Rekha Love Story

Rekha aka Bhanurekha Ganesan is one of the most talented actresses of the Hindi film industry. She has been ruling hearts for as long as one can recall. She has acted in more than 180 films in her long career. She started off as a child artist in a Telugu film.

Later, she entered the Hindi film industry with Sawan Badhon in which she played the female lead. There is no denying the fact that the veteran actress had a whole generation crushing over her gorgeous looks but even at the age of 64, she is still single.

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Rekha’s acting career

She started her acting career at a very young age. The actress rose to fame due to her spectacular performances and got the opportunities to work with some of the top actors of the Hindi cinema. But, do you know, Rekha was molested on the sets of one of her films? Yes, in her book, Rekha: The Untold Story, it is mentioned that something terrible happened to her while she was shooting for Anjana Safar.

The young actress was shooting a romantic scene with Biswajeet Chatterjee, who grabbed her and kissed her. All the crew members present there whistled whereas the director didn’t say cut for almost five minutes. Rekha was humiliated but she couldn’t do anything about it.

Also read: Rekha Has No Films Or Ads But This Source Of Income Keeps Her Rich

From her sindoor to alleged affair with megastar Amitabh Bachchan, Rekha has been in the limelight more for her personal life than films. She had two failed marriages and quite a few link-ups. So, here’s the list of men who entered her life but couldn’t stay with her forever.

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1. Jeetendra

Rekha and Jeetendra were two good looking stars of their times who featured in many films together. The actor was known for flirting with his leading ladies but apparently, Rekha got serious for him. However, he was already married to Shobha Kapoor. Thus, when their dating rumours surfaced, the lady was called “home-breaker”. Later, their relationship ended.

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2. Kiran Kumar

The relationship didn’t last for long. Kiran is the son of famous antagonist Jeevan. Both the stars were attracted towards each other but things didn’t work out and they decided to part ways.

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3. Vinod Mehra

Vinod won Rekha’s heart with his charm and as a result both of them got married secretly. However, it ended soon. According to an excerpt, a filmmaker revealed that when Vinod took Rekha to Culcutta to introduce her to his family, she was mistreated by his mother.

Not only this, it also said that the actor’s mother even tried to hit her with sandal. However, Rekha denied any marital relations with Vinod on Simi Garewal’s show.

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4. Amitabh Bachchan

Rekha and Amitabh were one of the most loved couples of the silver screen. Their dating rumours were not new to cinema lovers. In fact, Rekha had professed her love for the megastar in various interviews. During a show she said,

“I was never impressed by the ordinary. And he was like something I had never seen before. I have never seen him, ever, express pain”.

Rekha was pretty much impressed with Amitabh Bachchan, and also said,

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“Personally, I think you can say… when you’re fascinated by something, subconsciously, even without realising it, you just pick up everything. And when I found this person, and I had never met anyone like him… He is a fellow Libran. How can so many good qualities be bestowed upon one human being? Not fair.”

Simi Garewal directly asked Rekha if she was in love with Big B to which she replied,

“Absolutely! Duh, that’s a dumb question!” And then went on to generalise that statement, “I’m yet to come across a man, woman, child, who can’t help but fall completely, passionately, insanely, desperately and especially, hopelessly, in love with him. So why should I be singled out?”

Speculations were rife that after Jaya Bachchan came to know about Amitabh and Rekha, she restricted her husband from signing any film with the latter. Talking about it, she said,

“A week later [after the trial show of Muqaddar Ka Sikandar], everybody in the industry was telling me that he [Amitabh] has made it clear to his producers that he was not going to work with me. Everybody else informed me about it but he didn’t say a word on the subject. When I tried to question him about it, he said, ‘I am not going to say a word. Don’t ask me about it’.”

Rekha made many headlines when she graced Neetu Singh and Rishi Kapoor’s wedding on January 22, 1980. Many stars of the B-town, including Amitabh-Jaya and Rekha were present. She looked beautiful in white saree but it was sindoor on her forehead that grabbed everybody’s attention.

During an award function in 1982, when Rekha was asked about the reason behind wearing the sacred sindoor on her forehead, she said,

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“In the city I come from, it’s fashionable to wear sindoor.”

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5. Mukesh Agarwal

It is said that the Delhi-based business tycoon was smitten by Rekha’s beauty. Both of them met and fell instantly for each other. They got married within a month. However, soon after their marriage, Mukesh’s business suffered heavy losses.

He was suffering from acute chronic depression and post-divorce, he committed suicide by hanging himself from a ceiling fan. After this incident, people started giving Rekha names like “man-eater”, “witch-hunter” and more.

Mukesh’s brother Anil Gupta once said,

“My brother loved Rekha truly. For him love was a do or die attempt. He could not tolerate what Rekha was doing to him. Now what does she want, does she want our money?”

Filmmaker Subhash Ghai also reacted to Mukesh’s death and said,

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“Rekha has put such a blot on the face of the film industry that it’ll be difficult to wash it away easily. I think after this any respectable family will think twice before accepting any actress as their bahoo.” And further went on to say, “It’s going to be tough even professionally for her. No conscientious director will work with her ever again. How will the audience accept her as Bharat ki nari or insaf ki devi?”

Rekha Husband Mukesh Agarwal
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6. Sanjay Dutt

Rekha and Sanjay’s love rumours also made headlines with people saying that the latter applies sindoor for the actor. However, Sanjay denied all such allegations. In Rekha: The Untold Story, it was reported,

“Rekha and Sanjay Dutt were working in a film together, probably Zameen Aasmaan (1984). The rumours of their affair surfaced at that time. In fact, some went on to say that they got married. These rumours became so strong that Sanjay Dutt had to deny the allegations in a magazine. It was an official denial.”

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7. Akshay Kumar

The actor worked with Rekha in Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi in 1996. It is said that both of them came closer while shooting for the movie and their increasing proximity didn’t go down well with his then girlfriend Raveena Tandon, who had to intervene. While talking to Cine Blitz back them Raveena said,

“If this actress knows that we are together yet gets too close to Akshay, I will get my claws into her. But Akshay knows how to handle the situation I guess.”

She further spoke about it in an interview with Rediff.

“I don’t think Akshay ever had anything to do with Rekha. As a matter of fact, he would run away from her. Akshay tolerated Rekha because of the film. At one point she wanted to get lunch dabbas for him from home. That’s when I put my foot down. I felt it was taking things a bit too far.”

Also read- 6 Alleged Love Affairs Of Akshay Kumar Before And After Marriage

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Apart from the men listed above Rekha was linked with many others, but they were casual flings.

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Anuradha Shrivastava has done Post Graduation in Mass Communication and Journalism from a prestigious university. With over 8 years of experience in content writing, she has worked with some of the top media organisations of the country. She likes to keep herself up-to-date with all that's happening in the world of Entertainment, which is why she started covering entertainment news. When she is not working, you'll probably catch her watching movies.