Family tree of Film Actors / Actress

Aggarwal family
Kajal Aggarwal, leading film actress
Nisha Aggarwal, film actress; sister of Kajal

Ahathian family
Ahathian, noted film director
Thiru Krishnamoorthy, film director; son-in-law of Ahathian
Vijayalakshmi, actress; daughter of Ahathian

Ajith Kumar family
Ajith Kumar, a leading actor who has appeared in 50 films, has won major awards and holds a large fan base; husband of Shalini
Shalini, former actress who featured in critically acclaimed films and started as a child artiste; daughter of Sharaf Babu
Richard Rishi, an actor who has featured in several low budget films in Tamil and Telugu without considerable success; son of Sharaf Babu
Shamili, actress who a National Award as a child artiste and has recently featured in her first role as female lead; daughter of Sharaf Babu

Akkineni family
Akkineni Nageswara Rao, veteran award-winning Telugu actor.
Akkineni Nagarjuna, legendary Telugu film actor who has appeared in critically acclaimed films; son of Nageswara Rao.
Amala, former leading actress who had appeared in successful films; wife of Nagarjuna
Naga Chaitanya, leading Telugu actor who has appeared in a couple of films; son of Nagarjuna and Lakshmi (see Daggubati family)
Akhil Akkineni, child artiste in a single film; son of Nagarjuna and Amala
Sumanth, noted actor; grandson of Nageswara Rao.
Sushanth, upcoming actor; grandson of Nageswara Rao.

Azhagappan family
A. L. Azhagappan, noted film producer
Senthilkumar, actor; son of Azhagappan.
A. L. Vijay, Tamil film director; son of Azhagappan.
Udhaya, film actor; son of Azhagappan.

 

Balasubrahmanyam family
S. P. Balasubrahmanyam, prominent award-winning playback singer and actor.
S. P. Sailaja, playback singer; sister of Balasubrahmanyam
Subhalekha Sudhakar, character actor; husband of Shailaja
Charan Sripathi, playback singer, film producer and actor; son of Balasubrahmanyam
Pallavi, playback singer; daughter of Balasubrahmanyam

Bhagyaraj family
K. Bhagyaraj, prominent director, screenplay writer and actor.
Poornima, former leading actress; wife of Bhagyaraj
Saranya Bhagyaraj, actress who has appeared in a couple of films; daughter of Bhagyaraj
Shanthnoo Bhagyaraj, upcoming film actor; son of Bhagyaraj

Bharathiraja family
Bharathiraja, prominent director, screenplay writer and actor.
Manoj Bharathiraja, director and former film actor; son of Bharathirajaa
Nandhana, actress; wife of Manoj

Cethirakath family
Arya, leading film actor who has appeared in critically acclaimed films
Sathya, an upcoming actor; brother of Arya

Chandrasekhar family
S. A. Chandrasekhar, a director of over sixty films in Tamil and Telugu
Shobha Chandrasekhar, a singer who has recorded film and non-film albums; wife of Chandrasekhar
S. N. Surendar, a dubbing artiste in films; brother of Shobha
Hari Prashanth, a child actor; son of Surendar
Vijay, a leading actor who has appeared in 50 films, with a large fan base; son of Chandrasekhar
Jason Sanjay, a child artiste who has made a guest appearance in one song; son of Vijay
Vikranth, an actor who has featured in several films in Tamil without considerable success; nephew of Chandrasekhar
Manasa, television actress; wife of Vikranth

Chiranjeevi family
Chiranjeevi, legendary Telugu film actor and politician
Allu Rama Lingaiah, former prominent film comedian (d. 2004); father-in-law of Chiranjeevi
Allu Aravind, noted film producer; brother-in-law of Chiranjeevi
Allu Bobby, film producer; son of Arvind
Allu Arjun, a leading actor, with a large fan base; son of Arvind
Allu Sirish, film producer; son of Arvind
Ram Charan Tej, leading award-winning film actor; son of Chiranjeevi
Pawan Kalyan, leading film actor with large fan base; brother of Chiranjeevi
Renu Desai, former film actress; wife of Pawan Kalyan
Nagendra Babu, film actor and producer; brother of Chiranjeevi
Sai Dharam Tej, film actor; nephew of Chiranjeevi
Viswa Tej, film actor; cousin of Chiranjeevi

