Dimple Kapadia is a famous Bollywood personality, she is well known for her glamorous looks. She has worked in quite a number of films and earned name and fame.

Dimple Kapadia was born in a Gujerati-speaking family on 8th June, 1957. She is the daughter of Chunnibhai Kapadia and Betty. Her father was a Gujarati entrepreneur. Dimple has a younger sister, Simple Kapadia, who was born on 15 August 1958.

Her complete name is Dimple Chunnibhai Kapadia. She is 5 feet 2½ inch (1.59 m) height.

Dimple Kapadia is a discovery of Raj Kapoor, who signed her up opposite his son, Rishi Kapoor, in the 1973 hit 'Bobby'. The film made Rishi and her stars overnight, at the time she was just 16 years old.

Shortly after the release of 'Bobby', Dimple was in the headlines again in 1974 when she married Jatin, popularly known as super-star Rajesh Khanna, who was 15 years older than her. She quit films and re-located to live with her husband in their Juhu Bungalow.


On Rajesh's 32nd birthday, a daughter, Tina (popularly known as actress Twinkle Khanna), was born to them. Then on July 27, 1977, Dimple and Rajesh became parents of Rinke. Her daughters have also joined the film industry. Her daughter, Twinkle Khanna, is married to actor Akshay Kumar.


Dimple quit acting after her marriage.

Her married life was not smooth and therefore, Dimple decided to take divorce from her husband in 1984. After this tough phase of her life, she decided to make a comeback in the films. In 1985, she did her next film "Saagar" in which she was starred opposite to Rishi Kapoor. During 1980s and 1990s, she gave performances in a number of films. Infact, she was one of the most dominant personalities of that period.


One of her best performances has been in the film "Rudaali", which was highly praised and also brought her National Film Award for Best Actress. She played the role of an alcoholic in the film "Dil Chahta Hai", which was widely appreciated.


In the year 2006, she did her first movie in English language "Being Cyrus" which was directed by Homi Adajania. She is co-starred with Saif Ali Khan and Naseeruddin Shah in the movie.


It is said that she had an affair with Bollywood star Sunny Deol. The pair has been very successful in films like Arjun. During the later part of the 1980’s and the earlier part of 1990’s Dimple was quite active in the Bollywood scene and had a steady affair with Sunny Deol. But Sunny’s father and Bollywood icon Dharmendra disapproved of their relation as Sunny was already married.