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Sibling�s actors in Bollywood is not uncommon but when it comes to three brothers and all of them actors, is rare. There have been instances where three brothers from the same parents have worked in different departments of film making.The first of such Brother,s Trio comes in our mind is Raj Kapoor,Shammi and Shashi Kapoor.The other famous Brother Trio was Dev Anand,Vijay Anand and Chetan Anand.At present Salman,Arbaaj and Suhail Khan are doing great in Bollywood.In this blog I have selected 10 of such Trio of Bollywood.

Ashok Kumar, Anoop Kumar & Kishore Kumar

The Ganguly brothers are remembered most for featuring together as brothers in the black and white madcap classic comedy 'Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi', which released in 1958. But before that the three brothers appeared in 1957 film Bandi.
Anoop Kumar and Ashok Kumar have worked jointly in 8 movies.The most popular movies of Anoop Kumar and Ashok Kumar are Clerk, Chalti Ka Naam Gadi ...Anup Kumar and Kishore Kumar have worked jointly in 4 movies.The most popular movies of Anup Kumar and Kishore Kumar are Shreeman Funtoosh (1965),Amar Prem ...., Kishore Kumar and Ashok Kumar have worked jointly in 69 movies( includes all types of association of Kishore Kumar with Ashok Kumar in movies.).The most popular movies of Kishore Kumar and Ashok Kumar are Mamta Ki Chhaon Mein, Mr. India, Qatl, Oonche Log, Duniya, Mahaan ...

Song from Chalti Ka Naam Gadi 1958

Scene from Chalti Ka Naam Gadi 1958

Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor & Shashi Kapoor

The trio who ruled the box-office in different eras. Raj tasted immense success as an actor, producer and director. Whereas Shammi became the dancing stars of the 60�s and youngest Shashi was one of the biggest stars of the 70�s.Surprisingly all the three brothers jointly never worked together in any film but the combination of 2 brothers worked in many films. Raj Kapoor and Shammi Kapoor have worked jointly in 3 films. The first film they did was Char Dil Char Rahen (1959) after that they appeared in Naseeb (1981) and in Prem Rog Shammi Kapoor acted while Raj Kapoor Directed the Film.Raj Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor have worked jointly in 2 movies.In Vakil Babu 1982 both acted while in Satyam Shivam Sundaram Shashi acted and directed by Raj Kapoor.Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor have worked jointly in 5 movies.

Song from Char Dil Char Rahen 1959

Chetan Anand, Dev Anand & Vijay Anand

After �Kapoor�s it was the �Anand� brothers who gained prominence in Bollywood. Chetan, the eldest of the three made his directorial debut with 'Neecha Nagar' which became India�s first film to win an award at Cannes. He was more into direction than acting. Dev became the evergreen hero of Indian cinema who dominated the silver screen from the 50�s to the 80�s and delivered some of the biggest hits. Vijay, gained fame more as a director than an actor with classics like 'Teesri Manzil', 'Guide', �Jewel Thief�, Tere Mere Sapne and �Johnny Mera Naam�. The Anand brothers shared screen space only once in �Kala Bazaar�.Chetan Anand and Dev Anand have worked jointly in 8 movies.They acted together in 2 films,Kinare Kinare and Kala Bazar.Vijay Anand and Dev Anand have worked jointly in 6 movies.Both of them acted in Kala Bazar and Tere Mere Sapne He was also appeared in small scene in a song of Tere Ghar Ke Samne.

Scene from Kala Bazaar 1960

Feroz Khan, Sanjay Khan & Akbar Khan

The stylish actor-director Feroz Khan was the most loved and popular among his brothers. He directed films like �Apradh�, �Dharmatma�, �Qurbani� and �Janbaaz� and acted in numerous cowboy flicks. Sanjay was also famous to a large extent by doing some memorable films like �Dosti�, �Dus Lakh�, �Ek Phool Do Maali�, �Dhund� and �Abdullah�. The youngest, Akbar couldn�t really make it big, he ended up acting in a handful of films and directing �Haadsa� and 'Taj Mahal: An Eternal Love Story', which didn't do well at the box office.All the three never worked together. Feroz Khan and Sanjay Khan have worked jointly in 3 movies.Upaasna (1971),Mela 1971 and Nagin (1976) were the films in which both acted together. Feroz Khan and Akbar Khan have worked jointly in 1 movies.The most popular movies of Feroz Khan and Akbar Khan are Anjaan Raahein

