Birthday Special: 9 Photos of Rekha celebrating her ethereal beauty

Rekha has been the epitome of grace and beauty for generations

Born as Bhanurekha Ganesan, Rekha did not have the easiest of childhood or the most glorious star in the film industry. She had to start earning to feed her siblings and her looks were often a subject of joke among the industry insiders. But she grew, not only as a human and a performer, but also as a woman of substance who holds beauty in every action she does.

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Rekha looks surreal in this throwback photo

Rekha started her career in 1966 as a child star in a Telugu film, ‘Rangula Ratnam’ and made her Bollywood debut in 1970 with Saawan Bhadon. But it took her several years to establish herself as a noted actress, but once she did it, she gave a number of strong performances many of which are deemed iconic.

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Rekha grew as the quintessential diva of the industry

She might be a reserved soul now, who chooses her words rather carefully, but when she started in the industry, she was a journalist’s delight. She spoke everything that was going in her mind and did not sugarcoat anything. Her blingy roles in the films and her no nonsense attitude established her as a true-blue diva of the industry.

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Rekha defines beauty for the women of all ages

While it is hard to digest, but there was a time when Rekha was called as the ‘Ugly Duckling’ of the Hindi film industry because of her dark complexion and South Indian features. She hated being compared to the leading actresses of that time and she decided to rise and shine on sheer merit. She started working on her personality and her clothes and soon became one of the most loved actresses on the big screen.

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Birthday girl Rekha is looking celestial in this pic

She experimented a lot with her roles and her looks. From the simple girl-next-door in Hrishikesh Mukherjee’s Khoobsurat to the courtesan in Umrao Jaan to the poised yet chirpy woman in Ijazat, Rekha tried it all and gave her best shot to everything. She did not hesitate in being simple and not even going in a lot extra.

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Rekha is making us skip a heartbeat with this ethereal photograph

Rekha’s love life also gained a lot of limelight. Her many affairs, the suicide of her husband, and then one day the the sindoor on her forehead turned several heads. Her affair with megastar Amitabh Bachchan remains one of the most scrutinized aspects of her life. No one knows the story behind the Sindoor which she carries at almost all her public appearances now, but in an interview she mentioned that it is fashionable to wear Sindoor from where she comes.

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Rekha knows how to love herself

Many people call her narcissistic, a woman who has formed a world of her own around her with no windows to get in. Rekha is not shy in admitting that she, indeed, is narcissistic. And she feels there is nothing negative about it. She is in love with the woman she has become and she needs no acceptance from anyone else. The beauty is the symbol of grace and dignity for everyone.

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Rekha is looking super hot in this photograph

Not just grace and poise, Rekha showed off her hot and sexy side with equal panache. She was and is one of the most versatile and beautiful divas who have worked in the movie industry. Till today, she is revered as the ultimate scale of beauty and sensuousness.

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Rekha is looking mind bogglingly sexy in this pic

Rekha describes her personality as “basic, simple, real, extremely comforting, warm, and aesthetically attractive”. And we can’t agree more with her. She is going to remain the most elegant and the eternal beauty of the Bollywood.

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