Bhanurekha Ganesan (born 10 October 1950), better known by her stage name Rekha, is an Indian film actress who has mainly appeared in Hindi films. Noted for her versatility and acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Hindi cinema, Rekha started her career in 1966 as a child actress in the Telugu film Rangula Ratnam, which won the National Film Award for Best Feature Film in Telugu for that year, though her film debut as a lead happened four years later with Sawan Bhadon
(1970). Despite the success of several of her early films, she was
often panned for her looks and it was not until the mid-to-late 1970s
that she got recognition as an actress. Since the late 1970s, after
undertaking a physical transformation, she has been featured as a sex symbol in the Indian media.
Rekha has acted in over 180 films in a career spanning over 40 years.
Throughout her career, she has often played strong female characters
and, apart from mainstream cinema, appeared in arthouse films, known in India as parallel cinema. She has won tree Filmfare Awards, two for Best Actress and one for Best Supporting Actress, for her roles in Khubsoorat (1980), Khoon Bhari Maang (1988) and Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi (1996), respectively. Her portrayal of a classical courtesan in Umrao Jaan (1981) won her the National Film Award for Best Actress.
Though her career has gone through certain periods of decline, she has
reinvented herself numerous times and has been credited for her ability
to sustain her status. In 2010, she was honoured with the Padma Shri by the Government of India.
Rekha was born in Chennai (then Madras) to Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan and Telugu actress Pushpavalli.
Her father enjoyed considerable success as an actor and Rekha was to
follow in his footsteps. She is an alumni of the popular Church Park
Convent in Chennai. Although she is half-Tamil and half-Telugu, she considers Telugu her mother tongue as she was brought up speaking only Telugu at her home. She also speaks Hindi, Tamil and English fluently.
Her parents were not married at the time of her birth, and her father did not acknowledge his paternity during her childhood. It was in early 1970s, when she was looking for a footing in Bollywood, that she revealed her origins. Later, at the peak of her career, Rekha told a magazine interviewer that father's neglect still rankled and that she had ignored his efforts at reconciliation. Rekha quit school to start a career in acting. She did not have any personal aspirations in this direction, but the troubled financial state of her family compelled her to do so.
Her parents were not married at the time of her birth, and her father did not acknowledge his paternity during her childhood. It was in early 1970s, when she was looking for a footing in Bollywood, that she revealed her origins. Later, at the peak of her career, Rekha told a magazine interviewer that father's neglect still rankled and that she had ignored his efforts at reconciliation. Rekha quit school to start a career in acting. She did not have any personal aspirations in this direction, but the troubled financial state of her family compelled her to do so.
She was rumuored to have a romantic affair with Amitabh Bachchan.In 1990, Rekha married Delhi-based
industrialist Mukesh Aggarwal. A year later—while she was in London—he
committed suicide, after several previous attempts, leaving a note,
"Don't blame anyone". She was pilloried by the press at that time, a period which one journalist termed as "the deepest trough in her life." She was rumoured to have been married to actor Vinod Mehra in 1973, but in a 2004 television interview with Simi Garewal she denied being married to Mehra referring to him as a "well-wisher". Rekha currently lives in her Bandra home in Mumbai.
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