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Dimple Kapadia
Born: 8th Jun 1957 Mumbai, India
Dept: Acting
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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Film and Tv Credits
Total number of credits listed: 87
Film: 85 (98%)
Television: 2 (2%)
Remaining genres not in graph: Mystery, Music
Filmography
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Luv Ranjan & Kartik Aaryan Next ... view
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Original title: जब खुली किताब
2024
When Anusuya confesses to her husband, Gopal, that she cheated on him with another man a few months into their five decade-long marriage, all hell bre ... view
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Anusuya
2024
Middle-aged Noni finds unexpected joy when she develops feelings for her younger yoga instructor Anand, causing friction with her free-spirited sister ... view
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Noni
Original title: मर्डर मुबारक
2024
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. ... view
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Cookie Katoch
Original title: तेरी बातों में ऐसा उलझा जिया
2024
A robotics engineer searching for his perfect partner finds himself falling in love with a human-like android. ... view
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Urmila Shukla
May 2023 (first aired)
Savitri, the matriarch of a massive cartel in the lawless Borderlands, opens up a battle for succession to find her heir in a murky world of drugs and ... view
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Savitri "Rani Baa" (8 ep.)
Original title: तू झूठी मैं मक्कार
2023
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. ... view
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Renu Arora
Original title: पठान
2023
A soldier caught by enemies and presumed dead comes back to complete his mission, accompanied by old companions and foes. ... view
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Nandini
Original title: ब्रह्मास्त्र पहला भाग: शिवा
2022
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 ... view
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Savitri Devi
2022
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 send ... view
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Prime Minister Maya Rajguru
Jan 2021 (first aired)
Tandav is the coming together of different worlds under the gamut of politics. It is a dramatic take of the powerplay between people at the highest le ... view
Character:
Anuradha Kishore (9 ep.)
2020
Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of internation ... view
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Priya
Original title: अंग्रेजी मिडीयम
2020
When his daughter decides to further her studies in London, a hardworking Haryanvi businessman does everything in power to make her dreams come true. ... view
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Mrs. Kohli
Original title: दबंग्ग ३
2019
Chulbul Pandey, the playful and fearless inspector, returns once again in a face-to-face with Balli Singh, a criminal whose antics annoy and who distu ... view
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Naini Devi Pandey
2015
A pair of reformed gangsters try to find a husband for their newly discovered sister, but complications arise due to mistaken identities. ... view
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Poonam
2014
Two innocent brothers are assigned a mission by a terrorist to detonate a bomb. ... view
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2014
Five friends from Goa get lost during a journey to discover the lot of the childhood sweetheart of an old postman. ... view
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Rosalina 'Rosie' Eucharistica
Original title: कॉकटेल
2012
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 ... view
Character:
Kavita Kapoor
2011
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 ali ... view
Character:
Guneet Kahlon a.k.a. Bebe
Original title: दबंग्ग
2010
A troubled relationship with his younger half-brother and stepfather compels Chulbul Pandey to become a corrupt but fearless cop whose life changes wh ... view
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Naini
2010
Tum Milo Toh Sahi is not just a romantic comedy... it is three unique romantic stories in one. ... view
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2009
Phir Kabhi tells the story of two high school sweethearts who rekindle their romance at a school reunion decades later at their old age. ... view
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Ganga
2009
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 p ... view
Character:
Neena Walia
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Devi
2006
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 h ... view
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Gayatri
2005
The Sethnas are a Parsi family that reside in the hills of Panchgani. When the bizarre Cyrus comes into their lives, it is soon revealed that things a ... view
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Katy Sethna
2005
With their respective children's' marriages about to take place, two middle-aged single parents fall in love. ... view
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Sheetal Arya
2004
Dimple Kapadia, Amitabh Bachchan and Moushumi Chatterjee star in this eerie mystery. The film centers on the Williams family -- mother Sandra and her ... view
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Sandra Williams
2002
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 Ind ... view
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Leela
Original title: दिल चाहता है
2001
Three inseparable childhood friends are just out of college. Nothing comes between them - until they each fall in love, and their wildly different app ... view
Character:
Tara Jaiswal
1999
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. Dev ... view
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Devyani
1999
Laawaris is a 1999 Indian film directed by Shrikant Sharma. It stars Jackie Shroff, Akshaye Khanna, Dimple Kapadia and Manisha Koirala. ... view
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Kavita Saxena
1998
Following the brutal slaying of a call-girl named Julie in Bombay city, two police inspectors, namely Anil Sharma and Rajat Bedi, are assigned to inve ... view
Character:
Roshni Sharma
1997
Dr Ram Prasad Ghayal lives happily with his wife and brother Bharat, who is an engineer. Later, Bharat dies after he is falsely accused of a murder. D ... view
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Mrs. Janki Ghayal
1997
Amar lives a middle-class life with his Police Inspector brother, Suryaveer, and sister-in-law, Beena. Suryaveer is assigned to handle the task of app ... view
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Rani
1994
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 ... view
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Megha Dixit
Original title: অন্তরীণ
1993
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 yo ... view
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The Woman
1993
A doctor finds an injured man and saves his life. But, the man has lost his memory. He sets out in search of his past and the people responsible for h ... view
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Original title: गर्दिश
1993
Naive and easily impressionable Vidya Bhalla would like her husband to be a dashing hero, one who is not afraid of anybody, one who can easily jump in ... view
Character:
Shanti
1993
Inspector Roshni is falsely implicated in a murder for trying to arrest a politician's son. A lawyer offers to fight for Roshni in court but betrays h ... view
Character:
Inspector Roshni Verma / Rajni
Original title: रुदाली
1993
Shanichari is a beautiful girl born in lower cast and her life is full of sufferings because of lower cast, poor finances, lost parents, drunken husba ... view
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Shanichari
Original title: दिल आशना है
1992
A cabaret dancer who was raised in a brothel sets out to find her biological mother. ... view
Character:
Barkha
1992
Unemployed and branded a trouble-maker, Jaikishan lives a poor lifestyle in a slum-area called Asha Colony, very near Andher's Lokhandwala Complex alo ... view
Character:
Mili
1992
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 ... view
Character:
Dimple
1992
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. ... view
Character:
Namita
1991
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 ... view
Character:
Anita V. Rastogi
1991
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 h ... view
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Rukhsana Khan
1991
Shiva is an escaped convict who is looking for a suitable place to hide from the police. His adventures lead him to end up in a rural region which hap ... view
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1991
Three orphans are arrested for committing multiple crimes. During their trial, they start recounting the story of the lives and how tough times forced ... view
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1991
Widower Rai Bahadur Pratap Singh is disappointed when he wants to marry someone poor. Pratap instructs him to forget about his love-life, his son refu ... view
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1991
In the wake of a horrible accident that caused the death of her unborn child, a grieving woman demands that her high-profile politician husband do eve ... view
Character:
Varsha B. Singh
Original title: प्रहार
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 t ... view
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Kiran
Original title: दृष्टि
1990
Sandhya and Nikhil have been married for eight years and live a wealthy lifestyle in Bombay, along with a daughter, Rashmi. However, their lives chang ... view
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Sandhya
Character:
Original title: लेकिन...
