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{{Infobox person
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| alt = Rekha is looking at the camera.
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| birth_name = Bhanurekha Ganesan
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1954|10|10}}
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'''Bhanurekha Ganesan''' ({{IPA-te|ˈbʱaːnuɾeːkʰa ɡaɳeːʃan|pron}}; born 10 October 1954), better known by her [[mononymous]] stage name '''Rekha''', is an Indian actress who appears predominantly in [[Hindi film]]s. Acknowledged as one of the finest actresses in [[Indian cinema]],{{sfn|Gulzar|Nihalani|Chatterjee|2003|page=614}} she has starred in [[Rekha filmography|more than 180 films]] and is the recipient of [[List of awards and nominations received by Rekha|several accolades]], including one [[National Film Awards|National Film Award]] and four [[Filmfare Awards]]. She has often played strong and complicated female characters—from fictional to literary—in both mainstream and independent films. Though her career has gone through certain periods of decline, Rekha has gained a reputation for reinventing herself numerous times and has been credited for her ability to sustain her status. In 2010, the [[Government of India]] honoured her with [[Padma Shri]], India's fourth highest civilian honour.
The daughter of actors [[Pushpavalli]] and [[Gemini Ganesan]], Rekha started her career as a child actress in Telugu films ''[[Inti Guttu (1958 film)|Inti Guttu]]'' (1958) and ''[[Rangula Ratnam (1966 film)|Rangula Ratnam]]'' (1966). Her first film as a lead happened with the Kannada movie ''[[Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999]]'' (1969). Her Hindi debut with ''[[Sawan Bhadon]]'' (1970) established her as a rising star, but despite the success of several of her early films, she was often panned in the press for her looks and weight. Motivated by criticism, she started working on her appearance and put effort into improving her acting technique and command of the Hindi language, resulting in a well-publicised transformation. Early recognition in 1978 for her performances in ''[[Ghar (1978 film)|Ghar]]'' and ''[[Muqaddar Ka Sikandar]]'' marked the beginning of the most successful period of her career, and she was one of Hindi cinema's leading stars through most of the 1980s and early 1990s.
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Since her mother fell ill at the time, Rekha was accompanied by her aunt to the shooting, which started in August that year at [[Mehboob Studio]]. A controversy arose around a kissing scene featuring Rekha and male lead [[Biswajit Chatterjee]], of which she was not notified as Nawathe wanted to maintain her natural reaction.{{sfn|Usman|2016|pp=44–50}} In later years, Rekha complained at having been tricked into the scene.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/jun122005/enter165418200569.asp |date=12 June 2005 |title=Rekha: timeless beauty |access-date=5 June 2008 |author=Raaj, Shaheen |work=[[Deccan Herald]] |archive-date=20 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520220700/http://www.deccanherald.com/archives/jun122005/enter165418200569.asp |url-status=live}}</ref> The film ran into censorship problems and would not be released until 1979, when it was retitled ''Do Shikaari''.<ref name="Dinesh">{{cite web |website=Rediff.com |author=Raheja, Dinesh |author-link=Dinesh Raheja |url=http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/may/17dinesh.htm |date=17 May 2003 |access-date=20 September 2011 |title=Rekha: The divine diva |archive-date=24 September 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110924222746/http://www.rediff.com/entertai/2003/may/17dinesh.htm |url-status=live}}</ref> The kissing scene made it to the cover of the Asian edition of ''[[Life (magazine)|Life]]'' magazine in April 1970.<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Raju |first1=Audinarayan |last2=Puri |first2=G. N. |editor-last=Shashi |editor-first=S. S. |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=DdohlIUDakUC&q=Rekha+Life+magazine+kissing |title=She misses her kiss |date=5 April 1970 |volume=XVII |issue=14 |page=4 |magazine=[[Sainik Samachar]] |access-date=19 April 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022011224/https://books.google.com/books?id=DdohlIUDakUC&q=Rekha+Life+magazine+kissing |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://indiancine.ma/documents/QEZ/7 |title="Mummy won't like it." |date=17 December 1971 |pages=9–11 |magazine=Filmfare |volume=20 |issue=26 |last=K. |first=A. A. |access-date=18 July 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022011227/https://indiancine.ma/documents/QEZ/7 |url-status=live}}</ref> This prompted the American journalist James Shephard to travel to India to interview Rekha, which she saw as an opportunity to boost her career and express her complaint.{{sfn|Usman|2016|p=52}} ''Do Shikaari'' underperformed at the box office.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=185&catName=MTk3OQ== |title=Box Office 1979 |website=[[Box Office India]] |access-date=20 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090216230645/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=185&catName=MTk3OQ== |archive-date=16 February 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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===Career fluctuations in the 1970s (1971–1977)===