Scene from Upaasna 1971

Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan & Sohail Khan

Salman leads the pack who continues to break box-office records till date. Sohail and Arbaaz haven�t made it that big compared to Salman but both have been successful filmmakers.The trio of Khan Brothers first came in 1998 film Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya .Sohail directed Salman and Arbaaz in this film.In 2013 the trio acted together in a film Amar Akbar anthony Remake Directed by David Dhawan

Scene from Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya (1998)

Lata Mangeshkar Asha Bhonsle Usha Mangeshkar

The Mangeshkar family is a prominent Indian family, headed by Deenanath Mangeshkar. Many members of the family have been successful singers/music composers in the Hindi film industry.Lata Mangeshkar is one of the best-known and most respected playback singers in India.Asha Bhosle is equally famous and a versatile singer.Usha Mangeshkar is the youngest sister among Lata Mangeshkar, Asha Bhosle and Meena Khadikar, and elder to her music-director brother Hridaynath Mangeshkar. She came into the spotlight as a playback singer after singing some devotional songs for the low-budget movie Jai Santoshi Maa (1975), which became an all-time blockbuster.The three sisters sang few songs together,

"Khile Hai Sakhi Aaj Phoolwa" from Grasthi 1963 was the first hit song together."Humre Aangan Bagiya" from Teen Bahuraniyan was also very hit.

Song from Grasthi 1963

Song from Teen Bahuraniyan 1968

Sunny Deol Bobby Deol and Abhay Deol

It�s always family first for the Deols and actor Abhay Deol is no exception to this norm.Sunny and bobby are sons of Dharmendra and Abhay is Dharmendra's nephew.The trio never appeared in a movie together Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol have worked jointly in 12 movies.The most popular movies of Bobby Deol and Sunny Deol are Yamla Pagla Deewana, Heroes, Apne, 23rd March 1931 Shaheed, Dillagi, Aur Pyar Ho Gaya ....,

Song from Yamla Pagla Deewana

Chaman Puri, Madan Puri & Amrish Puri

Madan Puri - a known villain in the 60�s and 70�s but gradually moved to character roles.The Eldest brother Chaman was mostly seen playing father to many actors and actresses in the 50�s and 60�s. But it was Amrish who became the most popular and is remembered as one of the greatest villains of Indian cinema.Chaman Lal Puri was the eldest of the three brothers,he came first in films,he being the first cousin of the singer K. L. Saigal, with whose help he started to make a mark in Bollywood. Chaman Puri appeared in the films `Afsana` (1951), `Patang` (1960), `Phool Bane Angarey` (1963), `Bahu Beti` (1965), `Mamta` (1966), `Bombay 405 Miles` (1980) and `Aulad` (1987).Amrish Puri and Madan Puri have worked jointly in 10 movies.The most popular movies of Amrish Puri and Madan Puri are Mashaal, Hero, Andhaa Kaanoon ...

Abbas Mustan and Hussain

Abbas Burmawalla, Mustan Burmawalla, and their brother Hussain Burmawalla are from Surat in Gujrat state.The duo directed landmark Bollywood films like Khiladi, Baazigar, Soldier, Ajnabee, Baadshah, Aitraaz, Humraaz, 36 China Town, Race, Race 2 and comedian Kapil Sharma's debut movie Kis Kisko Pyaar Karoon.Abbas Mustan the two brothers are Joint Directors while the third brother is the producer.

Boney Kapoor Anil Kapoor Sanjay Kapoor

Boney is the eldest of the three brothers.He is a producer and Director,All the three never worked together in a film but Anil Kapoor has worked together with his sibling, maker Boney Kapoor, in a few effective movies like Mr. India, Judaai, No Entry and Pukar,Sanjay Kapoor was introduced by Boney Kapoor from the film Prem in 1995 which was produced by Boney.In 1999 again in Sirf Tum.