1990
Samir Niyogi lives in India and is assigned by the Government to travel to Rajasthan, evaluate a princely castle that once belonged to Raja Param Sing ... view
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Reva
Original title: प्यार के नाम कुर्बान
1990
A motor mechanic, Billo Chaudhary, creates waves in the local community when he dares to play Holi with the arrogant and wealthy Rajkumari Devika Sing ... view
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Rajkumari Devika Singh
1989
Young Shankar is framed for a theft he did not commit. He escapes from police and runs into his mother's arms. When Shankar's mother sees Shankar bein ... view
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1989
When Sunderdas is murdered, before dying he accuses Dindayal. As a result Dindayal is arrested, prosecuted in Court by Shakuntala Devi, found guilty a ... view
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Billoo
1989
Suraj Singh lives with his widowed mother in a small hut in a Bombay city slum. He cannot stand injustice in any form and manner, and this places him ... view
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Aarti
1989
Two close and very wealthy friends, Vijay and Pranlal, decide to cement their friendship to a relationship when Vijay proposes marriage on behalf of h ... view
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1989
Amidst the fall of princely states in post-independence India, the friendship between Vikram, who comes from an aristocratic family, and a peasant is ... view
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1989
Sharad is so committed to his job it creates obstacles for his personal relationships ... view
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1989
An evil spirit plots to possess a young, newly-married woman by driving nails into her legs. ... view
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Nisha
1989
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 ... view
Character:
Geeta Kashyap
1988
Inspector Ajay lives with his widowed mother in a city in India. He has been assigned the task of bringing in notorious bandit and gangster named Cobr ... view
Character:
Princess
Original title: ज़ख्मी औरत
1988
Two seasoned criminals, Sukhdev and Suryakant rape inspector Kiran Dutt, a hardworking police officer. However, they get acquitted due to lack of evid ... view
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Kiran Dutt
1988
Choudhary and a group of goons and loot and kill people. Birju, Sheru and their twin sisters, Shanu and Durga fall prey to this group. ... view
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Durga/Shanu
1988
Anand Kumar is a honest middle-class man, who lives with his sister, Geeta. When Geeta goes missing, Anand at first contacts the police. When the poli ... view
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Meena
Original title: आखिरी अदालत
1988
Inspector Amar Kaushal attempts to incarcerate wrong-doers in his society only lead to frustration when they are let off by the incompetence of the la ... view
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Sub-Inspector Rima Kapoor
1988
Ranjit Verma is lawyer to criminal Veljibhai who gets involved with Ranjit's brother, Ravi. Veljibhai, with the help of Ravi, tries to steal the prope ... view
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Doctor Smita
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1987
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 naiv ... view
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Pooja
1987
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 ... view
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Sonia/Dr. Sarita
1987
Jagmohan, a prominent businessman with underworld dealings, approaches renowned advocate Kailash Nath, to represent his son who has been charged with ... view
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Shilpa
1986
Karim Khan is employed as driver for a gangster named Don, who has an accident with his car, and asks Karim to take the blame for it for a hefty sum o ... view
Character:
Julie Khera
1986
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 h ... view
Character:
Reshma Rai
Original title: விக்ரம்
1986
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 t ... view
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Inimaasi Princess of Salamia
Original title: सागर
1985
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 ... view
Character:
Mona D'Silva
1985
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 fi ... view
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Geeta Sahani
1985
An ex-tennis pro carries out a plot to murder his wife. When things go wrong, he improvises a brilliant plan B. ... view
Character:
Neha Khanna
1985
The mother of Amar (Rajiv Kapoor) has long believed that water will be the cause of her son's death, so when she meets Rinku (Dimple Kapadia), the gir ... view
Character:
Rinku Dayal
1984
Vijay Kumar, a diligent army major, is forced to marry Lala's mentally challenged daughter. He is dragged into an unjust legal system where he has to ... view
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Advocate Anu Gupta
Original title: मंज़िल मंज़िल
1984
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 ... view
Character:
Seema Malhotra
1973
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 ... view
Character:
Bobby J. Braganza