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Dimple Kapadia

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 sep... more

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.

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Finding Fanny
(2014)
Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Five friends from Goa get lost during a journey to discover the lot of the childhood sweetheart of an old postman.
Runtime:
102 min
5.8
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Being Cyrus
(2005)
Comedy, Drama, Thriller
The Sethna family resides in the hills of Panchgani. A retired sculptor Dinshaw heads the family of Dinshaw's wife Katy , brother Farokh, sister-in-law Tina and second brother Fardoonjee . When the bizarre Cyrus comes into their lives, it is soon revealed that things aren't quite right with the Sethna family
Runtime:
90 min
Director:
Homi Adajania
Cast:
Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Saif Ali Khan, Boman Irani, Simone Singh
7.3
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Dil Chahta Hai
(2001)
Drama, Romance
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.
Runtime:
183 min
Director:
Farhan Akhtar
Cast:
Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni
8.1
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Ajooba
(1991)
Action, Adventure, Fantasy
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 Vazir. Ali survived as destined and wa...
Runtime:
178 min
5.0
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Dabangg
(2010)
Action, Comedy, Crime
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.
Runtime:
130 min
Director:
Abhinav Kashyap
Cast:
Salman Khan, Sonakshi Sinha, Arbaaz Khan, Sonu Sood, Vinod Khanna
6.3
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Angaar
(1992)
Action, Drama
Unemployed and branded a trouble-maker, Jaikishan lives a poor lifestyle in a slum-area called Asha Colony, very near Andher's Lokhandwala Complex along with his sister, Seema; mom and dad. He comes to the rescue of a homeless orphan, Mili, who suffers from a deep inferiority complex, and permits her to live with his family. Brutally o...
Runtime:
161 min
6.6
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Narsimha
(1991)
Action
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 ref...
Runtime:
186 min
Director:
N. Chandra
Cast:
Sunny Deol, Dimple Kapadia, Urmila Matondkar, Om Puri
5.6
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Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain
(1999)
Romance
Devyani is a woman's activist, and a social worker, living in Bombay for several years. She has a younger sister, Radhika, who is of marriage age. Devyani would prefer Radhika be independent, financially and otherwise, rather than be dependent on a male. When Rahul Kumar comes to live in the neighborhood, he is instantly attracted to R...
5.4
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Leela
(2002)
Drama, Romance
Leela is the story of Leela, an aware, liberal woman who struggles with the true meaning of independence. It is also the story of Krishna, born of Indian parents in America but uncomfortable with his hyphenated existence. Leela then is a universal story of two paths that cross each other and pause a moment before moving on.
Runtime:
97 min
Cast:
Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Amol Mhatre
6.9
67%
53
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Luck by Chance
(2009)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
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.
Runtime:
155 min
Director:
Zoya Akhtar
Cast:
Farhan Akhtar, Konkona Sen Sharma, Hrithik Roshan, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia
7.1
80%
58
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Kaash
(1987)
Drama
Bollywood actor Ritesh and Pooja are married and live a fairly wealthy lifestyle. When he ventures to produce a film, a huge risk considering his naivety, results in financial losses, which they have to make good by selling all their personal properties, vehicles, and belongings. They re-locate to live in a small flat, and Ritesh loses...
Runtime:
140 min
6.6
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Cocktail
(2012)
Comedy, Drama, Romance
A love triangle between a guy and two girls, who are best friends but the complete opposite of one another.
Runtime:
146 min
Director:
Homi Adajania
Cast:
Deepika Padukone, Saif Ali Khan, Randeep Hooda, Diana Penty, Boman Irani
6.2
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The Confined
(1993)
Drama
The mistress of a wealthy man, alone in her huge apartment and terribly lonely, phones strangers in the middle of the night. One night she phones a young writer, and as the days pass and the conversations continue a relationship forms between two people who've never seen each other.
Runtime:
91 min
Director:
Mrinal Sen
Cast:
Anjan Dutt, Dimple Kapadia, Tathagata Sanyal
7.5
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N/A
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Patiala House
(2011)
Drama
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...
Runtime:
140 min
Director:
Nikhil Advani
Cast:
Akshay Kumar, Anushka Sharma, Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia
5.9
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Prahaar
(1991)
Prahaar is the story of Major Chavan, a tough and stern soldier, trained to destroy the enemy. He can see the enemy on our borders but is unaware of the invisible enemy within ourselves. When one of Major's Commandos - Peter D'Souza is killed, he is shown the harsh reality revolving around us, the enemy is within ourselves. The battlef...
Runtime:
166 min
Director:
Nana Patekar
Cast:
Makrand Deshpande, Madhuri Dixit, Gautam Joglekar, Dimple Kapadia, Jahangir Khan
8.0
N/A
N/A
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Bobby
(1973)
Drama, Romance
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'...
Runtime:
168 min
Director:
Raj Kapoor
Cast:
Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Prem Nath, Durga Khote, Pran
7.1
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Pyar Ke Naam Qurbaan
(1990)
Action, Crime, Drama
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 loca...
Runtime:
134 min
Director:
Babbar Subhash
Cast:
Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia, Mandakini, Danny Denzongpa, Yunus Parvez
6.0
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N/A
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Ram Lakhan
(1989)
Action, Drama
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. Those sons grow into the upstanding police officer Ram and the easily tempted dreamer Lakhan. If the family is to be avenged, Ram will have to lead his brother away from the path...
Runtime:
174 min
6.8
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Krantiveer
(1994)
Action, Crime, Drama
Lack-lustred and alcoholic Pratap Narayan Tilak is given a rude awakening when he meets with journalist Megha Dixit, and decides to instill some sense of justice and fair play within his community, and get them to assertively defend their rights and freedom. He is met with strong resistance, both from within his very own community, the...
Runtime:
159 min
7.4
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Gollu Aur Pappu
(2014)
Two innocent brothers are assigned a mission by a terrorist to detonate a bomb.
Runtime:
112 min
Cast:
Kunaal Roy Kapur, Vir Das, Dimple Kapadia, Sandeepa Dhar, Shobhita Rana
4.5
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Saagar
(1985)
Drama, Romance
Raja, a fisherman is secretly in love with Mona. When wealthy Ravi comes to live with his grandmother, Kamladevi, he sees Mona and falls in love with her. Mona also reciprocates his love. Raja is devastated by this turn of events. But when Kamladevi gets to know that Ravi is seeing Mona, she puts pressure on Mona to give up Ravi and ma...
Runtime:
186 min
7.2
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N/A
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Jumbo
(2008)
Jumbo, a young elephant, embarks on a journey to find his father
Director:
Kompin Kemgumnird
Cast:
Akshay Kumar, Lara Dutta, Rajpal Yadav, Dimple Kapadia, Yuvraj Singh
6.0
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Janbaaz
(1986)
Action, Crime, Romance
Rana Vikram Singh has two sons, police officer Rajesh and fun-loving playboy Amar. Rajesh has gone through a traumatic experience of losing the girl he loved when she succumbed to drug addiction. He vows to fight this menace.
Runtime:
175 min
Director:
Feroz Abbas Khan
Cast:
Feroz Khan, Anil Kapoor, Amrish Puri, Dimple Kapadia, Sridevi Kapoor
6.2
N/A
N/A
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Vikram
(1986)
Action, Adventure, Science Fiction
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.
Runtime:
138 min
Director:
Rajasekar
Cast:
Kamal Haasan, Ambika, Dimple Kapadia, Charu Haasan, Delhi Ganesh
7.4
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Arjun
(1985)
Action, Drama, Romance
Mr. Malwankar lives a small tenement in Grant Road, Bombay, with his son, Arjun, daughter, Sudha, and wife, Rukmini, who is his second wife, as his first wife passed away. Although he is well past his retirement age, he continues to work for an abusive employer, Ashok. Arjun's attempts at seeking employment are all in vain. One day whe...
7.3
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Dil Aashna Hai
(1992)
Romance
A cabaret dancer who was raised in a brothel sets out to find her biological mother.
Runtime:
164 min
4.9
N/A
N/A
Banaras
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Banaras
(2006)
Drama
Banaras: A Mystic Love Story is the name of an Indian Bollywood film directed by Pankaj Parashar released in 2006. The film takes place in the Hindu holy city of Varanasi (the city, once known as Banaras, serves as a destination for the pilgrimage of millions of Hindu worshippers annually) and is centered around the relationship of a y...
Director:
Pankaj Parashar
Cast:
Urmila Matondkar, Dimple Kapadia, Naseeruddin Shah, Ashmit Patel, Raj Babbar
6.3
N/A
N/A
Arasan - The Don
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Arasan - The Don
(2009)
Action, Drama
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Manzil Manzil
(1984)
Drama, Family
Mr. Malhotra has an only daughter named Seema. He would like Seema to marry Pawan, the son of Gautam. Seema is receptive to this, and even arranges to meet with Pawan. While traveling alone one day in the country side, Seema meets up with Vijay, and both fall in love. Unknown to both, Mr. Malhotra has been approached by an internationa...
Runtime:
160 min
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Phir Kabhi
(2009)
Drama, Romance
Phir Kabhi tells the story of two high school sweethearts who rekindle their romance at a school reunion decades later at their old age.
Cast:
Mithun Chakraborty, Dimple Kapadia, Rati Agnihotri
7.0
N/A
N/A
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Zakhmi Aurat
(1988)
Action
Two seasoned criminals, Sukhdev and Suryakant rape inspector Kiran Dutt, a hardworking police officer. However, they get acquitted due to lack of evidence. Kiran with support from her fiance Suraj, brings together rape victims from all over the country and chalks out a plan to help them avenge their rape. Will Kiran be able to do justi...
Director:
Avtar Bhogal
Cast:
Dimple Kapadia, Raj Babbar, Anupam Kher, Rama Vij, Aruna Irani
6.7
N/A
N/A
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Mrityudaata
(1997)
Action, Drama, Music
Dr Ram Prasad Ghayal (Amitabh) is a surgeon whose scalpel proves to be a magic wand. He has a wife called Janaki (Dimple) and a brother called Bharat. Bharat is in love with a dancing doll Renu (Karishma) whom the baddie's brother (Deepak Tijouri) also loves. Bharat, an architect refuses to sign a power project involving heavy kickback...
Runtime:
167 min
Director:
Mehul Kumar
Cast:
Amitabh Bachchan, Dimple Kapadia, Karisma Kapoor, Paresh Rawal, Mukesh Rishi
2.6
N/A
N/A