43-706: Goldie Behl is an Indian filmmaker and entrepreneur belonging to the Behl family of Hindi films . He is married to Sonali Bendre . As student of Mayo College , Behl trained within the Mumbai Film Industry, born on January 24, 1975. In 2001, he made his directorial debut with the film Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai ( That’s All I Dream of ) starring Abhishek Bachchan , Rani Mukherji , Sushmita Sen and Jackie Shroff . Behl then co-founded Rose-audiovisuals which has released shows such as Lipstick, Remix songs and Kabhi Haan Kabhi Na on Indian television network. Drona
86-409: A career in the film industry. Esha Deol and Ahana Deol are the two youngest daughters of Dharmendra (with Hema Malini ). Esha has pursued a film career, whilst Dharmendra's nephew Abhay Deol has been in the industry since 2005, giving notable performances. Politician Politician Vasanth Kumar Shivashankar Padukone (9 July 1925 – 10 October 1964), popularly known as Guru Dutt (Konkani:गुरु दत्त),
129-486: A daughter). In later life, Salim Khan married Helen , and took her as his second wife while still married to Sushila/Salma. This arrangement was accepted by both ladies, and by all four of his children by his first wife. The family then adopted a girl, Arpita Khan, who was formally adopted by Helen and raised amid the entire family in their family home in Galaxy Apartments, Bandra Bandstand , Mumbai. Eventually,
172-716: A double wedding of Jaya to Balraj and Lalita to Darcy. Names in parentheses are the characters in the original Austen novel. The songs were composed by Anu Malik. The lyrics were written by Farhan Akhtar and Zoya Akhtar . Bride and Prejudice received funding from the UK Film Council with the stipulation that a majority of filming had to take place in the UK. Locations used include Halton House , Stoke Park Club , Turville , and Cobstone Windmill in Buckinghamshire, and Southall , Somerset House , Little Venice ,
215-477: A producer. He also happens to be a distant cousin of Prithviraj Kapoor . He served as president of the Film & Television Producers Guild of India for six years. He married Nirmal Devi and has four children – Boney, Anil, Reena and Sanjay. Feroz Khan was an actor, film editor, producer and director from the 1960s till 2007. He introduced his son Fardeen Khan in 1998 in the film Prem Aggan for which Fardeen won
258-552: A proposal from Kohli. Balraj, Kiran, and Darcy are invited to the Bakshi house for dinner, where Jaya and Lalita's younger sister Maya performs an awkward snake dance for the guests. Mrs. Bakshi furthers her guests' discomfort by commenting loudly on Balraj and Jaya's impending engagement and future babies. Balraj comes to the house the following day to bid farewell to Jaya and promises to write to her from London . Youngest sister Lakhi Bakshi later announces that Lalita's friend Chandra
301-456: 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 . 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
344-492: 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
387-434: Is a budding director. Aradhya Bachchan - (Daughternof Abhishek & Aishwariya, granddaughter of Amitabh Bachchan & Jaya Bachchan) 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
430-452: Is a successful actor and filmmaker whose films include Dabangg and Dabangg 2 . His third son, Sohail Khan, is an actor and film maker. His elder daughter Alvira is married to the actor Atul Agnihotri . It is only his second daughter Arpita who has kept away from the field of films. Salim Khan met and married Sushila Charak, a Hindu woman from a Marathi family. She took the name 'Salma Khan' and they have four children (three sons and
473-467: 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 the sister of Shibani. 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
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#1732801834938516-444: Is also a filmmaker and has been a producer for a number of films. Nasir Hussain has two children; an elder son Mansoor Khan , and a younger daughter, Nuzhat Khan. Nuzhat Khan married a convert to Islam, Anil Pal, an engineer, and had one child, Imran Khan . Tahir Hussain and his wife Zeenat Hussain have four children; Farhat Khan, Aamir Khan , Faisal Khan , and Nikhat Khan. Nasir Hussain launched both Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan with
559-573: Is also related to several film personalities. The Khan–Hussain family starts with Nasir Hussain , who is the eldest man in the family. He is a veteran film writer, producer and director and made his writing debut with the 1953 super hit, Anarkali for Filmistan studios, where he joined as a freelancer. Nasir later went on to start his own production house named Nasir Hussain Films and made evergreen cult films like Teesri Manzil and Yaadon Ki Baraat . Nasir Hussain's younger brother, Tahir Hussain ,
