Recently, Yasser Usman published a new biography called Rekha: The Untold Story, published by Juggernaut, the writer chronicles her life and days and some of the excerpts from the book reveal details that are, well, have to be read to be believed. A terrible thing to do to a 13-year-old child." I was pushed, literally dragged from one studio to another. Hair spray wouldn't go off for days even despite all my washing. Costume, jewelry would give me an absolute terrible allergy. I did feel, “What am I doing? I should be in school, having an ice-cream, fun with my friends, why am I even forced to work, deprived of normal things that a child should be doing at my age?"Įvery single day I cried, because I had to eat what I didn't like, wear crazy clothes with sequins and stuff poking into my body. Guys did try and take advantage of my vulnerability. I was totally ignorant of the ways of this new world. It was one of the most frightening phases of my life. Talking about this phase Rekha has said, “Bombay was like a jungle, and I had walked in unarmed. She constantly missed her mother, who was critically ill at the time. Since Rekha was a South Indian, when she first landed in Mumbai, she did not speak Hindi and struggled to communicate with co-workers.
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