This article lists notable families in Marathi cinema whose members, across multiple generations or through close familial relationships, have been involved in various film-related professions, including acting, directing, producing, and music. Several of these families are also connected to one another, as well as to prominent families in Hindi and other Indian film industries.
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Apte family
Shanta Apte — actress and singer; regarded as one of the "great singing stars" of Indian cinema before the playback singing era Nayana Apte Joshi — actress and singer; daughter of Shanta Apte; recipient of the Padma Shri; worked in Marathi, Hindi and Gujarati films, theatre and television
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Bandekar family
Aadesh Bandekar — actor and producer Suchitra Bandekar — actress and producer; wife of Aadesh Bandekar Soham Bandekar — actor; son of Aadesh and Suchitra Bandekar Pooja Birari — actress; wife of Soham Bandekar
Berde family
Ravindra Berde (1945–2023) — actor; elder brother of Laxmikant Berde Laxmikant Berde (1954–2004) — actor; "Superstar of Marathi Cinema"; part of the 1980s–90s Marathi comedy quartet with Sachin Pilgaonkar, Mahesh Kothare and Ashok Saraf; also worked in numerous Hindi films Ruhi Berde (d.1998) — actress; first wife of Laxmikant Berde Priya Berde (née Priya Arun) — actress; second wife of Laxmikant Berde; co-founded the production house Abhinay Arts with him; daughter of Marathi theatre actress Lata Arun and director Arun Karnataki Abhinay Berde — actor; son of Laxmikant and Priya Berde Swanandi Berde — actress; daughter of Laxmikant and Priya Berde Purshottam Berde (b. 1959) — playwright and director; cousin-brother of Laxmikant Berde; directed the hit play Tur Tur (1983–84), in which Laxmikant first gained recognition
Bhende family
Prakash Bhende (1942–2025) — actor, director, producer and painter Uma Bhende (1945–2017) — actress and producer; founder of Shri Prasad Chitra; daughter of playwright Shrikrishna Sakarikar and Prabhat Film Company employee Ramadevi; married to Prakash Bhende Prasad Bhende — cinematographer; known for films such as Duniyadari (2013), Mitwaa (2015) and Gharat Ganpati (2024); son of Prakash and Uma Bhende Shweta Mahadik — actress; wife of Prasad Bhende Prasanna Bhende — executive producer; son of Prakash and Uma Bhende; married to Kimaya Bhende
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Damle family
Vishnupant Govind Damle (1892–1945) — production designer, cinematographer, sound engineer and director; co-founded Prabhat Film Company in 1929; co-directed Sant Tukaram (1936), one of the first Indian films to receive international recognition. Vasantrao "Pandit" Damle (1928–2015) — son of Vishnupant Damle; worked as a child actor in Prabhat films including Sant Tukaram and Kunku; author of a memoir on Prabhat's history Anantrao Damle — son of Vishnupant Damle; worked to repurchase and preserve original Prabhat film prints after the studio closed Anil Anant Damle — produced the 2011 National Award–winning documentary Vishnupant Damle : The Unsung Hero Of Talkies, about his grandfather
Deo family Ramesh Deo and Seema Deo were a leading acting couple of Marathi and Hindi cinema, and their sons have carried the family's presence in film into acting and direction.