602-518: Is an homage to the tradition of a celebrity making a cameo appearance to sing an " item number ", a song that has no direct involvement in the plot in Bollywood films. The review aggregation website Rotten Tomatoes reported that 64% of critics have given the film a positive review based on 134 reviews, with an average rating of 6.10/10. The website's critics consensus reads, "A colorful and energetic adaptation of Austen's classic." On Metacritic ,
645-402: Is his paternal aunt. Thus, the actor Kumar Gaurav is Goldie's paternal first cousin; as are actor Ravi Behl and actress Geeta Behl , the children of Shyam Behl. Goldie's mother is a daughter of actor Kamal Kapoor , who was a first cousin of Prithviraj Kapoor (they were the children of two sisters, both of whom were married to men named "Kapoor"). Goldie has a sister, Shrishti Arya, who
688-601: Is in Rawalpindi Division of West Punjab in present-day Pakistan . Jaddanbai, the start of the family, began as a singer and eventually became a filmmaker. Her husband was Abdul Rashid. Their daughter Nargis began her film career at age six when cast by her mother in one of her films. Nargis went on to become a major star in the 1940s and 1950s. Sunil Dutt also acted in the industry in the 1950s. Nargis went into semi-retirement after their marriage in 1958, and full retirement in 1967, but Sunil continued to act until
731-531: Is instantly attracted to Lalita's eldest sister Jaya and likewise, Darcy is attracted to Lalita. During the wedding reception, Lalita takes a disliking to Darcy but when Balraj invites Jaya to Goa , Mr. Bakshi asks Lalita to go with them and she eventually agrees to do so. In Goa , Lalita and Darcy clash over their ideas on men and women and India's economic future. Later that night on the beach, Lalita meets Johnny Wickham, Darcy's former friend from London , and he validates her low opinion of Darcy. The Bakshi family
774-588: Is into software production and has co-produced many films with her brother. Goldie married film actress Sonali Bendre on 12 November 2002. Their son, Ranveer Behl, was born on 11 August 2005 at the Breach Candy Hospital in Mumbai. List of Hindi film families#Behl family This article lists notable families whose members are prominent in the Hindi film industry . This list also includes
817-598: Is marrying Kohli Saab, much to the surprise of Jaya and especially Lalita. The same night, Wickham also announces that he is leaving and promises to write to Lalita. Neither Balraj nor Wickham writes to the two older sisters, but Wickham is shown secretly writing to Lakhi. Kohli Saab and Chandra phone to invite the Bakshi family the wedding ceremony in Los Angeles. The family accepts and Jaya is excited to stopover in London hoping to see Balraj again. In London, Kiran informs
860-687: Is the reason why Jaya never heard from Balraj. Darcy proposes to Lalita, who angrily refuses, blaming him for Jaya's unhappiness. Back in London, Lakhi uses the family's layover as an opportunity to sneak away and meet Wickham. Darcy apologizes to Lalita, telling her that he has gotten Balraj to reconcile with Jaya. Lalita realizes that Darcy was right about Wickham and calls for his help to find Lakhi. Darcy explains that Wickham got Georgie pregnant at age 16, tried to marry her for their family's money, and ran away when his plan did not work. They both rescue Lakhi and Lalita accepts Darcy's proposal. The film ends with
903-603: Is visited by Kohli Saab, a family friend living in Los Angeles , who has come to India to find a "traditional woman" to marry. When Kohli Saab is attracted to Jaya, Mrs. Bakshi steers him towards Lalita, making Lalita uncomfortable. Wickham is invited to join the family and Kohli Saab at the Garba , despite Mrs. Bakshi's disapproval. Lalita happily accepts a dance from Wickham, even as Darcy and Kiran warn her against becoming involved with him. Lalita angers her mother by turning down
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#1732801834938946-545: The Bachchan family . Raj's granddaughter Kareena Kapoor married Saif Ali Khan from the Pataudi family . Raj Kapoor's maternal cousin, actor Jugal Kishore Mehra, married actor/singer Anwari Begum, the lead actor of the first Punjabi film Heer Ranjha . . Surinder Kapoor was the one who introduced his family to the world of Bollywood. Surinder Kapoor started his career as Geeta Bali's secretary and went on to become
