Born in a Gujerati-speaking family on June 8, 1957, daughter to businessman, Chunnibhai and Betty, Dimple has a younger sister, Simple, who was born on 15 August 1958.She was discovered by Raj Kapoor, who signed her up opposite his son, Rishi, in the 1973 hit ‘Bobby’. The film made Rishi and her stars overnight, at the time of the film’s she was just 16 years old.Exactly 6 months before the release of ‘Bobby’ Dimple who was a mad fan of super-star Rajesh Khanna, met and married the actor. Rajesh was 15 years older than her. After her marriage she quit films.On Rajesh’s 32nd birthday, a daughter, Twinkle nicknamed as Tina, was born to them. Then on July 27, 1977, Dimple and Rajesh became parents of Rinke, who would later also become an actress in her own right.Dimple and Rajesh separated in 1982, enabling her to make a come-back to the tinsel screen with ‘Zakhmi Sher’. She continues to act and has over 69 movies to her credit, some of them the more popular ones being ‘Saagar’, ‘Insaaf’, ‘Zakhmi Aurat’, ‘Ram Lakhan’, & ‘Batwara’.
Dimple Kapadia
Movies
Aag Ka Gola
Poverty and hunger forces young Shankar to take up employment as a mechanic. To this extent all is well for him until he is arrested by the police for a crime he did not committed; but Shankar manages to escape only to witness that his mom die of shock; unable…
Kabzaa
Ranjit Varma and his younger brother, Ravi works for a notorious criminal, Veljibhai Soda. While Ranjit is Veljibhai defense advocate; Ravi does all his unlawful activities. On one assignment where by Ravi is asked to evade Ustad Ali Mohammed from his property so that Veljibhai can take possession of it;…
Dil Chahta Hai
Three young men Akash, Sameer, and Siddharth are close friends, but their tastes and characters are completely incompatible. So when Siddharth falls in love with a much older woman, Tara, a woman who has been unsuccessful in keeping her marriage intact as well as alcohol-dependent, widens the rift between the…
Ram Lakhan
Sharda (Raakhee) vows vengeance when her husband is murdered by his two evil cousins, Bhishamber (Amrish Puri) and Bhanu (Paresh Rawal), and she and her two young sons are thrown out on the street. Those sons grow into the upstanding police officer Ram (Jackie Schroff) and the easily tempted dreamer…
Ajooba
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…
Finding Fanny
Late one night, an undelivered letter is returned to postmaster and singer Ferdinand ‘Ferdie’ Pinto. He realizes that his one true love Stefanie ‘Fanny’ Fernandes never received the marriage proposal he sent to her forty-six years earlier. Angie, a young widow and Ferdie’s dear friend suggests they go on a…
Angrezi Medium
Sapne Saajan Ke
Shalini wants her daughter, Jyoti, to get married with son of a wealthy man, Gulu. But Jyoti doesn’t like Gulu. She meets Deepak and both fall in love. Shalini approves this match of Jyoti and Deepak. But Jyoti comes to know that Deepak is not a rich boy as he…
Fugly
It is a story of 4 friends – Dev, Gaurav, Aditya & Devi. The cast is young & fresh. They are at the cusp of their lives – The college has just about finished, but career path is yet to be set. These are the last few days of true…
Batwara
In India circa after the British Rule, there is a princely family consisting of Bade Thakur (Shammi Kapoor), his sons Devan (Vijayendra Ghatge), Vikram Singh (Vinod Khanna), and a third son who is a Police Officer (Mohsin Khan). Devan is threatened by the changes taking place in India, and the…
Dabangg (2010)
Set in Uttar Pradesh, Chulbul Pandey is a young boy who lives with his mother Naini, stepfather Prajapati, and younger half-brother Makkhi. Chulbul is constantly angry that his step-father is always partial towards his own biological son. 21 years later, Chulbul is a rowdy, mischievous, and sometimes crooked cop, who…
Phir Kabhi
Hari Singh has been married to Lakshmi for about 40 years, is the father of a male child, who is employed in America, while his wife, Divya, and daughter, Sonia, live with them in a very harmonious relationship. Then Lakshmi suddenly passes away, leaving Hari alone and vulnerable. He gets…
Prahaar
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…
Fun Facts
Mother of actress Twinkle Khanna, mother-in-law of actor Akshaye Kumar Mother of actress Rinke Khanna. Grandmother of Rinke Khanna's daughter, born on October 19, 2004.
Sister of former 70s actress Simple Kapadia.
Sister of Bollywood actress Reem Kapadia. She passed away from a overdose in 1990. Many had connected her with the infamous Hinduja Flesh Trade scandal. Some reports even suggested she took own life.
An Ismaili by birth.
Manmohan Desai had signed Dimple for Roti opposite Rajesh Khanna. She opted out of the film.
She was signed for Paap aur Punya opposite Shashi Kapoor. She quit the film when she got married to Rajesh Khanna.
Went to the Fiji Islands for a stage concert in 1986. She was accompanied by Rishi Kapoor, Asrani, Prem Chopra. A young Ranbir Kapoor also came along for the trip.
Signed for Mard and Shahenshah but opted out of the film.
Was to star in the female version of Amar Akbar Anthony with sister Reem Kapadia and Salma Agha. It was to be made in Hindi as Seeta Salma Suzy and Bengali as Lakhi Durga Saraswati. The star cast was later changed to Moon Moon Sen, Sudha Chandran and Archana Puran Singh. Only the Bengali version was released.
Original name is " Dimple"" Her name Amina was given by Agha Khan's father. She never ever used this name anywhere.
Dimple was only sixteen years old when Raj Kapoor introduced her in 'Bobby' (1973). She also got married to Bollywood superstar Rajesh Khanna at the age of 16. Despite the enormous success of 'Bobby'