Dimple Kapadia filmography

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Kapadia at the Pichvai Exhibition in New Delhi, 2018

Dimple Kapadia is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films.Template:Sfn She was discovered by Raj Kapoor at age 14, who gave her the title role in his teen romance Bobby (1973), opposite his son Rishi Kapoor.Template:Sfn The film became a massive commercial success and made her an overnight star.Template:Sfn[1] Her role as a Christian teenager from Goa established her as a youth fashion icon and won her the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[2]Template:Sfn Kapadia retired from acting following her marriage to Indian actor Rajesh Khanna earlier in 1973, and returned to the film industry in 1984, after her separation from Khanna.Template:Sfn The release of her comeback film, Saagar, was delayed, with Zakhmi Sher becoming the second film of her career.[3] Released in 1985,[4] Saagar earned her a second Best Actress award at Filmfare,[5] and she went on to establish herself as one of the leading actresses of Hindi cinema in the 1980s and early 1990s.Template:Sfn The early roles she played following her return included the Hitchcockian thriller Aitbaar (1985), for which she received positive reviews, and the commercially successful action films Arjun (1985) and Janbaaz (1986).[6][7][8] During this period, she acted in several films in South India, which she admitted to having made for financial gain and dismissed their quality.[7]

Many of Kapadia's early roles relied on her perceived beauty, and she would struggle to be taken seriously as an actress.Template:Sfn She made a decision to accept more serious roles,[9] and won acclaim for her role in the marital drama Kaash (1987).Template:Sfn[10] Financial success came with films like Insaniyat Ke Dushman (1987), Insaaf (1987), in which she played double roles; the controversial revenge saga Zakhmi Aurat (1988), in which she played an avenging rape victim; and Ram Lakhan (1989).Template:Sfn[2] She started the next decade by venturing into neorealist art films, known in India as parallel cinema,[11] including Drishti (1990), Lekin... (1990), and Rudaali (1993).[2][12] All these films won her critical praise, and her role as a professional mourner in the latter earned her a National Film Award for Best Actress and a Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress. She further essayed character parts in Prahaar (1991), Angaar (1992), Gardish (1993), and Krantiveer (1994), which garnered her a fourth Filmfare Award, in the Best Supporting Actress category.[13][14][2]

Kapadia became selective about her roles, and her work over the following decades was infrequent, with substantial gaps.[15]Template:Sfn She played the supporting part of a divorced alcoholic in Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and was noted for her portrayal of the title role, a middle-aged professor, in the American production Leela (2002).Template:SfnTemplate:Sfn In both films, she played women who are the object of younger men's desire, in roles written especially for her.[2][11] Some of her later film credits include leading roles in Hum Kaun Hai? (2004), Pyaar Mein Twist (2005), Phir Kabhi (2008), Tum Milo Toh Sahi (2010), and her supporting roles included Being Cyrus (2005), Luck by Chance (2009), Dabangg (2010), Cocktail (2012) and Finding Fanny (2014).[16][14] While Dabangg was one of the highest-grossing Hindi films of all-time,[17]Template:Sfn her roles in Luck by Chance and Finding Fanny earned her two Filmfare nominations.[5][18] Kapadia was cast by Christopher Nolan in his action thriller Tenet,[19] which was the fourth-highest grossing film of 2020 and earned her positive reviews.[20][21]

