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).
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]
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.
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]
Saluri Koteswara Rao, widely known as
Koti,
composer, multi-instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of S. Rajeswara Rao.
Roshan Saluri,
composer, singer-songwriter, actor, and son of Saluri Koteswara Rao.
The Susarla Family
Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Sr.
composer, multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer.[35]
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).
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]
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.
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]
Saluri Koteswara Rao, widely known as
Koti,
composer, multi-instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, actor, and music producer, son of S. Rajeswara Rao.
Roshan Saluri,
composer, singer-songwriter, actor, and son of Saluri Koteswara Rao.
The Susarla Family
Susarla Dakshinamurthi Sastry Sr.
composer, multi instrumentalist,
conductor singer-songwriter, and music producer.[35]