This was their final picture together, and they have never worked together since. When the film was premiered on the screen, it now where looked liked a scripted one and it felt like it portrayed the real life relationship between the trio Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha and Jaya Bhaduri.Bachchan's love interest was played by Rekha, while his wife was played by Bachchan's real-life wife, Jaya Bhaduri. The news was highly publicised and crticised because Amitabh was then married to actress Jaya Bhaduri. The duo made a lot of headlines for not only for having an on-screen chemistry, but also for sharing an off-screen relationship.

Yes you read that right at a very young age of 15 after her first debut film, when Rekha was shooting for Anjana Safar she was forced to do 5 mins long smooching scene by star Biswajeet Chatterjee and the director Raja Nawathe.įollowing her breakthrough with Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Rekha went on to star in a number of films with Bachchan, the most of which were box office hits. Until she co-starred with Amitabh Bachchan in Do Anjaane (1976) and played a rape victim in Ghar (1978) the audience started taking her seriouslyĪ post shared by Rekha Forced smooching scene: Her dark appearance, chubby figure, and the garish attire she donned in her films made people and directors avoid her.

She was called an Ugly Duckling in the industry. This is the same Bollywood which mocked her for her complexion and south Indian features. The Bollywood which praises Rekha’s beauty today and can’t stop admiring her evergreen look even at this age was never the same before. She then thought of becoming a nun and started studying in a convent school with Irish nuns. But, considering her young age, she was rejected. The actress was so fond of travelling and exploring new places that at some point of time she wanted to become an air hostess. She also has 5 half sisters and one half brother from the same father but, different mother. It was because of poor financial stability and no mode of Income why Rekha stepped into the world of Cinema at a very early age. Even her father didn’t come forward to accept her paternity. Rekha’s parents Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli were not married at the time of her birth, and throughout Rekha's childhood, Gemini refused to accept that he was the father. A post shared by Rekha might know about Rekha as of actress and what you see on television, but here are 8 interesting facts about her which even the world is not aware of: Troubled early life of Rekha:

Young rekha biswajit scene