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TopicRekha

Topic: Rekha

Rekha’s Khoon Bhari Maang showed revenge doesn’t have to be violent—it can also be fashionable

Eccentric headgear, leather outfits, lace gloves, pearls—Rekha’s sartorial choices dominated Rakesh Roshan’s thriller.

Bollywood’s playful resistance to Emergency was Rekha’s Khubsoorat

Khubsoorat won the Filmfare Best Film award in the 1980s. It established Rekha as a star who could carry a film on her own, even in the absence of famous male hero.

5 Bollywood legends who returned in 2023 to steal the show

From Zeenat Aman’s stunning Instagram debut to Sharmila Tagore’s comeback on the silver screen, these Bollywood legends showed the curtains never really came down for them.

Gemini Ganesan’s life wasn’t all scandal & glamour—his daughter calls him epitome of freedom

While Ganesan had a healthy relationship with almost all of his children, one of his daughters—the famous actor Rekha said that she has ‘no idea’ what a father’s love is.

Each poem by Umrao Jaan opened a new window into Rekha’s soul: Muzaffar Ali

In 'Zikr', Muzaffar Ali takes you behind the scenes of the Rekha's Umrao Jaan—she went through it gracefully, true to a culture completely alien to her.

Ijaazat is a strangely poetic take on divorce that was rare in 1980s Hindi films

Naseeruddin Shah and Rekha's portrayal of a divorced couple in this Gulzar film is more loving and honest than many marriages that do last.

Medusa to Rekha to Rhea — Women are always villains, because raja betas do no wrong

From Rekha being blamed for her husband’s suicide to Uma Khurana’s public beating based on false accusations, Indian women are routinely made into ‘villains’.

Vijeta is the war film with a difference that deserves a rewatch this Independence Day

Govind Nihalani’s gentle coming-of-age movie stars Shashi Kapoor, Kunal Kapoor, Rekha and some great footage of MiGs in the sky.

On Camera

BBC scandal: Britain’s elite establishment is rapidly sinking

The impact of all this upheaval is unmooring. We search for the BBC to confirm that Britain still exists and find it missing.

India’s factory data may get reality check in MoSPI’s new IIP plan, defunct factories to be dropped

MoSPI proposes to remove closed factories from IIP sample, aiming for truer picture of India’s industrial health in upcoming 2022–23 base series. Plan open to public feedback until 25 November.

‘Let them see’: Putin says new nuclear-powered missiles in the making, in message to Washington

At a ceremony felicitating Russian military engineers, Putin highlights Moscow’s 'parity' in defence technologies for the next century.

Bihar is where politics moves, and everything else stands still

Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.