The 58-year old actress made many a head turn...
There was a time when Anees Bazmee was just an assistant holding a spotlight on his favroutite actress Dimple Kapadia's head. In a recent article inmumbaimirror.com the director of Welcome Back, who has now brought back his favourite actress to share screen space with another legendary actor Naseeruddin Shah, reminisces, "I used to call her Dimple ma'am then and she would often send me out on errands. I was her fan and would readily agree".
For his film Welcome Back, the 58-old-actress, plays a Maharani in his film and recently filmed the party number, Nas nas main, with Naseeruddin Shah playing a blind don again, 21 years after Mohra. In the film, the two are looking for a suitable match for their children and end up falling in love, instead.
When Dimple first walked on the sets of Welcome Back, dressed in a gown, Anees says, "I whistled, so did John Abraham, Anil Kapoor and Nana Patekar, who were all on the sets. I even called her a bombshell and she gave me a stern look."
"When I outlined what I had in mind, she told me categorically that nobody makes her dance to club tracks anymore and that too in a jazzy gold and red gown," Anees says in the article. "But she agreed when she heard that her Finding Fanny costar, Naseer would partner her in the song. She's really comfortable with him. They were humming and dancing together, enjoying every moment," the director says.
