Can you even guess an iconic actress like Rekha was branded a national vamp by a senior actor, a blot on the face of the nation by a popular director and some accused her of witchcraft and called her a black widow? All these truths surfaced in the recently released biography of the actress penned by Yasser Usman.
The most scandalous and highly debatable love affair between megastar Amitabh Bachan and Rekha was disclosed in such a fashion that no doubts are left any more. The megastar’s wife indeed laid an iron hand on the love-relationship and they had to break up. Everyone knows this. But, the revelation is what is more important.
Besides the revelations on the explosive affair with the megastar, Rekha also revealed the struggle of a teenager to make a career in the glamour industry to support her family, how her three marriages failed and how she became the controversy’s favourite child. Well, one knows that all wouldn’t be rosy for actresses who don’t have a filmy background, who had to struggle hard. But, Rekha’s life seems to be even more tragic with a lot of irony and shocking facts.
