Dimple Kapadia Quotes
If I had to do it all over again, I would still get married at 16.
Responding to a proposed bill that would raise the minimum age of marriage to 18. Underage marriage was then a serious problem in the United States. Many children, even under 12, were forced into marriage by their parents--usually to older men. At the time, 27 states set no true minimum age for marriage, and nine states set age limits below 16.
Dimple Kapadia is an Indian actress who predominantly appears in Hindi films. Born and raised in Bombay 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. Shortly before the film's release in 1973, she married the actor Rajesh Khanna and quit acting. Kapadia returned to films in 1984, two years after her separation from Khanna. Her comeback film Saagar, which was released a year later, revived her career. Both Bobby and Saagar won her Filmfare Awards for Best Actress. Through her work over the decade, she established herself as one of Hindi cinema's leading female actors.