Randheer Kapoor Rishi Kapoor Chimpu Kapoor

Sons of Raj Kapoor,three never worked together in any film,Randheer and Rishi worked together in Hina,Chimpu Kapoor directed Rishi in Prem Granth

Could you believe that the Musical Journey of Kishore Kumar started with an injury.Today(4th Aug) on his 88th Birth Anniversary I will take you on the Musical Journey of Kishore Kumar.
Dadamoni Ashok Kumar the eldest brother of Kishore Da once revealed that a young Kishore had a terrible voice. But once he cut his big toe at home and the injury made him cry all the time. He would wail all day and night and, as Dadamoni put it, uska gala khul gaya.
Kishore Kumar was ecentric or unusual start from his childhood,when he was studying in a boarding school of Indore,in his hostel room's wall he scribbled Kishore's name, in his own handwriting, in his favourite style, in reverse: Ramaku Rashoki.For several years, one of the walls of his hostel room stood witness to his eccentricity.
By the time Kishore became a teenager, Dadamoni had established himself as a doyen of Hindi cinema. So, when he heard of Kishore's exploits in the college, Ashok Kumar summoned him to Bombay.Here he got an audience with Kundan Lal Sehgal,he became a big fan of Sehgal.He also started to show interest in music and often mimicked the great K.L. Saigal. Though he did not have any formal training in music, he decided to pursue it.It became his dream to become a famous playback singer and be counted among legends. He would often go to the studios and ask producers if he could sing on the movie's soundtrack.
In Ashok kumar's house where he was staying he started singing K L Sehgal's songs which were popular those days, he perfectly imitated K.L. Saigal.There is a story that the the great music composer S.D Burman had come to Ashok Kumar's house to meet up when he heard Kishore singing. He actually thought it was K.L. Saigal singing and inquired if he was there too! When he came to know that it was Kishore singing, he truly appreciated and encouraged the young lad to continue refining his voice but at the same time make his own style.
Kishore kept this advice in mind and went on develop his own signature style. He wanted to do some thing different.His elder brother Anoop Kumar gave him the records of Austrian music collections.In that collection there were records of Tex Morton and Jimmie Rodgers who were the king of Yodeling.He perfected yodeling, a unique style he heard amongst the Austrian music collections of his brother Anoop. In Hindi film industry, his yodeling turned out to be widely popular and became a trademark of Kishore Kumar.
Ashok Kumar wanted him to be an actor because singing wasn't as lucrative but Kishore Kumar wanted to be a singer.He started his cinema career as a chorus singer at Bombay Talkies under the direction of Saraswati Devi and his singing soon attracted the attention of composer Khemchand Prakash. In 1948, he was chosen by Khemchand Prakash to sing "Marne ki Duayen Kyon Mangu" in the film Ziddi starring Dev Anand. Prakash later provided Kishore Kumar his first hit with "Jagmag Jagmag Karta Nikla Chand Poonam Ka Pyara.",
After this, Kumar was offered many other assignments, but he was not very serious about a film career. In 1949, he settled in Mumbai..Kishore Kishore played the hero in the Bombay Talkies film Andolan (1951), directed by Phani Majumdar. Although he got some acting assignments with the help of his brother, he was more interested in becoming a singer.
It was S D Burman who exploited the potential of Kishore Kumar,He gave him a chance in 1950 film Pyar the song was Kachchee pakkee sadkon pe meree tumtum (from Pyar) also took him in his upcoming films Baazi and Bahar both released in 1951 in both the films he sang one song each.
Salil Chaudhary was a hit music composer those days,he refused to give Kishore Kumar chance in his films because he felt that Kishore is not a trained singer.There was a film Naukri 1954 in which Kishore was the hero Salil Da was on the point of summoning Hemant Kumar to sing Chhota sa ghar hoga in place of our already unemployed hero of Naukri: Kishore Kumar.It was only after Kishore Kumar virtually begged Salil Chowdhury to hear him out.That song was "Chhota Sa Ghar Hoga Taron Ki Chaon Mein"which became hit.
