Dimple Kapadia
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Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia (born 8 June 1957) is an Indian film actress. She made her acting debut at the age of 16, playing the title role in Raj Kapoor
's teen romance Bobby
(1973). In that same year she married Indian actor Rajesh Khanna
, and retired from acting. Kapadia returned to films in 1984 after her separation from Khanna. One of her films of that period include the drama Saagar
(1985). Both films won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
Acknowledged as a sex symbol, Kapadia was keen on expanding her range. Later in her career she took on more serious roles in parallel films
and received acclaim for her performances in such films as Kaash
(1987), Drishti
(1990), Lekin... (1991), and Rudaali
(1993), which earned her a National Film Award for Best Actress
and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
. She followed it with supporting roles in Gardish
(1993) and Krantiveer
(1994), and won a fourth Filmfare Award for the latter.
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 Pyaar Main Twist (2005), Phir Kabhi
and Tum Milo Toh Sahi
(2010),
and supporting roles in Being Cyrus
(2005), Luck by Chance
(2009), Dabangg
(2010) and Patiala House
(2011).
Kapadia is the mother of Twinkle Khanna
and Rinke Khanna
, both of whom had worked in films before settling down.
, who introduced her in his 1973 teen romance Bobby
. While the film was to be Kapoor's son Rishi Kapoor
's first leading role, Kapadia was given the title role of Bobby Braganza, a middle-class Anglo-Indian
Christian girl. The story follows how Bobby falls in love with Raj (Rishi), the son of a wealthy businessman, and how the two face the disapporoval of their parents.
Bobby was a major mainstream and critical success, and Kapadia was lauded for her performance, which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (tied with Jaya Bhaduri for Abhimaan). Several of her lines in the film became popular, particularly, "Mujhse dosti karoge?" ("Will you be my friend?"). In 2008, Rediff.com ranked her performance in the film as the fourth best female debut of all-time in Hindi cinema: "An elfin little girl with big, lovely eyes, nobody quite portrayed innocence as memorably as Dimple in her first outing. She was candid, striking, and a true natural... here was a girl who would redefine glamour and grace, and make it look very, very easy indeed."
Following the success of the film, Kapadia's modern wardrobe and hairstyle in Bobby, described as "knotted polka-dotted blouse and earphone hairstyle", made her a youth fashion icon of the times. V S Srinivasan noted, "the sensuous ingenue with her short skirts and the ill-concealed bosom had quite a few hearts thumping away faster." According to Bhawana Somaaya from The Hindu
, with this film Kapadia "started the trend of merchandising film memorabilia".
By the time Bobby released, Kapadia had married actor Rajesh Khanna
in March 1973 at the age of 16, and left the film industry to raise her children.
After Kapadia's separation, she returned to the film industry in 1984. In 1985, she appeared in the film Saagar
, where she once again appeared opposite her Bobby co-star, Rishi Kapoor
. The film was known for being quite controversial for several scenes featuring Kapadia, including one scene in which she was seen topless for few brief seconds. Kapadia's performance as Mona D'Silva, a young woman residing in Goa
, who is torn between her friend and the man she loves, won her a second Best Actress award at the Filmfare Awards
. Rediff.com
noted about her performance, "Dimple, caught between a friend and lover, performed solidly and memorably, grounding the two male leads and making the film work."
In 1987, Kapadia starred in Mahesh Bhatt
's drama Kaash
. Kapadia and Jackie Shroff
starred as an estranged couple who, during a relentless legal battle over the custody of their only son, learn that the boy is suffering from leukaemia, which makes them reunite to spend together the last months of his life. Kapadia's performance as Pooja received favourable comments. In an article discussing her career's best roles, The Times of India
wrote, "As ... [a] long-suffering wife who tries making a living for herself and her young son by working odd jobs, Dimple showed immense strength as a performer. This has to be one of her best and most unrecognised performances." Sukanya Verma from Rediff.com
noted, "She rendered her Pooja with stoic determination and touching vulnerability making her character extremely believable and sympathetic at once." In a 2000 article reviewing the last two decades in Hindi cinema, Bhawana Somaaya from The Hindu
noted, "The film recognises Dimple Kapadia and Jackie Shroff as performing artistes."
In 1988, she played the main protagonist in Zakhmi Aurat
(Wounded Woman). She played a female police officer who gets gang-raped and, after the judicial system fails to convict the criminals, abandons the legal course and joins forces with other rape victims to get revenge by castrating the rapists. The Times of India labelled the film a "B-grade movie", but further noted that "Dimple nonetheless did a very convincing job of portraying her anguish and bitterness at being denied justice." M.L. Dhawan from The Tribune
, while documenting the famous Hindi films of 1988, praised Kapadia for "proving her mettle as an actress of intensity and passion." Subhash K. Jha, however, in an article discussing Indian actresses who have played policewomen, wrote that the film "turned into quite an embarrassment for its leading lady."
In the 1990s, Kapadia started venturing more into arthouse films, later citing an "inner yearning to exhibit my best potential." These films include Govind Nihalani
's Drishti
(1990) and Gulzar's Lekin... (1991). On working in Lekin..., she said, "It was a wonderful experience working with Gulzar. That had to be the most fantastic role I ever did." In 1993, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress
for her performance in Rudaali
, a drama directed by Kalpana Lajmi. The citation for the award described her performance as a "compelling interpretation of the tribulations of a lonely woman ravaged by a cruel society". She later appeared in Mehul Kumar
's commercially successful Krantiveer
, alongside Nana Patekar
. She played journalist Meghna Dixit, a past rape victim who now tries to persuade an alcoholic and unemployed village man to be a champion of justice for those around him. For her performance, Kapadia received her fourth Filmfare Award, this time in the Best Supporting Actress category.
