She was just 16 when she made an explosive debut with Bobby (1973). The history of films indeed would have been different if Dimple Kapadia didn’t consent to marry superstar Rajesh Khanna at that crucial stage of her career and kind of bid adieu to films after Bobby. She did make a comeback with Saagar (1985) 12 years later and went on to showcase her versatility in numerous films afterwards. Dimple has been known for her haunting beauty as well as her natural ease in front of the camera. On the occasion of her birthday today, we bring you a list of some of Dimple Kapadia’s best films down the years for your viewing pleasure.Bobby (1973)
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Dimple, Premnath
Raj (Rishi Kapor) is the son of a rich businessman (Pran), while Bobby is the daughter of a fisherman (Prem Nath). It’s love at first sight for both Raj and Bobby but his father frowns upon it, thinking that Bobby and her father are after his wealth. The two teenagers decide to run away and are captured by Prem Chopra, who wants to earn the bounty put up by Raj’s father. After being rescued from him, they want to end their lives and jump together in a waterfall. While Bobby’s father saves Raj, she’s saved by his dad, and the differences get reconciled. The film was a musical hit by Laxmikant-Pyarelal and songs such as Hum tum ek kamre mein band ho, main shayar to nahi, and Mujhe kuch kehna hai are still popular today. She won the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the film.
Saagar (1985)
Cast: Rishi Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Kamal Haasan
Saagar brought the Bobby pairing of Rishi and Dimple back again after 12 years. The film was a love triangle with Kamal Haasan playing the man who loved her from afar since childhood. Rishi plays the scion of a rich family who falls in love with her at first sight and vice versa. Dimple was a delight to watch and looked sexy as ever even after a gap of twelve years. There is a tastefully done blink and you’ll miss it topless scene of hers in the film. While their chemistry was far from a perfect film, the performances and RD Burman’s sublime music makes it a must-watch even now. She won the Filmfare Best Actor Award for the film.
Kaash (1987)
Cast: Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia, Master Makrand, Anupam Kher
It was an emotional film depicting the turmoil of a separated couple who come together for the sake of their dying child and in the process discover love again. Only the discovery comes too late in the day. Ritesh (Jackie Shroff) is a successful film star who leads a happy life with his wife Pooja (Dimple Kapadia) and their seven-year-old child Romi. Their world comes crashing down when he gives a string of flops. They have to sell off their personal property to pay off creditors. An embittered Ritesh becomes an alcoholic. Pooja now starts working and it hurts his ego. Things take a turn for the worse when a stranger (Anupam Kher) saves Pooja from being molested and offers her a job in his firm. Ritesh thinks she's having an affair and their fights increase. Finally, they separate but Ritesh finds out Romi is having a brain tumour. To give him a semblance of normalcy during his last few days they come together again and in the process rediscover their love.
Drishti (1990)
Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Shekhar Kapoor, Irfan Khan & Mita Vashisht
The film was Govind Nihalani’s take on modern marriage. One can say it was his take off on Ingmar Bergman’s Scenes from a Marriage (1973). Sandhya (Dimple Kapadia) and Nikhil (Shekhar Kapur) have been happily married for eight years. They’re a well-settled yuppie couple who have come up in life through a dint of hard work. On their eighth wedding anniversary, one of their friends brings his nephew Rahul (Irrfan Khan) who is a classical singer. Sandhya is attracted to him and later has an affair with him. Nikhil too has an affair with a woman and leaves her. The couple seeks a divorce. Years later, when they meet, they confide their secrets to each other. It was a film which took a harsh look at monogamy, on marriage. On what constitutes a relationship in modern times. Dimple brought out all three facets of Sandhya through her bravura performance. And this is an early Irrfan Khan gem totally worth a rewatch.
Lekin (1991)
Cast: Vinod Khanna, Dimple Kapadia, Hema Malini
Lekin is a supernatural love story where the desert of Rajasthan too becomes a character. It’s also a story of reincarnation and carries some beautiful music composed by Pandit Hridyanath Mangeshkar. A government employee Sameer Niyogi (Vinod Khanna) is sent to Rajasthan to take inventory of items in the abandoned mansion of late Maharaja Param Singh (Vijayendra Ghatge). His friend Shafi (Amjad Khan) is a tax collector in the area and lives with his wife Sharda (Beena Banerjee). Sameer keeps seeing a woman named Rewa (Dimple Kapadia) who at first seems real but later turns out to be a spirit lost in time. At first, Safi feels his friend is growing mad but later helps him out. It transpires that Rewa wanted to escape the clutches of Param Singh but got lost in a sandstorm while trying to cross the desert. Her spirit roams the sands now and the only way she can achieve closure is if Sameer helps her cross it. Her elder sister Tara (Hema Malini), who managed to escape is still alive. Sameer, who died while helping her in earlier birth finishes his job in the present birth and sets her free.
