A Chip off the old block - Is it all in the genes ?

There is a proverb and a popular saying Like father like son or like mother like daughter...That seems to be true of these following father-son duo from the star crowd both Bollywood,hollywood and other rich and famous people around the world
http://idiva.com/photogallery-entertainment/10-celebrities-who-are-a-chip-off-the-old-block/22184/2

The person who post it forgot first family of Bollywood. PrithviRaj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor. Four generation :cheer:

Bollywood gives good actors but rarely outsiders get any proper opening to score well and settled inside this industry, some outsiders are still there, but only family matters.

It can't be generalized . The present craze despite old age Amitabh hasn't got any family support. And he's on top despite many actors gained entrance through their family support.

The same can be said of Shah Rukh Khan as well, who came up on his own...

You can add Naseeruddin shaw.

Yes of course , one of my favorite actors too.. Some or all the top old actors like Dev Anand,Dilip Kumar, Balraj Sahni and even later ones like Dharmendra, Sunil dutt etc made it on their own...

Honestly I don't subscribe to this proverb at all. In fact what we have been witnessing are completely absurd efforts at promotion of ordinary sons and daughters or other relatives by their celebrated parents or others which have been producing disastrous consequences.

Honestly I don't subscribe to this proverb at all. In fact what we have been witnessing are completely absurd efforts at promotion of ordinary sons and daughters or other relatives by their celebrated parents or others which have been producing disastrous consequences.

True ! This is happening everywhere in politics and films, thankfully not so much in sports ....

There is a proverb and a popular saying Like father like son or like mother like daughter...That seems to be true of these following father-son duo from the star crowd both Bollywood,hollywood and other rich and famous people around the world
http://idiva.com/photogallery-entertainment/10-celebrities-who-are-a-chip-off-the-old-block/22184/2

The person who post it forgot first family of Bollywood. PrithviRaj Kapoor, Raj Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor and Ranbir Kapoor. Four generation :cheer:

Thats true, if they have not been remembered in the article it is probably because they are all different in their own way and have developed their own individual styles..

Ranbir Kapoor is a good actor, and he is the odd man out as his fore fathers are actors too.

Dev Ananad too had a son who tried to come into films but did not succeed since he did not have the required personality and more importantly was compared with his dashing father ...


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Actually many filmstars' kids don't have either looks or personality for becoming a star in the film. Jackie Shroff's son Tiger Shroff is new face in 2013. I doubt if he is good. There are many more who entered Bollywood in 2013.

Actually many filmstars' kids don't have either looks or personality for becoming a star in the film. Jackie Shroff's son Tiger Shroff is new face in 2013. I doubt if he is good. There are many more who entered Bollywood in 2013.

There is nothing wrong in seeking stardom. Especially for star family members. If they are really talented they shine without any assistance.

Actually many filmstars' kids don't have either looks or personality for becoming a star in the film. Jackie Shroff's son Tiger Shroff is new face in 2013. I doubt if he is good. There are many more who entered Bollywood in 2013.

There is nothing wrong in seeking stardom. Especially for star family members. If they are really talented they shine without any assistance.

Yes the Deols and Kapoors are good examples of this.

I have seen Jonny Lever's daughter. She acts well in comedy circus. She is carrying out the trend of comedy nicely just like her father.

I have seen Jonny Lever's daughter. She acts well in comedy circus. She is carrying out the trend of comedy nicely just like her father.

Mumtaz ali, a dance director of yesteryears, had a son and daughter. They are Mehmood and his sister Minoo Mumtaz. Both of them proved to good actors and dancers.

Helen is the second wife of Salim who is Salman Khans father.Salim was a actor when he joined films, acting in small time films like Bachpan and then in side roles Teesri Manzil, deewana etc , later he joined with Javed Akhtar and stsrted writing scripts for films and they were extremely successful.Formed a team with Amitabh bachan in the kate seventies and eighties...

Helen is the second wife of Salim who is Salman Khans father.Salim was a actor when he joined films, acting in small time films like Bachpan and then in side roles Teesri Manzil, deewana etc , later he joined with Javed Akhtar and stsrted writing scripts for films and they were extremely successful.Formed a team with Amitabh bachan in the kate seventies and eighties...

There is a talk in Bollywood that in the successful team of Salim - Javed, salim's role was a non-descript and it was mainly due to the contribution of Javed, the team succeeded. Later it resulted in a rift in the team. That's why we see Javed is still active and Salim has gone in to oblivion.