Dimple Kapadia: The sensuous star

(##include msid=43376741,type=11##)For decades, people have been in awe of the gorgeous DimpleKapadia. She brought an unbridled, potent sexuality that was very different fromthe Zeenat - Parveen brand of sexuality. Now, , her latest film with Rishi Kapoor, where she plays a���mature��� lover is about to be released. Her fans will get to see heragain after a long time again. Here, relive your Dimple memorieswith some of her most memorable roles.(##includemsid=43376741,type=11 ##)The young and dew-fresh Dimple Kapadiastarted her career as a teenager in this romantic flick opposite Rishi Kapoor.(With Pyar Mein... the two have come a full circle). The magic that director RajKapoor was able to create with Bobby has not been repeated in any other teenagelove story. As a debutant, Dimple Kapadia did an outstanding job.Not did she just look fantastic, she displayed her acting abilities with utmostease. As the daughter of a poor Christian fisherman, Dimple was spontaneous,sexy and very confident for her age. Who can forget the scene in which she stepsout of a pool in a rather-revealing-for-Bollywood-till-date bikini? Or thefamous line: ���?���(##includemsid=43376741,type=11 ##)Dimple was a vision of lush beauty; quitethe forbidden fruit, rising from the ocean like Aphrodite emerging from thewaves and surf. The scene is which her towel slips and for just a second you cancatch a glimpse of her bare breasts, as she dries herself on the beach, ensuredtheatres ran ���housefull���! wasDimple���s comeback vehicle and for a mother of two, it was a remarkablere-launch pad. Even after such a long hiatus, she oozed with screen presence.The movie is remembered for Kamal Hassan���s impeccable performance and forDimple���s gorgeous aurburn tresses, (very different from the pony tailedBobby in Bobby), her eyes,which had the hero and her fans readily drowning in their champagne iridescence,and her highly sensuous moves in a red saree in the song (##includemsid=43376741,type=11 ##)After establishing herself as anultra-glamourous actor, Dimple moved on to being a part of the���serious��� and ���parallel��� cinema with MaheshBhatt���s very sensitive . Thefilm might not have caused much action at the box office, but it wasinstrumental in Dimple���s career. Jackie Shroff plays her failed and has-been actor whoreduces himself to a drunkard. As his long-suffering wife who tries making aliving for herself and her young son by working odd jobs, Dimple showed immensestrength as a performer. This has to be one of her best and most unrecognisedperformances. (##includemsid=43376741,type=11 ##)The most brutal role essayed byDimple, the movie had her playing the avenging woman, castrating rapists whofind a way out of the legal system. Her rape was salaciously portrayed onscreenwith her jeans being ripped apart and flung across the revolving fan above. AB-grade movie, Dimple nonetheless did a very convincing job of portraying heranguish and bitterness at being denied justice. Her expressive eyes and firm jaw line made her abelievable avenging fury, determined to teach criminal libidinous men a lessonthey would never forget. In spite of a far-fetched plot in which rape victimsget together to lure offenders and then castrate them (that���s femaleempowerment for you!), Dimple made the movie watchable. (##includemsid=43376741,type=11 ##)We always knew how mesmerisingDimple���s persona was. But as a ghost in this Gulzar film, she wasexceptional. The pain in her eyes as she sings the soulful Yaara Sili Sili ishard to forget, even after 14 years of the film���s release. Dimple looked real, convincing and incredible -all at the same time, in her very authentic Rajasthani attire. The desert andthe desire in her character... Gulzar should make more films. And Dimple shouldbe a part of them.(##includemsid=43376741,type=11 ##)Dimple Kapadia was her best ever asShanichari. In this ���tale of dried tears��� by Kalpana Lajmi, we sawher in a non-glamourous role for the first time. As a poor, lower cast woman whohas a drunken husband, a good for nothing son, a prostitute for a daughter inlaw and a broken house in a barren Rajasthan desert to live in, Dimple wasoutstanding, to say the least. With ,she set an example, perhaps, hard for her to meet ever again. Her character wasall about strength. The accent, the walk, the scene where she becomes a������ after her motherdies are never to be seen on the big screen ever. (##includemsid=43376741,type=11 ##)As the drunkard divorcee, Dimple Kapadiareturned to Bollywood with a bang with . As Akshaye Khanna���s love interest, she created a lot ofimpact. Many called her the surprise package of the film. Like all her otherfilms, there had to be one breath-taking scene in DCH as well. So when she walksout of her room in a pristine white sari to be portrayed by Khanna, a whiff ofsensuousness and elegance surrounds her. If in she was the young sexy thing, in she was the grandest hot thing ever. Hers was a small role, but onethat will go down in the history of Hindi films. (##includemsid=43376741,type=11 ##)As Leela, Dimple Kapadia was the mostdignified Mrs Robinson ever. A very contemporary and bold film, Leela wasappreciated in film festivals. The film is the story of Leela, an aware, liberalwoman who struggles with the true meaning of independence. It is also the storyof Krishna, born of Indian parents in America but uncomfortable with hishyphenated existence. As the Indian professor teaching in an Americanuniversity, who ends up going to bed with one of her students, also herfriend���s son, Dimple exhibited a great amount of depth and maturity. Themystique around her person never seizes to exist. Not off-screen and mostdefinitely, not on screen.