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Dimple Kapadia
Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia (born 8 June 1957) is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut at the age of 16, playing the title role in Raj Kapoor's teen romance Bobby. In that same year she married Indian actor Rajesh Khanna, and retired from acting. Kapadia returned to films in 1984 after her separation from Khanna. One of her films of that period include the drama Saagar (1985). Both films won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. Later in her career she started taking on roles in parallel films such as Drishti (1990), Lekin... (1991), and Rudaali (1993). Her performance in the latter earned her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
She was discovered by Raj Kapoor, who introduced her in his 1973 movie Bobby. She was sixteen at the time. She married actor Rajesh Khanna at the age of 16, and left the film industry to raise her children.
After Kapadia's separation, she returned to the film industry in 1984. In 1985, she appeared in the film Saagar, where she once again appeared opposite her Bobby co-star, Rishi Kapoor. The film was known for being quite controversial for several scenes featuring Kapadia, including one scene in which she was seen in a brief topless scene. Kapadia's performance as Mona D'Silva, a young woman residing in Goa, who is torn between her friend and the man she loves, won her a second Best Actress award at the Filmfare Awards. Rediff.com noted about her performance, "Dimple, caught between a friend and lover, performed solidly and memorably, grounding the two male leads and making the film work. Kapadia appeared in many movies throughout the 1980s and 1990s. In 1993, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress for her performance in Rudaali. She played an alcoholic in Dil Chahta Hai (2001). In 2005, she once again starred with Rishi Kapoor in Pyaar Mein Twist. In 2006, she appeared in her first English-language film Being Cyrus. Kapadia's more recent work includes Luck by Chance (2009).
She married actor Rajesh Khanna six months before the release of her first film, Bobby, in 1973. She then retired from acting for twelve years to raise her two daughters, Twinkle Khanna and Rinke Khanna.
Kapadia separated from Khanna in 1984. In 2010, reporter Dinesh Raheja stated that “the bitterness between Rajesh and Dimple washed away", noting that they are seen together at parties and that Dimple campaigned for Khanna's election and also worked in his film Jai Shiv Shankar. After the separation she returned to acting. Her daughters also became actresses as did her younger sister Simple Kapadia. Her daughter, Twinkle Khanna, is married to actor Akshay Kumar. She is also starring on a movie with her son-in-law Akshay Kumar in Patiala House.
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Dimple Kapadia - filmography
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Patiala House
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor
Director: Nikhil Advani
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A second-generation Sikh in London gives up his dream to save his father's reputation until he meets a girl who gives him the strength to stand up for what he believes. This cross-generation drama is about second chances.
 
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from 389 members
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Tum Milo Toh Sahi
on DVD
(2010)
Starring: Nana Patekar, Suniel Shetty, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Kabir Sadanand
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Tum Milo Toh Sahi is not just a romantic comedy... it is three unique romantic stories in one. Set in modern day Mumbai, with all the demands and pressures of city life, the film weaves together the lives of three couples who connect with each other through a series of touching and hilarious ..read more »
55%
from 113 members
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Luck by Chance
on DVD
(2009)
Starring: Hrithik Roshan, Farhan Akhtar, Rishi Kapoor
Director: Zoya Akhtar
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The fantasy sellers and the devoted audience, the insane love for cinema mixed with the eccentric notion of divinity and archaic beliefs--these are the contradictions that keep this world spinning. The stark reality of living in India juxtaposed with the fantastical world depicted on screen ..read more »
62%
from 440 members
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Pyaar Mein Twist
on DVD
(2005)
Starring: Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Hriday Shetty
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A mature love story. She was a successful businesswoman and he was a successful tycoon. Both had control of their own and other people's lives but when they met neither had control over their hearts...
60%
from 131 members
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Leela
on DVD
(2002)
Starring: Amol Mathre, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Somnath Sen
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Leela is a heartwarming story of two strangers whose paths in life cross and they walk together for a while. Watching the dying embers of her mother's funeral pyre, Leela questions her life - setting in motion events that change her irrevocably. She travels to America as a visiting professor, ..read more »
48%
from 62 members
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Gardish
on DVD
(1993)
Starring: Jackie Shroff, Suresh Obrei, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Priyadarshan
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Shiva is being groomed to become a policeman just like his father Purshottam Sathe. When his father refuses to let the son of a local MLA illegally park his car, Purshottam is transferred to the dangerous basti of Kala Chowk. When his father is beaten by henchmen of the local crimelord, Shiva steps ..read more »
52%
from 50 members
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Dil Aashna Hai
on DVD
(1992)
Starring: Jeetendra, Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Hema Malini
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Laila, brought up in a brothel, is a cabaret dancer in Digvijay Singh's five star hotel. On day her dying mother informs her that Laila is her adopted child. Laila is aided by Karan in her search for the mother. Her search leads her to Razia, who divulges that eighteen years ago, there were three ..read more »
48%
from 56 members
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Ajooba
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Rishi Kapoor
Director: Shashi Kapoor, Gennadi Vasilyev
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This is a story of Ajooba, the masked legend, who was treated as the only protector of the people of Baharistan. Ajooba is none other than Ali, the real heir to the kingdom of Baharistan. Unfortunately for Ali, when he was just born, his father and mother were overthrown by the evil designs of the ..read more »
54%
from 98 members
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Drishti
(1991)
Starring: Shekhar Kapur, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Govind Nihalani
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Sandhya and Nikhil are a happy married, urban, professional couple. Coming from middle class families, both of them have risen in their professional life by virtue of merit and hard work. But through mutual betrayal their idealic marriage begins to crumble.
