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Rekha
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’
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
Devarsi Ghosh
· Dec 11, 2022 · 07:45 am
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
Scroll Staff
· Oct 26, 2018 · 08:23 pm
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
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’)
Yasser Usman
· Sep 04, 2016 · 11:00 am
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’
Nandini Ramnath
· Oct 31, 2014 · 01:32 am
