Born on 10 October 1954, film actress Rekha is the child of Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan and Telugu actress Pushpavali.
Rekha was born and brought up in Chennai. He was named Bhanumati Rekha after birth.
Rekha considers Telugu as her mother tongue and also speaks Hindi, Tamil and English well.
His parents were not married at the time of Rekha's birth and his father did not accept him as his child in his childhood.
Rekha had no interest in acting but due to deteriorating financial conditions, she had to leave school and act.
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Rekha started her career at the age of 12 with a Telugu film. Three years later, she debuted as a heroine in a Kannada film.
Rekha's first Hindi film was Anjana Safar. He was accompanied by Vishwajeet Hero.
Rekha's first Hindi film Anjana Safar had a kissing scene which brought her to the spotlight. The film was released after two years under the problems of censorship under the name Shikar.
Rekha was dusky and thick during her early films. According to him, he was called the next duckling (ugly duckling).
Rekha has one real sister and six half-siblings, whose father was Gemini Ganesan.
Rekha always wanted to roam the world and that's why she dreamed of becoming an airhostess.
Rekha was very fond of makeup and due to this hobby, her airhostess friends used to bring makeup kits for them from abroad.
While receiving education from Irish nuns at the Convette School, Rekha wanted to become a nun.
Early in her career, Rekha also had to work in Telugu B and C-grade films.
Rekha married industrialist Mukesh Aggarwal. Mukesh committed suicide only after a few months of marriage.
During the film career, Rekha was associated with Amitabh Bachchan, Raj Babbar, Vinod Mehra, Naveen Nischal, Jeetendra, Yash Kohli, Shatrughan Sinha and Akshay Kumar.
There were also reports of Rekha marrying Vinod Mehra but Rekha rejected them outright.
Rekha's name was also associated with Sanjay Dutt, who is 5 years younger than her. In this subject Rekha once said that she befriended Sanjay Dutt to burn Amitabh Bachchan.
Amitabh and Rekha remained extremely close to each other. Rekha's personality has changed dramatically in Amitabh's company. She became aware of her look and changed her outlook of life.
Rekha is also fond of dubbing. She has dubbed in the film Yarana in the voice of Neetu Singh and in the film Waris in the voice of Smita Patil.
Rekha is very fond of singing and has sung two songs in the film Sundar at the behest of music composer RD Burman.
There are no stylists behind Rekha's tremendous look. She chooses her own look.
Rekha is very punctual and arrives everywhere at the appointed time.
Rekha and Hema Malini are very good friends. Rekha is on Hema Malini's speed dial.
Rekha was the first heroine who started going to the gym. Rekha started with Basic XSize in the gym. He also specializes in yoga.
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