Bachchan family
Indian film family
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The Bachchan family is a prominent Indian show business family, associated with and involved in the Hindi film industry and Indian politics.
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan
Nikhil Nanda
Kunal Kapoor
| Bachchan family | |
|---|---|
From left to right: Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan in 2007 | |
Current region | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Place of origin | Babupatti, Raniganj tehsil, Pratapgarh district, United Provinces of Agra and Oudh, British India (present-day Uttar Pradesh, India) |
| Members | Harivansh Rai Bachchan Teji Bachchan Amitabh Bachchan Abhishek Bachchan Shweta Bachchan Nanda |
Connected members | Jaya Bachchan Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Nikhil Nanda Kunal Kapoor |
Connected families | Kapoor family |
| Traditions | Hinduism |
| Estates | Jalsa Bungalow Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
Notable members of the family include actor and former politician Amitabh Bachchan, his nephew, Bhuvanesh Tripathi, his wife, actress and Rajya Sabha MP Jaya Bachchan; his parents, poet Harivansh Rai Bachchan and social activist Teji Bachchan; their daughter, author Shweta Bachchan Nanda; their son, actor Abhishek Bachchan; and Abhishek's wife, actress Aishwarya Rai. In 2007, Time listed Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aishwarya Rai on its list of most influential Indians.[1]
Overview
The Bachchan family are Indian Awadhi Hindu Chitraguptavanshi Kayasthas fluent in several Hindustani languages (Awadhi, Hindi, Urdu) as well as Persian.[2] The family also has Punjabi ethnic roots through patriarch Amitabh's mother Teji Bachchan (née Suri), who comes from a Sikh family from Lyallpur (in present-day Pakistan), and Bengali ethnic roots through Amitabh's wife, Jaya (née Bhaduri). The Bachchan family also is connected to the Mangalore region of South India through Amitabh's daughter-in-law Aishwarya Rai Bachchan who hails from the Tulu Bunt community.
The family has two houses, Jalsa and Pratiksha, in Mumbai and resides in Jalsa.[3]
Members of the Bachchan family
First generation
- Harivansh Rai Bachchan - Hindi poet, father of Amitabh and Ajitabh.[4]
- Shyama Bachchan - A social activist, first wife of Harivansh Rai Bachchan.
- Teji Bachchan - Second wife of Harivansh Rai Bachchan, mother of Amitabh and Ajitabh.[5]
Second generation
- Amitabh Bachchan - Indian actor, Harivansh and Teji's elder son.[6]
- Jaya Bachchan - Indian actress, wife of Amitabh.[7] Daughter of Tarun Kumar Bhaduri and Indira Bhaduri.
- Ajitabh Bachchan - Indian businessman, Harivansh and Teji's younger son.[8]
- Ramola Bachchan - An entrepreneur, wife of Ajitabh.
Third generation
- Shweta Bachchan Nanda - A columnist and author, Amitabh and Jaya's daughter, wife of Nikhil Nanda, a businessman, and grandson of Raj Kapoor.
- Abhishek Bachchan - Indian actor, Amitabh and Jaya's son, married to Aishwarya Rai Bachchan.
- Aishwarya Rai Bachchan - Indian actress, wife of Abhishek Bachchan.
- Nilima Bachchan - An aeronautical engineer, Ajitabh and Ramola's daughter.
- Namrita Bachchan - A painter and graphic designer, Ajitabh and Ramola's daughter
- Naina Bachchan - An investment banker, Ajitabh and Ramola's daughter, wife of Kunal Kapoor,[9] an Indian film actor.[10]
- Bhim Bachchan - An investment banker, Ajitabh and Ramola's son
Fourth generation
- Navya Naveli Nanda - An entrepreneur, Nikhil and Shweta's daughter
- Agastya Nanda - Indian actor, Nikhil and Shweta's son
- Aaradhya Bachchan - Abhishek and Aishwarya's daughter[11]
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