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When Dimple Kapadia was just a teenager, she made her acting debut with Raj Kapoor‘s 1973 film ‘Bobby’, starring Rishi Kapoor. The veteran actress recently revealed that she was being threatened for her future by a close family friend at the same time she was suffering from leprosy.
During a conversation with FICCI Flo Jaipur Chapter, Kapadia recently disclosed that her father, Chunnibhai Kapadia, used to socialize with a number of prominent figures in the industry.The actress also mentioned that a “famous director” who was “like a family friend” wanted to get her ostracized from school. Dimple added, “I was suffering from leprosy at that time. I was about 12 years old. I had it on my elbow. So this man turned around and said, ‘I’ll see that you get ostracized from school.’”
The first time Dimple heard the word “ostracized,” she didn’t even know what it meant, but she said this was real. She went on to say that, in the end, her health worked to her advantage and she closed Raj Kapoor’s hunt for his ‘Bobby’. “He was told there is this beautiful girl, and she is suffering from leprosy. Out of this kind of a setback, there was a lot to gain, and that’s how I got Bobby,” Kapadia said, adding that those early years were the most fabulous time of her life as whatever she aspired to fell in her kitty. “It was magical. Absolutely magical,” Dimple added.
In the same interview, the veteran actress disclosed that she first went to audition for the part after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper. During the audition, Raj Kapoor told her, “You look much older than Chintu (Rishi Kapoor).” Dimple penned Ram Ram Ram Ram in her own special way of manifestation, wondering why she was turned down. However, she added, “He called me back again, and it was all right from there on.”
Bobby marked the film debuts of Dimple Kapadia and Rishi Kapoor, two actors who went on to create enchantment on the big screen and have a career graph full of inspiration.
During a conversation with FICCI Flo Jaipur Chapter, Kapadia recently disclosed that her father, Chunnibhai Kapadia, used to socialize with a number of prominent figures in the industry.The actress also mentioned that a “famous director” who was “like a family friend” wanted to get her ostracized from school. Dimple added, “I was suffering from leprosy at that time. I was about 12 years old. I had it on my elbow. So this man turned around and said, ‘I’ll see that you get ostracized from school.’”
The first time Dimple heard the word “ostracized,” she didn’t even know what it meant, but she said this was real. She went on to say that, in the end, her health worked to her advantage and she closed Raj Kapoor’s hunt for his ‘Bobby’. “He was told there is this beautiful girl, and she is suffering from leprosy. Out of this kind of a setback, there was a lot to gain, and that’s how I got Bobby,” Kapadia said, adding that those early years were the most fabulous time of her life as whatever she aspired to fell in her kitty. “It was magical. Absolutely magical,” Dimple added.
In the same interview, the veteran actress disclosed that she first went to audition for the part after seeing an advertisement in the newspaper. During the audition, Raj Kapoor told her, “You look much older than Chintu (Rishi Kapoor).” Dimple penned Ram Ram Ram Ram in her own special way of manifestation, wondering why she was turned down. However, she added, “He called me back again, and it was all right from there on.”
Bobby marked the film debuts of Dimple Kapadia and Rishi Kapoor, two actors who went on to create enchantment on the big screen and have a career graph full of inspiration.
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