List of Indian music families
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Within the Indian music industry, there is a history of many members of a family over several generations all participating in the music industry. This page lists some of the more well-known such “clans”. For Indian film families, see Lists of Indian film clans (For Hindi film families, see List of Hindi film clans).
The Bhattacharya family[1][edit]
- Pashupati Bhattacharya (Vocalist and composer)
- Kumar Sanu (Playback singer, Producer and music director. Born Kedarnath Bhattacharjee, son of Pashupati Bhattacharya)
- Shannon K (American singer-songwriter, daughter of Kumar Sanu)
- Kumar Sanu (Playback singer, Producer and music director. Born Kedarnath Bhattacharjee, son of Pashupati Bhattacharya)
The Sajid–Wajid family[edit]
- Sajid–Wajid (cousins of singer Salma Agha and uncles of Sasha Agha)
- Salma Agha (mother of Sasha Agha and cousin of Sajid-Wajid)
- Sasha Agha (daughter of Salma Agha and niece of Sajid-Wajid)
- Salma Agha (mother of Sasha Agha and cousin of Sajid-Wajid)
The Ganguly family[1][edit]
Though the Ganguly family is more well known for acting rather than singing, Kishore Kumar is a legend in Indian film music.[2] His son, Amit Kumar is also a singer.[3]
The Kumar family[1][edit]
Gulshan Kumar was the founder of the T-Series (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.), the best known music label in India, and an Indian Bollywood movie producer.
- Amit Kumar (singer, son of Kishore Kumar)
- Gulshan Kumar (founder of T-Series)
- Sudesh Kumari Dua (wife of Gulshan Kumar)
- Bhushan Kumar (son of Gulshan Kumar and present producer, chairman, and managing director of T-Series)
- Divya Khosla Kumar (actress, director, and wife of Bhushan Kumar)
- Krishan Kumar (actor, brother of Gulshan Kumar, nephew of Bhushan Kumar and another present producer of T-Series)
- Tanya Dua, (actress and wife of Krishan Kumar)
- Tulsi Kumar (Singer, Daughter of Gulshan Kumar)
- Khushali Kumar (Daughter of Gulshan Kumar and another singer)
Ghantasala Family[edit]
- Ghantasala Sai Srinivas, widely known as S. Thaman, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.[4][5]
- Ghantasala Balaramayya Grandfather to S. Thaman
- Ghantasala Siva Kumar, Composer and drummer, son of Ghantasala Balaramayya
- Ghantasala Savitri, Playback singer, wife of Ghantasala Siva Kumar, mother to S. Thaman
- Ghantasala Sri Vardhini, Playback singer, wife of S. Thaman [6]
- B. Vasantha, Playback singer, Aunt of S. Thaman.
The Lahiri family[1][edit]
- Bappi Lahiri (music director and singer)
- Bappa Lahiri (music director. Son of Bappi Lahiri)
The Mukesh-Mathur family[edit]
- Mukesh Chand Mathur (singer) + Sarla Trivedi Raichand
- Rita Mukesh (daughter of Mukesh)
- Nitin Mukesh (singer – son of Mukesh)
- Neil Nitin Mukesh (actor – son of Nitin Mukesh and grandson of Mukesh) + Rukmini Sahay
- Nurvi Neil Mukesh (daughter of Neil and great-granddaughter of Mukesh)
- Neil Nitin Mukesh (actor – son of Nitin Mukesh and grandson of Mukesh) + Rukmini Sahay
- Nalini Mukesh (daughter of Mukesh)
- Mohnish Mukesh (son of Mukesh)
- Namrata (Amrita) Mukesh (daughter of Mukesh)
Mangeshkar-Hardikar-Abhisheki and Burman extended family[edit]
- Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar (Abhisheki) + Yesubai Rane
- Deenanath Mangeshkar (musician and theatre actor – son of Yesubai and Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar (Abhisheki))
- Balwantrao Abhisheki (vocalist – son of Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar (Abhisheki), Deenanath Mangeshkar’s half-brother and student)
- Jitendra Abhisheki (musician – son of Balwantrao Abhisheki, half-cousin to the Mangeshkar siblings)
- Krishnarao Kolhapure (musician – son-in-law of Ganesh Bhatt Navathe Hardikar (Abhisheki), husband of Deenanath Mangeshkar and Balwantrao Abisheki’s sister)
- Pandharinath Kolhapure – musician – son of Krishnarao Kolhapure. His mother was half-sister of Deenanath Mangeshkar.
- Padmini Kolhapure (actress – middle daughter of Pandharinath Kolhapure)
- Tejaswini Kolhapure (actress – youngest daughter of Pandharinath Kolhapure)
- Shivangi Kapoor (oldest daughter of Pandharinath Kolhapure) + Shakti Kapoor (actor – husband of Shivangi, elder sister of Padmini and Tejaswini)
- Siddhanth Kapoor (actor – son of Shakti and Shivangi Kapoor)
- Shraddha Kapoor (actress, singer, designer, lyricist – daughter of Shakti and Shivangi Kapoor)
- Pandharinath Kolhapure – musician – son of Krishnarao Kolhapure. His mother was half-sister of Deenanath Mangeshkar.
The Malik family[edit]
The Mukherjee family[1][edit]
The Narayan Jha family[1][edit]
This family belongs to Nepal
The Pandit Family[1][edit]
The Shankar family[edit]
Frequently quoted as India’s first family of music, the Shankar family have been in the industry for nearly a century. The family has produced a galaxy of dancers, singers, and stalwarts in various other art forms.
The S. P. Family[edit]
The Saluri Family[edit]
- S. Rajeswara Rao, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.[31]
- Saluri Koteswara Rao, widely known as Koti, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of S. Rajeswara Rao.
- Roshan Saluri, composer, singer-songwriter, actor, son of Saluri Koteswara Rao.
The Susarla Family[edit]
- Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Sr. composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer.[32]
- Susarla Krishna Brahma Sastry composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer, son of Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sr.
- Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Jr. composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer, son of Susarla Krishna Brahma Sastry.[32]
The Thotakura Family[edit]
- T. V. Raju composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer.[33]
- Thotakura Somaraju widely known as Raj–Koti, composer, multi instrumentalist, conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of T. V. Raju.[33]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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