Simple Kapadia (15 August 1958 – 10 November 2009) was a Hindi film actress and

costume designer A costume designer is a person who designs costumes for a film, stage production or television show. The role of the costume designer is to create the characters' outfits or costumes and balance the scenes with texture and colour, etc. The costume ...

, who was active in her professional career from 1987 until her death in 2009.

Early and personal life

Simple was born on 15 August 1958 to parents Chunnibhai and Betty Kapadia. She was raised alongside 3 siblings - elder sister

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, younger sister Reem Kapadia (who died of drug overuse) and Suhail (Munna) Kapadia. She had a son Karan Kapadia with Rajinder Singh Shetty and was the aunt of

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and

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Career

Acting

Simple Kapadia made her acting debut in 1977 at the age of 18 in the role of Sumitha Mathur in the film ''

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'', with her brother-in-law, actor Rajesh Khanna. She starred opposite

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in '' Shakka'' and '' Chakravyuha.'' She played supporting roles in ''

Lootmaar ''Lootmaar'' () is a 1980 Hindi mystery film produced and directed by Dev Anand. The film stars Dev Anand, Tina Munim, Mehmood, Nirupa Roy, Prem Chopra, Ranjeet, Shakti Kapoor, Kader Khan, Amjad Khan, Simple Kapadia, Shreeram Lagoo and Rakhe ...

'', ''

Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai ''Zamaane Ko Dikhana Hai'' (translation: ''Show The World'') is a 1981 Indian Hindi romantic thriller film produced and directed by Nasir Hussain. It stars Rishi Kapoor, Padmini Kolhapure, Yogeeta Bali, Amjad Khan, Kader Khan, Shreeram Lagoo ...

'', ''

Jeevan Dhaara ''Jeevan Dhaara'' is a 1982 Indian Hindi-language film directed by T. Rama Rao. The film is a remake of the 1974 Tamil film ''Aval Oru Thodar Kathai''. The film stars Rekha, Raj Babbar, Rakesh Roshan, Amol Palekar, Kanwaljit Singh and Simple K ...

'' and ''

Dulha Bikta Hai ''Dulha Bikta Hai'' is a 1982 Hindi drama film directed by Anwar Pasha starring Raj Babbar, Anita Raj and Neelam. Cast * Raj Babbar * Anita Raj * Neelam * Simple Kapadia * Madan Puri * Iftekhar * Jagdish Raj * Urmila Bhatt Soundtrack #"K ...

''. In 1985 she starred in the art film ''

Rehguzar Rehguzar is a 1985 Indian direct-to-video film directed by Jyoti Sarup starring the Shekhar Suman, Simple Kapadia, Bharat Bhushan and Jyoti Sarup himself. The film was first released for video in 1985, it was later telecasted on Doordarshan ...

'' opposite

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. Her last acting gig was an item song for ''Parakh'' in 1987.

Costume design

After her final acting gig, she became a costume designer, and designed for actors including Sunny Deol,

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, Amrita Singh, Sridevi and

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. In 1994 she won a

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for her costume design in ''

Rudaali ''Rudaali'' (pronounced "roo-dah-lee"; ) is a 1993 Indian Hindi-language drama film directed by Kalpana Lajmi, written by Lajmi and Gulzar and based on a 1979 short story of the same name by Bengali author Mahasweta Devi. Set in a small villag ...

''. She later designed for Indian movies including ''Rok Sako To Rok Lo'' and ''Shaheed''.

Filmography

As an actress

As a costume designer

Awards and nominations

* 1994 -

National Film Award for Best Costume Design The National Film Award for Best Costume Design is one of the National Film Awards presented annually by the Directorate of Film Festivals, the organisation set up by Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, India. It is one of several awards p ...

for ''

Death

Simple Kapadia was diagnosed with

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in 2006, but continued working despite the pain. She died in a hospital in

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on 10 November 2009, aged 51.

References

External links

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