the Kapoor family tree
For all your Kapoor Khazana reference needs (and beyond), here is a Kapoor family tree. This image is courtesy of Madhu Jain's book The Kapoors: The First Family of Indian Cinema (Penguin Books India, 2005). Click the picture to enlarge to legible size. The dates and underlining are my own. My notations indicate who is of what generation: double underlines are for Prithviraj's children; single underlines are for their children; dashed lines for their children; etc. If you'd rather read, the family tree goes like this, color-coded by major branch and with the names you probably recognize in bold: first and second generations: Prithviraj Kapoor (born 1906) is the father of Raj (Ranbir Raj, born 1924), Shammi (Shamsher Raj, 1931), and Shashi (Balbir Raj, 1938). Prithviraj and his wife Ramsarni (Rama) also had a daughter, Urmi (between Shammi and Shashi), and two children who died, Ravinder and Devinder. Prithviraj has a brother named Trilok Kapoor , who is a
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I'm heading soon to the video store and want to get some great Shashi films. Any suggestions? I'm having a hard time stumbling through his 100+ films on imdb.
indieqill - Dunno about yours, but mine sure is. Maybe we should investigate the relationship between movie star-inspired drool and monsoons/significant bodies of water?
Bollyviewer - I don't know how it happened! Shame on me. What I lack in promptness I will make up for in enthusiasm, though.
Shell - Oh definitely! Some of my favorites are Kaalaa Patthar or SHarmilee (if you're feeling masala-y), Pyaar Kiye Jaa (for 60s mod cheer), Junoon or Kalyug for more art-house type fare, or Shakespeare-Wallah for English-language. Amrita also did a great list of her favorites here: http://indiequill.wordpress.com/2008/02/24/top-ten-shashi-kapoor/