Rekha

When Rekha CONFESSED she was in love with Amitabh Bachchan, truly madly deeply: 'What do I deny? Of course I am…'

14:03 26/08/2025

Rekha, the iconic actress, openly confessed her deep affection for Amitabh Bachchan in a resurfaced 2004 interview with Simi Garewal. While acknowledging the universal appeal of the superstar and admitting to being passionately in love with him, Rekha clarified that there was never a personal relationship between them. Their last on-screen appearance was in the 1981 film 'Silsila'.

'Amitabh Bachchan wanted to bring a friend to a screening, that friend was Rekha,' says Vidhu Vinod Chopra: 'He was angry because of the argument earlier'

11:03 22/08/2025

In 1977, Vidhu Vinod Chopra, then an aspiring filmmaker, met Amitabh Bachchan on the sets of 'Alaap'. Chopra screened his first film for Bachchan, who was accompanied by Rekha. Impressed, Bachchan offered Chopra a collaboration. However, Chopra chose a Doordarshan project for Rs 5,000, complete with a car, foregoing the opportunity to work with the 'Sholay' actor.