Dimple Kapadia said that when she met Rajesh Khanna, she was very young and full of dreams. Dimple and Rajesh separated after 8 years of marriage but never divorced.
Dimple Kapadia was just a teenager girl when she fell in love with superstar Rajesh Khanna. They soon got married and he left films for a few years. In an earlier interview, Dimple had once shared that she was absolutely innocent when she fell in love with Rajesh. In fact, he described himself as so “filmy” that he thought Rajesh would sing “Mere Sapno Ki Rani” for him in the mountains.
Speaking at the FICCI FLO Jaipur chapter a few years ago, Dimple had said, “Because I am very much a filmy kid, you know I really thought that Rajesh Khanna ji would sing ‘Mere Sapno Ki Rani Kab Aayegi Tu’. He will take me to the mountains and sing.” Dimple laughed while sharing the anecdote and said that when she met him, he was quite “young” and was very influenced by films.
“I swear I’m not lying, because I was very youthful. And the films had such an impact. So when we reached the mountains and there was no singing and no wind, my condition became bad (So when we reached the mountains but there was no song and there was no breeze, my condition was bad) because my The dream was broken. Because I seriously believed it. I mean how stupid can you be? But anyhow, that was me,” she said.
During this conversation, when Dimple was asked about the best role of her life, she said, “The best role of my life has been that of Mrs. Rajesh Khanna.” This has been my best role.” Dimple and Rajesh lived together for about 8 years before separating but they never divorced. They have two daughters – Twinkle and Rinke Khanna.
Dimple talked about her love story with Rajesh in the same chat and said that she met him soon after signing Bobby. She was approached for Bobby when she was only 13 years old and there was a age gap of 15 years between her and Rajesh Khanna. He recalled that after signing Raj Kapoor’s film, he was called for a function in Ahmedabad along with other film personalities. Rajesh was also in the same flight and they were sitting next to each other.
“So he said next to me, and I was looking at him. Very cleverly I told him, ‘There will be a lot of crowd there, there will be a crowd, will you hold my hand, right?’ He said, ‘Yes of course’. I said ‘Forever?’ (I told her there would be a huge crowd, would you hold my hand? She said yes, of course. I asked forever?) I was very filmy and yes, the rest is history. occurred.”
Dimple Kapadia report she was naive when she married Rajesh Khanna, thought he would sing ‘Mere Sapno Ki Rani’ for her: ‘I was heartbroken’
