Rekha
Bhanurekha Ganesan (; born 10 October 1954), better known by her mononymous stage name Rekha, is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in Hindi films. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in Indian cinema, she has starred in more than 180 films and is the recipient of several accolades, including one National Film Award and four Filmfare Awards. She has often played strong and complicated female characters—from fictional to literary—in both mainstream and independent films. Though her career has gone through certain periods of decline, Rekha has gained a reputation for reinventing herself numerous times and has been credited for her ability to sustain her status. In 2010, the Government of India honoured her with Padma Shri, India's fourth highest civilian honour.The daughter of actors Pushpavalli and Gemini Ganesan, Rekha started her career as a child actress in Telugu films ''Inti Guttu'' (1958) and ''Rangula Ratnam'' (1966). Her first film as a lead happened with the Kannada movie ''Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999'' (1969). Her Hindi debut with ''Sawan Bhadon'' (1970) established her as a rising star, but despite the success of several of her early films, she was often panned in the press for her looks and weight. Motivated by criticism, she started working on her appearance and put effort into improving her acting technique and command of the Hindi language, resulting in a well-publicised transformation. Early recognition in 1978 for her performances in ''Ghar'' and ''Muqaddar Ka Sikandar'' marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career, and she was one of Hindi cinema's leading stars through most of the 1980s and early 1990s.
For her performance in the comedy ''Khubsoorat'' (1980), Rekha received her first Filmfare Award for Best Actress. She followed it with roles in ''Baseraa'' (1981), ''Ek Hi Bhool'' (1981), ''Jeevan Dhaara'' (1982) and ''Agar Tum Na Hote'' (1983). While mostly prolific in popular Hindi cinema, during this time she ventured into parallel cinema, a movement of neo-realist arthouse films. These films included dramas such as ''Kalyug'' (1981), ''Vijeta'' (1982) and ''Utsav'' (1984), and her portrayal of a classical courtesan in ''Umrao Jaan'' (1981) won her the National Film Award for Best Actress. After a short setback in the mid 1980s, she was among the actresses who led a new trend of women-centred revenge films, starting with ''Khoon Bhari Maang'' (1988), for which she won a second Best Actress award at Filmfare.
Rekha's work was much less prolific in subsequent decades. Her roles in early 1990s mostly met with lukewarm reviews. In 1996, she played against type in the role of an underworld don in the action thriller ''Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi'' (1996), for which she won a third Filmfare Award in the Best Supporting Actress category, and further appeared in ''Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love'' (1996) and ''Aastha: In the Prison of Spring'' (1997) to critical acclaim but some public scrutiny. During the 2000s, she was praised for her supporting roles in the 2001 dramas ''Zubeidaa'' and ''Lajja'', and started playing mother roles, among which was her role in the science fiction ''Koi... Mil Gaya'' (2003) and its superhero sequel ''Krrish'' (2006), both commercial successes. The lattermost emerged as her highest-grossing release.
Apart from acting, Rekha served as a Member of Parliament for the Rajya Sabha from 2012 to 2018. Her private life and public image have been the subject of frequent media interest and discussion. Starting in the 1970s, her pairing opposite Amitabh Bachchan in a number of successful films was accompanied by enduring speculation about a love affair between the two, culminating in their starring film ''Silsila'' (1981), which was reflective of media projections. Her only marriage to the Delhi-based industrialist and television manufacturer Mukesh Agarwal in March 1990 ended seven months later when he died by suicide. Rekha's public image has often been tied to her perceived sex appeal. She is reluctant to give interviews or discuss her life, which resulted in her being labelled a recluse. Provided by Wikipedia
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962by Rekha Khandia, Shailja Singhal, Utsang Kumar, Afzal Ansari, Ruchi Tiwari, Kuldeep Dhama, Jayashankar Das, Ashok Munjal, Raj Kumar SinghGet full text
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963by Aashima Dabas, Rajesh Khadgawat, Monita Gahlot, Vineet Surana, Neena Mehan, Rekha Ramot, Aparna Pareek, V Sreenivas, Raman Kumar MarwahaGet full text
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965by Morrison, Deborah, Mair, Frances S., Chaudhuri, Rekha, McGee-Lennon, Marilyn, Thomas, Mike, Thomson, Neil C., Yardley, Lucy, Wyke, SallyGet fulltext
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966by Yang Yang, Jaeil Ahn, Rekha Raghunathan, Bhaskar V. Kallakury, Bruce Davidson, Zuzana Brnakova Kennedy, Joseph Zaia, Radoslav Goldman, Radoslav GoldmanGet full text
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967by Zahra Akbarian-Rad, Seyed Mohammad Riahi, Ali Abdollahi, Parisa Sabbagh, Soheil Ebrahimpour, Mostafa Javanian, VeneelaKrishnaRekha Vasigala, Ali RostamiGet full text
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969by Parikshit M Gogate, Mohini Sahasrabudhe, Mitali Shah, Shailbala Patil, Anil N Kulkarni, Rupal Trivedi, Divya Bhasa, Rahin Tamboli, Rekha ManeGet full text
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972by Raj K. Singh, Kuldeep Dhama, Rekha Khandia, Ashok Munjal, Kumaragurubaran Karthik, Ruchi Tiwari, Sandip Chakraborty, Yashpal S. Malik, Rubén Bueno-MaríGet full text
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974by Deepak Kumar Gupta, Priyali Shah, Anoop Misra, Swati Bharadwaj, Seema Gulati, Nidhi Gupta, Rekha Sharma, Ravindra M Pandey, Kashish GoelGet full text
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975by Peter D. Karp, Natalia Ivanova, Markus Krummenacker, Nikos Kyrpides, Mario Latendresse, Peter Midford, Wai Kit Ong, Suzanne Paley, Rekha SeshadriGet full text
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976by Chih-Yuan Chiang, Ijeoma Uzoma, Richard T. Moore, Merle Gilbert, Allen J. Duplantier, Rekha G. Panchal, Rino Rappuoli, Danielle A. GarsinGet full text
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977by Palak Bakshi, Rekha Chouhan, Pooja Sharma, Bilal Ahmad Mir, Sumit G. Gandhi, Marco Landi, Bingsong Zheng, Anket Sharma, Renu BhardwajGet full text
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980by Lok Kumar Shrestha, Laxmi Adhikari, Rekha Goswami Shrestha, Mandira Pradhananga Adhikari, Rina Adhikari, Jonathan P. Hill, Raja Ram Pradhananga, Katsuhiko ArigaGet full text
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