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The other Kapoor, Abraham, Dhawan: Meet Bollywood's BROTHERS

Last updated on: July 20, 2015 17:38 IST
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We'd certainly love to see more of them!

In a first, Akshay Kumar and Siddharth Malhotra star as brothers in Karan Malhotra-directed action-drama Brothers.

Produced by Karan Johar, the film is set for August 14 release.

While we can't wait to watch how the two actors play off each other in this film, here's a look at Bollywood stars and their real life brothers!

 

Photograph: Abhijit Mhamunkar

ABCD 2 star Shraddha Kapoor's elder brother Siddhanth is a fine actor in his own right.

His performance in Anurag Kashyap's hard-hitting Ugly stands out.

 

Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

Aditya Roy Kapur is the youngest brother of Disney India CEO Siddharth Roy Kapur (who is married to Vidya Balan).

The 29-year-old actor's next, Fitoor, is produced by his big brother and co-stars Katrina Kaif.

 

Photograph: Courtesy Mavcomm Consulting

John Abraham's architect brother Alan is just as dishy as his more famous elder sibling.

Look at that glorious smile and the perfect pate of salt and pepper hair!

 

Photograph: Abhijit Mhamunkar

While Varun Dhawan is busy clocking box office hits as well as critical acclaim, elder brother Rohit Dhawan scored his first hit with his debut film Desi Boyz, starring Akshay Kumar and John Abraham.

 

Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

Sonakshi Sinha is seen here with twin brothers Luv and Kush.

Kush Sinha (second from rightgot hitched to Taruna Agarwal in a glitzy ceremony in January this year.

 

Photograph: Abhijit Mhamunkar

Here's Priyanka Chopra's younger brother Siddharth with their mum Madhu.

Siddharth was studying hotel management in Switzerland till a while ago.

 

Photograph: Arpita Khan/Twitter

And what do we have here?

Why, the indomitable Khans of Bollywood!

Salman, Arbaaz, and Sohail Khan enjoy immense clout in the Hindi film industry as actors, film producers and all-round nice guys.

 

Photograph: Rediff Archives

Doesn't Aparshakti seem like he's just as fine an actor as his well known brother Ayushmann Khurrana?

Fun fact: He's a former state-level football player too and will make his acting debut as a villain!

 

Photograph: Abhijit Mhamunkar

Parineeti, who is the eldest of her parents' three kids, is seen here with brother Shivang.

In an early interview, the actress was quoted as saying that she loves to spoil her younger brothers, especially on Raksha Bandhan.

 

Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

Badlapur actress Huma Qureshi's brother Saqib Saleem has earned a lot of praise for his tremendous screen presence and deservedly so.

His turn in his first lead role, Mere Dad Ki Maruti, and follow up role in Hawaa Hawaai were much appreciated. 

 

Photograph: Pradeep Bandekar

Ash's younger brother Aditya Rai is seen here seated between dad Krishnaraj Rai and Ronnie Screwvala (in black) behind Abhishek and her at a kabaddi match last year.

Aditya produced Dil Ka Rishta, that starred Ash and Arjun Rampal and released in 2003.

 

Photograph: Sherbir Panag/Twitter

Actress, Twitter celeb, activist and politician Gul Panag has a lawyer brother, who used to be a National level shooter.

His name is Sherbir and he happens to be quite active on Twitter, just like his famous sister. 

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