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[[Image:Gangulybros01.jpg|thumb|right|260px|The Ganguly brothers – [[Anoop Kumar]], [[Ashok Kumar]] and [[Kishore Kumar]] (left to right) – with their mother]]
In a [[Bollywood]] film industry dominated by [[List of Hindi film clans|powerhouse families]] the '''Ganguly brothers''' and their family connections serve as an important bridge between the clans'''.'''

== Brief history of the Ganguly family ==
The Ganguly family are a family of film personalities active in the Hindi film industry. The family comprises the descendants of three brothers - [[Ashok Kumar|Ashok Kumar Ganguly]], [[Anoop Kumar|Anoop Kumar Ganguly]] and [[Kishore Kumar|Kishore Kumar Ganguly]] - and their sister Sati Rani Mukherkjee.

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<span style="font-size: 100%">'''Films featuring all three Ganguly brothers:'''</span>
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* '' [[Bhai-Bhai (1956 film)|Bhai Bhai]] (1956)
* ''[[Bandi (1957)|Bandi]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi]]'' (1958)
* ''[[Jhumroo]]'' (1961)
* '' [[Chalti ka naam Zindagi]] (1981)
* ''Mamata Ki Chhaon Mein'' (1989)
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The history of the Ganguly family begins with Kunjalal Ganguly, an advocate by profession coming from a long line of lawyers,<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=6805 Breaking Barriers from Screen Weekly, 12 December 2003 (retrieved: 2007-19-05)]</ref> and his wife Gouri Rani Devi, the grand-daughter of Raja Shibchandra Banerjee and sister of classical singer Dhananjay Banerjee. The celebrated brothers and their sister, who gave birth to the Mukherjee's of Bollywood, were born to these two. Supposedly, Kishore Kumar inherited his sense of comedy from Kunjalal. Also, the most popular film featuring all three Ganguly brothers – ''[[Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi]]'' – was, supposedly, inspired by Kunjalal's Chrysler<ref>[http://www.screenindia.com/fullstory.php?content_id=10964 Through the Looking Glass, ''Screen Weekly'', 12 August 2005 (retrieved: 2007-19-05)]</ref> that he bought in 1928, a year before the birth of his youngest son.

If [[Rattan Bai]] from their extended family network is ignored, Ashok Kumar was the first person in the family to go into the film industry. His daughter [[Preeti Ganguly]], son-in-law [[Deven Verma]] (married to his elder daughter Rupa Ganguly)<ref>{{cite news |title= Deven Verma at a musical do|url=http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-26/bollywood/29582249_1_musical-night-food-and-drinks-picture |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110910144731/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-05-26/bollywood/29582249_1_musical-night-food-and-drinks-picture |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 September 2011 |work=[[The Times of India]] |date=26 May 2011 }}</ref> and granddaughter [[Anuradha Patel]] also became accomplished actors. Ashok Kumar's son Aroop Kumar Ganguly never joined the film industry.<ref>{{cite news |title=A legacy lives on |url=http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/28/stories/09280225.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130213235423/http://www.hindu.com/2000/07/28/stories/09280225.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 February 2013 |work=[[The Hindu]] |date=28 July 2000 }}</ref>
{{further|List of Hindi film clans}}

==Kishore Kumar's wives==
[[Kishore Kumar]] was married to [[Ruma Guha Thakurta]] (1950–58), [[Madhubala]] (1960–69), [[Yogeeta Bali]] (1975–78) and [[Leena Chandavarkar]] (1980–87).<ref>{{cite news|url=http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/news/In-Bollywood-everyones-related/articleshow/4654411.cms?|title=In Bollywood, everyone's related!|author1=Anuradha Varma|date=14 June 2009|access-date=9 February 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Ashok Kumar : his life and times|last1=Ghosh|first1=Nabendu|date=1995|publisher=Indus|isbn=9788172232184|location=New Delhi}}</ref>

Ruma (now, [[Ruma Guha Thakurta]]) was the daughter of [[Satyen Ghosh]] (better known as Montey Ghosh) and a niece to Smt. Bijoya Roy, the wife of the legendary film director [[Satyajit Ray]] (son of writer [[Sukumar Ray]] and grandson of writer and publisher [[Upendrakishore Raychowdhury]]). Her mother Sati Devi, a talented singer, was the elder sister of Bijoya, the legendary director's wife. [[Amit Kumar (singer)|Amit Kumar]], her son with Kishore Kumar eventually became a celebrity in his own right. Amit later sang duets with Krishna Mukherjee, a niece to his paternal aunt Satirani.

