Dimple Kapadia

Acting

Dimple Kapadia

Born 1957-06-08 · Mumbai, India

Dimple Kapadia (born 8 June 1957) is an Indian film actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. She was launched by Raj Kapoor at age 16, playing the title role in his teen romance Bobby (1973). In that same year she married Indian actor Rajesh Khanna and retired from acting. Kapadia returned to the film industry in 1984, following her separation from Khanna. One of her films of that period was the drama Saagar (1985). Both Bobby and Saagar won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She went on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema in the 1980s. Initially recognized as a national sex symbol, Kapadia was keen to avoid being stereotyped and expand her range of acting roles. She subsequently took on more serious parts in a range of film genres, from mainstream to parallel cinema, and received acclaim for her performances in such films as Kaash (1987), Drishti (1990), Lekin... (1990), and Rudaali (1993), which earned her a National Film Award for Best Actress and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. She followed with supporting roles in Gardish (1993) and Krantiveer (1994), the latter of which garnered her a fourth Filmfare Award. Kapadia continued working infrequently through the 1990s and the 2000s. She played a minor part in Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and was noted for her portrayal of the title role in the American production Leela (2002). Some of her later film credits include leading roles in Hum Kaun Hai? (2004), Pyaar Mein Twist (2005), Phir Kabhi (2008) and Tum Milo Toh Sahi (2010), and supporting roles in Being Cyrus (2005), Luck by Chance (2009), Dabangg (2010), Cocktail (2012) and Finding Fanny (2014). Kapadia is the mother of Twinkle Khanna and Rinke Khanna, both former actresses.

Acting credits

Tenet poster
7.2

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Tenet

2020

Pathaan poster
6.4

A soldier caught by enemies and presumed dead comes back to complete his mission, accompanied by old companions and foes.

Pathaan

2023

Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva poster
6.3

The story of Shiva – a young man on the brink of an epic love, with a girl named Isha. But their world is turned upside down when Shiva learns that he has a mysterious connection to the Brahmāstra... and a great power within him that he doesn’t understand just yet - the power of Fire.

Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva

2022

Luck by Chance poster
6.5

Not wanting the same fate as befell her sisters, Sona Mishra re-locates to Mumbai to try to make a living making movies, but she soon finds that the path she has chosen is not an easy one.

Luck by Chance

2009

Vikram poster
6.0

Vikram, a cop who is mourning the death of his wife, is assigned to retrieve a missile. He is aided by a highly educated engineer Preethi, who holds the knowledge to disarm the weapon, in his mission.

Vikram

1986

Dil Chahta Hai poster
6.9

Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different approaches to relationships creates tension.

Dil Chahta Hai

2001

Karm Yodha poster
8.0

Sameer returns to his city and witnesses a murder. Later, he and his family are attacked thinking that the dead victim has shared a secret with him.

Karm Yodha

1992

Cocktail poster
6.1

A shy simple traditional girl leaves her family in India for her new husband in London, where she meets a shameless flirt and a complicated party girl.

Cocktail

2012

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya poster
5.9

A robotics engineer searching for his perfect partner finds himself falling in love with a human-like android.

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya

2024

Murder Mubarak poster
6.6

When a gym trainer is murdered at an elite Delhi club, a wily investigator unravels the sordid secrets of its ultrarich members to find the killer.

Murder Mubarak

2024

Tum Milo Toh Sahi poster
5.5

Tum Milo Toh Sahi is not just a romantic comedy... it is three unique romantic stories in one.

Tum Milo Toh Sahi

2010

A Thursday poster
6.7

When a kindergarten teacher takes her 16 students hostage and makes a set of demands, it not only rattles the Mumbai police and the city but also sends shockwaves through the country and its leaders as the motive behind the hostage situation is unearthed.

A Thursday

2022

Dabangg poster
5.9

A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes when he locks horns with a corrupt political leader.

Dabangg

2010

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar poster
6.3

To earn extra cash, Mickey helps couples break up — but life gets complicated when he falls for Tinni, a career woman with an independent streak.

