Rekha,
the
eternal
beauty
turns
59
today
and
she
can
still
give
any
actress
of
the
current
generation
a
run
for
their
money.
Beautiful,
sensual,
gorgeous,
sex-symbol
are
some
of
the
words
which
have
been
used
to
describe
Rekha.
During
a
career
spanning
five
decades
she
has
acted
in
around
180
films
and
has
won
the
national
award
for
Umrao
Jaan.
She
has
also
won
the
filmfare
award
three
times
and
received
the
filmfare
lifetime
achievement
award
in
2003.
Rekha
started
her
career
with
Sawan
Bhadon(1970)
as
a
lead
actress,
the
movie
became
a
huge
hit
and
her
career
took
off.
At
the
starting
point
of
her
career
she
was
often
panned
for
her
looks.
She
was
known
more
of
a
glamorous
girl
than
an
actor.
Her
first
notable
performance-oriented
role
was
in
the
movie
Do
Anjaane
with
Amitabh
Bachchan.
But
the
turning
point
of
her
career
was
when
she
acted
in
the
movie,
Ghar,
she
portrayed
the
role
of
a
newly
married
girl
who
gets
gang-raped
and
what
the
couple
does
to
overcome
the
trauma
and
suffering.
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here
to
view
images
of
Rekha.
After
the
success
of
Ghar,
she
joined
the
league
of
top
actresses
of
that
time
and
started
getting
projects
from
all
the
top
filmmakers.
Hrishikesh
Mukherjee
approached
her
for
the
film,
Khoobsurat,
which
was
a
comedy
movie.
She
agreed
to
do
the
part
which
earned
her
the
first
fimfare
for
best
actress.
Film
World
magazine
wrote
" Rekha
has
done
it.
Smoothly,
successfully.
From
a
plump,
pelvis-jerking,
cleavage-flashing
temptress,
she
has
metamorphosed
into
a
sleek,
accomplished
actress."
Then
came
the
movie
for
which
everyone
will
remember
her
for
years
to
come,
Umrao
Jaan.
She
was
praised
by
both
the
critics
and
audience
and
got
the
national
film
award
for
best
actress
for
portraying
the
role
of
a
courtesan
with
a
heart
of
gold.
Unfortunately,
her
personal
life
was
never
as
successful
as
her
professional
one.
Her
affair
with
Amitabh
Bachchan
could
not
materialise
into
anything
as
he
was
a
married
man
and
her
first
husband,
a
Delhi
based
industrialist
committed
suicide
in
the
first
year
of
marriage.
Go
through
the
slides
to
know
more
about
her
movies.
Muqaddar
Ka
Sikandar
The
film
was
the
top
grossing
hit
of
1978.[2]
The
film
was
the
third
biggest
hit
of
the
decade
after
Sholay
and
Bobby.
The
film
was
such
a
huge
hit,
that
people
used
to
stand
in
queues,
waiting
endlessly,
to
buy
the
film's
tickets.
Sometimes
the
crowds
slept
in
front
of
the
cinema
halls
overnight
in
their
wait
for
the
tickets
Silsila
It
is
said
to
be
loosely
inspired
by
the
alleged
real
life
love
triangle
of
Amitabh-Jaya-Rekha,
which
was
the
most
talked
about
affair
back
then
Umrao
Jaan
It
is based
on
the
famous
Lucknow
courtesan.
The
film
starred
Bollywood
actress
Rekha
and
Farooq
Shaikh
as
leads.
Mr.
Natwarlal
The
name
of
film
and
lead
character
were
inspired
from
famous
and
legendary
conman
of
India,
Natwarlal.
Ghar
The
film
about
the
young
married
couple
coping
with
the
aftermath
of
rape,
and
stars
Vinod
Mehra
and
Rekha
in
lead
roles
Khoobsurat
The
film
won
the
1981
Filmfare
Best
Movie
Award.
Rekha,
won
her
first
Filmfare
Best
Actress
Award
for
her
role
as
Manju
Dayal.
Khoon
Bhari
Maang
It
is
a
remake
of
the
Australian
mini-series,
and
is
about
a
wealthy
widow
who
is
almost
killed
by
her
lover
and
sets
out
for
revenge