Dimple Kapadia

Dimple Kapadia fascinates me because her story bends the usual Bollywood arc. She arrived as a teenage sensation in Bobby, then largely stepped away, only to return and deliver some of her finest work in films like Rudaali, which earned her a National Film Award. That second act is what I admire most. It would have been easy to coast on early stardom, but she chose harder, less glamorous roles that demanded real craft. Decades later she even surfaced in Christopher Nolan's Tenet, proving her range still travels. Hers is a career defined less by a single peak than by stubborn, evolving artistry.

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Name (English)

Dimple Kapadia

Name (Japanese)

ディンパル・カパーディヤー

Reading

でぃんぱる・かぱーでぃやー

Born

June 8, 1957 (age 69)

Origin

Mumbai, Bombay State, India

Occupation

actor / film actor

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Gemini / Rooster

Awards & achievements

• 1974 Filmfare Award for Best Actress
• 1986 Filmfare Award for Best Actress
• 1993 Filmfare Critics Award for Best Actress
• 1993 National Film Award for Best Actress

Filmography / notable works

• Wikipedia (English)https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dimple%20Kapadia
• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%91%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AB%E3%83%91%E3%83%BC%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%A4%E3%83%BC
• Wikidatahttps://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q158558

Tags

• Bombay State
• actor
• film actor

Last updated

November 2, 2026

Only publicly available facts are listed; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. Base data was compiled from Wikidata from June 2026 onward; ages are recalculated daily and deaths are checked against Wikidata on an ongoing basis. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.