Choudary family
R. B. Choudary, noted film producer
Githan Ramesh, actor who has featured in a string of unsuccessful films; son of Choudary
Jiiva, successful actor whose work has been critically acclaimed; son of Choudary

 

Daggubati family
D. Rama Naidu, veteran noted film producer
D. Suresh Babu, leading film producer; son of Rama Naidu
Rana Daggubati, upcoming actor; son of Suresh Babu
Daggubati Venkatesh, leading Telugu film actor who has appeared in several successful films; son of Rama Naidu
Naga Chaitanya, leading Telugu actor who has appeared in a couple of films; grandson of Rama Naidu (see Akkineni family)

Deva family
Deva, music director who has worked in hundreds of films.
Sangeetha Bhaskar, singer; daughter of Deva.
Parthi Bhaskar, film director; son-in-law of Deva. (see Ilaiyaraaja)
Srikanth Deva, music director; Deva's son
Febi, playback singer; Srikanth Deva's wife
Sabesh, part of the music director duo Sabesh-Murali; Deva's brother
Karthik Sabesh, actor; Sabesh's son
Murali, part of the music director duo Sabesh-Murali; Deva's brother
Bobo Shashi, music director for a couple of films; Murali's son
Jai, noted film actor who has featured in several successful films; Deva's nephew.

Gemini Ganesan family
Gemini Ganesan, legendary film actor (d. 2005).
Pushpavalli, prominent former actress; Ganesan's wife
Savitri, prominent former actress (d. 1981); Ganesan's wife
Rekha, noted Bollywood actress; Ganesan's daughter
Ji Ji; Ganesan's daughter

Haasan family
Charuhasan, an award-winning actor who now appears in supporting roles.
Suhasini, a former leading actress, director and television host; daughter of Charuhasan
Mani Ratnam, legendary director who has directed over twenty critically acclaimed films winning several awards; husband of Suhasini
G. Venkateswaran, former film producer (d. 2003); brother of Mani Ratnam
G. Srinivasan, former film producer (d. 2007); brother of Mani Ratnam
Chandrahasan, noted film producer, mostly of his brother, Kamal Haasan's movies
Anu Haasan, an actress in supporting roles and a prominent television host; daughter of Chandrahasan
Nalini Raghu, a classical dancer who has choreographed sequences for a few films
Gautam Kanthadai, an actor who has appeared in a guest role in his uncle's film; son of Nalini Raghu
Kamal Haasan, legendary leading actor who has record number of awards with significant critical acclaim and commercial success. Has featured in the industry for over 50 years.
Vani Ganapathy, former actress and dancer; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan
Sarika, award-winning actress who has predominatly appeared in Hindi films; ex-wife of Kamal Haasan
Gauthami, former leading actress and now costume designer; domestic partner of Kamal Hassan
Subbalakshmi, sung playback in a film; daughter of Gauthami
Shruti Haasan, leading actress and singer who has appeared in notable films; daughter of Kamal Haasan
Akshara Haasan, has choreographed and sung in a film; daughter of Kamal Haasan

 

Ilaiyaraaja family
Ilaiyaraaja, legendary award-winning music composer
Karthik Raja, music composer; son of Ilaiyaraaja
Yatheeswaran, child playback singer; son of Karthik Raja
Yuvanshankar Raja, prominent music composer; son of Ilaiyaraaja
Bhavatharini, award-winning playback singer; daughter of Ilaiyaraaja
Gangai Amaran, music composer and host; brother of Ilaiyaraaja
Venkat Prabhu, prominent film director and actor; son of Gangai Amaran
Premji Amaran, noted comedy actor; son of Gangai Amaran
R. D. Bhaskar, film producer; brother of Ilaiyaraaja
Parthi Bhaskar, film director; son of Bhaskar
Sangeetha Bhaskar, singer; wife of Parthi Bhaskar. (see Deva family)
Vasuki Bhaskar, costume designer; daughter of Bhaskar
Hari Bhaskar, playback singer and actor; son of Bhaskar