Film

Key
Template:Dagger Denotes films that have not yet been released
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Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Template:Tooltip
1973 Bobby Template:Sort Template:Sortname Filmfare Award for Best Actress Template:Sfn
Template:Sfn
1984 Zakhmi Sher Template:Sort Template:Sortname [22]
Manzil Manzil Template:Sort Template:Sortname [23]
1985 Lava Template:Sort Template:Sortname [24]
Aitbaar Template:Sort Template:Sortname [25]
Arjun Template:Sort Template:Sortname [26]
Pataal Bhairavi Yaskankya Template:Sortname [27]
Saagar Template:Sort Template:Sortname Filmfare Award for Best Actress Template:Sfn
[28]
[5]
1986 Vikram Template:Sort Rajasekhar Tamil film [29]
Janbaaz Template:Sort Template:Sortname [30]
Allah Rakha Template:Sort Template:Sortname [31]
1987 Insaniyat Ke Dushman Shilpa Template:Sortname [32]
Insaaf Sonia/Dr. SaritaTemplate:Efn Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
Kaash Pooja Template:Sortname [33]
1988 Saazish Meena Template:Sortname [34]
Mera Shikar Bijli Template:Sortname [35]
Gunahon Ka Faisla Shanu/Durga Template:Efn Template:Sortname [36]
Template:Lang Nisha Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
Aakhri Adaalat Template:Sort Template:Sortname [37]
Kabzaa Template:Sort Template:Sortname [38]
Mahaveera Dolly Template:Sortname [39]
Zakhmi Aurat Template:Sort Template:Sortname [40]
Ganga Tere Desh Mein Princess Template:Sortname [41]
1989 Ram Lakhan Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
Touhean Template:Sort Template:Sortname [42]
Batwara Jinna Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
Sikka Shobha Template:Sortname [43]
Shehzaade Aarti Template:Sortname [44]
Ladaai Billoo Template:Sortname [45]
Pati Parmeshwar Tara/Durga Template:Sortname [46]
Pyar Ke Naam Qurbaan Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
1990 Kali Ganga Ganga Template:Sortname [47]
Aag Ka Gola Aarti Template:Sortname [48]
Drishti Sandhya Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
1991 Lekin... Reva Gulzar Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [5]
Template:Sfn
Prahaar: The Final Attack Kiran Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
Narsimha Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
Mast Kalandar Template:Sort Template:Sortname [49]
Haque Template:Sort Template:Sortname [50]
Khoon Ka Karz Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
Dushman Devta Gauri Template:Sortname [51]
Ajooba Template:Sort Template:Sortname
Template:Sortname 		[52]
[53]
Ranbhoomi Radha Template:Sortname [54]
1992 Karm Yodha Namita Template:Sortname [55]
Angaar Mili Template:Sortname [56]
Dil Aashna Hai Barkha Template:Sortname [57]
Maarg Uma Template:Sortname [58]
1993 Rudaali Shanichari Template:Sortname National Film Award for Best Actress
Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress 		[59]
[60]
[5]
Gunaah Template:Sort Template:Sortname [61]
Aaj Kie Aurat Template:Sort Template:Sortname [62]
Gardish Shanti Priyadarshan Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Template:Sfn
Antareen Template:Sort Template:Sortname Bengali film [63]
1994 Pathreela Raasta Template:Sort Template:Sortname [64]
Krantiveer Template:Sort Template:Sortname Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress [5]
Template:Sfn
1997 Share Bazaar Template:Sortname Cameo appearance [65]
Agni Chakra Rani Template:Sortname [66]
Mrityudata Template:Sort Template:Sortname [67]
1998 2001: Do Hazaar Ek Template:Sort Template:Sortname [68]
1999 Laawaris Template:Sort Template:Sortname [69]
Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain Template:Sort Template:Sortname [70]
2001 Dil Chahta Hai Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
2002 Leela Leela Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
2004 Hum Kaun Hai? Template:Sort Template:Sortname [71]
2005 Pyaar Mein Twist Template:Sort Template:Sortname [72]
2006 Being Cyrus Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
Banaras Gayatri Template:Sortname [73]
2008 Jumbo Devi Template:Sortname Voice only (animation film) [74]
2009 Phir Kabhi Ganga Template:Sortname [75]
Luck by Chance Template:Sort Template:Sortname Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress [5]
[76]
2010 Tum Milo Toh Sahi Template:Sort Template:Sortname [77]
Dabangg Template:Sort Template:Sortname [78]
2011 Patiala House Template:Sort Template:Sortname [79]
2012 Bombay Mittayi Template:Sort Template:Sortname Malayalam film [80]
Cocktail Template:Sort Template:Sortname Template:Sfn
2013 What the Fish Template:Sort Gurmeet Singh [81]
2014 The Shaukeens Template:Sortname Cameo appearance [82]
Gollu Aur Pappu Amma Template:Sortname [83]
[84]
Finding Fanny Template:Sort Template:Sortname English film. Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress Template:Sfn
2015 Welcome Back Poonam / Maharani Padmavati Template:Sortname [85]
2019 Dabangg 3 Template:Sort Template:Sortname [78]
2020 Angrezi Medium Template:Sort Template:Sortname [86]
Tenet Template:Sort Template:Sortname American film [87]
2022 A Thursday Prime Minister of India Template:Sort Template:Sortname [88]
Brahmāstra: Part One – Shiva Template:Sort Template:Sortname [85]
2023 Pathaan Template:Sort Template:Sortname [89]
Tu Jhoothi Main Makkaar Template:Sort Template:Sortname [90]
2024 Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya Template:Sort Amit Joshi
Aradhana Sah 		[91]
Murder Mubarak Template:Sort Template:Sortname [92]
Go Noni Go Noni Template:Sortname [93]
2026 Jab Khuli Kitaab Anusuya Nautiyal Saurabh Shukla [94]

