The actress has been cast in Chris Nolan’s next alongside Robert Pattinson and Michael Caine

Veteran actress Dimple Kapadia has been cast in Christopher Nolan’s action epic Tenet, which will also feature Robert Pattinson and Michael Caine, and will be shot across seven countries, including India.

While Dimple, 61, is yet to comment on it, celebrities from Bollywood have cheered her on.

Actor Anil Kapoor called her casting “phenomenal,” while filmmaker Anurag Kashyap tweeted, “So cool... Dimple Kapadia in a Chris Nolan Film. Wow!”

Film producer Guneet Monga sent in congratulations.

Dimple, who made her screen debut with 1973’s Bollywood film Bobby, is a National Award winner. She has proved her mettle in Indian cinema with an eclectic mix of parallel and commercial films like Rudaali, Krantiveer, Dil Chahta Hai and Finding Fanny among others.

Mumbai-based talent manager Purvi Lavingia Vats, who was instrumental in getting Ali Fazal a role in Fast and Furious 7, says she pitched Dimple for the role to Nolan’s casting team in Los Angeles.

“Dimple is a great and a wonderful person. She is the only Indian actor to be a part of this project as of now. They will be shooting the film in different countries, and India is one of them,” Vats said.

“It took me a few months of convincing. But Dimple was up for it. It is something different for her, and it was an interesting process to make it all a reality,” added Vats, who is focussed about getting more international exposure for Indian talent.

Tenet was so far being described as a “massive, innovative, action blockbuster,” but plot specifics are under wraps.

Pattinson, John David Washington and Lea Seydoux are previously announced cast members. Apart from Dimple, the new joinees in the film, to be distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures in theatres worldwide on July 17, 2020, include Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Kenneth Branagh, Clemence Poesy and Caine.

Pattinson said, “I’ve been a little wary of doing big films for years and years, but there’s just something about Chris Nolan’s stuff. He seems like the only director now who can do what is essentially a very personal, independent movie that has huge scale. I read the script and it’s unreal.”

Nolan’s last film was Dunkirk.