She co-starred in Farhan Akhtar
's directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai
(2001). Depicting the contemporary routine life of Indian affluent youth, it is set in modern-day urban Mumbai and focuses on a major period of transition in the lives of three young friends (Aamir Khan
, Saif Ali Khan
and Akshaye Khanna
). Kapadia played the role of Tara Jaiswal, a middle-aged alcoholic woman, an interior designer by profession, and a divorcee who is not allowed to meet with her daughter. The film presents her story through the character of Siddharth (Khanna), a much younger man whom she befriends and who ultimately falls deeply in love with her. Critics lauded Dil Chahta Hai as a groundbreaking for its realistic portrayal of Indian youth. The film performed well in the big cities but failed in the rural areas, which was attributed by critics to the urban-oriented lifestyle depicted in the movie. Saibal Chatterjee, in a review for Hindustan Times
, noted, "Dimple Kapadia, in a brief, somewhat underdeveloped role, presents a poignant study of loneliness."
In 2002, Kapadia portrayed the title role of Leela in Leela
, an American production directed by Somnath Sen and co-starring Deepti Naval
, Vinod Khanna
and Amol Mhatre. Kapadia's role is that of a forty year-old married woman and a Bombay University professor, who, after the death of her mother, loses her sense of happiness and takes a job as a visiting professor of South Asian studies in California. The story follows Leela's acclimation to her new surroundings and particularly her relationship with one of her students there, Kris (Mhatre), a young Indian-American man. Kapadia noted about working in the film, "While in production, I'm all tensed up, and that is what makes me take my acting to the next level." Maitland McDonagh from TV Guide
wrote, "Dimple Kapadia shines in this family melodrama... [her] intelligent, nuanced performance is the film's highlight." Ziya Us Salam from The Hindu
called her "a charmer all the way. Exhilarating is the air she breathes, bewitching is the glance she casts and enticingly vulnerable is her condition."
In 2005, she once again starred with Rishi Kapoor in Pyaar Mein Twist. In 2006, she appeared in her first English-language film Being Cyrus
. Kapadia's more recent work includes Luck By Chance
(2009).
entrepreneur Chunnibhai Kapadia and Betty, her younger sister being the late Simple Kapadia
. She married actor Rajesh Khanna
six months before the release of her first film, Bobby, in 1973. She then retired from acting for twelve years to raise her two daughters, Twinkle
and Rinke
. Kapadia has once noted that "career has always been secondary to me."
Kapadia separated from Khanna in 1984. In 2010, reporter Dinesh Raheja stated that "the bitterness between Rajesh and Dimple washed away", noting that they are seen together at parties and that Dimple campaigned for Khanna's election and also worked in his film Jai Shiv Shankar. After the separation she returned to acting. Asked in Filmfare
whether she would want to marry again, Kapadia replied, "I'm very happy and content. Why do I need to get married again? Once was more than enough."
Her daughters also became actresses. Her first daughter, Twinkle Khanna, is married to actor Akshay Kumar
.
days. According to Jyotika Virdi, author of the book The cinematic imagination, Kapadia "turned every disadvantage to her advantage." Virdi mentioned Kapadia's forthright manner as having a major contribution to her career: "Speaking candidly to the press, she and the reporters plotted her life's narrative from the innocent teenager snared into an impossible marriage to the emergence of a mature 'woman with experience.'" Virdi also noted Kapadia for "fighting her way to the top, preferring to perform roles she described as serious and exacting rather than flippant and unchallenging," calling her parts in Aitbaar
(1985), Kaash
(1987) and Drishti
(1990) as roles "where she drew from the well of her own experience."
Dinesh Raheja from Rediff stated that Kapadia's involvement in art films happened at a time when she "exhausted her appetite for playing the pretty prop in hero-oriented films", arguing that they "honed Dimple's talent for lending fine striations to complex emotions." According to Raheja, Kapadia's casting in Dil Chahta Hai
and Leela
, in which she played "an older woman who is the object of a younger man's affection" served as "a kind of tribute to her eternal beauty." M.L. Dhawan from The Tribune
commented, "All those who have been following Dimple Kapadia’s career from Bobby, Lekin and Rudaali will assert that she is more talented than glamorous."
Filmfare Awards
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
Raj Kapoor
Known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor Rāj Kapūr, 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as The Show-Man, was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. He was the winner of nine Filmfare Awards, while his films Awaara and Boot Polish were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the...
's teen romance Bobby
Bobby (1973 film)
Bobby is a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor....
(1973). In that same year she married Indian actor Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....
, and retired from acting. Kapadia returned to films in 1984 after her separation from Khanna. One of her films of that period include the drama Saagar
Saagar
Saagar is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia along with Kamal Hassan.Saagar was a comeback film for Kapadia, and contained a fleeting topless shot of her...
(1985). Both films won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.
Acknowledged as a sex symbol, Kapadia was keen on expanding her range. Later in her career she took on more serious roles in parallel films
Parallel Cinema
The Indian New Wave, commonly known in India as Art Cinema or Parallel Cinema as an alternative to the mainstream commercial cinema, is a specific movement in Indian cinema, known for its serious content, realism and naturalism, with a keen eye on the sociopolitical climate of the times...
and received acclaim for her performances in such films as Kaash
Kaash
Kaash is an Indian Bollywood domestic drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, released on 4 September 1987. The film stars Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia as a married couple, Ritesh and Pooja, who face a serious crisis after bankruptcy and marriage breakdown...
(1987), Drishti
Drishti (film)
Drishti is a 1990 Hindi film directed by Govind Nihalani, and stars Dimple Kapadia , Shekhar Kapur and Irrfan Khan. The film is one of the rare film to have music direction by noted classical singer, Kishori Amonkar....
(1990), Lekin... (1991), and Rudaali
Rudaali
Rudaali is a 1993 Hindi film directed by the feminist Indian director Kalpana Lajmi, based on the short story written by famous Bengali litterateur Mahasweta Devi.-Cultural background:...
