Family
He is an absolute family man. Married to Rabri Devi for more than four decades, Lalu's affection for his family is noticeable.
Lau and Rabri have two sons Tej Pratap and Tejasvi and seven daughters - Misha Bharti, Rohini Acharya, Chanda, Ragini, Dhannu, Hema, Lakshmi.
Lalu named his eldest daughter, Misa which was the acronym for Maintenance of Internal Security Act. Lalu was one among lakhs of people were thrown into jails without rhyme or reason during Emergency. He was in jail at the time of the birth of his daughter, hence, the name - Misa.
Lalu's son Tejasvi Yadav is a medium-pace bowler representing Jharkhand in domestic cricket. He also became a part of the Indian Premier League by joining the Delhi Daredevils n the year 2012. After his career could not take a flight in cricket, he later decided to follow his father and stepped into politics.
At Lalu's Parivartan Rally, held in May 2013, he launched his sons in the corridors of politics.
Bollywood connection
Lalu has considerable amount of fan following in Bollywood. Director Mahesh Bhatt has even once said that Lalu deserves to be the next prime minister of India.
A movie called Padmashree Laloo Prasad Yadav was released in 2004 which had Lalu made a guest appearance.