25 Bollywood Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Were Related To Each Other

Bollywood is the biggest movie industry in India and everyone all over the world loves Bollywood. But have you ever thought about mostly people working in the industry belong to the same family? We are not trying to bring nepotism here, but the fact is, one way or the other, there are some Bollywood celebrities who are related to each other.

Here we have a list of 25 celebrities who are related to each other:

1. Dilip Kumar and Ayub Khan

Muhammad Yusuf Khan, the real name of Dilip Kumar, is actually the paternal uncle to Ayub Khan. Nasir Khan, who is the father of Ayub Khan is a brother to Dilip Kumar.

2. The Bhatts, Emraan Hashmi and Mohit Suri

Pooja Bhatt, Alia Bhatt and all the Bhatt children are cousins to Emraan Hashmi, as he is the nephew of Mahesh Bhatt.

3. Prem Chopra and Raj Kapoor

The wives of Raj Kapoor and Prem Chopra, are actually sisters.

4. Farhan & Zoya Akhtar and Sajid & Farah Khan

The mother of Zoya and Farhan happens to be the sister of the mother of Sajid and Farah. Thus, they become first cousins to each other.

5. Aditi Rao Hydari and Kiran Rao

Both of them being the princesses of Wanaparthy family of Telangana and they are first cousins as Aditi’s maternal grandfather and Kiran’s paternal grandfather were the same, JP Rao, who was the Raja of Wanaparthy.

6. Ranveer Singh and Sonam Kapoor

They are each other’s second cousins as Sonam’s maternal grandmother was the sister of the paternal grandfather of Ranveer.

7. Madhoo and Hema Malini

She is related to the Dream Girl as her niece. Thus, she is the cousin to Esha and AhanaDeol.

8. Kajol, Rani Mukerji and Ayan Mukherji

Most of us are actually aware about this. The fact is, the father of Rani Mukherji, Ayan Mukherji and Kajol are actually first cousins.

9. Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra

Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra, both are very successful directors and are related to each other. Moreover, Vindhu Vinod Chopra, Ramanand Sagar and Ravi Chopra also happen to be their cousin.

10. Shabana Azmi, Tabu and Farah Naaz

Tabu and Farah are sisters but what we didn’t know was that they are both the nieces of Shabana Azmi. Jamal Hashmi, who is Shabana’s brother, is the father of Tabu and Farah.

11. Kumar Gaurav and Sanjay Dutt

Sunil Dutt’s daughter, Namrata Dutt had married Kumar Gaurav and thus he becomes the brother-in-law to Sanjay Dutt.

12. Abhishek Kapoor, Tusshar Kapoor and Ekta Kapoor

The interesting thing is that Jeetendra’s sister is the mother of Abhishek. Hence, Ekta and Tusshar are the cousins to Abhishek Kapoor.

13. Sadhana and Kapoor Sisters

Sadhana is the sister of Babita, the mother of Kareena and Karishma. Though Babita and Sadhana were not on speaking terms, they continue their relationship.

14. Simi Garewal and Rani Mukherji

Rani is married to Aditya Chopra, whose mother; Pamela Chopra is the aunt of Simi, making Rani the sister-in-law of Simi.

15. Guru Dutt and Amrita Rao

Amrita Rao is related to the legend, Guru Dutt as he was the second cousin of her grandfather.

16. Ajay Devgn and Monish Behl

Ajay and Monish are brother-in-law to each other as Monish is the first coiusin to Kajol and Kajol is married to Ajay.

17. Mani Ratnam and Kamal Haasan

Kamal Haasan’s daughter, Suhasini is married to Mani Ratnam, and hence Mani is the son-in-law of Kamal.

18. Shraddha Kapoor, Lata Mangeshkar and Asha Bhosle

Shraddha’s grandfather was related to the singing sisters as their cousin. Hence, Shraddha is a grandniece to Lata and Asha.

19. Sonakshi Sinha and Pooja Ruparel

Remember the actress from DDLJ? Pooja Rauparel is related to Sonakshi Sinha. Both their grandmothers were siblings.

20. Sharman Joshi and Rohit Roy

Rohit’s wife, Mansi Joshi Roy is actually the sister of Sharman Joshi and therefore, Rohit is Sharman’s brother-in-law.

21. Purab Kohli, Shekhar Kapur and Dev Anand

Shekhar Kapur is the uncle of Purab Kohli and Shekhar Kapur is the nephew of Dev Anand. Thus, they are related.

22. Ashutosh Gowariker and Ayan Mukherji

Ayan Mukherjee is the step-brother of Sunita who is the wife of Ashutosh Gowariker, making Ashutosh the brother-in-law of Ayan.

23. Aamir Khan and Ali Zafar

Ali Zafar is married to a distant cousin of Aamir Khan, making Aamir the brother-in-law of Ali Zafar.

24. Govinda and Soumya Seth

Soumya Seth is a cousin of Krushna Abhishek and Ragini Khanna. These two are actually the niece and nephew of Govinda respectively. Thus, Soumya is also related to Govinda.

25. Karishma Kapoor and Shweta Nanda

These two are not exactly related by blood. Actually, Karishma’s paternal aunt has her son married to Shweta Nanda.