(1993), which earned her a National Film Award for Best Actress
National Film Award for Best Actress
The National Film Award for Best Actress is an honor presented annually at the National Film Awards of India to an actress who has delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry...
and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
The Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award is given by the chosen jury of critics assigned to the function, and is a derivation from a previous award known as the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance,...
. She followed it with supporting roles in Gardish
Gardish
Gardish is a 1993 Hindi film directed by Priyadarshan which included an all-star cast such as Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia. Jackie Shroff was nominated for Best Actor Filmfare awards, and Dimpla Kapadia for the Best supporting Actress award....
(1993) and Krantiveer
Krantiveer
Krantiveer is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Mehul Kumar, released on 22 July 1994. The film stars Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni, Danny Denzongpa and Paresh Rawal in lead roles...
(1994), and won a fourth Filmfare Award for the latter.
Kapadia continued working infrequently through the 1990s and the 2000s. She played a minor part in Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Chahta Hai is a 2001 Indian film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia...
(2001) and was noted for her portrayal of the title role in the American production Leela
Leela (film)
Leela is a 2002 drama film directed by Somnath Sen. The movie stars Dimple Kapadia and Deepti Naval. The film's story is loosely based on Summer of '42,. The film premiered at Reel World Film Festivalm, Toronto, in 2005...
(2002). Some of her later film credits include leading roles in Pyaar Main Twist (2005), Phir Kabhi
Phir Kabhi
Phir Kabhi is a Hindi matured love story, which got released in 2009 through DTH. The film stars Mithun Chakraborty and Dimple Kapadia in lead roles.- Synopsis :Phir Kabhi targets the heart of its audience. It is all about emotions...
and Tum Milo Toh Sahi
Tum Milo Toh Sahi
Tum Milo Toh Sahi is Bollywood film that released on 2 April 2010. It stars Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Suniel Shetty, Vidya Malvade, Rehan Khan and Anjana Sukhani in lead roles.-Plot:...
(2010),
and supporting roles in Being Cyrus
Being Cyrus
Being Cyrus is an English language Indian film directed by Homi Adajania and released in 2006. It is a psychological drama revolving around a dysfunctional Parsi family...
(2005), Luck by Chance
Luck by Chance
Luck By Chance is a 2009 Indian drama film written and directed by Zoya Akhtar. Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, the film stars Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in the lead roles...
(2009), Dabangg
Dabangg
Dabangg is a 2010 Hindi action film, directed by Abhinav Kashyap in his directorial debut and produced by Arbaaz Khan under the Arbaaz Khan Productions. The lead actors in the film include Arbaaz's elder brother, Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha...
(2010) and Patiala House
Patiala House
Patiala House is a 2011 Hindi family drama / sports film directed by Nikhil Advani and starring Akshay Kumar and Anushka Sharma. British Asian Actor Armaan Kirmani also makes his debut in this film as Akshay's brother...
(2011).
Kapadia is the mother of Twinkle Khanna
Twinkle Khanna
Twinkle Khanna is an Indian film actress who has acted in Bollywood and Telugu films. She is the wife of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and the daughter of established actors, Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna...
and Rinke Khanna
Rinke Khanna
Rinke Khanna is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actor Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia and is the sister of Twinkle Khanna and sister-in-law of actor Akshay Kumar. She made her film debut with Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi , changing her screen name from Rinkle to Rinke...
, both of whom had worked in films before settling down.
Career
She was discovered by Raj KapoorRaj Kapoor
Known as Ranbir Raj Kapoor Rāj Kapūr, 14 December 1924 – 2 June 1988), also known as The Show-Man, was an Indian film actor, producer and director of Hindi cinema. He was the winner of nine Filmfare Awards, while his films Awaara and Boot Polish were nominated for the Palme d'Or at the...
, who introduced her in his 1973 teen romance Bobby
Bobby (1973 film)
Bobby is a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor....
. While the film was to be Kapoor's son Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor is an Indian Bollywood actor, film producer and director.-Early life:Born in Chembur Mumbai, Kapoor is the second son of film director and star Raj Kapoor. He did his schooling with his brothers at Campion School,Mumbai. His brothers are well-known actors: Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv...
's first leading role, Kapadia was given the title role of Bobby Braganza, a middle-class Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indian
Anglo-Indians are people who have mixed Indian and British ancestry, or people of British descent born or living in India, now mainly historical in the latter sense. British residents in India used the term "Eurasians" for people of mixed European and Indian descent...
Christian girl. The story follows how Bobby falls in love with Raj (Rishi), the son of a wealthy businessman, and how the two face the disapporoval of their parents.
Bobby was a major mainstream and critical success, and Kapadia was lauded for her performance, which won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress (tied with Jaya Bhaduri for Abhimaan). Several of her lines in the film became popular, particularly, "Mujhse dosti karoge?" ("Will you be my friend?"). In 2008, Rediff.com ranked her performance in the film as the fourth best female debut of all-time in Hindi cinema: "An elfin little girl with big, lovely eyes, nobody quite portrayed innocence as memorably as Dimple in her first outing. She was candid, striking, and a true natural... here was a girl who would redefine glamour and grace, and make it look very, very easy indeed."
Following the success of the film, Kapadia's modern wardrobe and hairstyle in Bobby, described as "knotted polka-dotted blouse and earphone hairstyle", made her a youth fashion icon of the times. V S Srinivasan noted, "the sensuous ingenue with her short skirts and the ill-concealed bosom had quite a few hearts thumping away faster." According to Bhawana Somaaya from The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
, with this film Kapadia "started the trend of merchandising film memorabilia".
By the time Bobby released, Kapadia had married actor Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....
in March 1973 at the age of 16, and left the film industry to raise her children.
