
Cast
Dimple Kapadia
Acting
Cast
Dimple Kapadia
Known for
Acting
Born
1957-06-08
From
Mumbai, India
Also known as डिम्पल कपाड़िया, 딤플 카파디아
Biography
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.

Tenet
as Priya

Cocktail 2

Pathaan
as Nandini

Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar
as Renu Arora

Brahmāstra Part One: Shiva
as Savitri Devi

Cocktail
as Kavita Kapoor

Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya
as Urmila Shukla

Laawaris
as Kavita Saxena

Ladaai
as Billoo

Dabangg
as Naini

Dabangg 3
as Naini Devi Pandey

Welcome Back
as Poonam

Luck by Chance
as Neena Walia

Dil Chahta Hai
as Tara Jaiswal

Murder Mubarak
as Cookie Katoch

Angrezi Medium
as Mrs. Kohli

Bobby
as Bobby J. Braganza

Batwara

Janbaaz
as Reshma Rai

Ram Lakhan
as Geeta Kashyap

Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain
as Devyani

Ajooba
as Rukhsana Khan

Vikram
as Inimaasi Princess of Salamia

Zakhmi Aurat
as Kiran Dutt

Insaniyat Ke Dushman
as Shilpa

Finding Fanny
as Rosalina 'Rosie' Eucharistica

Patiala House
as Guneet Kahlon a.k.a. Bebe

A Thursday
as Prime Minister Maya Rajguru

Zakhmi Sher
as Advocate Anu Gupta

Kaash
as Pooja

Drishti
as Sandhya

Sapne Saajan Ke
as Dimple

Krantiveer
as Megha Dixit

Jumbo
as Devi

Gardish
as Shanti

Arjun
as Geeta Sahani

Kabzaa
as Doctor Smita

Aitbaar
as Neha Khanna

Tum Milo Toh Sahi

Prahaar
as Kiran

Allah Rakha
as Julie Khera

Dil Aashna Hai
as Barkha

Jab Khuli Kitaab
as Anusuya

Aag Ka Gola

Aakhri Adaalat
as Sub-Inspector Rima Kapoor

Angaar
as Mili

Rudaali
as Shanichari

Saazish
as Meena

Manzil Manzil
as Seema Malhotra

Narsimha
as Anita V. Rastogi

Saagar
as Mona D'Silva

Gunaah

Mrityudaata
as Mrs. Janki Ghayal

Insaaf
as Sonia/Dr. Sarita

Sikka

2001: Do Hazaar Ek
as Roshni Sharma

Pyar Ke Naam Qurban
as Rajkumari Devika Singh

Banaras
as Gayatri

Bees Saal Baad
as Nisha

Shehzaade
as Aarti

Phir Kabhi
as Ganga

Gunahon Ka Faisla
as Durga/Shanu

Leela
as Leela

Dushman Devta

Being Cyrus
as Katy Sethna

Lava
as Rinku Dayal

Mast Kalandar

Kali Ganga

Lekin...
as Reva

Agnichakra
as Rani

Mahaveera

Pyaar Mein Twist
as Sheetal Arya

Haque
as Varsha B. Singh

Aaj Kie Aurat
as Inspector Roshni Verma / Rajni

Go Noni Go
as Noni

Ganga Tere Desh Mein
as Princess

Karm Yodha
as Namita

Khoon Ka Karz

Touhean

Hum Kaun Hai
as Sandra Williams

Mera Shikaar

Gollu Aur Pappu

Pati Parmeshwar

The Confined
as The Woman