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from 151 members
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Lekin
(1991)
Starring: Vinod Khanna, Manohar Singh, Sunil Advani
Director: Gulzar
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The story of an unhappy ghost, Rewa (Dimple Kapadia), who haunts the palace of Raja Param Singh of Jasod which is now government property. Samir (Vinod Khanna), the curator of a government museum, is sent to salvage the valuables in the sealed palace, where he encounters the ghost. Rewa's ability ..read more »
46%
from 9 members
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Narasimha
on DVD
(1991)
Starring: Sunny Deol, Dimple Kapadia, Urmila Matondkar
Director: N. Chandra
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Narasimha a young and captive man lives a middle class life with his family in a quite neighbourhood. He gets his beautiful sister marry to an eligible young man in there vicinity. On the occasion of his sister giving birth, he returns home to find that a conflict arise between his neighbor hood ..read more »
18%
from 5 members
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Aag Ka Gola
on DVD
(1990)
Starring: Sunny Deol, Dimple Kapadia, Archana Puran Singh
Director: David Dhawan
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After being framed for a theft he did not commit, young Shankar runs from the police, into his mother's arms, who passes away from shock after she witnesses the police arrest her son. Shankar escapes from the police and ends up working for Raja Babu, a criminal don. Years later, Shankar, who is now ..read more »
22%
from 4 members
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Ram Lakhan
on DVD
(1989)
Starring: Jackie Shroff, Anil Kapoor, Rakhee
Director: Subhash Ghai
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When Sharda's cousins murder her husband and throw Sharda and her sons out of their home, she vows to avenge her husbands death. One son, Ram, becomes a respected Police Officer, but her other son Lakhan becomes a corrupt Police Officer...
66%
from 403 members
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Kaash
(1987)
Starring: Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Makrand
Director: Mahesh Bhatt
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Ritesh (Jackie Shroff) is a film star who lives in the past. Shunned by filmmakers and hounded by creditors, he becomes an alcoholic. Pooja (Dimple Kapadia) works to support the family. Romi, their child, becomes a silent spectator to their constant fights. Alok (Anupam Kher) saves Pooja from a ..read more »
53%
from 13 members
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Janbaaz
on DVD
(1986)
Starring: Feroz Khan, Anil Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Feroz Khan
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Rana Vikram Singh (Amrish Puri) has two sons, Rajesh (Feroz Khan), a police officer and Amar (Anil Kapoor), a fun-loving playboy. Rajesh has gone through a traumatic experience of losing the girl he loved (Sridevi), when she succumbed to drug addiction. He vows to fight this menace. An underworld ..read more »
54%
from 123 members
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Saagar
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Kamal Haasan, Rishi Kapoor, Satish Kaushik
Director: Ramesh Sippy
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In a small fishing village live childhood friends, Mona D'Silva (Dimple Kapadia), and Raja (Kamaal Hasan). Mona and her dad Mr. D'Silva )Saeed Jaffrey) run a small restaurant. Raja has no family but treats Miss Joseph (Nadira) as his mother. He plans to marry Mona one day, but is afraid to tell her ..read more »
64%
from 45 members
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Arjun
on DVD
(1985)
Starring: Sunny Deol, Dimple Kapadia, Raj Kiran
Director: Rahul Rawail
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When his best friend is murdered by followers of Din Dayal Trivedi, Arjun finds himself embroiled in the murky world of politics.
54%
from 82 members
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Bobby
on DVD
(1973)
Starring: Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Premnath
Director: Raj Kapoor
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One of the best Raj Kapoor classics, Bobby is a love story of two tender young hearts caught in the flush of first love. Raj (Rishi Kapoor) eighteen, just out of school and the only son of wealthy parents, is the lonely, poor little rich boy who finds companionship and love and comfort in the ..read more »
66%
from 630 members
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Prahaar
on DVD
Starring: Nana Patekar, Gautam Joglekar, Dimple Kapadia
Director: Nana Patekar
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This is a story about an idealistic and patriotic army officer, who is shocked to see that the country he has fought for is going to the dogs. He sees politicians and thugs as worse than any outside enemy, because they are eating away at his beloved country. When one of his soldiers (crippled in ..read more »
50%
from 23 members
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Mast Kalandar
on DVD
Starring: Amrish Puri, Anupam Kher, Dharmendra
Director: Rahul Rawail
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Rai Saheb's love for his grandson forces him to accept his widowed daughter-in-law and her son back into the family. But a relative Prem is upset at the prospect of losing out on the wealth he has inherited. Guddu and his grandfather Rai Saheb escape death at the hands of Prem. They meet the steel-..read more »
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from 10 members
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Dimple Kapadia facts
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...s killed by drug peddlars. Anil Kapoor is his playboy kid brother who falls for Dimple Kapadia whose father was killed by the same drug peddlars. A thin story line which drag...
