Rekha, the timeless beauty, turns 65

Rekha, whose real name is Bhanurekha Ganesan, is one of most enigmatic actresseses of Bollywood, the one who just refuses to age.

She started her film career at a very young age of 13 in the Telugu film Rangula Ratnam. She made her Bollywood debut with the film Sawan Bhadon, starring Navin Nischol.

In her long and illustrious career, she has delivered several amazing performances in films like Khoobsurat, Namak Haram, Muqaddar Ka Sikander, Umrao Jaan, Khoon Bhari Maan.

• Date of Birth: 10 October 1954
• Star Sign: Libra

While the Rekha today comes across as a reserved yet charming person, but the Rekha in her younger days was outspoken, brash and carefree.

Rekha is not just a great actor, but also a good human being, and many actors in Bollywood will vouch for that.

Amitabh Bachchan and Rekha

Although Senior Bachcan was married to Jaya Bachchan, his affair with Rekha became apparent when they were working together in the film Silsila. Even though Rekha boldly admitted her love for him, Amitabh Bachchan never admitted it in public. Read more here.

It was also rumoured that Rekha was married to Vinod Mehra, however she never accepted that in public.

Rekha’s heartfelt hand-written letter to Aamir Khan for Dangal

Aamir Khan & Rekha avoided each other at one time, but have now patched up.

Aamir Khan’s ‘Dangal’ was appreciated by one and all, but one appreciation that stood out, in terms of uniqueness, was by veteran actress Rekha.

The evergreen actress, who doesn’t usually attend parties, however graced Dangal’s success party with her presence.

Rekha expressing her appreciation by penning a hand-written letter that had words of appreciation for Aamir’s performance in Dangal, and her words totally moved Aamir, who had tears in his eyes after reading the heartfelt message.

However, not many are aware that at one point, Aamir Khan and Rekha could not see eye-to-eye.

As per grapevine, Rekha, who once worked with Aamir Khan’s father Tahir Hussain in a movie, gave a tough time to Tahir Hussain. A young Aamir didn’t like it and formed an impression about Rekha.

However, the two seemed to have patched up now, and that is definitely good news, as both are legends of Hindi film industry.