After Kapadia's separation, she returned to the film industry in 1984. In 1985, she appeared in the film Saagar
Saagar
Saagar is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia along with Kamal Hassan.Saagar was a comeback film for Kapadia, and contained a fleeting topless shot of her...
, where she once again appeared opposite her Bobby co-star, Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor
Rishi Kapoor is an Indian Bollywood actor, film producer and director.-Early life:Born in Chembur Mumbai, Kapoor is the second son of film director and star Raj Kapoor. He did his schooling with his brothers at Campion School,Mumbai. His brothers are well-known actors: Randhir Kapoor and Rajiv...
. The film was known for being quite controversial for several scenes featuring Kapadia, including one scene in which she was seen topless for few brief seconds. Kapadia's performance as Mona D'Silva, a young woman residing in Goa
Goa
Goa , a former Portuguese colony, is India's smallest state by area and the fourth smallest by population. Located in South West India in the region known as the Konkan, it is bounded by the state of Maharashtra to the north, and by Karnataka to the east and south, while the Arabian Sea forms its...
, who is torn between her friend and the man she loves, won her a second Best Actress award at the Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
. Rediff.com
Rediff.com
Rediff.com India is a news, information, entertainment, and shopping portal. It was founded in 1996 as "Rediff On The NeT" and is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi and New York City, USA....
noted about her performance, "Dimple, caught between a friend and lover, performed solidly and memorably, grounding the two male leads and making the film work."
In 1987, Kapadia starred in Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt
Mahesh Bhatt , is a prominent Indian film director, producer and screenwriter.Bhatt's early directional career consisted of acclaimed films, such as Arth, Saaransh, Janam, Naam and Zakhm....
's drama Kaash
Kaash
Kaash is an Indian Bollywood domestic drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, released on 4 September 1987. The film stars Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia as a married couple, Ritesh and Pooja, who face a serious crisis after bankruptcy and marriage breakdown...
. Kapadia and Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff
Jackie Shroff is an Indian actor. He has been in the industry for more than 28 years and has appeared in over 150 films.-Personal life:...
starred as an estranged couple who, during a relentless legal battle over the custody of their only son, learn that the boy is suffering from leukaemia, which makes them reunite to spend together the last months of his life. Kapadia's performance as Pooja received favourable comments. In an article discussing her career's best roles, The Times of India
The Times of India
The Times of India is an Indian English-language daily newspaper. TOI has the largest circulation among all English-language newspaper in the world, across all formats . It is owned and managed by Bennett, Coleman & Co. Ltd...
wrote, "As ... [a] long-suffering wife who tries making a living for herself and her young son by working odd jobs, Dimple showed immense strength as a performer. This has to be one of her best and most unrecognised performances." Sukanya Verma from Rediff.com
Rediff.com
Rediff.com India is a news, information, entertainment, and shopping portal. It was founded in 1996 as "Rediff On The NeT" and is headquartered in Mumbai, India with offices in New Delhi and New York City, USA....
noted, "She rendered her Pooja with stoic determination and touching vulnerability making her character extremely believable and sympathetic at once." In a 2000 article reviewing the last two decades in Hindi cinema, Bhawana Somaaya from The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
noted, "The film recognises Dimple Kapadia and Jackie Shroff as performing artistes."
In 1988, she played the main protagonist in Zakhmi Aurat
Zakhmi Aurat
Zakhmi Aurat is a 1988 Indian Hindi movie starring Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar and directed by Avtar Bhogal. It is about women who have been raped and how they get revenge by castrating the rapists....
(Wounded Woman). She played a female police officer who gets gang-raped and, after the judicial system fails to convict the criminals, abandons the legal course and joins forces with other rape victims to get revenge by castrating the rapists. The Times of India labelled the film a "B-grade movie", but further noted that "Dimple nonetheless did a very convincing job of portraying her anguish and bitterness at being denied justice." M.L. Dhawan from The Tribune
The Tribune
The Tribune is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, Dehradun and Bathinda. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore , by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as...
, while documenting the famous Hindi films of 1988, praised Kapadia for "proving her mettle as an actress of intensity and passion." Subhash K. Jha, however, in an article discussing Indian actresses who have played policewomen, wrote that the film "turned into quite an embarrassment for its leading lady."
In the 1990s, Kapadia started venturing more into arthouse films, later citing an "inner yearning to exhibit my best potential." These films include Govind Nihalani
Govind Nihalani
Govind Nihalani is an Indian director, cinematographer, and also a screenwriter and film producer. He has been directing Hindi films since the late seventies, and worked in the television medium.- Biography :...
's Drishti
Drishti (film)
Drishti is a 1990 Hindi film directed by Govind Nihalani, and stars Dimple Kapadia , Shekhar Kapur and Irrfan Khan. The film is one of the rare film to have music direction by noted classical singer, Kishori Amonkar....
(1990) and Gulzar's Lekin... (1991). On working in Lekin..., she said, "It was a wonderful experience working with Gulzar. That had to be the most fantastic role I ever did." In 1993, she won the National Film Award for Best Actress
National Film Award for Best Actress
The National Film Award for Best Actress is an honor presented annually at the National Film Awards of India to an actress who has delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry...
for her performance in Rudaali
Rudaali
Rudaali is a 1993 Hindi film directed by the feminist Indian director Kalpana Lajmi, based on the short story written by famous Bengali litterateur Mahasweta Devi.-Cultural background:...
, a drama directed by Kalpana Lajmi. The citation for the award described her performance as a "compelling interpretation of the tribulations of a lonely woman ravaged by a cruel society". She later appeared in Mehul Kumar
Mehul Kumar
Mehul Kumar is an Indian filmmaker, film director, producer and writer who works in the Bollywood industry. He primarily works as an independent film director in parallel cinema....
's commercially successful Krantiveer
Krantiveer
Krantiveer is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Mehul Kumar, released on 22 July 1994. The film stars Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni, Danny Denzongpa and Paresh Rawal in lead roles...
