Justaju jiski thi usko to na paya humne
Is bahaane se magar dekh li duniya humne
(The one I desired remained elusive to me, It was an excuse to witness the world's reality)
When love is all the air you breathe, and your life transcends everything and becomes platonic- boundaries, limits and meanings of life change multi fold. To add to all this is an industry you hail to and from – controversies are bound to happen.
The legend like love story of Rekha, and her stardom that had begun at the age of 14 and continues today even at 63, gives us all the more reason to bring the unsolved mysteries of her life to you.
Rekha at 63 today is still timeless and charming, the questions her vermilion hides and the answers her eyes give are priceless. Amid the silk saree is a woman tied with numerous controversies and secrets.
Here is a look at a few -
- During the shooting of Anjana Safar, the director hatched a plan with film's male lead Biswajeet to catch a 15 year old Rekha off guard for a kissing scene. The actress was shocked when Biswajeet caught hold of her and kissed her forcefully for a long time. The incident earned Rekha the tag of 'sex-kitten'.
- Vinod's mother Kamla Mehra refused to let the newlywed bride, Rekha inside her house and humiliated her in front of all the neighbours. Kamla even picked up her slippers to throw at the actress in a fit of rage.
- At Neetu and Rishi Kapoor's wedding, Rekha walked in wearing a mangalsutra and sindoor dabbed on her head. While the photographers had a field day catching the diva's controversial look, the actress was yearning for someone else's attention
- The book- ‘Rekha: The Untold Story’ also makes it a point to regularly rub in Bachchan’s stoic silence all through the years, and a number of chapters end with the same sentence, “Amitabh Bachchan never officially commented on this”. Until finally he does.
- Why do you have sindoor in your maang?” Rekha promptly replied into the mike, “In the city I come from, it’s fashionable to wear sindoor.”
- Silsila is the only movie to have Jaya Bachchan, Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha staring together.
- If you don’t taste something, you don’t know what it means. I didn’t know what the word “father” meant, says Rekha.
To what we know best described as graceful and mysterious at the same, its Rekha. We wish the timeless beauty a very happy birthday and more power! And may the " Silsila" of your happiness always go on.
-PTC News
