Kapoor Family of Bollywood
Prithviraj Kapoor (1901–1972), a noted pioneer of Indian theater and of the Hindi film industry, belonged to the Kapoor clan, the first family of Bollywood. He was born at Samundri, presently a tehsil of district Faisalabad, Lyallpur, in Pakistan. He moved to Bombay, India in 1928 and ended up founding a dynasty of movie stars and film-makers. In 1944, he started the Prithvi Theatre, a travelling theatre troupe.
Prithviraj was awarded the Dadasaheb Phalke Award for his contribution to Indian Cinema posthumously in 1972. His son, Shashi Kapoor, with his wife, Jennifer Kapoor, revived Prithvi Theatre in his honour.
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