Rekha is the daughter of renowned Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan and the Telugu actress Pushpavalli. In1990 she married Delhi-based businessman Mukesh Aggarwal, who committed suicide in 1991. She has a younger sister who resides in California.In 1966, Rekha appeared as a child actor in the Telugu film Rangula Ratnam.She started acting very early, at the age of Thirteen. She did not even know Hindi at that time. But she was a quick learner and learnt Hindi in three months and dancing in one month.In 1970,
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Umraoo Jaan in which she played the role of a court dancer with such charm and captivated the audience with her mastery of classical dances. She acted in over 20 films with the then reigning superstar Amithbh Bachchan with whom her reported love Affair culminated in Yash Chopra's art-imitating-life movie Silsila.Apart from being a commercial success, the film opened to positive critical reception, and Rekha's performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Filmfare.In 2001, she acted alongside Karisma Kapoor in Shyam Benegal’s Zubeidaa. She next starred alongside Preity Zinta in Kudan Shah’s Dil Hai Tumhara, playing the role of Sarita, a betrayed woman who takes into her custody a child born from her husband’s extra-marital affair. In 2003, she played Hrithik Roshan’s mother in Rakesh Roshan’s Koi…Mil Gaya, a performance which won her the Best Supporting Actress Award. The film was the biggest hit of that year.
Sawan Bhadon
Umraoo Jaan in which she played the role of a court dancer with such charm and captivated the audience with her mastery of classical dances. She acted in over 20 films with the then reigning superstar Amithbh Bachchan with whom her reported love Affair culminated in Yash Chopra's art-imitating-life movie Silsila.Apart from being a commercial success, the film opened to positive critical reception, and Rekha's performance earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Filmfare.In 2001, she acted alongside Karisma Kapoor in Shyam Benegal’s Zubeidaa. She next starred alongside Preity Zinta in Kudan Shah’s Dil Hai Tumhara, playing the role of Sarita, a betrayed woman who takes into her custody a child born from her husband’s extra-marital affair. In 2003, she played Hrithik Roshan’s mother in Rakesh Roshan’s Koi…Mil Gaya, a performance which won her the Best Supporting Actress Award. The film was the biggest hit of that year.
