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Bollywood veteran actress Rekha is known for her extraordinary career and unmatched beauty. Her films include ‘Silsila’, ‘Judaai’, ‘Koi Mil Gaya’, and many more.
Rekha is celebrating her 67th birthday today and we wish her a wonderful and blessed day.
Bollywood enthusiasts know Rekha has been involved in quite the scandals. Actor Anupam Kher once said, “She’s become the national vamp,” and since then, the tag stuck. Take a look at 6 lesser known controversies the actress has had in the past!
1. Rekha’s Take On The ‘Affair’
The infamous alleged affair between Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan is known by generations. The two made the audiences’ favourite on-screen pair but rumour had it, they were secretly seeing each other despite Amitabh already being married to Jaya Bachchan.
However, Rekha did in fact give out a slightly controversial statement when asked about the affair. Sourced from a report, she said, “If you can kill your desire and stick to someone in spite of knowing that this person loves somebody else, staying under the same roof. It shows strength. I know it must be terrible for his wife, but there is nothing I can do. Ye image hai na – of being a seductress and home breaker. If I would have been the wife I would have felt the same way. But I would have killed the other woman!”
2. Jaya Slapping Rekha
Jaya Bachchan had apparently SLAPPED Rekha in public on the sets of ‘Ram Balram’ movie. When Jaya had gotten to know that her husband and Rekha were cast together in ‘Ram Balram’, she tried to get Rekha replaced with Zeenat Aman. However, Rekha managed to convince the producer (Tito Tony) and director (Vijay Anand) to not drop her by offering to work for free! Moreover, Amitabh too refused to reject the film. So, Rekha ended up paired with Big B, while Zeenat was cast opposite Dharmendra.
When the shooting started, Jaya Bachchan landed on the ‘Ram Balram’ set for a visit and spotted Rekha-Amitabh speaking in private. A livid Jaya then reportedly slapped Rekha in front of the entire cast and crew! Amitabh left the set immediately, not knowing how to react.
