Bigg Boss 16: From Sumbul Touqeer's father being a choreographer to Priyanka Chahar and Nimrit Kaur's Army dads; Take a look at these contestants' family backgrounds

These Bigg Boss 16 contestants come from some interesting backgrounds. From Army to Business, take a look at your favourite contestants' family backgrounds:

Hasan Touqeer Khan, Sumbul Touqeer's father, is an artistic choreographer in the Indian television industry. He has worked on a number of dance shows. She is being raised by a single parent. Sumbul began her career as a child artist and became a household name with the show Imlie.

Inside the house, rapper MC Stan is doing well. His father is a police officer with the Maharashtra Police. Altaf Shaikh is his real name and the rapper comes from Pune. The rapper owns jewellery worth crores that he is often seen wearing.

Mahavir Chahar, Priyanka Chahar Choudhary's father, was a Captain in the Indian Army. She has five brothers and sisters. She is currently the primary breadwinner in her family. The actress takes care of all the needs of her brothers and family, she began her career with music videos and went on to do daily soaps.

Abdu Rozik is from Tajikistan's Gishdarva. He is their most famous International celebrity. Before his son became famous, Abdu Rozik's father, Savriqul Muhammad, worked as a gardener. Abdu had a difficult childhood.

Shiv Thakare is from the Maharashtra town of Amravati. Shiv Manoharrao Uttamrao Zhinguji Ganuji Thakare is his full name. His father ran a paan business in the city. He now lives a more peaceful life because both his children are doing well. Shiv used to help his father in the early days and he even did those day jobs like delivering milk and newspaper, his aspirations made him enter the reality shows and there has been no looking back to him.

Nimrit Kaur Ahluwalia comes from a well-off family. Surpal Singh served in the Indian Army, and her mother Inderpreet Kaur is a school principal. Nimrit studied law and began her career as a model and later went on to acting.

Soundarya Sharma belongs to an affluent family. Her father is a dentist by practice while her mom is a school teacher. Soundarya is from New Delhi. Soundarya is also a dentist turned actress and she has also practiced dentistry for sometime and later ventured into acting.

Shalin Bhanot's father Brij Mohan is a known businessman and his mother Sunita Bhanot is a housewife. Shalin has two siblings Rahul Bhanot and Shweta Bhanot Nagpal. Shalin began his career with the reality show Roadies and went on to get a big break in Television.