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Popular celebrities you probably didn`t know are related
While there are many actors whose family ties within the film industry you are well aware of, there are a few you are probably unaware of. A look at popular celebrities` relations you probably didn`t know about!
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While there are many actors whose family ties within the film industry you are well aware of, there are a few you are probably unaware of. A look at popular celebrities` relations you probably didn`t know about!
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Filmmaker and star wife Kiran Rao Khan and Aditi Rao Hydari are maternal first cousins. Aditi's mother Vidya Rameshwar Rao is Kiran's mother Uma's sister. The two, however, prefer to keep the relation low-key. That makes Aamir Khan Aditi's brother-in-law. Kiran and Aditi's grandfather was the king of the Wanaparthy family of Hyderbad, J Rameshwar Rao.
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Nagma is South superstar Suriya`s sister-in-law as the latter married Jyothika, who is the younger sibling of the veteran actress.
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Yogeeta Bali, who is married to Mithun Chakraborty, is the niece of Geeta Bali, who was Shammi Kapoor`s first wife.
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Filmmaker Kabir Khan's elder sister Anusheh Khan is married to Thugs of Hindostan director Vijay Krishna Acharya. That makes the directors in-laws.
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Former India cricketers Sandeep Patil and Salil Ankola are in-laws. Ankola's daughter Sana, is married to Patil's actor son Chirag, who will be soon seen in Kabir Khan's sports-drama '83.
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Imran Khan`s mother Nuzhat Khan had married actor Raj Zutshi. However, the couple parted ways later.
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The late Mac Mohan, popular for essaying the iconic Sambha in the 1975 Bollywood classic Sholay, is actress Raveena Tandon`s uncle.
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Tabu`s sister-actress Farah Naaz (first from left) is married to former Bollywood actor-producer Sumeet Saigal (second from right), who is the father of Shivaay actress Sayyeshaa Saigal with his first wife. Sumeet was earlier married to Shaheen, veteran actress Saira Banu`s niece. Farah Naaz was earlier married to actor Vindu Dara Singh, with whom she has a son Fateh Randhawa.
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Mahesh Bhatt, Mukesh Bhatt and Emraan Hashmi's mother are siblings and hence, Alia Bhatt, Shaheen Bhatt, Pooja Bhatt, Sakshi Bhatt, Vishesh Bhatt, Rahul Bhat are cousins of Emraan Hashmi. In picture: Bhatt family clicked at Sakshi Bhatt's cocktail reception in January 2019. (Picture courtesy/ShaadiSquad's official Instagram account)
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Not many know that Grand Masti actress Kainaat Arora is the second cousin of the late actress Divya Bharti.
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Former actress Tina Munim Ambani is related to Anil Kapoor`s family. In February 2018, Tina`s sister, Bhavana Motiwala`s daughter Antara married Anil Kapoor`s nephew (his sister Reena`s son) actor Mohit Marwah. Interestingly, Tina had made her Bollywood debut in 1991 with the Anil Kapoor-starrer Jigarwala.
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Sharman Joshi is married to Prerna Chopra, daughter of veteran Bollywood actor Prem Chopra. Chopra`s other daughter Punita is married to actor-singer Vikas Bhalla. That makes, Sharman and Vikas Bhalla brothers-in-law.
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Fardeen Khan is married to Mumtaz`s daughter, Natasha Madhwani. Mumtaz and Fardeen`s father Feroz Khan have starred in many films together.
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Writer-actor-singer-lyricist Swanand Kirkire is best known for his songs like Bawra Mann, Piyu Bole, Udti Hawa Sa Tha Woh, etc. But did you know his mother, Neelambari Kirkire is a classical singer and has worked with Amit Trivedi for the song Navrai Majhi from English Vinglish.
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South superstar Nagarjuna Akkineni married Lakshmi Daggubati, daughter of Ramnaidu Daggubati, an Indian film producer. Naga Chaitanya is their son. Nagarjuna married Akkineni Amala, after separating from Lakshmi. Rana Daggubati is the son of producer Suresh Babu Daggubati, brother of Lakshmi Daggubati and thus Naga Chaitanya and Rana Daggubati are cousins.