, alongside Nana Patekar
Nana Patekar
Vishwanath "Nana" Patekar is an Indian actor and filmmaker.-Biography:Born Vishwanath Patekar in Murud-Janjira, Maharashtra, to Dinkar Patekar and his wife Sanjanabai Patekar. He is an alumnus of the Sir J.J...
. She played journalist Meghna Dixit, a past rape victim who now tries to persuade an alcoholic and unemployed village man to be a champion of justice for those around him. For her performance, Kapadia received her fourth Filmfare Award, this time in the Best Supporting Actress category.
She co-starred in Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar
Farhan Akhtar is an Indian filmmaker, script writer, actor, playback singer, lyricist, film producer in Hindi cinema and a television host.His directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai won a National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Hindi...
's directorial debut Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Chahta Hai is a 2001 Indian film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia...
(2001). Depicting the contemporary routine life of Indian affluent youth, it is set in modern-day urban Mumbai and focuses on a major period of transition in the lives of three young friends (Aamir Khan
Aamir Khan
Aamir Hussain Khan is an Indian film actor, director and producer who has established himself as one of the leading actors of Hindi cinema....
, Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan
Saif Ali Khan is an Indian actor known for his work in Bollywood films. He is the son of the late former Nawab of Pataudi, Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, and actress Sharmila Tagore. He has two sisters: Saba Ali Khan and actress Soha Ali Khan....
and Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna
Akshaye Khanna is a critically acclaimed Indian film actor who works in Hindi cinema. Known for his impeccable acting talent and flawless diction, Khanna has worked with the best names in Indian cinema.- Background :...
). Kapadia played the role of Tara Jaiswal, a middle-aged alcoholic woman, an interior designer by profession, and a divorcee who is not allowed to meet with her daughter. The film presents her story through the character of Siddharth (Khanna), a much younger man whom she befriends and who ultimately falls deeply in love with her. Critics lauded Dil Chahta Hai as a groundbreaking for its realistic portrayal of Indian youth. The film performed well in the big cities but failed in the rural areas, which was attributed by critics to the urban-oriented lifestyle depicted in the movie. Saibal Chatterjee, in a review for Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times
Hindustan Times is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded in 1924 with roots in the Indian independence movement of the period ....
, noted, "Dimple Kapadia, in a brief, somewhat underdeveloped role, presents a poignant study of loneliness."
In 2002, Kapadia portrayed the title role of Leela in Leela
Leela (film)
Leela is a 2002 drama film directed by Somnath Sen. The movie stars Dimple Kapadia and Deepti Naval. The film's story is loosely based on Summer of '42,. The film premiered at Reel World Film Festivalm, Toronto, in 2005...
, an American production directed by Somnath Sen and co-starring Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval
Deepti Naval is an acclaimed Indian actress. She has acted in over 75 Hindi films, and most often worked in arthouse and independent films, known as parallel cinema in India.-Early life:Born in Amritsar, Punjab, India...
, Vinod Khanna
Vinod Khanna
-Early life:Khanna was born to Kamla and Kishanchand Khanna, a textiles, dyes and chemicals businessman of Hindu Punjabi Khatri origin, on 6 October 1946, in Peshawar, British India . He has three sisters and one brother...
and Amol Mhatre. Kapadia's role is that of a forty year-old married woman and a Bombay University professor, who, after the death of her mother, loses her sense of happiness and takes a job as a visiting professor of South Asian studies in California. The story follows Leela's acclimation to her new surroundings and particularly her relationship with one of her students there, Kris (Mhatre), a young Indian-American man. Kapadia noted about working in the film, "While in production, I'm all tensed up, and that is what makes me take my acting to the next level." Maitland McDonagh from TV Guide
TV Guide
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wrote, "Dimple Kapadia shines in this family melodrama... [her] intelligent, nuanced performance is the film's highlight." Ziya Us Salam from The Hindu
The Hindu
The Hindu is an Indian English-language daily newspaper founded and continuously published in Chennai since 1878. According to the Audit Bureau of Circulations, it has a circulation of 1.46 million copies as of December 2009. The enterprise employed over 1,600 workers and gross income reached $40...
called her "a charmer all the way. Exhilarating is the air she breathes, bewitching is the glance she casts and enticingly vulnerable is her condition."
In 2005, she once again starred with Rishi Kapoor in Pyaar Mein Twist. In 2006, she appeared in her first English-language film Being Cyrus
Being Cyrus
Being Cyrus is an English language Indian film directed by Homi Adajania and released in 2006. It is a psychological drama revolving around a dysfunctional Parsi family...
. Kapadia's more recent work includes Luck By Chance
Luck by Chance
Luck By Chance is a 2009 Indian drama film written and directed by Zoya Akhtar. Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, the film stars Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in the lead roles...
(2009).
Personal life
Kapadia is the eldest daughter of GujaratiGujarati people
Gujarati people , or Gujaratis are an ethnic group that is traditionally Gujarati-speaking and can trace their ancestry to the state of Gujarat in western India...
entrepreneur Chunnibhai Kapadia and Betty, her younger sister being the late Simple Kapadia
Simple Kapadia
Simple Kapadia was a Bollywood actress and costume designer.Simple Kapadia began her career when she was 18 years old. She made her acting debut in 1977 in the film...
. She married actor Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna
Rajesh Khanna is an Indian actor of from Hindi films, and has been Hindi film producer and an Indian politician....
six months before the release of her first film, Bobby, in 1973. She then retired from acting for twelve years to raise her two daughters, Twinkle
Twinkle Khanna
Twinkle Khanna is an Indian film actress who has acted in Bollywood and Telugu films. She is the wife of Bollywood actor Akshay Kumar and the daughter of established actors, Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna...
and Rinke
Rinke Khanna
Rinke Khanna is an Indian actress. She is the daughter of actor Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia and is the sister of Twinkle Khanna and sister-in-law of actor Akshay Kumar. She made her film debut with Pyaar Mein Kabhi Kabhi , changing her screen name from Rinkle to Rinke...
