How Is Ranbir Kapoor And Kareena Kapoor Related?

Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor are cousins of Ranbir Kapoor.

After getting married, Alia will become their sister-in-law too. The actress will also be sister-in-law to Rima and Manoj Jain’s sons, Armaan Jain and Aadar Jain. They are Ranbir’s cousins.

The Kapoor Family is also called “The First Family of Indian Cinema”.

It is a family with at least 5 generations of descendants over 93 years in the Hindi film industry. Numerous members of the family, both biological descendants and those married into the family, have had prolific careers as actors, film directors and producers.

“The Pioneer” founder of the dynasty was “The Patriarch”, Prithviraj Kapoor, who was the first member of family to begin acting in movies with his 1928 debut film Do Dhari Talwar.

He is known for the evergreen movie Mughal-e-Azam (1960), a movie originally released in black-and-white where he played the Mughal emperor Akbar.

The movie was re-released in full colour picture format with Dolby Digital sound on 12 November 2004. He was a pioneer of Indian theatre and the founding member of Indian People’s Theatre Association (IPTA).

His son Raj Kapoor was the most influential actor and director in Hindi cinema.

The genesis generation or the earliest linear generation of the Kapoor family tree to ever act in the films was Prithviraj Kapoor’s father, Basheshwarnath Kapoor, who debuted as actor in 1951 film Awaara, which was produced, directed and starred in lead role by his grandson Raj Kapoor.