Date of Birth (Birthday): 8 June, 1957
Zodiac Sign: Gemini
Hair Color: Black
Birth Place: India
Marital Status: Divorced
Languages: Hindi, English
Contact Address: Samudra Mahal, Birla Lane, Juhu, Mumbai 400 049
Family Background
Sister(s): Simple Kapadia
Ex-Spouse: Rajesh Khanna
Daughter: Twinkle Khanna, Rinke Khanna
Film Background (Filmography)
Debut Film: Bobby
Famous Movies: Pyaar Mein Twist, Being Cyrus, Hum Kaun Hai, Leela, Dil Chahta Hai, Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain, Laawaris, 2001, Agni Chakra, Mrityudaata, Share Bazaar, Antareen, Krantiveer, Pathreela Raasta, Gardish, Aaj Kie Aurat, Gunaah, Rudaali, Dil Aashna Hai, Karm Yodha, Angaar, Ranbhoomi, Dushman Devta, Ajooba, Haque, Khoon Ka Karz, Mast Kalandar, Narasimha, Prahaar: The Final Attack, Lekin, Pyaar Ke Naam Qurban, Aag Ka Gola, Drishti, Jai Shiv Shankar, Kali Ganga, Pati Parmeshwar, Ladaai, Shehzaade, Sikka, Batwara, Touhean, Action, Ram Lakhan, Ganga Tere Desh Mein, Zakhmi Aurat, Mahaveera, Aakhri Adaalat, Bees Saal Baad, Gunahon Ka Faisla, Kabzaa, Mera Shikar, Saazish, Vozvrashcheniye Bagdadskogo vora, Kaash, Insaaniyat Ke Dushman, Insaaf, Janbaaz, Allah Rakha, Vikram, Arjun, Aitbaar, Lavaa, Pataal Bhairavi, Saagar, Manzil Manzil, Zakhmi Sher, Bobby
Latest Movies: Being Cyrus
Debut (1973)
Kapadia once said she had always had aspirations to become an actress when she was a child, calling herself "film-crazy".[6] She was discovered at age 13 by Raj Kapoor, who later introduced her in his 1973 teen romance Bobby. While the film was to be Kapoor's son Rishi Kapoor's first leading role, Kapadia was given the title role of Bobby Braganza, a middle-class Anglo-Indian Christian girl.[7]
The story follows how Bobby falls in love with Raj (Rishi), the son of a
wealthy businessman, and how the two face the disapproval of their
parents. Bobby was a major mainstream and critical success, and Kapadia was lauded for her performance, which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (tied with Jaya Bhaduri for Abhimaan).[8]
In later years Kapadia would credit Raj Kapoor for her development as
an actress: "the sum total of me today as an actress, whatever I am, is
Raj Kapoor."[6] Several of her lines in the film became popular, particularly, "Mujhse dosti karoge?" ("Will you be my friend?").[7] In 2008, Rediff.com
ranked her performance in the film as the fourth-best female debut of
all-time in Hindi cinema: "An elfin little girl with big, lovely eyes,
nobody quite portrayed innocence as memorably as Dimple in her first
outing. She was candid, striking, and a true natural ... here was a girl
who would redefine glamour and grace, and make it look very, very easy
indeed."[9] Following the success of the film, Kapadia's modern wardrobe and hairstyle in Bobby, consisting of "knotted polka-dotted blouse and earphone hairstyle", made her a youth fashion icon of the times in India.[7] Consequently polka-dotted dresses were often referred to as 'Bobby Print'.[10] Bhawana Somaaya of The Hindu credits Kapadia as starting film memorabilia merchandising in India.[11] Mukesh Khosla of The Tribune reported that Bobby established her as a "cult figure" as she led the fashion trends.[12] By the time Bobby released, Kapadia had married actor Rajesh Khanna in March 1973 at the age of 16, and left the film industry to raise her children.[7]
Comeback and work in the 1980s
After Kapadia's separation from Khanna in 1982, she was keen on
