Background
Prithviraj Kapoor, the first of the family to pursue acting, was born in 1901 in the town of Samundri near Faisalabad, in the Punjab province of then British India now Pakistan. His father, a policeman, was posted at Peshawar, and his grandfather was a Tehsildar in Samundri. Prithviraj's first lead role was in Cinema Girl in 1929.
Though all three of Prithviraj Kapoor's sons, Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, and Shashi Kapoor, became actors, it is Raj Kapoor's descendants who have carried on the family legacy. His sons, Randhir Kapoor and Rishi Kapoor, went on to become well-known actors; his youngest son, Rajiv Kapoor, was not as successful as his brothers. Randhir Kapoor's and Babita's daughters, Karisma Kapoor and Kareena Kapoor, have found success in the film industry. Rishi Kapoor's son, Ranbir Kapoor, made his debut in 2007 opposite Sonam Kapoor, the daughter of Anil Kapoor, in Sanjay Leela Bhansali's Saawariya.
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