Rudaali (1993)
Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Raj Babbar, Raakhee, Amjad Khan
The film is based on a story by famous Bengali author Mahasweta Devi. Shanichari (Dimple Kapadia) was said to be born on an inauspicious day and ill-fortune seems to have followed her throughout her life. Her mother ran away, Her husband died because of plague and her son Budhua (Raghubir Yadav) is a good-for-nothing slacker. The only person who behaves kindly towards her is the local thakur’s son Lakshaman Singh (Raj Babbar). One day, she meets the local rudaali -- women who are hired to mourn professionally -- named Bhikni (Raakhee). They both bond and Shanichari narrates her life story to her in flashbacks. Shanichari is known for suffering everything stoically without shedding a tear. However, when she learns of Bhikni’s death and furthermore comes to know that she was her mother, she starts crying inconsolably, thus becoming the new rudaali in the process. She won the Filmfare Best Actor Critics’ Award for her role.
Krantiveer (1994)
Cast: Nana Patekar, Dimple Kapadia, Atul Agnihotri, Mamta Kulkarni, Danny Denzongpa, Paresh Rawal
This was a violent drama about a man who takes to violence to solve the inequalities of society. Dimple played a dedicated reporter who earnestly reports the wrongdoings despite being a victim herself. Pratap Tilak (Nana Patekar) is the grandson of freedom fighter Bhishma Narayan Tilak but hasn’t taken after his grandfather. After saving the life of a chawl owner, Laxminath's (Paresh Rawal) son Atul (Atul Agnihotri), he’s treated like a son by Laxmikanth. Pratap has a rabid tongue with which he chastises one and all for their shortcomings. He initially makes fun of Meghna (Dimple Kapadia), a reporter living in the chawl, but after learning of her various struggles, proposes marriage to her. When a builder named Yograj (Tinnu Anand) and a mafia don named Chattursingh Chita (Danny Denzongpa) plan to take over their locality and spread riots, Pratap, inspired by Meghna, takes the law in his own hands and kills the bad guys one by one. The film won for her the Filmfare Best Supporting Actor Award.
Dil Chahta Hai (2001)
Cast: Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, Dimple Kapadia
The film revolves around three friends Akash (Aamir Khan), who is a commitment-phobic rich man, running away from any girl who tries to cling to him. Sameer (Saif Ali Khan), is a clueless romantic who looks for love at every corner. Siddharth aka Sid (Akshaye Khanna), is a painter who is more serious about life. Sid meets a new neighbour, Tara (Dimple Kapadia), an older woman who has moved into a house at the end of the street. She analyses his nature entirely from his paintings, leading Sid to become attracted to her. His friends, especially Akash, can’t understand Sid’s fixation with an older woman, leading to a rift between him and Sid. The two patch up afterwards when Akash becomes more mature and understands Sid’s point of view. Tara, however, passes away due to liver cirrhosis, leaving him distraught. She tells him to be happy in her final moments. It was a short, sweet and life-changing romance for Akash and made him understand himself better.
Leela (2002)
Cast: Dimple Kapadia, Deepti Naval, Vinod Khanna, Amol Mhatre
Leela (Dimple Kapadia) is a visiting professor at an American university. She’s grieving the loss of her mother and wants some time away from her womanising husband Nashaad (Vinod Khanna). She makes friends with another professor Chaitali (Deepti Naval) who is of Indian origin. Chaitali’s son Kris (Amol Mhatre) is smitten by her and starts taking the class taught by her to be near her. He’s navigating into becoming an adult and becoming his own person and Leela helps him through the emotional upheavals he faces. They soon become lovers. Chaitali, understandably, doesn’t like it and breaks off the friendship when she finds out. Leela and Kris both know that their relationship has no long term future but are content with the short term happiness it brings.
Finding Fanny (2014)
Cast: Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, Pankaj Kapur, Deepika Padukone, Arjun Kapoor
Homi Adajania tells an absurd tale about human relationships with this road movie set in Goa. Ferdinand 'Ferdie' Pinto (Naseeruddin Shah), comes to know that the love letter he wrote to the love of his life, Stefanie 'Fanny' Fernandes (Anjali Patil), never really reached her. He wants to travel to her last given address in order to narrate his true feelings to her. Angelina 'Angie' Eucharistica (Deepika Padukone), a young widow living next door and a family friend, decides to help him. They are joined in this journey by her mother-in-law Rosalina 'Rosie' Eucharistica (Dimple Kapadia), Angie's childhood friend Savio Da Gama (Arjun Kapoor) and an artiste Don Pedro Cleto Collaco (Pankaj Kapur) who develops the hots for Rosie. Savio and Angie too rediscover lost love on the way and get a chance to reconnect. Ferdie, in the end, does find where Fanny lives but he has come too late. The much-married Fanny has passed away and the group reluctantly joins the funeral. Ferdie, however, does find love in the end in the form of Rosie. Dimple played an eccentric but lovable character in the film which was well-liked.
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