As Dimple Kapadia turns 68, Subhash K Jha looks the best performances of her career.
Bobby (1973)
At 15, Dimple became the heart-throb of the nation as the plucky Bobby Braganza.
Kaash (1987)
An estranged couple (Jackie Shroff, Dimple Kapadia) fulfill the final wishes of their terminally ill child.
'Dimple gave her heart to this role,' says Director Mahesh Bhatt.
'How do you kiss your buddy?' Jackie asks of the kiss in Kaash.
'I tried to wriggle out of it, but Bhattsaab felt the kiss between Dimple and me came at a crucial juncture.'
'Dimple and I still laugh over it.'
Zakhmi Aurat (1988)
The controversial film featured Dimple as a cop who gets gang-raped.
As revenge, she and other rape victims castrate rapists.
Lekin (1991)
Dimple didn't stop calling Producer Lata Mangeshkar and Director Gulzar until she got the role of the ghost, Rewa.
In 1991, Dimple had 8 other releases.
Rudaali (1993)
Dimple won a National Award for playing Shanichari, a professional weeper in rural Rajasthan, who has forgotten real emotions.
Antareen (1993)
Dimple agreed to do Mrinal Sen's Bengali film on the condition that she wouldn't have to speak her lines.
Being Cyrus (2006)
Dimple counts Being Cyrus among her favourite films.
'Working with Homi Adjania was unbelievable. Homi'd correct me if I didn't do a scene his way.'
Dil Chahta Hai (2011)
Dimple was ethereal as the mysterious beauty Tara Jaiswal.
She jokes that the film became a hit because hers was the only character that died.
Cocktail (2012)
Boman Irani and Dimple playing siblings was brilliant casting.
Dimple is remarkable for getting out of her comfort zone for a role.
Finding Fanny (2014)
A lot of the film's brilliance hinges on the way Cinematographer Anil Mehta shoots the relation between the characters and their Goan home-life with an endearing edginess.