Jayadev family
Devayani, former leading actress, now television artiste; daughter of Jayadev.
Rajakumaran, film director; husband of Devayani
Nakul, film actor; brother of Devayani
Mayur, upcoming film actor; brother of Devayani

Karunanidhi family
M. Karunanidhi, veteran scriptwriter and story writer
M. K. Muthu, actor who had appeared in unsuccessful films; son of Karunanidhi
Arivunidhi, playback singer; son of Muthu
Dhayanidhi Alagiri, film producer and distributor; grandson of Karunanidhi
Anusha Dhayanidhi, playback singer; wife of Dhayanidhi Alagiri
M. K. Stalin, former actor; son of Karunanidhi
Udhayanidhi Stalin, actor, film producer and distributor; grandson of Karunanidhi
Arulnithi, upcoming actor; grandson of Karunanidhi
Gunanidhi Amirtham, film producer; grandson of Karunanidhi
Murasoli Maran, former film director; brother-in-law of Karunanidhi
Kalanidhi Maran, noted film producer of the most successful Tamil film; nephew of Karunanidhi

Kaushal family
Bhanupriya Kaushal, former leading actress and acclaimed dancer
Shantipriya, former actress; sister of Bhanupriya
Gopalakrishnan, an actor who has appeared in a single film; brother of Bhanupriya
Vindhya, former actress; wife of Gopalakrishnan

Krish family
Krish, theatre actor and singer
Sangeetha, noted film actress; wife of Krish
K. R. Balan, noted producer; grandfather of Sangeetha
Parimal, actor; brother of Sangeetha

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Hanumantha Rao, film producer; brother of <st1lace w:st="on">Krishna</st1lace>
Posani Sudheer, actor; cousin of Mahesh Babu
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Ramesh Babu, film producer; son of <st1lace w:st="on">Krishna</st1lace>
Manjula Ghattamaneni, film producer and actress; daughter of <st1lace w:st="on">Krishna</st1lace>
Mahesh Babu, leading film actor; son of <st1lace w:st="on">Krishna</st1lace>
Namrata Shirodkar, former film actress; wife of Mahesh Babu
Shilpa Shirodkar, former film actress; sister of Namrata
Meenakshi Shirodkar, former film actress; grandmother of Namrata

Kulasekaran family
Vishnuvardhan, prominent director and former child actor; son of Kulasekaran
Krishna Sekhar, actor; son of Kulasekaran

Kumar family
Karthik Kumar, theatre actor who has appeared in leading and supporting roles
Suchitra, noted playback singer and television host; wife of Karthik Kumar

 

Mohan family
Mohan, prominent film editor and producer
M. Raja, successful film director who has specialised in remakes; son of Mohan
Jayam Ravi, a leading actor who has enjoyed significant success as an actor; son of Mohan
Sujatha Vijayakumar, television serial producer; father-in-law of Jayam Ravi

Mohan Babu family
Mohan Babu, noted Telugu film actor
Lakshmi Manchu, film actress and TV host; daughter of Mohan Babu
Vishnu Manchu, film actor; son of Mohan Babu
Manoj Manchu, upcoming film actor; son of Mohan Babu

Muthuraman family
R. Muthuraman, former prominent actor (d. 1982)
Karthik, successful film award-winning actor; son of Muthuraman
Gautham Karthik, upcoming actor; son of Karthik
Ragini, former actress; wife of Karthik

Nagesh family
Nagesh, legendary film actor who appeared in comic roles (d. 2009)
Anand Babu, actor and dancer; son of Nagesh

Nair family
Radha, former noted film actress; daughter of Rajasekaran Nair
Karthika Nair, upcoming actress; daughter of Radha
Thulasi Nair, upcoming actress; daughter of Radha
Ambika, former noted film actress; daughter of Rajasekaran Nair
Suresh Nair, film director; son of Rajasekaran Nair

