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  • Start the week with a film: The unbelievable, undeniable ‘Khoon Bhari Maang’

    Start the week with a film: The unbelievable, undeniable ‘Khoon Bhari Maang’

    Scroll Staff
    · Feb 09, 2026 · 09:53 am
  • Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

    Review: Rekha is the life and soul of Muzaffar’s Ali’s classic ‘Umrao Jaan’

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Jun 27, 2025 · 11:30 am
  • ‘Umrao Jaan’ director Muzaffar Ali: ‘The film has aged gracefully. It’s timeless but fresh too’

    ‘Umrao Jaan’ director Muzaffar Ali: ‘The film has aged gracefully. It’s timeless but fresh too’

    Scroll Staff
    · Jun 14, 2025 · 09:44 am
  • The story behind Dilip Kumar’s unseen ‘Aag Ka Dariya’ – and how the film could still be released

    The story behind Dilip Kumar’s unseen ‘Aag Ka Dariya’ – and how the film could still be released

    Devarsi Ghosh
    · Dec 11, 2022 · 07:45 am
  • Watch: Rekha singing a Mehdi Hassan ghazal from 1983 takes social media users back in time

    Watch: Rekha singing a Mehdi Hassan ghazal from 1983 takes social media users back in time

    Scroll Staff
    · Sep 23, 2019 · 03:27 pm
  • AFC Under-19 Championships qualifiers: Nepal striker Rekha scores brace to hand India 2-0 loss

    AFC Under-19 Championships qualifiers: Nepal striker Rekha scores brace to hand India 2-0 loss

    Scroll Staff
    · Oct 26, 2018 · 08:23 pm
  • Picture the song: Beauties bond over baubles in ‘Mann Kyun Behka’ from ‘Utsav’

    Picture the song: Beauties bond over baubles in ‘Mann Kyun Behka’ from ‘Utsav’

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Dec 12, 2017 · 08:15 am
  • Rekha before Bollywood: A gawky teenager, a Bond girl

    Rekha before Bollywood: A gawky teenager, a Bond girl

    Archana Nathan
    · Oct 10, 2017 · 08:15 am
  • The exact moment when film star Rekha became a villain in vermilion (and it wasn’t in ‘Silsila’)

    The exact moment when film star Rekha became a villain in vermilion (and it wasn’t in ‘Silsila’)

    Yasser Usman
    · Sep 04, 2016 · 11:00 am
  • How Asha Bhosle arrived on the ghazal scene with ‘Umrao Jaan’

    How Asha Bhosle arrived on the ghazal scene with ‘Umrao Jaan’

    Raju Bharatan
    · Aug 09, 2016 · 12:00 pm
  • Review: Rekha returns as a glam gran in the super-tacky ‘Super Nani’

    Review: Rekha returns as a glam gran in the super-tacky ‘Super Nani’

    Nandini Ramnath
    · Oct 31, 2014 · 01:32 am