Ramesh Deo (1929–2022) — actor, director and producer; worked in over 285 Hindi films, 190 Marathi films and 30 Marathi stage plays Seema Deo (née Nalini Saraf; 1942–2023) — actress; appeared in over 80 Marathi and Hindi films Ajinkya Deo — actor; elder son of Ramesh and Seema Deo; leading Marathi film star of the 1980s–90s; Aarti Deo — wife of Ajinkya Deo Arya Deo — actor; son of Ajinkya and Aarti Deo Tanya Deo — daughter of Ajinkya and Aarti Deo Abhinay Deo — film and television director; younger son of Ramesh and Seema Deo; directed Delhi Belly (2011) and Game (2011) Smita Deo — chef; wife of Abhinay Deo Yug Deo — son of Abhinay and Smita Deo
Deshmukh family
Vatsala Deshmukh (1930–2022) — actress; sister of Sandhya Shantaram (see Shantaram family) Ranjana Deshmukh (1952–2000) — actress, one of the leading stars in the late 1970s and 1980s; daughter of Vatsala Deshmukh; niece of V. Shantaram and Sandhya Shantaram
Deshpande–Subhash–Kulkarni family
Govind Purushottam Deshpande (1938–2013) — playwright and scholar Sudhanva Deshpande — theatre director, actor and publisher (LeftWord Books); son of Govind Purushottam Deshpande Jyoti Subhash — actress; younger sister of Govind Purushottam Deshpande; widow of Subhashchandra Dhembre Amruta Subhash — actress; daughter of Jyoti Subhash and Subhashchandra Dhembre Sandesh Kulkarni — director, writer and actor; married to Amruta Subhash; brother of Sonali Kulkarni Sonali Kulkarni — actress and columnist; regarded as one of the most accomplished actresses in Marathi cinema; sister of Sandesh Kulkarni Chandrakant Kulkarni — film and theatre director; first husband of Sonali Kulkarni Nachiket Pantvaidya — media and entertainment executive and producer; second husband of Sonali Kulkarni
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Gokhale family (of Mohan Gokhale)
Mohan Gokhale (1953–1999)— actor Shubhangi Gokhale — actress; wife of Mohan Gokhale Sakhi Gokhale — actress; daughter of Shubhangi and Mohan Gokhale Suvrat Joshi — actor; known for Goshta Eka Paithanichi; husband of Sakhi Gokhale
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Jog family
Shanta Jog (1925–1980) — stage actress Anant Jog — actor, known for his villainous roles; son of Shanta Jog Ujwala Jog — actress; wife of Anant Jog Kshitee Jog — actress and producer; co-founder of Chalchitra Mandalee; daughter of Anant and Ujwala Jog Hemant Dhome — actor, director and writer; co-founder of Chalchitra Mandalee; husband of Kshitee Jog
Joglekar family
Vasant Joglekar — director and producer Sumati Gupte-Joglekar — actress, producer and writer; wife of Vasant Joglekar
Joshi–Saraf family
Gajanan Joshi — actor Vimal Joshi — stage actress; wife of Gajan Joshi Nivedita Saraf (née Joshi) — actress; daughter of Gajan and Vimal Joshi; one of the leading actresses of Marathi cinema during the 1980s and 1990s Ashok Saraf — actor; husband of Nivedita Saraf; regarded as the "Mahanayak" of Marathi cinema; member of the Marathi comedy quartet of the 1980s and 1990s
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Kamat–Gokhale family
Durgabai Kamat — actress; regarded as the first female actress of Indian cinema; married to Anand Nanoskar Kamlabai Gokhale (née Kamat) — actress; one of the first female child actors of Indian cinema; daughter of Durgabai Kamat and Anand Nanoskar; married to Raghunathrao Gokhale Chandrakant Gokhale — actor and singer; son of Raghunathrao and Kamlabai Gokhale; married to Hemavati Gokhale Vikram Gokhale — actor, worked in Marathi and Hindi films; son of Chandrakant and Hemavati Gokhale Vrushali Gokhale — actress, worked in films like Aaj Jhale Mukt Mi (1986) and Aaghaat (2010); wife of Vikram Gokhale Daughters: Aasavari and Neha Lalji Gokhale — tabla player; second son of Raghunathrao and Kamlabai Gokhale Suryakant Gokhale — tabla player; third son of Raghunathrao and Kamlabai Gokhale
Karnataki family Master Vinayak (Vinayak Damodar Karnataki) was one of the major actor-director-producers of 1930s–40s Marathi and Hindi cinema, and stood at the centre of a large network of related film families (see also Pendharkar family and Shantaram family below, to which the Karnatakis are related by blood and marriage).
