![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() It was during this period that Sajid Khan had just returned from the States after making a big name for himself there. Rekha was given tuition to perfect her Hindi diction, and her dancing. In the meantime, Mohan Segal had put up Rekha and her mother at a posh hotel in Juhu. The Sawan Bhadon unit did not immediately leave for location shooting in Poona. The girl had apparently seen life raw and lived it to the full even before catching that plane to Bombay. Could this outspoken fifteen-year-old have been coached to say the boldest things? I doubt it. They had never encountered anyone, new or old, who was as frank and fearless as this brash, young girl-woman. Yet Rekha was never at a loss for the quick retort.īy the time that party was over no doubts remained that she had won the journalists completely over. And as the intake of pegs by our brethren of the Fourth Estate increased, so did their questions grow bolder. Her answers to all questions were bold and spoken out. A party was thrown to introduce her to the press. It was in the winter of '68 that Mohan Segal signed Rekha for her first Hindi movie opposite Navin Nischol: The name Sawan Bhadon. No wonder then in this picture, the young actress seems to have her eyes set on the future, even as the men can’t seem to take theirs off her.SHE was just a fifteen - year - old with an enviable bust line (read forty-two), when she first landed in Bombay fresh out of the starched uniform of some convent school in Madras. Rekha claimed she was ‘tricked’ into that controversial scene for the overseas market and the pictures made it to the pages of a reputed international magazine.įrom the girl with the decided rustic airs in the early 70s to the glamour icon of the 80s, it has been an incredible story of transformation. Reportedly, it was a kissing scene that got the Censor’s goat. In 1969 Rekha starred with Biswajeet, the leading romantic hero, in a film called Anjana Safar, which was released 10 years later as Do Shikaari. This picture of Rekha, taken on her birthday, is a telling comment on how the reigning stars of the 60s, Biswajeet and Raj Kumar were drawn to the flame of her charisma. She may not have mastered the art of grooming when she first stepped into the Hindi film industry, but there was something about this plump, dusky girl which cast a spell on the men around her. ![]()
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