returning to acting, which she ultimately did in 1984. Along with Rekha and Sridevi, she would go on to become one of three leading commercial actresses in India in the 1980s.[3] Kapadia accredited the reason for her return was because of a personal need to prove to herself her own capabilities.[6] The first film she worked on was Saagar, directed by Ramesh Sippy, after a mutual friend had notified Sippy about her willingness to return to acting.[13]
She first performed a screen test, which according to her was very
unsuccessful as she was extremely nervous and "literally shivering"
while making it. To her surprise, Sippy ultimately signed her on to play
the lead part opposite her Bobby co-star Rishi Kapoor.[6]
Scripted with her in mind, the film was intended to be her comeback
vehicle, but its one-year delay meant that several of her proceeding
projects would be released before, the first of which was Zakhmi Sher (1984).[14] Saagar
eventually premiered in August 1985 and was controversial for several
scenes featuring Kapadia, including one scene in which she was seen
topless for a split second.[15] The film was a critical success and was eventually chosen as India's official entry to the Oscars that year.[16] Kapadia's performance as Mona D'Silva, a young woman from Goa who is torn between her friend (Kamal Haasan) and the man she loves (Kapoor), won her a second Best Actress award at the Filmfare Awards. A review by Asiaweek labelled her "a delight".[17]
Rediff.com noted, "Dimple, caught between a friend and lover, performed
solidly and memorably, grounding the two male leads and making the film
work."[2] A 1993 issue of India Today
wrote, "Saagar was in many ways a paean to her incredible beauty. She
looked ravishing: auburn hair, classical face, deep eyes, an aura of
sensuality. It was clear she was back."[18]
In 1984 she had a role opposite Sunny Deol in Manzil Manzil, a drama directed by Nasir Hussain.
She later said making the film was "one big picnic", though she
expressed her lack of comfort performing the "routine song-and-dance"
nature of the part.[6] Kapadia's first film of 1985 was Mukul Anand's Aitbaar, a Hitchcockian thriller for which she received positive reviews.[6]
Speaking of her performance, she said that during shooting she was "a
bag of nerves", which eventually ended up working "to my advantage as it
lent my performance the right shade of tautness, without my realising
it."[13] Among other films released that year, Kapadia was paired up with Sunny Deol in Arjun, an action film directed by Rahul Rawail and scripted by Javed Akhtar.[19]
Feroz Khan's Janbaaz
(1986) told the story of a man fighting the drug menace. The film
became known for its steamy love scene involving Kapadia and male lead Anil Kapoor, in which the two also shared a full on kiss, something Hindi movie-goers were not accustomed to in those days.[20] In that same year she acted opposite Saagar co-star Kamal Haasan in her first regional film, Vikram,
a Tamil-language sci-fi feature. She played the minor part of Inimaasi,
a young princess who falls for the title character, played by Haasan.[21] At that time, she also worked in numerous Hindi films made by producers from the South, including Pataal Bhairavi,
which she detested. She has confessed to accepting these roles for
financial gain rather than artistic merit during this period, noting, "I
shudder even now when I think of those films. As an artiste I got
totally corrupted."[6]
Awards
- National Film Awards
- 1993 – National Film Awards for Best Actress, Rudaali[45]
- Filmfare Awards
- 1973 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress, Bobby[97]
- 1985 – Filmfare Award for Best Actress, Saagar[98]
- 1993 – Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress, Rudaali.[99]
- 1994 – Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, Krantiveer[99]
- Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
- 1991 – Best Actress, Drishti[100]
- Other awards
- 1993 – 8th Damascus International Film Festival, Best Actress, Rudaali[101]
- 1993 – 38th Asia Pacific Film Festival, Best Actress, Rudaali[101]
Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 | Bobby | Bobby J. Braganza | Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| 1984 | Zakhmi Sher | Anu Gupta | |
| 1984 | Manzil Manzil | Seema Malhotra | |
| 1985 | Aitbaar | Neha Khanna | |
| 1985 | Lavaa | Rinku Dayal | |
| 1985 | Arjun | Geeta Sahani | |
| 1985 | Pataal Bhairavi | Yaskankya | |
| 1985 | Saagar | Mona D'Silva | Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| 1986 | Vikram | Princess Inimaasi | Tamil film |
| 1986 | Janbaaz | Reshma Rai | |
| 1986 | Allah Rakha | Julie Khera | |
| 1987 | Insaniyat Ke Dushman | Shilpa | |
| 1987 | Insaaf | Sonia/Dr. Sarita | |
| 1987 | Kaash | Pooja | |
| 1988 | Saazish | Meena | |
| 1988 | Mera Shikar | Bijli | |
| 1988 | Gunahon Ka Faisla | Shanu/Durga | |
| 1988 | Bees Saal Baad | Nisha | |
| 1988 | Aakhri Adaalat | Rima Kapoor | |
| 1988 | Kabzaa | Dr. Smita | |
| 1988 | Mahaveera | Dolly | |
| 1988 | Zakhmi Aurat | Kiran Dutt | |
| 1988 | Ganga Tere Desh Mein | Princess | |
| 1989 | Ram Lakhan | Geeta Kashyap | |
| 1989 | Action | ||
| 1989 | Touhean | Deepika Srivastava | |
| 1989 | Batwara | Jinna | |
| 1989 | Sikka | Shobha | |
| 1989 | Shehzaade | Aarti | Uncredited |
| 1989 | Ladaai | Billoo | |
| 1990 | Pati Parmeshwar | Durga | |
| 1990 | Kali Ganga | ||
| 1990 | Jai Shiv Shankar | ||
| 1990 | Aag Ka Gola | Aarti | |
| 1990 | Pyar Ke Naam Qurbaan | Rajkumari Devika Singh | |
| 1990 | Lekin... | Reva | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| 1990 | Drishti | Sandhya | |
| 1991 | Prahaar: The Final Attack | Kiran | |
| 1991 | Naramsimha | Anita V. Rastogi | |
| 1991 | Mast Kalandar | Prit Kaur | |
| 1991 | Haque | Varsha B. Singh | |
| 1991 | Khoon Ka Karz | Tara K. Lele | |
| 1991 | Dushman Devta | Gauri | |
| 1991 | Ajooba | Rukhsana Khan | |
| 1991 | Ranbhoomi | Prostitute | |
| 1992 | Karm Yodha | Namita | |
| 1992 | Angaar | Mili | |
| 1992 | Dil Aashna Hai | Barkha | |
| 1993 | Rudaali | Shanichari | National Film Award for Best Actress Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress |
| 1993 | Gunaah | Kavita Sharma | |
| 1993 | Aaj Kie Aurat | Roshni Verma | |
| 1993 | Gardish | Shanti | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1994 | Pathreela Raasta | Gayatri Sanyal | |
| 1994 | Krantiveer | Megha Dixit | Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 1994 | Antareen | The Woman | Bengali film |
| 1997 | Share Bazaar | Special appearance | |
| 1997 | Agni Chakra | Rani | |
| 1997 | Mrityudata | Mrs. Janki Ghayal | |
| 1998 | 2001: Do Hazaar Ek | Mrs. Roshni Sharma | |
| 1999 | Laawaris | Mrs. Kavita Saxena | |
| 1999 | Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain | Devyani | |
| 2001 | Dil Chahta Hai | Tara Jaiswal | |
| 2002 | Leela | Leela | |
| 2004 | Hum Kaun Hai? | Sandra Williams | |
| 2005 | Pyaar Mein Twist | Sheetal Arya | |
| 2006 | Being Cyrus | Katy Sethna | |
| 2006 | Banaras - A Mystic Love Story | Gayatri | |
| 2008 | Phir Kabhi | Ganga | |
| 2008 | Jumbo | Devi (Voice-over) | |
| 2009 | Luck by Chance | Neena Walia | Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress |
| 2010 | Tum Milo Toh Sahi | Delshad Nanji | |
| 2010 | Dabangg | Naini P. Pandey | |
| 2011 | Patiala House | Mrs. Kahlon | |
| 2012 | Bombay Mittayi | Mrs. Mansoor | Malayalam film |
| 2012 | Cocktail | Kavita Kapoor | |
| 2012 | Jab Tak Hai Jaan | Cameo Role |
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