HS Rawail, who directed Kumar in Lehren, was convinced that the musicality bred into Kumar's very marrow bestowed a fantastic flair for gesture and that helped him transform from a singer who could act to a star in his own right.
The success of Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) revealed the ease with which Kumar could don the hats of singer, producer, and star but this is also one of the first films that display the rare ability which separated Kumar from all other playback singers.
In the 50s Kishore Kumar sang for Dev Anand and himself and he gave many hit songs.Some of the songs were; "Maana Janaab Ne Pukara Nahin" from Paying Guest, "Hum Hain Rahi Pyar Ke" from Nau Do Gyarah (1957), "Ai Meri Topi Palat Ke Aa" from Funtoosh, and "Ek Ladki Bheegi Bhaagi Si" and "Haal Kaisa Hai Janaab Ka" from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958). Asha Bhosle and Kishore performed duets composed by Burman including "Chhod Do Aanchal" from Paying Guest (1957), "Ankhon Mein Kya Ji" from Nau Do Gyarah (1957), "Haal Kaisa Hai Janaab Ka" and "Paanch Rupaiya Baara Aana" from Chalti Ka Naam Gaadi (1958) and "Arre Yaar Meri Tum Bhi Ho Gajab" from Teen Deviyan (1965)."Eena Meena Deeka" from Aasha (1957). Kishore Kumar's work includes "Nakhrewaali" from New Delhi (1956) by Shankar Jaikishan, "C.A.T. Cat Maane Billi" and "Hum To Mohabbat Karega" from Dilli Ka Thug (1958) by Ravi, and "Chhedo Na Meri Zulfein" from Ganga Ki Lahren (1964) by Chitragupta.
!950s and 1960s was the period in which Mohammad Rafi was on his peak,there were Mukesh ,Manna De and Talat Mehmood in the scene,Kishore was not being offered many songs.but he was giving hits in that period.Then came Aradhna in 1969 that changed the fate of Kishore Kumar.Indeed, by getting the two songs that were recorded for the film, Baaghon mein bahaar hai (with Lata Mangeshkar) and Gunguna rahe hain bhanwre (with Asha Bhosle), to be by Rafi, Dada Burman had already indicated his choice of voice for Aradhana.But this was the point at which S D Burman fell critically ill.he wanted to record the game changing song"Roop tera mastaana pyaar mera deewaana; Mere sapnon kee raanee kab aayegee too; immediately Mohammad Rafi was out On a Musical Tour outside the country and was to return after a month So Dada called Kishore to record these songs for him even that Raag Pahadi duet of Kishore with Lata, Kora kaagaz thha yeh man meraa, weren't these tunes initially envisioned, by Dada Burman, to go in the voice of Mohammed Rafi on a still-to-arrive Rajesh Khanna?Rest is history.
By the time Aradhana unfolded as S D Burman's 'second coming', Pancham was already on the verge of an individual breakthrough via Kati Patang -- via Kishore's Yeh shaam mastaanee madhosh kiye jaaye; Yeh jo mohabbat hai yeh unka hai kaam; and Pyaar deewaana hota hai mastaana hota hai -- songs released well before that Asha Parekh-Rajesh Khanna starrer hit the screen.Pancham now was clearly the coming Kishore force. The trio of Rajesh Khanna,kishore and R D Burman were out to conquer the Bollywood music.Most of the Heroes of that time 70s now asking for Kishore Kumar to sing their songs,music directors also now taking Kishore instead of Rafi,Kishore was giving hit after hit and he was at his peak,first he became the voice of Rajesh Khanna and later became the voice of Amitabh Bachchan.
1986 was a critical year for Kishore Kumar. He suffered from a heart attack. He recovered from this, but it caused him to greatly reduce his recording schedule. He planed to go into retirement and return to his birthplace of Khandwa; but this just does not seem to happen. Kishore's last recording was a playback song for Mithun Chakraborty. This was a duet with Asha Bhosle for the film "Waqt Ki Aawaz" (1988).In 1987 he suffered another massive heart attack in Bombay. He died on October 13, 1987, at the age of 58.
Here are Kishore Kumar's 20 Hit Songs of Golden Era Of Bollywood