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Tuesday 8 June 2021

Bobby Turns 64

 


Dimple Kapadia( Born on 8 June 1957) was launched by Raj Kapoor at age 16, playing the title role in his teen romance Bobby (1973). She became a sensation after the release of the film. Bobby established her as a "cult figure" She became the youth fashion icon of India. The mini skirts and polka-dotted dresses she wore were often referred to as "Bobby Print"

Before the release of Bobby, she has already married that too the heartthrob of the nation Rajesh Khanna. She didn't work in any film after the release of Bobby. She made her comeback after 12 years with Ramesh Sippy's Sagar in 1985. 

Despite long absences, Dimple Kapadia — who turns 64 today — has built an enviable body of work. In this blog we look into the roles she played in her career span of 48 years.

Bobby(1973)



The film became a trend-setter. It was wildly popular and widely imitated. It introduced to Bollywood the genre of teenage romance with a rich-versus-poor clash as a backdrop. Dimple played Bobby Braganza in this film. She was awarded The Best Heroine Award for this film. She acted with "natural ease and freshness". Rediff.com ranked her performance in Bobby as the fourth-best female debut of all-time in Hindi cinema: "An elfin little girl with big, lovely eyes, nobody quite portrayed innocence as memorably as Dimple in her first outing.

Sagar(1985)



It was a comeback film of Dimple after 12 years. It was a  romantic drama film directed by Ramesh Sippy. The film stars Rishi KapoorKamal Haasan, and Dimple Kapadia. She played  Mona D'Silva who runs a small restaurant in Goa. She once again awarded The Best Actress for this film.

Kaash (1987)



The film written and directed by Mahesh Bhatt. Dimple Kapadia and Jackie Shroff starred as an estranged couple who, during a relentless legal battle over the custody of their only son, learn that the boy is suffering from brain tumour and reunite to spend the last months of his life as a family Dimple achieves the impossible. Bereft of her glitzy make-up, glamour and filmi mannerisms, she comes alive as never before: beautiful, sensitive and intense.

Lekin (1991)



 The film was loosely based on the 1895 short story Kshudhit Pashaan Hungry Stones by Rabindranath Tagore, and directed by Gulzar. It stars Vinod KhannaDimple KapadiaAmjad KhanAlok Nath, and Beena Banerjee. Dimple has often cited this role as a personal favorite and the pinnacle of her career and wished she had more screen time in the film. Her performance in it earned her a third Filmfare nomination 

Rudali (1993)



The film is set in a small village in RajasthanIndia. It tells the story of a woman named Shanichari, who was abandoned by her mother shortly after her father's death. Bad fortune follows her throughout her life. The title is a reference to a custom in certain areas of Rajasthan where women of a lower caste are hired as professional mourners upon the death of upper-caste males. These women are referred to as a "rudaali" (roo-dah-lee), literally translated as "female weeper" or "weeping woman". Their job is to publicly express the grief of family members who are not permitted to display emotion due to social status. Dimple Kapadia won the National Film Award for Best Actress and the Filmfare Awards Best Performance Critics Award.

Dil Chahta Hai  (2001)



Dimple plays a middle-aged, alcoholic interior designer battling loneliness and pining to be with her daughter, she (along with Akshaye Khanna’s Siddharth Sinha) provides the much-needed gravitas and depth to Farhan Akhtar’s breezy coming-of-age directorial debut. Kapadia told Filmfare that making the film was an enriching experience, and called her part "a role to die for"

Song of Bobby 1973

Song of Sagar 1985

Song of Kaash 1987

Song of Lekin 1991

Song of Rudali 1993














Sunday 10 January 2021

Story Behind the Song 'Jhooth Bole kauwa Kate'

 


This popular song of the 1973 film Bobby was sung by Lata Mangeshkar and Shailendra Singh. This was composed by Laxmikant Pyarelal. The song was in fact based on Bundelkhand folk song ' Mein Mayke Chali Jaongi'. These lines were suggested by Vithal Bhai Patel, the great Hindi poet to Raj Kapoor.

Raj Kapoor added Mukhra( 'Jhooth Bole Kauwa Kate') to these lines which he heard from Rajendra Kumar 8 years back in 1962 during the shooting of Sangam.

There was an incident at the time of the shooting of Sangam in Paris. After the shooting of previous day Raj Kapoor told Raj Kapoor that in the next day they will start shooting early so he takes care that he wakes him up early. 

The next day Rajendra Kumar got up and was ready for shooting, finds Raj Kapoor still sleeping, he went to his room and knocked Raj Kapoor's door. Raj Kapoor was annoyed by being disturbed. Rajendra Kumar on this said that he himself had asked him to get up in the time which Raj Kapoor said you are lying. Rajendra Kumar at that instance saw 2 crows sitting on the balcony of the room and suddenly said Jhooth Bolun to Kauwa Kate, Raj Kapoor remembered those words and used these words as Mukhra of the song. 

Vithalbhai Patel was credited for this song in this film but Anand Baxi who completed the song was not happy that he did not get credit for the song. In the film immediately the song finishes another song starts. This song was also written by Vithalbhai Patel.'Na Chahon Sona Chandi'

Song of Bobby 1973