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Rekha's first performance-oriented role came in 1976 when she played [[Amitabh Bachchan]]'s ambitious and greedy wife in ''[[Do Anjaane]]'';<ref name="ever-grogeous">{{cite news |newspaper=[[The Hindu]] |title=Ever gorgeous |date=6 October 2010 |access-date=27 February 2011 |url=http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/10/16/stories/2010101650330700.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629033342/http://www.hindu.com/mp/2010/10/16/stories/2010101650330700.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date=29 June 2011 |author=Das Gupta, Ranjan |location=Chennai, India}}</ref> it would be her first of many appearances with the actor.<ref name="Rendezvous" /> (They appeared together in ''[[Namak Haraam]]'' (1973), but Rekha was paired opposite [[Rajesh Khanna]]). Her role is Rekha Roy, the wife of Bachchan's character who becomes an established actress. Shooting took place in [[Calcutta]] (present-day Kolkata) and was finished within a month; Rekha and the other cast and crew would stayed at the [[Grand Hotel (Kolkata)|Grand Hotel]].{{sfn|Usman|2016|p=85}} An adaptation of [[Nihar Ranjan Gupta]]'s novel ''Ratrir Yatri'', the film—directed by [[Dulal Guha]] and scripted by [[Nabendu Ghosh]]—was popular among the audience and critics.<ref name="childhood"/> ''Film World'' wrote that she has proved herself as a leading actress in Hindi cinema as filmmakers had started taking more notice of her and become more keen to cast her in their films.{{sfn|Usman|2016|p=86}} She remarked that it was difficult to stand in front of Bachchan, speaking of how she felt [[paranoid]] after she knew that he would star opposite her in the film.<ref name="Rendezvous" /> She stated that he contributed to "dramatic changes" in her life and was a big influence in her adulthood, and described him "[someone] I'd never seen before".<ref name="Rendezvous" />{{sfn|Usman|2016|p=90}}
1977 was the third year when Rekha was consecutively gained one commercial success; the action crime ''[[Khoon Pasina]]'' emerged as the sixth-highest-grossing Indian film of the year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Box Office 1977 |url=http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=183&catName=MTk3Nw== |website=Box Office India |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100102010118/http://boxofficeindia.com/showProd.php?itemCat=183&catName=MTk3Nw== |archive-date=2 January 2010 |access-date=25 April 2021 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In the same year, she starred in the comedy-drama ''[[Aap Ki Khatir (1977 film)|Aap Ki Khatir]]'', opposite [[Vinod Khanna]] and [[Nadira (Indian actress)|Nadira]]. Her role as the poor girl won her awards from a number of film journalists' associations.<ref name="Film World Awards">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xXhTAAAAYAAJ |magazine=Film World |volume=XV |issue=10 |last=Ramachandran |first=T.M. |title=The temptress... |date=October 1978 |page=26 |access-date=22 April 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022011227/https://www.google.co.id/books/edition/Film_World/xXhTAAAAYAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> In a retrospective review for ''[[The Hindu]]'', the sport journalist and film critic [[Vijay Lokapally]] presumed that Rekha's role was challenging for her and appreciated her chemistry with Khanna; a ''Link'' reviewer praised its social themes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lokapally |first1=Vijay |title=Aap Ki Khatir (1977) |url=https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/aap-ki-khatir-1977/article17435998.ece |access-date=2 June 2020 |work=The Hindu |date=10 March 2017 |language=en-IN |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022011227/https://www.thehindu.com/entertainment/movies/aap-ki-khatir-1977/article17435998.ece |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u3RDAAAAYAAJ |title=Letters |date=August–September 1977 |magazine=Link |volume=29 |issue=2–7 |page=31 |access-date=25 April 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022011228/https://www.google.co.id/books/edition/Link/u3RDAAAAYAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Film World'' awarded her with the Best Actress trophy for her work in ''[[Immaan Dharam]]'', an action film that received mixed critical reviews.{{sfn|Usman|2016|p=94}} It features her as Durga, a Tamilian labourer who falls for the thief Mohan Kumar-Saxena ([[Shashi Kapoor]]).<ref name="Film World Awards" /><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/blast-from-the-past-immaan-dharam-1977/article6913098.ece |title=Immaan Dharam (1977) |last=Lokapally |first=Vijay |date=19 February 2015 |work=The Hindu |access-date=25 April 2021 |archive-date=1 August 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150801054543/http://www.thehindu.com/features/friday-review/blast-from-the-past-immaan-dharam-1977/article6913098.ece |url-status=live}}</ref> ''Cine Blitz'' praised Rekha for proving her talent in acting.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=slIqAAAAYAAJ |title=Buck Up Rekha |date=1979 |volume=5 |issue=2 |magazine=Cine Blitz |page=120 |access-date=26 April 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022025715/https://www.google.co.id/books/edition/Cine_Blitz/slIqAAAAYAAJ |url-status=live}}</ref>
=== Turning point, stardom, and parallel cinema (1978–1984) ===
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