Dimple Kapadia Movies
- 2005
Bollywood director Homi Adajania's English-language mystery-drama Being Cyrus concerns the enigmatic Cyrus Mistry (Saif Ali Khan), a foster child-turned-drifter who wheedles his way into a troubled Indian family. As the film opens, Cyrus accepts a position as the paid assistant to Dithnaw, once a highly-esteemed potter but now an eccentric, reclusive marijuana smoker who accomplishes little of note. Dithnaw lives with his wife, Katy (Dimple Kapadia) in the hill station of Panchgani, India where he holes up in his house in almost complete seclusion; his skeptical brother, the businessman Farokh (Boman Irani) lives with his wife Tina (Simone Singh) and the men's nutty father, Fardounjee (Honey Chhaya) - a millionaire forced by his two sons into living an impoverished life. Cyrus walks into this eccentric clan and virtually takes over, winning the confidence, step-by-step, of each family member. His constant strategizing and manipulation suggests that the situation is neither as placid nor as innocent as it seems on the surface, and indeed, the sociopathic Mistry harbors a hidden agenda that will soon tear the family apart. ~ Nathan Southern, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Naseeruddin Shah, Dimple Kapadia, (more)
First-time writer/director Somnath Sen presents this film about the identity crises experienced by South-Asian Indians living in the United States. Dimple Kapadia stars in the titular role of Leela, a self-confident professor at the University of Bombay. When she is offered a chance to come to California to work as a visiting professor, she takes the opportunity, leaving her husband behind with the promise that she'll write every day. Once in the U.S., Leela meets Kris (Amol Mhatre), a college student who feels torn between two cultures, as he was born in the States to parents who immigrated from India. When she befriends Kris' mother, Chaitali (Deepti Naval), another professor at the university, Leela comes to realize that there is much that she can learn about herself from Chaitali. Also starring Vinod Khanna, Gulshan Grover, and Brendan Hughes, Leela premiered at the 2002 ReelWorld Film Festival. ~ Matthew Tobey, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dimple Kapadia, Vinod Khanna, (more)
As Dil Chahta Hai opens, Siddarth, known as Sid (Akshaye Khanna) is racing to the hospital due to an unexplained emergency. There, he is reunited with his old friend, Sameer (Saif Ali Khan). Sameer calls the third member of the trio, Akash (Bombay superstar Aamir Khan from Lagaan), who tells him he's not going to join them at the hospital, due to an unresolved dispute between him and Sid. The film then flashes back to earlier, happier days, to show us what came between the three close friends. Sid was the studious, serious one, with a hidden artistic side, while Sameer foolishly let himself be ruled by the woman in his life. Akash could never limit himself to one woman. He was a playboy who claimed he didn't believe in love. Sameer found himself unexpectedly falling for Pooji (Sonali Kulkarni of Mission Kashmir), the young woman his parents have tried to arrange for him to marry. Akash's father grew concerned about his son's immaturity, and sent Akash to Australia to work for his company. There, he ran into Shalini (Preity Zinta, who also starred in Mission Kashmir), a girl who once rejected him in a Bombay nightclub. She's engaged to be married to Rohit (Ayub Khan), but as the two spend time together, Akash falls hard for Shalini. For his part, Sid met a beautiful divorcee, Tara (Dimple Kapadia), but his friends and family weren't ready to accept their relationship. Eventually, we work our way back to the present, and find out what's become of the three friends and their romantic entanglements. Dil Chahta Hai, a huge hit in India, marked the feature debut of writer-director Farhan Akhtar. ~ Josh Ralske, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Aamir Khan, Preity Zinta, (more)
- 1994
Calcutta, a huge city in India, is vastly overcrowded. Even those who are not desperately poor must limit their travel within the region, simply because of the difficulty of getting from one place to another. In this drama, two friends live on opposite sides of the city, and are unable to bridge the physical gap between them with any frequency, so they resort to telephone calls. A writer (Anjan Dutt) lives in a deteriorating but still stately mansion on one side of town, and his caller is a woman (Dimple Kapadia) who lives in a modern, airy apartment. They met on the phone by accident, when the insomniac woman put through a random call and chanced upon him. Their conversations studiously avoid personal information which would give either of them away, but eventually they break their own rules and the game they have been playing is ruined. ~ Clarke Fountain, All Movie Guide
- Starring:
- Dimple Kapadia, Anjan Dutt, (more)
- 1989
The Indian Pati Parmeshwar devotes 145 minutes to story that might have been told in half the time -- and half as effectively -- in an American film. Shekhar Suman plays a fortune hunter who's all charm and no substance. After a carefully calculated romantic campaign, Suman inveigles wealthy Sudha Chandran into marrying him. Once his wife's money is securely in his own coffers, Suman enters into an affair with Dimple Kapadia. But when he reveals his true disposition to his mistress, it's the end for him. Director Madan Joshi co-wrote the script with K.A. Narayan. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide
- 1973
Raj Kapoor directs one of his last classics with the 1973 Bollywood romance Bobby. Raj (Rishi Kapoor) is a young wealthy boy who falls in love with a teenaged girl named Bobby (Dimple Kapadia in her film debut). They are destined for true love, but first it seems everyone is determined to stop them. Social conventions and adults get in the way of their romance. Includes the songs "Hum Tum Ik Kamre Mein" and "Jhoot Bole Kauva Kate," with a musical score by Laxmikant/Pyarelal. Released on home video in 2004 by Yash Raj Films. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide
