Six years later while watching a film he remembers that the actress in the film is his wife Rekha Roy (Rekha). The social drama is brilliantly written and directed and makes for a great watch.Ī man (Amitabh Bachchan) is found wounded on railway tracks and when he awakens he has no memory of who he is and doesn't remember anything about his life. Rekha appears in the film as the sassy and classy Shyama and manages to make an impact despite limited screen time. However, during the course of spending time with them, Somu learns about their struggles and the state of their lives and begins to look at things differently. To teach him a lesson, Vicky asks Somu win the trusts of his employees and take the leader’s spot. Vicky ends up having an argument with the union leader of the labourers in the factory. When Vicky's father has a heart attack and is advised to take bed-rest, Vicky takes his place. While Somu is born in a poor household, Vicky is the son of a wealthy industrialist. This is a story of two brother-like friends, Somu (Rajesh Khanna) and Vicky (Amitabh Bachchan). However, this does not sit to well with his family as they’re only after his wealth.

In the film, Rekha played the character of Chanda, a village girl who falls in love with a wealthy man and they get married. Rekha couldn’t have had a better start to her career as Sawan Bhadon scored big at the box-office and also lead to her signing a dozen films. That was until Mohan Sehgal signed her for Sawan Bhadon. So, from an illustrious career that spans over three decades, we bring you 20 roles of Rekha that made her the ultimate diva that she is today.Ĭonsidered to be too voluptuous for the mainstream cinema, Rekha had struggled to find takers for commercial films and was often chased by B-grade cinema makers with film offers. While she has come from time to time on the radar of the media for things like alleged off-screen romances and a controversial personal life, she never let those factors affect the actor that was within her. The actress has worked in over 170 films in her career and still managing to keep fans guessing for what’s to come next.

Slowly and steadily, Rekha climbed her way to the top and is now known as one of the most glamorous and enchanting women in the movie industry.

In fact, you can pick up any of her films from the past 20 years and you’ll see that she still looks just as beautiful and charming on screen. Well, that applies to most fo us but not Rekha. They say that time and tide wait for no one.

Umrao jaan 1981 movie story