanka and Parineeti Chopra married to their most loved partner
Parineeti Chopra and Nick Jonas are cousins-in-law. Nick Jonas is married to Priyanka Chopra, who is Parineeti's first cousin.
Priyanka Chopra and Raghav Chadha are cousins-in-law. Raghav Chadha is married to Parineeti Chopra, who is Priyanka's first cousin.
4. Alia Bhatt and Emraan Hashmi
Most of us are not aware that Alia Bhatt and Emraan Hashmi are first cousins.
Emraan Hashmi's paternal grandmother (Meherbano Mohammad Ali, also known as actress Purnima) and Alia Bhatt's father's mother (Shirin Mohammad Ali) were sisters. This makes Mahesh Bhatt (Alia's father) an uncle to Emraan Hashmi.
5. Shraddha Kapoor and Lata Mangeshkar
Shraddha Kapoor is the grand-niece of the legendary singer Lata Mangeshkar. Their familial bond stems from Shraddha's maternal grandfather, Pandit Pandharinath Kolhapure, who was a first cousin to Lata Mangeshkar
6. Rani Mukherjee and Kajol
They are first cousins
Kajol's father is Shomu Mukherjee.
Rani Mukerji's father is Ram Mukherjee.
Shomu Mukherjee and Ram Mukherjee were brothers.
7. Kareena Kapoor and Pataudi Family
Kareena married to Saif Ali Khan in 2012
So this makes her related to
Soha Ali Khan (sister-in-law) & Kunal Khemu, brother-in-law (Soha's husband)
Sharmila Tagore (mother-in-law)
Sara Ali Khan and Ibrahim Ali Khan stepmother to them (they are Saif's children from his first marriage)
Saba Ali Khan (sister-in-law)
Kareena’s Children:- Taimur Ali Khan, Jehangir Ali Khan
8. Akshay Kumar and Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh ‘s Daughter Twinkle Khanna is married to Akshay Kumar, making them related, Rajesh Khanna is Akshay Kumar ‘s father in law
9. Aditya Roy Kapur and Vidya Balan
Aditya ‘s Elder brother Siddharth is Roy Kapur is married to Vidya Balan in 2012
Vidya Balan is Aditya Roy Kapur's sister-in-law,
Aditya Roy Kapur is Vidya Balan's brother-in-law.
10. Aamir Khan and Imran Khan
Imran Khan is the nephew of Aamir Khan
Imran Khan's mother is the cousin sister of Aamir Khan (Nuzhat and Aamir are cousins through the Khan-Hussain family line linked to legendary filmmaker Nasir Hussain).
11. Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol and Esha Deol
Both Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol are half siblings of Esha Deol ( Same Father Dharmendra, different mother via Prakash Kaur & Hema Malini)
12. Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter
Shahid Kapoor and Ishaan Khatter are maternal half-brothers who share a very close, supportive bond. They have a 15-year age gap, and both are actors raised by their mother, Neelima Azeem and different father Pankaj Thakur and Rajesh Khattar.
13. Suniel Shetty and KL Rahul
Indian Cricketer KL Rahul is married to Suniel’s Elder Daughter Athiya Shetty in 2023
They share a close, supportive father-and-son-in-law bond rooted in mutual respect,
So Suniel Shetty is KL Rahul's father-in-law and KL Rahul is Suniel Shetty's son-in-law.
Ahan Shetty and KL Rahul are the brother in law.
14. Amitabh Bachchan and Aiswarya Rai Bachchan
Aiswarya is married to Amitabh’ Son Abhishek Bachchan, so making Amitabh her father-in-law.
15. Salman Khan and Kiara Advani
Even though both are not related by blood or marriage. However, they share a long-standing family connection because Kiara’s mother, Genevieve Advani, grew up with Salman in Bandra, Mumbai as childhood friends, Salman previously dated Kiara's aunt, Shaheen Jaffrey.
Shocking point is It's the Salman Khan who advised her to change her first name due to another Actress Alia Bhatt already exists, to avoid confusion, before entering into Bollywood Film.
16. Ranveer Singh and Sonam Kapoor
Ranveer Singh and Sonam Kapoor are distant maternal second or third cousins
Their family connection comes through Sonam's mother, Sunita Kapoor (Costume Designer) who is a cousin of Ranveer Singh's mother, Anju Bhavnani.
So their relationship comes from mother side
⭐Family Dynasty
•The Kapoor family
The Kapoor family is the most iconic dynasty in Indian cinema. There are 2 major Kapoor family, most popular
a) The Prithviraj Kapoor family (Raj Kapoor's family)
This is the original Kapoor film dynasty.
Generation 1: Prithviraj Kapoor
Generation 2 (Prithviraj’sons) Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor
Generation 3: (Raj Kapoor's children), Randhir Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor
Generation 4: Randhir Kapoor's daughters:
Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan
Rishi Kapoor's son is Ranbir Kapoor
⭐Relationship summary
Kareena and Karisma are sisters while Ranbir is their first cousin.
So Ranbir Kapoor is the first cousin of Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor Khan because Ranbir's father, Rishi Kapoor, and Karisma and Kareena's father, Randhir Kapoor, were brothers, making all three first cousins.
Raj Kapoor is the grandfather of all three.
b) The Surinder Kapoor family
Generation 1: Surinder Kapoor
Generation 2 (his sons):- Boney Kapoor, Anil Kapoor, Sanjay Kapoor
Generation 3 Boney Kapoor's children:
Arjun Kapoor, Janhvi Kapoor, Khushi Kapoor
Anil Kapoor's children: Sonam Kapoor, Harshvardhan Kapoor, Rhea Kapoor
Sanjay Kapoor's daughter: Shanaya Kapoor
⭐Relationship summary
Sonam is Arjun's Kapoor first cousin as well as Jhanvi
Janhvi and Arjun are half-siblings (same father, Boney Kapoor and different mother via Mona Shouri Kapoor and Sridevi).
Each Kapoor family branch has its own set of relationships, with generations of actors connected through different family lines, making the Kapoor dynasty truly remarkable.
•Bachchan and Kapoor family relationship
Nikhil Nanda and Shwetha Bachchan Nanda
Raj Kapoor family➡️ Daughter Ritu Nandha (Kapoor Family) married to Rajan♥️ Nanda (Nanda Family) had Son Nikhil Nanda
Then Nikhil Nanda is married to Shwetha Bachchan ( Abhishek Bachchan’s Young Sister)
So while Ranbir Kapoor, are indirectly linked through marriage, not by blood, because Ranbir ‘s Aunt is Ritu Nanda Ritu's Son married to Shwetha Bachchan,
While Kareena Kapoor and Karishma Kapoor are also indirectly connected to Bacchan Family because Kareena ‘s father Randhir Kapoor
Randhir Kapoor's sister, Ritu Nanda, is the mother of Nikhil Nanda whom he married to Shwetha Bachchan They are not Amitabh Bachchan's nieces or blood relative.