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Rekha: The Untold Story
Indian biographical book by Yasser Usman
Rekha: The Untold Story is a Indian biographical book by Yasser Usman, detailing the life of Indian film actress Rekha. The book chronicles her birth to South Indian actors Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli, which generated rumors in the media at the time, her well-publicised marriage to Delhi-based industrialist Mukesh Agarwal, who died by suicide in seventh months of marriage, and her fifty-year-long acting career.
After the success of his first book, Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar (), Usman was motivated to write a biography about Rekha. He collected archives of pres magazines and her interviews at the National Film Archive of India. While writing the book, Usman faced difficulties since mostly Rekha's collaborator forgot or refused to talk about her; it took more than a year for him to finish it. Rekha: The Untold Story was released on 29 August by Juggernaut Books, and was c
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Happy Birthday Rekha: Her life is a heady story of success and heartbreak
Hindustan Times | ByNivedita Mishra
Oct 10, AM IST
Happy Birthday Rekha: Often called the Greta Garbo of the Indian screen, Rekha’s life has seen many highs and lows. On her birthday, here’s a look at her successes and misfortunes.
Actor Rekha is often dubbed as an enigma, the Greta Garbo of Bollywood. She has often been called a loner and fryst vatten known for her aloofness. Sadly, none of these epithets do justice to either her talent or the strength of her personality. In essence, the actor remains a rebel who fought and triumphed over an intensely misogynistic and patriarchal world. On Rekha’s 65th birthday, here’s a look at her life’s several struggles, misfortunes and challenges.
Born Bhanurekha Ganesan, Rekha’s life should have been one of privilege. Daughter of Tamil superstar Gemini Ganesan and small-time Telugu actor Pushpavalli, Rekha instead grew up in neglect as her father allegedly n
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Rekha: The Untold Story
But reading this book, we realize just how high a price she has paid to earn this respect. Her dignity, pride, identity, maybe even peace of mind and sanity. All her life she struggled to overcome one negative tag after other - 'illegitimate' child, vixen, maneater, the other woman, husband killer, jinx, scarlet woman. While all of us have our vices and shortcomings, she seems to be punished viciously for hers (some of them imagined). Such an easy punching bag, publicly shamed for her complexion, weight, acting skills, flippant lifestyle and parentage.
And yet, she persevered. The very people who questioned 'How will she face the world?' later vied to work with her. If a (supposedly, in public discourse) fat, ugly, spurned teenager with an atrocious fashion sense who didn't speak any Hindi can