. Kapadia has once noted that "career has always been secondary to me."
Kapadia separated from Khanna in 1984. In 2010, reporter Dinesh Raheja stated that "the bitterness between Rajesh and Dimple washed away", noting that they are seen together at parties and that Dimple campaigned for Khanna's election and also worked in his film Jai Shiv Shankar. After the separation she returned to acting. Asked in Filmfare
Filmfare
Filmfare is an English-language tabloid-sized magazine about Indian cinema. Published by The Times Group, India's largest media services conglomerate, in Mumbai , it highlights the doings of the Bollywood film scene...
whether she would want to marry again, Kapadia replied, "I'm very happy and content. Why do I need to get married again? Once was more than enough."
Her daughters also became actresses. Her first daughter, Twinkle Khanna, is married to actor Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar
Akshay Kumar is an Indian film actor, producer and martial artist who has appeared in over a hundred Hindi films. When he began his acting career in the 1990s, he primarily starred in action films and was particularly known for his appearances in feature films commonly called the "Khiladi series",...
.
Image and artistry
When Kapadia made her comeback to movies, she faced constant comparison to her BobbyBobby (1973 film)
Bobby is a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor....
days. According to Jyotika Virdi, author of the book The cinematic imagination, Kapadia "turned every disadvantage to her advantage." Virdi mentioned Kapadia's forthright manner as having a major contribution to her career: "Speaking candidly to the press, she and the reporters plotted her life's narrative from the innocent teenager snared into an impossible marriage to the emergence of a mature 'woman with experience.'" Virdi also noted Kapadia for "fighting her way to the top, preferring to perform roles she described as serious and exacting rather than flippant and unchallenging," calling her parts in Aitbaar
Aitbaar
Aitbaar is a 1985 Hindi film, directed by Mukul Anand and starring Raj Babbar, Dimple Kapadia, Suresh Oberoi, Danny Denzongpa and Sharat Saxena...
(1985), Kaash
Kaash
Kaash is an Indian Bollywood domestic drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, released on 4 September 1987. The film stars Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia as a married couple, Ritesh and Pooja, who face a serious crisis after bankruptcy and marriage breakdown...
(1987) and Drishti
Drishti
Drishti is a multi-platform, open-source Volume Exploration and Presentation Tool. It was written for visualizing tomography data, electron-microscopy data and so forth. It aims to ease understanding of the data set and to assist with conveying that understanding to the research community or a...
(1990) as roles "where she drew from the well of her own experience."
Dinesh Raheja from Rediff stated that Kapadia's involvement in art films happened at a time when she "exhausted her appetite for playing the pretty prop in hero-oriented films", arguing that they "honed Dimple's talent for lending fine striations to complex emotions." According to Raheja, Kapadia's casting in Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Chahta Hai
Dil Chahta Hai is a 2001 Indian film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia...
and Leela
Leela (film)
Leela is a 2002 drama film directed by Somnath Sen. The movie stars Dimple Kapadia and Deepti Naval. The film's story is loosely based on Summer of '42,. The film premiered at Reel World Film Festivalm, Toronto, in 2005...
, in which she played "an older woman who is the object of a younger man's affection" served as "a kind of tribute to her eternal beauty." M.L. Dhawan from The Tribune
The Tribune
The Tribune is an Indian English-language daily newspaper published from Chandigarh, New Delhi, Jalandhar, Dehradun and Bathinda. It was founded on 2 February 1881, in Lahore , by Sardar Dyal Singh Majithia, a public-spirited philanthropist, and is run by a trust comprising five eminent persons as...
commented, "All those who have been following Dimple Kapadia’s career from Bobby, Lekin and Rudaali will assert that she is more talented than glamorous."
Awards
National Film AwardsNational Film Awards
The National Film Awards is the most prominent film award ceremony in India. Established in 1954, it is administered, along with the International Film Festival of India and the Indian Panorama, by the Indian government's Directorate of Film Festivals since 1973.Every year, a national panel...
- 1993 - National Film Awards for Best ActressNational Film Award for Best ActressThe National Film Award for Best Actress is an honor presented annually at the National Film Awards of India to an actress who has delivered the best performance in a leading role within the Indian film industry...
, Rudaali
Filmfare Awards
Filmfare Awards
The Filmfare Awards are presented annually by The Times Group to honour both artistic and technical excellence of professionals in the Hindi language film industry of India. The Filmfare ceremony is one of the oldest and most prominent film events given for Hindi films in India. The awards were...
- 1973 - Filmfare Award for Best Actress, BobbyBobby (1973 film)Bobby is a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor....
- 1985 - Filmfare Award for Best Actress, SaagarSaagarSaagar is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia along with Kamal Hassan.Saagar was a comeback film for Kapadia, and contained a fleeting topless shot of her...
- 1993 - Filmfare Critics Award for Best ActressFilmfare Critics Award for Best ActressThe Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress is given by Filmfare as part of its annual Filmfare Awards for Hindi films. The award is given by the chosen jury of critics assigned to the function, and is a derivation from a previous award known as the Filmfare Critics Award for Best Performance,...
, Rudaali - 1994 - Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress, KrantiveerKrantiveerKrantiveer is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Mehul Kumar, released on 22 July 1994. The film stars Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni, Danny Denzongpa and Paresh Rawal in lead roles...
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
Bengal Film Journalists' Association Awards
The Bengal Film Journalists' Association is the oldest Association of Film critics in India, founded in 1937, by the inspiration and determination of the handful of pioneers amongst the then thin section of scribes that were drawn to film journalism with a lofty mission to serve the developing...