Nair (Travancore) family
Padmini, former noted film actress; part of the Travancore Sisters
Lalitha, upcoming actress; part of the Travancore sisters
Ragini, former noted film actress and dancer; part of the Travancore sisters
Shobana, noted film actor, dancer and choreographer; niece of the Travancore sisters
Vineeth, noted film actor and choreographer; nephew of the Travancore sisters
Sukumari, veteran film actress; cousin of the Travancore sisters

Nandamuri family
Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao, former prominent actor and politician (d. 1996)
Mohanakrishna, cinematographer; son of NTR
Balakrishna, veteran film actor; son of NTR
Harikrishna, film actor; son of NTR
Ramakrishna, film producer; son of NTR
Kalyan Chakravarthy, actor; nephew of NTR
Hareen Chakravarthy, actor; nephew of NTR
Kalyan Ram, film actor; son of Harikrishna
Jr. NTR, leading film actor; son of Harikrishna
Taraka Ratna, film actor; grandson of NTR
Chaitanya Krishna, actor; grandson of NTR
Nara Rohit, film actor; nephew of NTR's daughter

Naval family
Simran, noted film actress; daughter of Ashok Naval
Jyoti, actress; sister of Simran
Monal, former actress; cousin of Simran (d. 2002)

Parthiban family
Parthiban, leading award-winning actor, producer and director
Seetha, actress; ex-wife of Parthiban
P. S. Keerthana, former child actress; daughter of Parthiban

Prakash Raj family
Prakash Raj, leading award-winning character actor, producer and director
Lalitha Kumari, actress; ex-wife of Prakash Raj
C. L. Anandan, actor; father of Lalitha Kumari
Disco Shanthi, actress; sister of Lalitha Kumari
Pony Verma, choreographer; wife of Prakash Raj
Prasad Raj, actor; brother of Prakash Raj

Pinnisetty family
Ravi Raja Pinisetty, noted film director
Sathya, film director; son of Ravi Raja
Aadhi, upcoming actor; son of Ravi Raja

 

Radha family
M. R. Radha, former leading film actor (d. 1979)
M. R. R. Vasu, former actor; son of Radha
Vasu Vikram, a supporting actor; son of Vasu
Radharavi, noted character actor and leading film fraternity representative; son of Radha
Hari Radharavi, an upcoming actor; son of Radharavi
Radhika, leading actress in yesteryear films and in television serials and noted producer; daughter of M. R. Radha
Pratap Pothen, former noted actor and director; ex-husband of Radhika
Sarath Kumar, leading award-winning actor, representative of the film fraternity and politician; husband of Radhika
Varalaxmi Sarathkumar, upcoming film actress and theatre artist; daughter of Sarath Kumar from another marriage
Nirosha, former actress; daughter of M. R. Radha
Ramki, former actor; husband of Nirosha

Rahman family
A. R. Rahman, legendary award-winning music composer and singer
R. K. Shekhar, musician; Rahman's father
Khadija Rahman, playback singer; daughter of Rahman
Alim Rahman, playback singer; son of Rahman
Rahman, noted film actor; brother-in-law of Rahman
A. R. Reihana, music composer and playback singer; sister of Rahman
G. V. Prakash Kumar, prominent music composer; son of Reihana
Saindhavi, playback singer; fiance of Prakash
Fathima, director of KM Music Conservatory; sister of Rahman
Ishrath, playback singer; sister of Rahman

Rajendar family
T. Rajendar, former leading film actor
Usha Rajendar, former film actress, singer and producer; wife of Rajendar
Silambarasan, a successful film actor who has also directed films; son of Rajendar
Ilakiya, a former child artiste; daughter of Rajendar
Kuralarasan, child artiste in several films; son of Rajendar