Master Vinayak (Vinayak Damodar Karnataki; 1906–1947) — actor, director and producer; introduced Lata Mangeshkar to films in Pahilee Mangalagaur Half-brothers: Baburao Pendharkar and Bhalji Pendharkar (see Pendharkar family below) Brother: Vasudev Karnataki — cinematographer Arun Karnataki — director; son of Vasudev; nephew of Master Vinayak and first cousin of Nanda and Jaiprakash Karnataki Lata Arun (née Lata Kale) — Marathi theatre actress; wife of Arun Karnataki Priya Berde — actress; daughter of Arun and Lata (see Berde family above) Maternal cousin: V. Shantaram (see Shantaram family below) Wife: Sushila Karnataki (née Salgaokar) Daughter: Nanda (Nandini Karnataki; 1939–2014) — leading Hindi and Marathi actress of the 1950s–70s; began as a child artist under the screen name “Baby Nanda” and received her breakthrough role in Toofan Aur Deeya (1956), directed by her uncle V. Shantaram. Son: Jaiprakash Karnataki — Marathi film director and producer; married to actress and dancer Jayshree T. Swastik Karnatki — director; son of Jaiprakash Karnataki Karann Gurbaxani — director; grandson of Jaiprakash Karnataki Shreyas Talpade — actor and producer; related to the family through his maternal aunt, Jayshree T. Sister-in-laws: Keshar Salgaonkar and Indira Wadkar — actresses Niece (by marriage): Hansa Wadkar (1923–1971) — actress; one of the leading actresses of Marathi and Hindi cinema during the 1940s and 1950s; daughter of Sushila Karnataki's brother.
Kher family
Usha Kiran ("Usha Marathe") — actress; married to Manohar Kher Advait Kher — model; son of Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher; married to Uttara Kher, model and Miss India World. Saunskruti Kher — daughter of Advait and Uttara Kher Saiyami Kher — actress; daughter of Advait and Uttara Kher Tanvi Azmi (née Kher) — actress; daughter of Usha Kiran and Manohar Kher; married to cinematographer Baba Azmi (see Akhtar–Azmi–Kher family)
Khote family
Durga Khote (1905–1991) — actress; one of the pioneering actresses of Indian cinema; married to Vishwanath Khote Bakul Khote — son of Durga Khote Harin Khote — son of Durga Khote Vijaya Mehta (1934–2026) — film and theatre director and actor; wife of Harin Khote Ravi Khote — actor, director and playback singer; son of Harin and Vijaya Mehta Deven Khote — film producer, director, and entrepreneur; co-founder of UTV Software Communications; son of Harin and Vijaya Mehta Farrokh Mehta — theatre personality; second husband of Vijaya Mehta Anahita Uberoi — actor and director; daughter of Vijaya Mehta and Farrokh Mehta Nandu Khote — stage and silent film actor; brother-in-law of Durga Khote Shubha Khote (b.1937) — actress, director, and producer; daughter of Nandu Khote Bhavana Balsavar — actress; daughter of Shubha Khote Viju Khote (1941–2019) — actor; son of Nandu Khote
Kothare family
Ambar Kothare (d.2023) — experimental theatre artist, stage actor and film producer; co-founded the theatre company Artist Combine with his wife Saroj Kothare ("Jenma"; d.2023) — colorist and producer; co-founded Artist Combine with husband Mahesh Kothare — actor, director and producer; son of Ambar and Saroj Kothare; pioneer of technical innovation (Dolby sound, 3D) in Marathi cinema; founder of Kothare Vision Neelima Kothare — wife of Mahesh Kothare Adinath Kothare — actor and director; son of Mahesh and Neelima Kothare. Urmila Kothare (née Kanetkar) — actress and Kathak dancer; married Adinath in 2011. Jija Kothare (b. 2018) — daughter of Adinath and Urmila Kothare
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Lagoo family (of Reema Lagoo)
Reema Lagoo (née Nayan Bhadbhade; 1958–2017) — actress in Marathi and Hindi theatre, film and television; daughter of stage actress Mandakini Bhadbhade; married to Vivek Lagoo Vivek Lagoo (1953–2025) — actor and director; married to Reema Lagoo Mrunmayee Lagoo — actress and theatre director; daughter of Reema and Vivek Lagoo
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Mahajani family
Ravindra Mahajani — actor and director; popularly known as the "Vinod Khanna of Marathi cinema" for his personality and screen presence; married to Madhavi Mahajani Gashmeer Mahajani — actor, choreographer and theatre director; son of Ravindra and Madhavi Mahajani
Mangeshkar–Kolhapure family
The Mangeshkars are primarily known as a musical family but have deep and direct connections to Marathi cinema through stage and playback work; the Kolhapure sisters, related to them by blood, are a prominent acting family further connected, through marriage, to the Kapoor family of Hindi cinema.