When Rishi Kapoor and Dimple’s film Bobby was released, a rumor spread everywhere. Is Dimple Kapadia Raj Kapoor and Nargis’ Daughter? Nargis distanced herself from this gossip but later on reacted to this rumor.
Raj Kapoor is called the showman of the industry and apart from his films and characters, he used to make a lot of headlines for his personal relationships. There have been rumors of many actresses’ relationship with Raj Kapoor. But the one with whom the actor’s love story was most discussed was Nargis.
Raj Kapoor met Nargis when he was already married. Whereas Nargis was only 16 years old then. Raj Kapoor had stated that the story of his and Nargis’ first meeting has been shown in film ‘Bobby’. Just like Rishi and Dimple met for the first time in the film ‘Bobby’, Raj Kapoor and Nargis also met in a similar way.
After the release of ‘Bobby’, a rumor spread which blew everyone’s mind. In that era, it was widely spread in newspapers and film magazines that Dimple Kapadia is actually the illegitimate daughter of Nargis and Raj Kapoor. Nargis broke her silence on this in an interview.
How did the rumor start?
Actually, Dimple’s look in the film Bobby was very similar to Nargis’s look in the movie “Awara”. The other reason was that a scene of Dimple in the film was an exact depiction of the meeting between Nargis and Raj Kapoor in real life.
Somebody fueled this rumor by resorting to fabricated stories. But none of Raj Kapoor, Dimple Kapadia, Nargis and Rishi Kapoor thought it necessary to say anything on this. But then one day Nargis’ patience broke.
She talked about this in an interview. All this happened when Nargis had married Sunil Dutt. Priya Dutt, Namrata Dutt and Sanjay Dutt were born. Nargis had retired from the film world.
Nargis broke her silence
Nargis was asked in an interview if she would like to say something about this rumor now? On this Nargis said,
“I don’t know how, when and why these rumors got aired. All I can say is that this is the rotten product of someone’s dirty mind. Just because Dimple Kapadia’s character in Bobby is slightly similar to my role in the film Awara and apart from this there are some more similarities. Some mean people gave it a different color. May God forgive such people and show mercy on them. God forbid, but if this had happened then I would never have left my daughter”.
The actress further said,
“Dimple is a very smart girl that she took such things as a big joke. As far as I and my family are concerned, my husband ignored these things, and my daughters laughed it off. Sanjay was hurt a lot by this, but he will come out of it. I do not want to give importance to this matter by talking about it. I do not want to fuel such cheap rumors.“
Paparazzi thrive upon such gossips to sell their stuff, but they often forget to respect the privacy and dignity of celebrities.