Yogeeta was a niece to [[Geeta Bali]], who in turn was [[Shammi Kapoor]]'s first wife. Kishore's second son Sumit Kumar was born to Leena and is also a singer. Ruma later married Arup Guha Thakurta and had a son, Ayan, and a daughter, Sromana, with him. Shammi Kapoor, a scion of the [[Kapoor Family (film)|Kapoor family]] and Geeta Bali's daughter Kanchan Desai married Ketan Desai, son of director [[Manmohan Desai]], who was engaged to actress [[Nanda (actress)|Nanda]] (actor-director [[Master Vinayak]]'s daughter) before his death.

Yogeeta eventually divorced Kishore Kumar and married [[Mithun Chakravorty]], who married [[Sridevi]] for a brief stint.<ref>[http://www.telegraphindia.com/1050304/asp/etc/story_4440550.asp The news on the Telegraph]</ref> Sridevi later married producer [[Surinder Kapoor]]'s son [[Boney Kapoor]], a producer who has two famous actors for brothers – [[Anil Kapoor]] and [[Sanjay Kapoor]]. Surinder, on the other hand, began his career as Geeta Bali's secretary. His only daughter, Reena, is married to showbiz tycoon Sandeep Marwah. Satyajit and Bijoya's son [[Sandip Ray]] is an accomplished film director.
{{further|Kapoor Family (film)}}

==Sati Devi==
The only sister of the famous Ganguly brothers, Sati Devi, was married to [[Sashadhar Mukherjee]] (brother of [[Ravindramohan Mukherjee]], [[Subodh Mukherjee]] and [[Prabodh Mukherjee]]) of the [[Mukherjee-Samarth family (film)|Mukherjee-Samarth family]]. She gave birth to director and composer [[Rono Mukherjee]] (father of actress [[Sharbani Mukherjee]]), actors [[Joy Mukherjee]] (father of actor [[Boy Mukherjee]]) & [[Deb Mukherjee|Deb]] Mukherjee (father of director [[Ayan Mukerji]]), directors & producers [[Shomu Mukherjee]] (husband of actress [[Tanuja]] and father of actresses [[Kajol]] and [[Tanishaa Mukerji]]) & Shubhir Mukherjee, and Shibani Mukherjee. [[Kajol]], in turn, is married to actor [[Ajay Devgan]], the son of fight choreographer [[Veeru Devgan]].

==Bharti Jaffery==
Bharti Jaffery was the daughter of Ashok Kumar. Actress [[Kiara Advani]] is the step-granddaughter of Bharathi Jaffrey, thus making Advani the step great-granddaughter of Ashok Kumar. Bharti and Kiara are also related to [[Saeed Jaffery]], who was the uncle-by-marriage of Bharti and great-uncle of Kiara. Bharti's daughter and Kiara's aunt, Shaheen Jaffrey, is a model.

==Extended family==
Actresses [[Rani Mukherjee]] (granddaughter of Ravindramohan Mukherjee and daughter of director [[Ram Mukherjee]] and singer Krishna Mukherjee), and actor [[Mohnish Behl]] come from the extended Mukherjee-Samarth family. The film involvement of the clan began with actress [[Rattan Bai]], mother of actress [[Shobhna Samarth]], aunt to actress [[Nalini Jaywant]] and grandmother of actresses [[Tanuja]] and [[Nutan]]. Reportedly, music director [[Bappi Lahiri]] is also in the Mukherjee's extended family tree. Actress [[Chhaya Devi]] was first cousin of actor [[Ashok Kumar]]'s wife Shobha Ganguly, thus related to the Ganguly family.Also is Stephanie ganguly who is a babi.<ref>{{cite book |title=Film world, Volume 16 |publisher=T.M. Ramachandran |year=1979|page=43 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o3lTAAAAYAAJ&q=%22Chhaya+Devi%22+-inpublisher:icon }}</ref>

==See also==
* [[Bachchan Family]]
* [[:Category:Bengali actors|Bengali actors]]
* [[:Category:Bengali film directors|Bengali film directors]]
* [[:Category:Bengali singers|Bengali singers]]

==Footnotes==
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[[Category:Bollywood film clans]]
[[Category:Indian families]]
[[Category:Hindu families]]
[[Category:Bengali families]]
[[Category:Bengali male actors]]
[[Category:Bengali musicians]]
[[Category:Film producers from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Hindi-language film directors]]
[[Category:Indian male film singers]]
[[Category:Musicians from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Bengali film producers]]
[[Category:Brahmos]]
[[Category:Bengali Hindus]]
[[Category:Film directors from Mumbai]]

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