Television

Year Title Role Template:Abbr
2021 Tandav Anuradha Kishore [95]
2023 Saas, Bahu Aur Flamingo Savitri [96]

Footnotes

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References

  1. ↑ Karma of 'Bobby' Lovers Stirs India's Filmgoers. The New York Times(12 December 1973). Retrieved 4 June 2020.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 Dimple: A Most Unusual Woman(8 September 2004). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  3. ↑ Happily ever after. Filmfare(November 2000). Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  4. ↑ Saagar: Back to love. India Today(31 July 1985). Retrieved 29 May 2020.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 Dimple Kapadia: Awards & Nominations. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Golden Year gets Silver sheen. The Indian Express(28 October 2010). Retrieved 22 April 2020.
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 [{{{url}}} Reflections in a Golden Eye]. The Illustrated Weekly of India(9 August 1987).
  8. ↑ 34 Years of Janbaaz: Anil Kapoor Recounts Memories With Co-Stars Feroz Khan And Dimple Kapadia. NDTV(10 June 2020). Retrieved 24 November 2020.
  9. ↑ Dimple deconstructed. The Tribune(8 June 2009). Retrieved 18 September 2011.
  10. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Template:Cite magazine
  12. ↑ Parallel cinema. The Tribune(5 October 2003). Retrieved 19 September 2011.
  13. ↑ Year of critically acclaimed films. The Sunday Tribune(19 January 2003). Retrieved 4 December 2011.
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 Know Your Actor: Dimple Kapadia. Filmfare(28 January 2017). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  15. ↑ Dinesh Raheja Column: Dimple Kapadia has the rare ability to laugh at herself. Free Press Journal(1 June 2019). Retrieved 22 November 2020.Template:Dead link
  16. ↑ Mining the mother lode. Mumbai Mirror(18 April 2016). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  17. ↑ ZNMD Amongst All Time Top Ten Worldwide Grossers. Box Office India(17 August 2011). Retrieved 7 December 2011.
  18. ↑ Nominations for the 60th Britannia Filmfare Awards. Filmfare(19 January 2015). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  19. ↑ Dream Foray. The Telegraph(29 November 2020). Retrieved 30 November 2020.
  20. ↑ 2020 Worldwide Box Office. Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  21. ↑ In 'Tenet', Dimple has the wiliest performance, say international reviews. The Times of India(26 August 2020). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  22. ↑ Zakhmi Sher. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  23. ↑ Manzil Manzil. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  24. ↑ The best of Dimple(8 June 2007). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  25. ↑ Aitbaar. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  26. ↑ Arjun. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  27. ↑ Pataal Bhairavi. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  28. ↑ Saagar. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  29. ↑ The great crossover. The Times of India(24 December 2002). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  30. ↑ Transplanted machismo. Bombay: The City Magazine. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  31. ↑ Allah Rakha. Bollywood hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  32. ↑ Insaniyat Ke Dushman. Bombay: The City Magazine(1987). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  33. ↑ Mahesh Bhatt's Kaash, starring Jackie Shroff and Dimple Kapadia, is a convincing exploration of the theme of death. Firstpost(24 June 2018). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  34. ↑ Saazish. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  35. ↑ [{{{url}}} The rage of angels]. The Sunday Standard(23 October 1988).
  36. ↑ Gunahon Ka Faisla. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  37. ↑ Aakhri Adalat. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  38. ↑ Kabzaa. Bollywood Hungma. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  39. ↑ Briefing. Bombay: The City Magazine(1988). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  40. ↑ Year of offbeat films. The Tribune(18 August 2002). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  41. ↑ Ganga Tere Desh Mein. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  42. ↑ Touhean. Box Office India. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  43. ↑ Sikka. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  44. ↑ Shehzaade. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  45. ↑ Rekha in Court, Dimple in Bar and a Bit of Fight. Democratic World(17 December 1989). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  46. ↑ A Certification Anomaly: The Self-Sacrificial Female Body in Bombay Cinema. Studies in South Asian Film & Media({Template:Date).
  47. ↑ Women strike back. India Today(15 July 1988). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  48. ↑ Aag Ka Gola. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  49. ↑ Mast Kalandar. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  50. ↑ Haque. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  51. ↑ Dushman Devta. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  52. ↑ Soviet-Indian Coproductions: Alibaba as Political Allegory. Cinema Journal({Template:Date).