- 1991 - Best Actress, DrishtiDrishti (film)Drishti is a 1990 Hindi film directed by Govind Nihalani, and stars Dimple Kapadia , Shekhar Kapur and Irrfan Khan. The film is one of the rare film to have music direction by noted classical singer, Kishori Amonkar....
Filmography
- BobbyBobby (1973 film)Bobby is a 1973 Bollywood film directed by Raj Kapoor. The film was widely popular, and widely imitated. It also represented the film début for Dimple Kapadia and the first leading role for Raj Kapoor's son, Rishi Kapoor....
(1973) - Zakhmi Sher (1984)
- Manzil ManzilManzil ManzilManzil Manzil is an Indian film directed by Nasir Hussain and released in 1984. The movie stars Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Dimple Kapadia, Sunny Deol, Prem Chopra, Danny Denzongpa.-Characters:* Dimple Kapadia ... Seema Malhotra...
(1984) - SaagarSaagarSaagar is a 1985 Bollywood film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia along with Kamal Hassan.Saagar was a comeback film for Kapadia, and contained a fleeting topless shot of her...
(1985) - Pataal Bhairavi (1985)
- Lavaa (1985)
- Aitbaar (1985)
- ArjunArjun (film)Arjun is a Tollywood film released on 18 August 2004, and was directed by Gunasekhar. This is the second time Mahesh Babu and Gunasekhar have teamed up after delivering the blockbuster Okkadu...
(1985) - VikramVikram (film)Vikram is a 1986 Tamil-language Indian feature film directed by Rajasekhar, starring Kamal Hassan, Ambika, Dimple Kapadia, Lizy, Sathyaraj, Charuhasan, Janagaraj and Amjad Khan. Vikram is the first Tamil film which crossed the budget of 1 crore...
(1986) (TamilTamil languageTamil is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. It has official status in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu and in the Indian union territory of Pondicherry. Tamil is also an official language of Sri Lanka and Singapore...
film) - Allah Rakha (1986)
- JanbaazJanbaazJanbaaz is a 1986 Indian film directed by Feroz Khan. The movie became popular for its steamy scenes.-Plot:Rana Vikram Singh lives in a huge farmhouse with his wife, Laxmi, and two sons: Rajesh , a police officer, and Amar , a fun-loving playboy.Rajesh has gone through a traumatic experience of...
(1986) - Insaaf (1987)
- Insaniyat Ke DushmanInsaniyat Ke DushmanInsaniyat Ke Dushman is a 1987 Bollywood film starring Dharmendra....
(1987) - KaashKaashKaash is an Indian Bollywood domestic drama film directed by Mahesh Bhatt, released on 4 September 1987. The film stars Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia as a married couple, Ritesh and Pooja, who face a serious crisis after bankruptcy and marriage breakdown...
(1987) - SaazishSaazishSaazish is a 1975 Bollywood action film directed by Kalidas. The film stars .-Cast:*David as Captain Thompson*Saira Banu as Sunita*Dharmendra as Jaideep*Brahm Bhardwaj as Jaideep's boss*Helen as Lola, Singer/Dancer on ship...
(1988) - Mera Shikar (1988)
- Gunahon Ka Faisla (1988)
- Bees Saal BaadBees Saal BaadBees Saal Baad is a 1962 Bollywood film. The movie was produced by Hemant Kumar, who also gave the music and sings some of the movie's memorable songs, the film is directed by Biren Nag. The film stars Biswajeet, Waheeda Rehman, Madan Puri, Sajjan and Asit Sen.The plot is loosely based on Sir...
(1988) - Aakhri Adaalat (1988)
- KabzaaKabzaaKabzaa is a 1988 bollywood action/drama film starring Sanjay Dutt, Raj Babbar and Paresh Rawal. This movie is a remake of the 1954 American hit On the Waterfront starring Marlon Brando.-Plot:...
(1988) - Mahaveera (1988)
- Zakhmi AuratZakhmi AuratZakhmi Aurat is a 1988 Indian Hindi movie starring Dimple Kapadia and Raj Babbar and directed by Avtar Bhogal. It is about women who have been raped and how they get revenge by castrating the rapists....
(1988) - Ganga Tere Desh MeinGanga Tere Desh MeinGanga Tere Desh Mein is a 1988 Bollywood film starring Dharmendra....
(1988) - Ram LakhanRam LakhanRam Lakhan is a Bollywood movie released in 1989. It was produced and directed by Subhash Ghai and had an ensemble cast, including Anil Kapoor, Jackie Shroff, Madhuri Dixit, Dimple Kapadia and Raakhee Gulzar.- Plot :...
(1989) - Action (1989)
- Touhean (1989)
- BatwaraBatwaraBatwara is a 1989 Bollywood film directed by J.P. Dutta. The film stars Dharmendra, Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Amrita Singh, Poonam Dhillon, Shammi Kapoor, Mohsin Khan and Amrish Puri....
(1989) - Sikka (1989)
- ShehzaadeShehzaadeShehzaade is a 1989 Bollywood film starring Dharmendra....
(1989) - Ladaai (1989)
- Pati Parmeshwar (1990)
- Kali Ganga (1990)
- Jai Shiv ShankarJai Shiv ShankarJai Shiv Shankar is a 1992 Hindi film produced by Rajesh Khanna and directed by S.A. Chandrasekhar starring Rajesh Khanna,Jeetendra,Poonam Dhillon,Dimple Kapadia in the lead roles supported by Sangeeta Bijlani, Chunky Pandey and Asrani.The music is composed by R.D.Burman.The song Tu Andar Kaise Aya...
(1990) - DrishtiDrishtiDrishti is a multi-platform, open-source Volume Exploration and Presentation Tool. It was written for visualizing tomography data, electron-microscopy data and so forth. It aims to ease understanding of the data set and to assist with conveying that understanding to the research community or a...
