Relationships between stars that you never knew existed ~ surprizezunltd

I know that we all know that Arbaaz Khan is Salman Khan's younger brother and there is one more younger brother to both of them whose name I do not remember and I am in no mood to google on him. But I do remember that he has a prominient nose to his face. Or for that matter everyone knows that suave Anil Kapoor has a self-obsessed self-proclaimed fashionista daughter in the name of Sonam Kapoor who is a cousin sister to two good looking men from Bollywood; who are also cousins to each other, namely Ranveer Singh and Arjun Kapoor.

NO! NO! I know that we all KNOW that stuff. So, I thought of putting together more of some data that will probably surprise you.

1. Kim Sharma and Arjun Rampal

Arjun Rampal, Kim Sharma (Photo credit: http://www.filmibeat.com)

Yes, fortunately or unfortunately they both are related to each other as "cousins." I mean literally they both are cousins. Well they are indeed first cousins as their respective mothers' are real life sisters.
Unbelievable, yes even I found it hard to believe when I read it for the first time.

2. Raveena Tandon and Gabbar's Sambha

Mac Mohan (Photo credit: www.dnaindia.com)

The actor named Mac Mohan who is famous as the Sambha from the hugely popular movie Sholay is rumored to be responsible for landing a National Award to the actress Raveen Tandon's kitty in the year 2002. If you are wondering why even for the rumors he did so; it is because he was her maternal uncle. (He died a few years back.)

Vikas Bhalla (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

3. Vikas Bhalla, Sharman Joshi and Prem Chopra

Now the question that pops up is who exactly is Vikas Bhalla before getting to know his relationship with the legendary Mr. Prem Chopra and the also popular Mr. Sharman Joshi. First things first, Vikas Bhalla is a Bollywood actor from the mid-90s who has done a movie with yesteryear actress Neelam; and then went on become a prominent name in the pop culture scene of the late 90s. Recently he was spotted doing some popular television shows and a Garnier Hair Color advert.

Now that you can recollect this good looking man, so you may also care to know that he is the son-in-law to the dashing villain from the good old days of Bollywood - Mr. Prem Chopra.

And yes, ditto for Sharman Joshi. He is also a son-in-law to Mr. Chopra and that makes both Joshi and Bhalla related as brothers-in-law!

4. Rajat Bedi and Tulip Joshi

Tulip Joshi (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Rajat Bedi (Photo credit: http://www.indya101.com)

Though both the names here seem not so familiar, still one can clench some memory muscles to recollect Tulip Joshi as one of the 3 actresses in a Shahid Kapoor starrer movie which also happened to be the debut vehicle of Soha Ali Khan. Currently I got no idea where is she and what she must be doing, but all I care to tell you is that she is sister-in-law to a good looking Gladrags Man Hunt winner called Rajat Bedi. Bedi has acted in a lead role with non other than Tabu in a movie called 2001: Do Hazaar Ek before moving on to become a side-villian in numerous movies like Partner and Jodi No. 1.

It is interesting to note that both the sister-in-law and brother-in-law duo are shy and and have hardly given any press interviews or done anything significant to haggle the limelight towards them.

5. Hrishikesh Mukherjee and Tupur/Tapur

Almost a decade and a half back there was a twin-sister duo who were the darlings of modelling industry. They were the famous and cute Chaterjee sisters with even cuter names - Tupur and Tapur.

Tupur Tapur (Photo credit: http://www.seasonsindia.com/)

Though they never made an entry into the Bollywood circuits even when they happened to be maternal grand daughters to the veteran director of yesteryear cinema Mr. Hrishikesh Mukherjee. Mr. Mukherjee is synonym with cut classics like Chupke Chupke, Anand and Guddi to name a few. Some people are just too above the petty wants of life like money and glamour.

6. Om Puri and Annu Kapoor

Wow. Are these two also related? Yes, they both are ex-brothers-in-law. Annu Kapoor's sister was once married to Om Puri. So that makes a connection between these two veteran actors.

7. Raghu Ram and Sugandha Garg

Raghu Ram and Sugandha Garg (Photo credit: Wikipedia)

Raghu Ram we are all familiar as one of the bald bully masters from Roadies. Though which one amongst the two is not sure since both of them are identical twins. Probably the apparent difference between the two is of a familiar wife. I mean all I know is one of them is married to a lady named Sugandha Garg. Ms. Garg is the sweet lady from the movie Jaane Tu... Ya Jaane Na, who plays Ms. Congeniality to the leading lady of the movie - Genelia D' Souza.

Yes, I also wondered how come seemingly aggressive people get such seemingly coy partners?

Yes, and I also wonder how come my highly data-centric (read eccentric) part of the brain, and the not-so-well practiced mnemonics over these years collaborated to come up with the following post. Hope it did not get boring with my detail oriented style of writing. I also hope it was a little more entertaining than all the cumulative entertainment that all these Bollywood stars have brought in their combined careers.

Let me know if there are more relations in Bollywood that I am yet to know about.

Till then sit back, read it again, and get unlimited surprises. Enjoy.