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Bollywood Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Were Related To Each Other
Bollywood Celebrities You Probably Didn’t Know Were Related To Each Other
Entertainment Apr 18, 2016
The Bollywood film industry is full of so many faces. Some of them are bound to be related to one another!
Whether it's the Bhatts, the Johars, the Kapoors or the Chopras, family ties run deep in the industry.
Take a look at the following Bollywood celebs whom you probably had no clue were related.
1. Ranveer Singh and Sonam Kapoor
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Ranveer Singh and Sonam Kapoor are second cousins. Kapoor's maternal grandmother and Singh's paternal grandfather are siblings.
2. Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra
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Karan Johar and Aditya Chopra (who is also married to Rani Mukherji) are first cousins. Johar's mother, Hiroo Johar, and Chopra's father, Yash Chopra, are siblings.
3. Ali Zafar and Aamir Khan
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Pakistan's Ali Zafar's father-in-law's cousin's mother and Aamir Khan's mother are cousins.
4. Shraddha Kapoor and Lata Mangeshkar
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Shraddha Kapoor's grandfather is Lata Mangeshkar's cousin.
5. VIvek Oberoi and Akshay Oberoi
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Vivek Oberoi and Akshay Oberoi are first cousins. Akshay is the son of Suresh Oberoi's brother, Krishn Oberoi.
6. Kunal Kapoor and Amitabh Bachchan
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Kunal Kapoor is married to Amitabh Bachchan's niece, Naina, the daughter of Big B's younger brother.
7. Alia Bhatt and Emraan Hashmi
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Alia Bhatt and Emraan Hashmi are first cousins. Bhatt's father, Mahesh Bhatt, and Hashmi's mother are siblings.
8. Farhan and Zoya Akhtar and Sajid and Farah Khan
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The Akhtar siblings' mother and the Khan's siblings' mother are sisters.
9. Vidya Balan and Priyamani
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Vidya Balan and Priyamani are second cousins. Balan's father and Priyamani's father are first cousins.
10. Tabu and Shabana Azmi
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Tabu is Shabana Azmi's niece. Tabu's father, Jamal Hashmi, is Azmi's brother.
11. Sonakshi Sinha and Pooja Ruparel
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Sonkashi Sinha and Priya Ruparel are third cousins. Sinha and Ruparel's grandmothers are sisters.
12. Kajol and Tanisha Mukherji, Rani Mukherji, and Ayan Mukherji
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Shomi Mukherji is Kajol and Tanisha's father. Ayan's father Deb Mukherji and Rani's father Ram Mukherji are cousins.
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