989-487: The Filmfare Best Debut Award . Mumtaz was a popular actress in the 1960s–70s. She left the industry after her marriage to Mayur Madhvani . Story and script writer Salim Khan has written and produced some of the most successful Bollywood films. He formed a pair with Javed Akhtar and began writing as Salim–Javed . The duo have written many commercially and critically successful movies all through
1032-800: The London Eye , and the National Film Theatre in London. Other locations include the Golden Temple of Amritsar , the beaches of Goa , the Grand Canyon , the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, and Santa Monica Beach . Ashanti sings "Touch My Body" and Gayatri Iyer sings "Take Me to Love" in the film. According to director Gurinder Chadha in "making-of" extras on the DVD release, Ashanti's appearance
1075-588: 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. Considered to be one of
1118-440: The 1970s and 1980s like Yaadon Ki Baraat ( Nasir Hussain ), Deewaar ( Yash Chopra ), Dostana ( Yash Johar ), Sholay ( Ramesh Sippy ), Mr. India ( Shekhar Kapoor ) and Don – The Chase Begins Again ( Farhan Akhtar ). His eldest son, Salman, made his film debut at the age of 22 with Biwi Ho To Aisi (1988) and went on to become one of the most successful superstars of Indian cinema. His second son, Arbaaz Khan,
1161-614: The 1988 blockbuster Qayamat Se Qayamat Tak , which was produced by Nassir Hussain Films and co-written by the two brothers in their younger days. Faisal Khan is a former actor. Mansoor Khan and Aamir Khan later launched the former's nephew, Imran Khan, with Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na in 2008. The film was made under the Aamir Khan Productions banner and was a huge hit. The family line starts with actor Zakaria Khan, known by his screen name as Jayant . His sons are actors Amjad Khan , (popular for his role of Gabbar Singh in
1204-648: The Bakshi family that Balraj is in New York to meet potential brides, devastating Jaya, Lalita and Mrs Bakshi. At Heathrow Airport , Lakhi, Jaya, Lalita and Mrs Bakshi coincidentally run into Darcy, who is also a guest at Kohli Saab and Chandra's wedding. On board Darcy offers his First class seat to Mrs. Bakshi so he can sit next to Lalita in Economy class for the remainder of the flight. During their stay in California, Lalita's opinion of Darcy slowly improves, and
1247-461: The biggest names in the industry. The oldest family in the industry, the Kapoor family has been active in films since 1926, starting with Dewan Bisheswar Kapoor and his son Prithviraj Kapoor . His descendants have carried on with the career of film acting. Raj Kapoor , Shammi Kapoor , Shashi Kapoor , Rishi Kapoor , Randhir Kapoor , Karisma Kapoor , Kareena Kapoor , and Ranbir Kapoor are among
1290-595: The early 1990s. Their son Sanjay has pursued a successful film career since 1981 and continues to act today. Nargis died from cancer in the year her son made his debut and Sunil Dutt died in May 2005. The Dutt family is also known for its political involvement. Sunil was elected five times to the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Parliament of India ) and, at his death, was a cabinet minister under Manmohan Singh . Nargis
1333-625: The film Elizabeth . He was married to actress Suchitra Krishnamurthy . 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 Prateek Babbar in 1986. Her son Prateek made his acting debut in 2008 film Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na . Raj Babbar's niece Kajri Babbar
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1376-558: The film Sholay ) and Imtiaz Khan (worked in films like Yaadon Ki Baaraat , Dharmatma, Dayavan). Bride and Prejudice Bride and Prejudice (also known as Bride and Prejudice: The Bollywood Musical ) is a 2004 romantic comedy-drama film directed by Gurinder Chadha . The screenplay by Chadha and Paul Mayeda Berges is a Bollywood -style adaptation of Jane Austen 's 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice . Shot primarily in English, with some Hindi and Punjabi dialogue,
1419-593: The film industry. Their family is related to the Mukherjee family through the marriage of Sashadhar Mukherjee to their only sister Sati Devi. The family is also related to the Ray-Ganguly-Bose family through the first wife of Kishore Kumar, Ruma Guha Thakurta, who is a niece of Bijoya Ray. Manoj Kumar was born as Harikishan Giri Goswami in 1937 in Abbottabad. He started his film career in 1957. But it