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar

2023

Angrezi Medium poster
7.0

When his daughter decides to further her studies in London, a hardworking Haryanvi businessman does everything in power to make her dreams come true.

Angrezi Medium

2020

Narsimha poster
5.4

Narsimha a young and captive man lives a middle-class life with his family in a quiet neighbourhood. He gets his beautiful sister to marry an eligible young man in their vicinity. On the occasion of his sister giving birth, he returns home to find that conflict arise between his neighbourhood and another neighbourhood where he seek refuge in a dwelling area nearby only to return and find out that his whole family has been murder. Without no aim left in life, Narasimha decided to turn to crime and alcohol. He later decided to work for a man-call Suraj Narayan Singh. But when Suraj asks him to kill Ravi Rastogi for falling in love with his daughter, Meenu. Narasimha refuses, and on the contrary joins forces with Ravi, his sister, Anita, to force Suraj to get the young couple married. This kind of conflict escalates to such proportions that Suraj finally gets arrested and lodged in a cell.

Narsimha

1991

Ram Lakhan poster
6.6

Sharda vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber and Bhanu, and she and her two young sons are thrown out on the street. Years after their father's murder, Ram and Lakhan grow up to become policemen. Their personalities are like day and night: while one strives to do what is right, the other often makes poor choices.

Ram Lakhan

1989

Pyar Ke Naam Qurban poster
6.6

A motor mechanic, Billo Chaudhary, creates waves in the local community when he dares to play Holi with the arrogant and wealthy Rajkumari Devika Singh. When she has him beaten and imprisoned by the police, he decides to avenge this humiliation by abducting her and inviting the wrath of her brother, Yeshwant - who sexually molests local women with impunity, who wants him dead at any and all costs.

Pyar Ke Naam Qurban

1990

Dil Aashna Hai poster
7.0

A cabaret dancer who was raised in a brothel sets out to find her biological mother.

Dil Aashna Hai

1992

Bobby poster
6.1

Raja is the 18-year-old son of a wealthy Bombay businessman who suffers from his parents coldness and neglect. Shortly after finishing school he meets Bobby, the 16-year-old daughter of a poor Christian fisherman. They fall head over heels for each other, but they'll need everything they have to defend their love as their families won't accept them marrying each other...

Bobby

1973

Patiala House poster
6.1

Parghat Singh 'Gattu' Kahlon is a middle aged shopkeeper who secretly practices bowling at night in order to keep his dream of playing for England alive. Even though his family members despise him for giving up his dreams only due to his father's wish, they find a ray of hope and convince him to play for England while they plan to hide the truth from his father.

Patiala House

2011

Insaniyat Ke Dushman poster
9.0

Jagmohan, a prominent businessman with underworld dealings, approaches renowned advocate Kailash Nath, to represent his son who has been charged with murder and may face the death penalty. Kailash refuses to do so, and Jagmohan's son is hanged. Angered, Jagmohan kills Kailash's wife, Laxmi and child in front of him, and escapes. He is eventually arrested and brought to trial, but is found not guilty. Kailash decides to avenge this on his own, but Jagmohan has left the country. On his arrival back, Kailash carries out his vendetta against him, and Jagmohan is charged with killing a man, arrested, found guilty, and sentenced to die. Thus Kailash carries out his vengeance against Jagmohan. Now Kailash is faced with advocate Ajay Verma, who has molested his sister, Shilpa. Watch how Kailash's anger spotlights Ajay, and wreck havoc and chaos in his life. And there is no one on Earth who can possibly save Ajay from Kailash's wrath.

Insaniyat Ke Dushman

1987

Ajooba poster
5.6

The evil Vizier of Baharistan kills the royal family and takes power for himself. The real prince, who has survived his machinations, returns to his homeland to avenge his parents as a masked vigilante.

Ajooba

1991

Insaaf poster
6.8

When Avinash, a lecturer, punishes some of his students for misbehaving, they turn his life upside down by abducting and molesting his blind sister in order to get even with him.

Insaaf

1987