Ramsarni Mehra Kapoor
Ramsarni Mehra Kapoor wiki, date of birth, husband, family, education, religion, caste & more

Biography | |
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Name | Ramsarni Kapoor |
Full Name | Ramsarni Mehra Kapoor (रामसरनी मेहरा कपूर) |
Birth Name | Ramsarni Mehra |
Nickname | Chaiji |
Famous for | Being Prithviraj Kapoor's wife |
Date of Birth | December 25, 1908 |
Date of Death | June 14, 1972 (aged 64 years) |
Reason of Death | Cancer |
Nationality | Indian![]() |
Religion | Hinduism |
Ethnicity | South Asian |
Caste | Khatri |
Mother Tongue | Punjabi |
Zodiac | Sagittarius |
Height | in centimeters- 160 cm in meters- 1.60 m in Feet Inches- 5ft 3in |
Eye Colour | Black |
Hair Colour | Black |
Family and Marriage Details | |
Marital Status | Married |
Husband/Spouse | Prithviraj Kapoor![]() |
Marriage Date | 1923 |
Children | |
Son(s) | Raj Kapoor Shashi Kapoor Shammi Kapoor Devi Kapoor (died in infancy) Nandi Kapoor (died in infancy) |
Daughter(s) | Urmila Sial |
Parents | |
Father | Kishore Mehra |
Mother | Not Known |
Sibling(s) | |
Brother(s) | Jugal Kishore Mehra |
Cousin(s) | Vishwa Mehra |
Other Relative(s) | |
Nephew(s) | Pinchoo Kapoor Vijay Kapoor (Trilok Kapoor's son) Vicky Kapoor (Trilok Kapoor's son) Subbiraj Kakkar (Kailash Kakkar's son) |
Grandson(s) | Randhir Kapoor (Raj Kapoor's son) Rishi Kapoor (Raj Kapoor's son) Rajiv Kapoor (Raj Kapoor's son) Aditya Raj Kapoor (Shammi Kapoor's son) Karan Kapoor (Shashi Kapoor' son) Kunal Kapoor (Shashi Kapoor' son) Jatin Sial (Urmila Sial's son) Mandhir Siyal (Urmila Sial's son) |
Granddaughter(s) | Ritu Kapoor Nanda (Raj Kapoor's daughter) Rima Kapoor Jain (Raj Kapoor's son) Kanchan Desai (Shammi Kapoor's daughter) Sanjana Kapoor (Shashi Kapoor' daughter) Preeti Sial Grover (Urmila Sial's daughter) Anuradha Sial Kheta (Urmila Sial's daughter) Namita Sial Kapur (Urmila Sial's daughter) |
Father-in-law | Dewan Basheswarnath Kapoor |
Son-in-law(s) | Charanjit Sial (Urmila Sial's husband) |
Daughter-in-law(s) | Krishna Malhotra Kapoor (Raj Kapoor's wife) Geeta Bali (Shammi Kapoor's wife) Neila Devi (Shammi Kapoor's wife) Jennifer Kendal (Shashi Kapoor' wife) |
Brother-in-law(s) | Trilok Kapoor (Prithviraj Kapoor's brother) Lt.Col Ramesh Kapoor (Prithviraj Kapoor's brother) Vishwanath (Vishi) Kapoor (Prithviraj Kapoor's brother) Amarnath Kapoor (Prithviraj Kapoor's brother) |
Sister-in-law(s) | Kailash Kakkar (Prithviraj Kapoor's sister) Shanta Kapoor Dhawan (Prithviraj Kapoor's sister) Prem Mehra (Prithviraj Kapoor's sister) |
Education Details | |
School | Private School |
College | Not Attended |
Educational Qualification | High School |
Other Details | |
Alternate Names | Rama Prithviraj Kapoor |
Ramsarni Mehra Kapoor also known as Ramsarni Kapoor was the wife of Prithviraj Kapoor and mother of Raj Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor and Shashi Kapoor. | |
She was born on December 25, 1908 in a punjabi family. Her brother Jugal Kishore Mehra was also an actor. She lost her parents when she was very young. | |
Ramsarni Mehra got married at the age of 15 to the 17-year-old Prithviraj Kapoor in a match arranged by their parents. The couple had 6 children: 5 sons Raj Kapoor, Devi Kapoor, Nandi Kapoor, Shammi Kapoor, Shashi Kapoor and a daughter Urmila Sial. | |
In 1931, She lost her second and third son within the span of a week. Devi Kapoor died of double pneumonia and Nandi Kapoor passed away a week later when he accidentally swallowed rat poison pills. | |
She was addressed as Chaiji, which means mother in punjabi. | |
Her husband Prithviraj Kapoor was the pioneer of the film industry and theatre and is considered to be one of the founding figures of Hindi cinema. | |
Both Ramsarni and her husband Prithviraj Kapoor were both suffering from cancer and died about a fortnight apart. Prithviraj died on 29 May 1972 and Ramsarni died on 14 June 1972 at the age of 64 due to cancer. |