Rajinikanth family
Rajinikanth, legendary actor often dubbed as the "superstar", has the largest fan base in Indian cinema.
Latha Rajinikanth, former television actress; wife of Rajinikanth
Ravi Raghavendra, theatre actor; brother of Latha
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Y. Gee. Mahendra, a noted theatre actor and supporting actor in films; brother-in-law of Latha (see Vyjayanthimala family)
Harshavardhan, an actor who has appeared in a single film; son of Mahendra
Aishwarya Rajinikanth, playback singer, director and celebrity judge; daughter of Rajinikanth
Dhanush, leading actor who won critical acclaim for his performances; husband of Aishwarya
Kasthuri Raja, former noted director; father of Dhanush
Vimalageetha, film producer mostly of her brother's films; sister of Dhanush
Selvaraghavan, leading film director who has won critical and commercial acclaim; brother of Dhanush
Sonia Agarwal, actress in several films winning acclaim for her roles; ex-wife of Selvaraghavan
Gitanjali, assistant director for selvaraghavan in Ayirathil oruvan and Mayakkam Enna; wife of Selvaraghavan
Varun, actor; cousin of Dhanush
Soundarya Rajinikanth, animator and creative head of Ocher studios; daughter of Rajinikanth.
Ashwin Ramkumar,Stanford Graduate and is the son of real estate tycoon Ramkumar;husband of soundarya

Rao family
Y. V. Rao, prominent film director (d.1973).
Rajam, actress; first wife of Rao
Rukmini, actress; second wife of Rao
Lakshmi, actress and TV host; daughter of Rao
Sivachandran, actor; husband of Lakshmi
Aishwarya, actor who has appeared in half a dozen films; daughter of Lakshmi

Rathnam family
A. M. Rathnam, prominent film producer.
Jyothi Krishna, actor and director; son of Rathnam
Ravi Krishna, actor who has appeared in half a dozen films; son of Rathnam

Reddy, A. K. family
A. K. Reddy, noted film producer.
Vaibhav, actor in successful films; son of Reddy

Reddy, G. K. family
G. K. Reddy, noted film producer.
Vikram Krishna, former actor cum producer of films; son of Reddy
Sriya Reddy, actress and former music VJ; wife of Vikram Krishna
Vishal, an actor who has appeared in successful films; son of Reddy

Reddy family
Sameera Reddy, noted film actress who has appeared in regional films
Meghna Reddy, actress and former music VJ
Sushma Reddy, actress and former music VJ

 

Sarja family
Shaktiprasad Sarja, noted Kannada actor
Kishore Sarja, film director (d. 2009); son of Shakti Prasad
Arjun Sarja, a leading actor who has appeared in over 100 films; son of Shakti Prasad
Asha Rani, former film actress; wife of Arjun
Rajesh, actor; father of Asha Rani
Chiranjeevi Sarja, grandson of Shakti Prasad

Sathyaraj family
Sathyaraj, leading film actor who has played a wide variety of roles
Sibiraj, film actor; son of Sathyaraj
Mathampatti Sivakumar, film producer; brother of Sathyaraj
Sathyan, comedian; son of Sivakumar

Sekhar family
S. Ve. Sekhar, actor who has played a wide variety of roles
S. Ve. Venkatraman, film actor; father of Sekhar
Ashwin Sekhar, film actor; son of S. Ve. Sekhar

Siddalingiah family
Siddalingiah, one of top five directors of Kannada film industry all the time.
Murali, noted award-winning Tamil film actor (d. 2010); son of Siddalingiah
Adharvaa, an upcoming actor; son of Murali

Sivaji Ganesan family
Sivaji Ganesan, legendary actor whose performances included versatile roles with critical acclaim (d. 2001)
Ramkumar Ganesan, a leading film producer and head of Sivaji Productions; son of Sivaji
Dushyant Ramkumar, a former actor briefly known as Junior Sivaji, who appeared in low budget films turned producer; son of Ramkumar
Junior Sivaji, an actor who has appeared in a couple of unsuccessful films (not to be confused with Dushyant); son of Ramkumar
Prabhu Ganesan, a former successful leading actor who has gone on to appear in character roles; son of Sivaji
Vikram Prabhu, a film producer; son of Prabhu