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Amitabh Bachchan`s daughter Shweta (third from right) is married to industrialist Nikhil Nanda (third from left), who is the son of Ritu Nanda, the daughter of Raj Kapoor and Krishna Raj Kapoor. Pic/Yogen Shah
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Neelima Azeem, the ex-wife of Pankaj Kapur and mother of Shahid Kapoor, is the great-granddaughter of legendary director KA Abbas.
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While many know that Madhoo Shah is Hema Malini`s niece, quite a few are unaware that Juhi Chawla is her sister-in-law. Her husband Anand Shah is the first cousin of Jay Mehta (Juhi Chawla`s husband).
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Bollywood actress Minissha Lamba was married to restaurateur Ryan Tham, who happens to be Pooja Bedi`s cousin. The couple, however, is divorced now.
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Padmaavat actor Ranveer Singh is a cousin of Sonam Kapoor. Sonam`s maternal grandmother and Ranveer Singh`s paternal grandfather are siblings.
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Raj Kapoor tied the knot with Krishna Raj Kapoor, the sister of actors Prem Nath and Rajendra Nath. Krishna`s sister Uma is married to veteran actor Prem Chopra.
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Director Siddharth Malhotra, who directed the Rani Mukerji-starrer Hichki, is the grandson of Prem Nath.
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Shammi Kapoor and Geeta Bali`s daughter Kanchan Kapoor married filmmaker Ketan Desai, son of noted filmmaker Manmohan Desai.
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![Not many know that Zareen Khan is related to Kader Khan. Her mother's sister married the veteran actor's wife's brother. After his demise on January 1, Zareen told mid-day about her first meeting with the late writer-actor at Rangsharda in Bandra a couple of years ago, where she had gone to watch a play in which his son [Sarfaraz] was performing. Zareen wished she had a chance to work with the late actor.](https://images.mid-day.com/images/2019/jan/3/zareen-kader-related_l.jpg "Not many know that Zareen Khan is related to Kader Khan. Her mother's sister married the veteran actor's wife's brother. After his demise on January 1, Zareen told mid-day about her first meeting with the late writer-actor at Rangsharda in Bandra a couple of years ago, where she had gone to watch a play in which his son [Sarfaraz] was performing. Zareen wished she had a chance to work with the late actor.")
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Not many know that Zareen Khan is related to Kader Khan. Her mother's sister married the veteran actor's wife's brother. After his demise on January 1, Zareen told mid-day about her first meeting with the late writer-actor at Rangsharda in Bandra a couple of years ago, where she had gone to watch a play in which his son [Sarfaraz] was performing. Zareen wished she had a chance to work with the late actor.
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Deven Varma was married to Rupa Ganguly, daughter of late Bollywood actor, Ashok Kumar.
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Filmmaker Shekhar Kapur is the nephew of Dev Anand. Kapur is the son of Sheel Kanta Kapur, Anand`s sister.
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Noted TV actor Kanwaljit Singh is married to Anuradha Patel, Ashok Kumar`s granddaughter.
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Tabu is the niece of veteran actress Shabana Azmi and cinematographer Baba Azmi.
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Abhishek Kapoor, director of Rock On!!, is Jeetendra`s nephew and a cousin of Ekta Kapoor and Tusshar Kapoor.
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Late actress Sadhana was a cousin of Babita, who was married to Randhir Kapoor.
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Ayub Khan is a nephew of Dilip Kumar. And Ayub`s mother was the maternal aunt of Amrita Singh`s mother Rukhsana Sultana.
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Padmini Kolhapure is a niece of legendary singers Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle.
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Shakti Kapoor is the brother-in-law of Padmini Kolhapure. He is married to Padmini`s sister Shivangi.
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Kajol is related to yesteryear actress Nalini Jaywant. Her maternal grandmother Shobhna Samarth was Nalini`s cousin.
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Ramanand Sagar and Vidhu Vinod Chopra are half-brothers. Their father married Vinod`s mother after Ramanand`s mother passed away.
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Simi Garewal and Yash Chopra`s wife Pamela are first cousins. Simi`s mother Darshi and Pamela`s father Mohinder Singh were siblings. Interestingly, it was Simi who had introduced Pamela to Yash at a wedding!
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Farhan and Zoya Akhtar are cousins of Sajid and Farah Khan.
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