Dimple Kapadia Never Divorced Rajesh Khanna: The love story of Rajesh Khanna and Dimple Kapadia is just like Bollywood movies. When Dimple married the superstar, she was only 16 years old and the actor was 31 years old. The couple got married in 1973 and during this time they had two daughters, Twinkle and Rinke.
However, after a few years, their married life cracked and the couple separated. But even after living apart for years, Dimple and Rajesh Khanna never divorced each other. Khanna had revealed in an interview that it was Dimple who had refused to give him divorce.
Dimple and Rajesh Khanna never got divorced even though they were living separately
Rajesh Khanna had once revealed during an interview that Dimple had refused to give him a divorce. In fact, a reporter had asked the superstar about his marriage with Dimple. He was asked if he would return to his wife. To this question, the ‘Anand’ actor had said, “What do you mean by again? Where were we separated before? It means that we live separately because she has not given divorce yet, she does not give it. I don’t know for whom she does not give it, I don’t know for what. When she comes here to Vancouver, then ask her this. All I can say is that if she did not give divorce, it is her wish, it is a matter of the heart. Don’t you ask her this? It is her choice.”
Rajesh Khanna had banned Dimple from working in films
Rajesh and Dimple got married in March 1973, just before the release of Dimple’s first film ‘Bobby’. ‘Bobby’ was a huge success and the actress was flooded with offers. It is said that this was the time when Khanna had a string of flop films at the box office. According to reports, after marriage, Khanna banned Dimple from acting.
‘After marriage with Rajesh, happiness was gone from my life’
In an interview, Dimple had said, “The day Rajesh and I got married, happiness ended in our lives.” Before calling their relationship a “tamasha”, she added, “I was too young to understand Bobby’s importance to my career, but from the day I entered Rajesh’s house, Aashirwad, I knew this marriage would not last.”