Sivakumar family
Sivakumar, former leading actor who has gone on to appear in character roles and television roles
Suriya, a leading actor whose performances have won critical acclaim and commercial success; son of Sivakumar
Jyothika, a former leading actress who has won awards for her performances across several languages; wife of Suriya
Roshni, an actress who has featured in a couple of films without success; sister of Jyothika
Nagma, former leading actress who has appeared in films in several Indian languages; half-sister of Jyothika
Karthi, a leading actor who has won critical acclaim for his performances til date; son of Sivakumar
Gnanavel Raja, producer and owner of Studio Green, who has worked mostly for family productions; nephew of Sivakumar

Srinivasan family
Thengai Srinivasan, noted comedy actor (d. 1987)
Yogi Srinivasan, actor; grandson of Srinivasan
Shrutika, actress; granddaughter of Srinivasan

Sukumaran family
Sukumaran, former prominent Malayalam actor (d. 1997)
Mallika Sukumaran, former leading actress in Malayalam films; wife of Sukumaran
Jagathy Sreekumar, film actor; ex-husband of Mallika
Indrajith, actor who has appeared in several films; son of Sukumaran
Poornima Mohan, former actress; wife of Indrajith
Prithviraj, leading film actor who has appeared in critically acclaimed films; son of Sukumaran
Supriya Menon, BBC World News reporter; wife of Prithviraj

Sundar family
Sundar C, noted director and actor
Kushboo Sundar, former leading actress; wife of Sundar
Abdulla, actor; Kushboo's brother
Ramya Raj, actress; sister of Kushboo's sister-in-law.

Sundaram family
Sundaram, noted film choreographer
Raju Sundaram, film actor and choreographer; son of Sundaram
Prabhu Deva, prominent film actor, director and choreographer; son of Sundaram
Nayantara, leading film actress; fiancée of Prabhu Deva
Nagendra Prasad, film actor and choreographer; son of Sundaram

 

Thyagarajan family
Thyagarajan, prominent film actor and director
Peketi Sivaram, former actor and director; father-in-law of Thyagarajan (d. 2006)
Peketi Ranga, art director; son of Sivaram
Prashanth, noted film actor who has appeared in successful ventures; son of Thyagarajan
Vinod Raj, supporting actor; brother-in-law of Thyagarajan
Vikram, leading award-winning film actor who is known for his intense portrayals of characters; son of Vinod Raj

Vasu family
P. Vasu, director and former film actor
Peethamabaram, former make up man; father of Vasu (d. 2011)
Sakthi Vasu, an upcoming actor; son of Vasu

Vasudevan family
Malaysia Vasudevan, former playback singer (d. 2011)
Yugendran, actor, singer and TV host; son of Vasudevan
Hema Malini, TV host; wife of Yugendran
Prashanthini, singer; daughter of Vasudevan

Vijayakumar family
Vijayakumar, former leading film actor and now supporting actor
Manjula Vijayakumar, former leading film actress; wife of Vijayakumar
Arun Vijay, an actor who has appeared in several Tamil films; son of Vijayakumar
Kavitha Vijayakumar, an actress who has appeared in a single film; daughter of Vijayakumar
Vanitha Vijayakumar, an actress who appeared in a couple of films; daughter of Vijayakumar
Akash, a television actor; ex-husband of Vanitha
Preetha Vijayakumar, an actress who appeared in a dozen films; daughter of Vijayakumar
Hari, noted director who has worked on successful films; husband of Preetha
Sridevi Vijayakumar, an actress who has appeared in several regional language films; daughter of Vijayakumar

Vyjayanthimala family
Vyjayanthimala, former leading actress in Hindi and Tamil films, classical dancer and politician
Vasunthara Devi, former leading actress; mother of Vyjayanthimala
Suchindra Bali, an actor who has appeared in a couple of films; son of Vyjayanthimala
Y. Gee. Mahendra, a noted theatre actor and supporting actor in films; cousin of Vyjayanthimala (see Rajinikanth family)