  53. ↑ Reel Good Film Reviews. Cult Movies(2003). Retrieved 1 September 2020.
  54. ↑ Ranbhoomi. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  55. ↑ Karm Yoddha. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  56. ↑ Angaar. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  57. ↑ Dil Aashna Hai. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  58. ↑ The edge of mediocrity. Sunday Magazine(10 January 1993). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  59. ↑ Of 'Text' and 'Texualities': Performing Mahasweta. Dialog: A Bi-annual Interdisciplinary Journal({Template:Date).
  60. ↑ 40th National Film Awards. Directorate of Film Festivals(1993). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  61. ↑ Gunah. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  62. ↑ Aaj Ki Aurat. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  63. ↑ 41st National Film Festival. iffi.nic.in. Directorate of Film Festivals(1994). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  64. ↑ Pathreela Rasta. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  65. ↑ Share Bazar. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  66. ↑ Agni Chakra. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  67. ↑ Template:Cite magazine
  68. ↑ 2001: Do Hazaar Ek (1998). Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  69. ↑ Laawaris. Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  70. ↑ Hum Tum Pe Marte Hain. Hindustan Times(1999). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  71. ↑ Hum Kaun Hai Review. BBC(3 September 2004). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  72. ↑ Twin twists in love twist. The Telegraph(2 September 2005). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  73. ↑ Banaras: A Mystic Love Story (2006). Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  74. ↑ Review: Jumbo(26 December 2008). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  75. ↑ Phir Kabhi (2009). Bollywood Hungama. Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  76. ↑ Mother India?. The Times of India(10 March 2009). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  77. ↑ Tum Milo Toh Sahi- Movies Review. Mid-Day(3 April 2010). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  78. ↑ 78.0 78.1 Dabangg 3: Dimple Kapadia to reportedly return as Naini Devi in Salman Khan's upcoming film. Firstpost(29 May 2019). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  79. ↑ Patiala House. The Indian Express(11 February 2011). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  80. ↑ When Dimple Kapadia starred with Amar Singh in Malayalam film Bombay Mittayi. India Today(2 August 2020). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  81. ↑ Dimple Kapadia: Forty years on, I am still living off 'Bobby'. The Indian Express(6 December 2013). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  82. ↑ Dimple Kapadia makes a rib-tickling cameo in Akshay Kumar's 'The Shaukeens'. Deccan Chronicle(3 November 2014). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  83. ↑ Director Kabir Sadanand caught unaware of his film's release. Mid-Day(24 November 2014). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  84. ↑ Gollu Aur Pappu. Bollywood Hungama(13 August 2011). Retrieved 23 November 2020.
  85. ↑ 85.0 85.1 Dimple Kapadia to feature opposite Nagarjuna in Brahmastra?. Mumbai Mirror(17 July 2018). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  86. ↑ 'Angrezi Medium' review: This Irrfan Khan starrer makes decent impact. Deccan Herald(13 March 2020). Retrieved 28 November 2021.
  87. ↑ 'Tenet' a mind-bending blast in a time zone of its own. Chicago Sun Times(26 August 2020). Retrieved 22 November 2020.
  88. ↑ Yami Gautam wraps up shoot of 'A Thursday'. The New Indian Express(29 July 2021). Retrieved 6 August 2021.
  89. ↑ Dimple Kapadia begins shooting for Shah Rukh Khan's Pathan, plays a RAW agent. Bollywood Hungama(17 December 2020). Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  90. ↑ Ranbir Kapoor and Shraddha Kapoor to begin second schedule for Luv Ranjan's next in March. Bollywood Hungama(4 February 2021). Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  91. ↑ Teri Baaton Mein Aisa Uljha Jiya box office collection day 1: Shahid Kapoor-Kriti Sanon's romantic film earns ₹6.7 cr. Hindustan Times(10 February 2024). Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  92. ↑ Murder Mubarak: Vijay Varma, Sara Ali Khan & Karishma Kapoor starrer 'Murder Mubarak' directly to release on Netflix skipping theatrical release. Bru Times News. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  93. ↑ Go Noni Go: Dimple Kapadia stars in Twinkle Khanna's story-based romcom. The Statesman(22 October 2024). Retrieved 6 May 2026.
  94. ↑ Pankaj Kapur, Dimple Kapadia’s Jab Khuli Kitaab Trailer Is A Tender Tale Of Love And Secrets. News 18(2 March 2026).
  95. ↑ Tandav review: A pedestrian series, Gupta, Shubhra(16 January 2021). Retrieved 16 January 2021.
  96. ↑ Saas Bahu Aur Flamingo trailer: Dimple Kapadia is lethal in this female-led crime thriller. The Indian Express(24 April 2023). Retrieved 25 April 2023.

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