1462-690: The film was released in the United Kingdom on 6 October 2004 and in the United States on 11 February 2005 to mostly positive reviews from critics. Lalita Bakshi is a young woman living in Amritsar , India with her family. The family is invited to a friend's wedding ceremony, where Lalita meets Will Darcy, a handsome and wealthy American who is a long-time friend of the Indian-British barrister Balraj, and Balraj's sister Kiran. Balraj
1505-465: The greatest films of all time, both by Time magazine's All-Time 100 best movies and by the Sight & Sound critics' and directors' poll, where Dutt himself is included among the greatest film directors of all time. In 2010, he was included among CNN's "top 25 Asian actors of all time". Note: Composer Kanu Roy was not the brother of Geeta Dutt Of Punjabi background, the family's ancestral origin
1548-719: The most influential families of the Hindi film industry, the Chopra family has produced some of the country's biggest blockbusters and have worked in close quarters with all the leading superstars of the industry. The founders of this family were the four children of Vilayati Raj Chopra, all of whom worked independently through different leading film production / Distribution houses: Kuldeep Raj Chopra Wife Asha Chopra The Deol family's legacy began with Dharmendra . He has six children: his two sons ( Sunny Deol and Bobby Deol ) went on to pursue film careers, and own Vijayta Films , while their sisters Vijeta Deol and Ajeeta Deol did not pursue
1591-556: The prominent members from the Kapoor clan. Others who tried their hand with at the trade include Rajiv Kapoor (Raj's son), and Karan Kapoor and Kunal Kapoor (Shashi's sons). Shashi Kapoor 's daughter, Sanjana Kapoor , with brother Kunal, has been successfully running Prithvi Theatre , founded in 1944 by Prithviraj Kapoor. Raj Kapoor married Krishna Malhotra, sister of actor Prem Nath from Malhotra family . Raj's grandson and Ritu Nanda's son, industrialist Nikhil Nanda , married Shweta Bachchan , daughter of Amitabh Bachchan from
1634-559: The two daughters (Alvira and Arpita) married and left to raise their own families, while two of the three sons (Arbaaz and Sohail) married. They live together, as per the Joint family traditions. Dilip Kumar was born as Muhammad Yusuf Khan in 1922, and became one of India's most acclaimed actors. His wife Saira Banu is also a successful actress in Bollywood. His brother Nasir Khan , brother-in-law K. Asif and nephew Ayub Khan are among those who followed him into films, and his wife Saira Banu
1677-422: The two fall in love. At the wedding, Darcy's condescending mother, Catherine, introduces Lalita to Darcy's former girlfriend, Anne who mispronounces Lalita's name as "Lolita". Jaya and Lalita also meet Darcy's younger sister, Georgie, who tells Lalita that Balraj and Darcy are not in contact because Darcy persuaded Balraj not to marry an Indian girl with a " gold-digger " Mother. Lalita furiously realizes that Darcy
1720-570: Was a nominated member of the Parliament's upper house, Rajya Sabha , and died in office in 1981. After Sunil's death, their daughter Priya Dutt ran for, and was elected to, Sunil's vacant seat in the Lok Sabha. Nargis-Sunil Dutt's granddaughter and Sanjay Dutt's niece Sanchi Kumar (daughter of Kumar Gaurav and Namrata Dutt) is married to Indian film director Kamal Amrohi's grandson Bilal Amrohi. Ashok, Kishore, and Anoop Kumar have all acted in
1763-635: Was an Indian film director, producer and actor. He made quintessential 1950s and 1960s classics such as Pyaasa ( Thirsty ), Kaagaz Ke Phool ( Paper Flowers ), Sahib Bibi Aur Ghulam ( The King, the Queen and the Jack ), and Chaudhvin Ka Chand ( The Fourteenth Day Moon in the Muslim calendar but actually means full moon, a metaphor for beauty). In particular, Pyaasa and Kaagaz Ke Phool are now included among
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1806-514: Was films like Pathar ke Sanam and Woh Kaun Thi which gave him his fame. His career took off on a different path when he launched his production house Vishal International, making classics like Upkar , Purab aur Paschim , Roti Kapda aur Makan and Kranti which earned him the title of "Bharat Kumar". Though he is a Bollywood legend, his sons were unsuccessful in Bollywood. Originated in Tamil Nadu, Kamal Haasan and Mani Ratnam are two of
1849-404: Was his second film, with fantasy-action and special effects amalgamating Indian mythology with pure fantasy, and fusing a contemporary storyline. Goldie is related to many eminent people in the Hindi film industry through both his parents. His father is the director Ramesh Behl , whose brother is another noted film director, Shyam Behl. Shukla Devi Tuli, wife of superstar Rajendra Kumar Tuli ,
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