Within the Indian music industry, there is a history of many members of a family over several generations all participating in the music industry. This page lists some of the more well-known such "clans". For Indian film families, see Lists of Indian film clans (For Hindi film families, see List of Hindi film clans).
The Ganguly family
Though the Ganguly family is more well known for acting rather than singing, Kishore Kumar is a legend in Indian film music.[2] His son, Amit Kumar is also a singer.[3]
The Kumar family
Gulshan Kumar was the founder of the T-Series (Super Cassettes Industries Ltd.), the best-known music label in India, and an Indian Bollywood movie producer.
- Amit Kumar (singer, son of Kishore Kumar)
- Gulshan Kumar (founder of T-Series)
- Sudesh Kumari Dua (wife of Gulshan Kumar)
- Bhushan Kumar (son of Gulshan Kumar and present producer, chairman, and managing director of T-Series)
- Divya Khosla Kumar (actress, director, and wife of Bhushan Kumar)
- Krishan Kumar (actor, brother of Gulshan Kumar, nephew of Bhushan Kumar and another present producer of T-Series)
- Tanya Dua, (actress and wife of Krishan Kumar)
- Tulsi Kumar (Singer, Daughter of Gulshan Kumar)
- Khushali Kumar (Daughter of Gulshan Kumar and another singer)
The Narayan Jha family
This family belongs to Nepal
The Shankar family
Frequently quoted as India's first family of music, the Shankar family has been in the industry for nearly a century. The family has produced a galaxy of dancers, singers, and stalwarts in various other art forms.
- Shyam Shankar Chowdhury (Impresario, introducing Indian dance and music to Britain. Patriarch of the Shankar family)[7]
- Uday Shankar (Dancer and choreographer. Son of Shyam Shankar Chowdhury)[8]
- Amala Shankar (Danseuse. Wife of Uday Shankar)[9]
- Ananda Shankar (Musician best known for fusing Western and Eastern musical styles. Son of Uday and Amala Shankar)[10]
- Tanusree Shankar (one of the leading dancers and choreographers of contemporary dance in India. Wife of Ananda Shankar.)[11]
- Sreenanda Shankar (Dancer, actress, model, makeup and lifestyle influencer. Daughter of Tanusree and Ananda Shankar)[12][13]
- Mamata Shankar (Actress. Daughter of Uday Shankar and Amala Shankar)[14]
- Ravi Shankar (Musician and composer. Son of Shyam Shankar Chowdhury)[17]
- Annapurna Devi (Surbahar player. Was married to Ravi Shankar)[18]
- Sukanya Shankar. Was married to Ravi Shankar)[20]
- Lakshmi Shankar (Hindustani classical vocalist. Sister-in-law of Ravi Shankar)[24]
