Most of us may not know Rekha’s birth name Bhanumrekha Gemini Ganesan. To her fans, she is renowned as Rekha. Some reports tell us that she doesn’t use her father’s surname because Rekha’s mother was never married to her father. To the world that demands a father’s name, Rekha has led an unconventional way to success. Rekha has remained the star of the ‘80s and ’90s with consecutive blockbusters which include Agreement (1980), Ghazab (1982), Kasam Suhag ki, Rekha ki Bindiya Chamkegi, and Sansar.
A Glance At Rekha’s Bollywood Career
Rekha started her career at the age of 16. In her early interviews, she mentioned the critical financial problem that led her to choose the path of acting. Rekha was in no form to pursue a career in acting. She has also mentioned that she performed in films to earn money to feed her siblings being the only bread earner.
She has done around 400 hundred films in several Indian languages. Rekha is an affluent actress who has paved the way for women of the future generations to lead in action movies. She was among the very few actresses who pioneered to become a female lead in the action movie Khoon Bhari Maang. In this movie, people applauded her for being a versatile actress who can break her comfort zone.
Amitabh Bachchan: The Breakthrough To Rekha’s Acting Career
In the show, “Rendezvous With Simi Garewal” , Rekha humbly mentioned the name of her co-star Amitabh Bachchan. “Before Amitabh, I was never aware of the influence I hold on my audience and as a duty of an actor. It is Amitabh who taught me to worship the job I am doing. After meeting him I became more aware of my acting and started taking it seriously”. Amitabh has been her role model and inspiration in her life.
Amitabh and Rekha have shared several Screens along with consecutive blockbusters like Silsila (1981), Muqaddar Ka Sikandar (1978), Khoon Pasina(1977), Suhaag (1979), Mr. Natwarlal (1979), and many more.
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How Many Languages Did Rekha Spoke?
Being a daughter of a Telugu-speaking mother, Rekha was fluent in Telegu. For her debut film Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999 (1969) she grasped Kannad, and she was also fluent in Tamil and Hindi.
Rekha is a marvelous singer, we can listen to her ear-pleasing voice when she sang two lines of “Mujhe Tum Nazar Se Gira Toh Rahe ho” ghazal by Mehdi Hasan in the interview session with BBC (1986).
Rekha’s Relationships and Controversies Rekha has always been open about her relationships and affairs. There were rumors that she was married to Vinod Mehra with whom she later experienced divorce. Many of us know that Rekha’s first husband was Mukesh Agarwal who after seven months of marriage died attempting suicide. Of her several unstable relationships, she has been always the center of rumors and controversies among which her affair with Amitabh Bachchan has caused her great difficulties
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