(1990) - Aag Ka GolaAag Ka GolaAag Ka Gola is 1990 Hindi language Movie directed by David Dhawan and starring Sunny Deol, Dimple Kapadia, Shakti Kapoor, Prem Chopra.-Cast:...
(1990) - Pyaar Ki Naam Qurbaan (1990)
- LekinLekinLekin is a Hindi drama film made in 1991, loosely based on a short story by Rabindranath Tagore, and directed by Hindi lyricist Gulzar...
(1990)
- Prahaar: The Final AttackPrahaar: The Final Attack-Movie plot:Peter D'Souza , wants to join the Indian Army . People have various views about it: His father John wants Peter to run their bakery after him, his fiancée Shirley wants him to marry her while his neighbour Kiran tells Peter to follow his heart. Peter leaves for the Army.Enter Major...
(1991) - Naramsimha (1991)
- Mast KalandarMast KalandarMast Kalandar is a 1991 Bollywood film starring Dharmendra....
(1991) - HaqueHaqueHaque, pronounced Hok, is a common Bangladeshi muslim surname.* Azizul Haque * Mulana Mazharul Haque * Gaziul Haque * Syed Shamsul Haque * Sheikh Fazlul Haque Mani...
(1991) - Khoon Ka KarzKhoon Ka KarzKhoon Ka Karz is a 1991 Bollywood film directed by Mukul S. Anand. The film stars Vinod Khanna, Rajinikanth, Sanjay Dutt, Dimple Kapadia, Kimi Katkar, Sangeeta Bijlani and Kader Khan...
(1991) - Dushman DevtaDushman DevtaDushman Devta is a 1991 Bollywood film starring Dharmendra....
(1991) - AjoobaAjoobaAjooba is a 1991 Hindi language Bollywood feature film, produced and directed by Shashi Kapoor and also co-directed by the Soviet filmmaker Gennadi Vasilyev. It is a fantasy film loosely based on Arabian mythology...
(1991) - Ranbhoomi (1991)
- Angaar (1992)
- Karm Yodha (1992)
- Dil Aashna HaiDil Aashna HaiDil Aashna Hai is a Hindi-Urdu movie which was directed by Hema Malini and released in India on 1992.- Synopsis:...
(1992) - RudaaliRudaaliRudaali is a 1993 Hindi film directed by the feminist Indian director Kalpana Lajmi, based on the short story written by famous Bengali litterateur Mahasweta Devi.-Cultural background:...
(1993) - Gunaah (1993)
- Aaj Kie Aurat (1993)
- GardishGardishGardish is a 1993 Hindi film directed by Priyadarshan which included an all-star cast such as Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia. Jackie Shroff was nominated for Best Actor Filmfare awards, and Dimpla Kapadia for the Best supporting Actress award....
(1993) - Pathreela Raasta (1994)
- KrantiveerKrantiveerKrantiveer is an Indian Bollywood film directed by Mehul Kumar, released on 22 July 1994. The film stars Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni, Danny Denzongpa and Paresh Rawal in lead roles...
(1994) - Antareen (1994)
- Share Bazaar (1997)
- Agni Chakra (1997)
- Mrityudaata (1997)
- 2001 (1998)
- Laawaris (1999)
- Hum Tum Pe Marte HainHum Tum Pe Marte HainHum Tum Pe Marte Hain was a 1999 Bollywood romantic movie directed by Nabh Kumar 'Raju'. The music for the movie was composed by Uttam Singh and lyrics by Anand Bakshi.- Plot :...
(1999) - Dil Chahta HaiDil Chahta HaiDil Chahta Hai is a 2001 Indian film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia...
(2001) - Leela (2002)
- Hum Kaun Hai?Hum Kaun Hai?Hum Kaun Hai? is a 2004 Bollywood film starring Dharmendra....
(2004) - Pyaar Mein TwistPyaar Mein TwistTo see the TV show, see Pyaar Mein Twist .Pyaar Mein Twist is a 2005 Indian Bollywood movie directed by Hariday Shetty and stars Rishi Kapoor and Dimple Kapadia in the pivotal roles.-Synopsis:...
(2005) - Being CyrusBeing CyrusBeing Cyrus is an English language Indian film directed by Homi Adajania and released in 2006. It is a psychological drama revolving around a dysfunctional Parsi family...
(2006) - Banaras - A Mystic Love StoryBanaras - A Mystic Love StoryBanaras: 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 and is centered around the relationship of a young woman with her parents and her lover...
(2006) - Luck by ChanceLuck by ChanceLuck By Chance is a 2009 Indian drama film written and directed by Zoya Akhtar. Produced by Farhan Akhtar and Ritesh Sidhwani, the film stars Farhan Akhtar and Konkana Sen Sharma in the lead roles...
(2008) - JumboJumbo (film)Jumbo is a 2008, animated movie Bollywood directed by Kompin Kemgumnird. It was released in theaters on the 25 December 2008 and is a re-dubbed version of the 2006 Thai film Khan Kluay. The film features the voices of Akshay Kumar, Rajpal Yadav, Lara Dutta, Dimple Kapadia, Asrani, Gulshan Grover,...
(2008) - DabanggDabanggDabangg is a 2010 Hindi action film, directed by Abhinav Kashyap in his directorial debut and produced by Arbaaz Khan under the Arbaaz Khan Productions. The lead actors in the film include Arbaaz's elder brother, Salman Khan and Sonakshi Sinha...
(2010) - Patiala HousePatiala HousePatiala House is a 2011 Hindi family drama / sports film directed by Nikhil Advani and starring Akshay Kumar and Anushka Sharma. British Asian Actor Armaan Kirmani also makes his debut in this film as Akshay's brother...
(2010) - Bombay MittayiBombay Mittayi-External links:* at Nowrunning.com* at OneIndia.in...
(2010) (Malayalam film)