ACTOR

Dimple Kapadia

1957 - Today

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Dimple Kapadia (born 8 June 1957) is an Indian actress predominantly appearing in Hindi films. Born and raised in Mumbai by wealthy parents, she aspired to become an actress from a young age and received her first opportunity through her father's efforts to launch her in the film industry. She was discovered at age 14 by the filmmaker Raj Kapoor, who cast her in the title role of his teen romance Bobby (1973), which opened to major commercial success and gained her wide public recognition. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Dimple Kapadia has received more than 11,495,735 page views. Her biography is available in 41 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 36 in 2019). Dimple Kapadia is the 5,167th most popular actor (up from 5,446th in 2019), the 664th most popular biography from India (down from 613th in 2019) and the 84th most popular Indian Actor.

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  • 11M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 46.83

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 41

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 1.78

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 5.60

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Dimple Kapadia ranks 5,167 out of 13,578Before her are Celia Imrie, Kevin Conway, Christine Estabrook, Chloe Webb, Freddie Prinze Jr., and George Wendt. After her are Rebecca Hall, Bill Farmer, Adrian Rawlins, Colin Hanks, Ivana Miličević, and Samantha Mathis.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1957, Dimple Kapadia ranks 313Before her are Giuseppe Saronni, Franco Frattini, Beppe Gabbiani, Pierre Moscovici, John Howe, and Gérald Lacroix. After her are Abdul Hafiz Ghoga, Masae Suzuki, Kausea Natano, Ricardo Montaner, Rick Husband, and Elżbieta Witek.

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In India

Among people born in India, Dimple Kapadia ranks 664 out of 1,861Before her are Arthur E. Kennelly (1861), Venkaiah Naidu (1949), Mahboob Ali Khan (1866), Yamini Krishnamurthy (1940), Asha Parekh (1942), and Anandiben Patel (1941). After her are Muthuswami Dikshitar (1775), Krishna Prasad Bhattarai (1924), Basawan (1560), Balasaraswati (1918), Nalini Bala Devi (1898), and Roshanara Begum (1617).

Among ACTORS In India

Among actors born in India, Dimple Kapadia ranks 84Before her are Rakesh Roshan (1949), Preity Zinta (1975), Bindu (1951), Nana Patekar (1951), Farida Jalal (1949), and Asha Parekh (1942). After her are Zeenat Aman (1951), Kareena Kapoor (1980), Spike Milligan (1918), Ashok Kumar (1911), Freida Pinto (1984), and Amrita Singh (1958).

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