Raj Kapoor Death Anniversary: One wish remained unfulfilled
Raj Kapoor Death Anniversary: One wish remained unfulfilled…
There is a family in the history of hindi cinema whose four generations have ruled the film industry. The first star came from this family around the year 1930 and even today the people of that family are working in films. Yes, we are talking about the 'Kapoor family' which has been active in the film industry for decades and this family has given not one, two or three but many superstars. raj Kapoor's era in the Kapoor family was quite different and the success he saw is hardly seen by anyone.
Famous as The Show Man, raj kapoor worked in films and made films for several decades. He was such a superstar of the industry whose films were also successful and a story was created in real life too which remained incomplete but is still discussed today. raj Kapoor's 99th death anniversary will be celebrated on 2 june this year.
raj Kapoor's Family Background
raj kapoor was born on 14 december 1924 in the Kapoor Haveli located in Peshawar (now in Pakistan), british India. raj Kapoor's grandfather, who belonged to a Hindu punjabi family, had his own business in Peshawar. raj Kapoor's father Prithviraj Kapoor was a film actor, director and producer, while his mother was Ramsarni Devi Kapoor. raj Kapoor's ancestors used to be Diwan and Zamindar. raj kapoor had two younger brothers shammi kapoor and Shashi Kapoor, both of whom have been popular actors in the film industry.
raj kapoor married a girl named Krishna, with whom he had 5 children named Randhir Kapoor, rishi kapoor, Rajiv Kapoor, Ritu Kapoor and Rima Kapoor. All three sons of raj kapoor remained active in hindi cinema and gave many memorable films. Randhir Kapoor's wife Babita was also an actress and Rishi Kapoor's wife Neetu Kapoor is also an actress.
Randhir-Babita's daughters karisma kapoor and kareena kapoor are also actresses, while rishi kapoor and Neetu Kapoor's son ranbir kapoor is an actor and their daughter-in-law alia bhatt is also an actress. In this way, the fourth generation of the Kapoor family is associated with the film industry.