Did you know Rekha's full name is Bhanurekha? Here's some fun trivia about the Krrish star

Rekha is one of most celebrated and evergreen actor in Hindi movie industry. Having entered field of acting as a child artist itself, Rekha h been a part of over 180 movies in her career spanning over five deces. Rekha has won a National Film Award and many Filmfare Awards, for her excellent performances in movies. Here are some of lesser-kwn facts about Rekha, that fans might be surprised to kw. Re ahe.

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Rekha’s lesser-kwn facts

• Rekha’s real name is Bhanurekha Ganesan.
• She is daughter of veteran South actors, Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli.
• Rekha even has a real younger sister, Rha, who resides in California.
• Rekha wears only crimson or chocolate coloured lipstick when making a public appearance.
• Rekha was very healthy and plump in her first few movies in early 70s, but she underwent a major transformation and soon became less icon of beauty and glamour in Bollywood.

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• Rekha has been ackwledged as  “Monna” and “Cher” of Bollywood industry because of her constant reinvention throughout her career.
• time when Rekha played character of a teacher in controversial movie Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love (1996), many of her fans at time thought that it would be an end to her acting career.  
• Rekha was very good friends with Bollywood actor, Meena Kumari before Meena died in 1972.
• Rekha is an animal lover. She used to have a pet dog of her own, named Pisti, who unfortunately passed away. Rekha w has a cat, named Bhaiyyu.
• During a media interaction, Rekha h said that if she h a son, she would want him to be like Bollywood actor, Hrithik Roshan. actor even played character of Hrithik Roshan’s mor in Rakesh Roshan’s Koi Mil Gaya (2003).   

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• Rekha loves nature and really enjoys working in her garden and also taking care of her plants.
• In 1986, a tragic incident took place in Rekha’s life, as forty-eight pieces of her expensive jewellery were stolen from her house. thief, Muniraj Kanappa, was later caught and was sentenced to seven years in prison. court held on to jewellery and planned to give it back to actor after she filed due application form. But, it wasn't until 17 years later that Rekha remembered about this incident and n went in to collect her jewellery.

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