Dimple Kapadia Struggle Story: Many actresses made their debut in the film industry in the 70’s, one of whom is Dimple Kapadia. Almost all the actresses who made their debut in that era stopped doing films but Dimple Kapadia is still active and her back to back films have been superhits. Often people take a break from films after a certain age but Dimple Kapadia took a break in the early stages itself. This is because she got married at the age of 15.
Dimple Kapadia married an actor twice her age whose name is Rajesh Khanna. When did Dimple take a break from films? When did she make a comeback? How was her film career after her comeback? Let us answer all these questions.
Who is Dimple Kapadia?
Dimple Kapadia was born on 8 June 1957 in Mumbai to a Gujarati businessman. Dimple Kapadia belongs to a very rich family. Dimple Kapadia has three sisters named Simple Kapadia, Reem Kapadia and a brother Munna Kapadia but Simple Kapadia had passed away. Simple Kapadia worked with Rishi Kapoor in the film Naseeb. She was not interested in studies because she wanted to become an actress since childhood.
Dimple Kapadia’s first film
In the 70’s, Raj Kapoor was looking for a young girl for his film Bobby. Dimple met Raj Kapoor at the age of 14 and the shooting of the film began. In the middle of the shooting, Dimple’s birthday came and she turned 15. The film was released in the year 1973 in which Rishi Kapoor was opposite Dimple Kapadia. This film rocked the box office and the film earned a lot. After this, Dimple Kapadia married Rajesh Khanna.
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At the age of 15, Dimple Kapadia married 30-year-old Rajesh Khanna. Dimple had already watched Rajesh Khanna’s movies and had a crush on him. At the age of 16, Dimple gave birth to Twinkle Khanna (1974) and her second daughter was Rinke Khanna (1977). Dimple Kapadia and Rajesh Khanna separated after about 9 years of marriage and Dimple returned home with both daughters. After this, Dimple Kapadia remained single, although she never divorced Rajesh Khanna.
Dimple Kapadia’s comeback
In the year 1984, Dimple Kapadia made a comeback with the film Saag. This film was a superhit at the box office. After this, she did superhit films like ‘Jaanbaaz’, ‘Ram Lakhan’, ‘Krantiveer’, ‘Partition’, ‘Narasimha’, ‘Aitbaar’, ‘Prahar: The Final Attack’ in the 90’s. In the 2000’s, Dimple Kapadia did superhit films like ‘Dil Chahta Hai’ and ‘Cocktail’. In the last two to three years, Dimple Kapadia has done blockbuster films like ‘Brahmastra: Part 1’ (2022), ‘Pathan’ (2023), ‘Tu Jhoothi Main Makkar’ (2023) and ‘Teri Baatein Aisa Uljha Jiya’ (2024).
