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Rekha: The Untold Story

Rekha was a Bollywood actress whose frankness about desire unsettled the film industry of her era. Rather than conform to the expectations placed on her, she lived openly, and the industry responded by trying to push her aside. This book looks closely at her private life, focusing on her romance with one of the biggest male stars of the period and on the many other men who figured in her story.

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It also turns to a painful chapter: the sudden death of her husband, an event that cast a long shadow over her personal and public reputation. Drawing on the life of a woman who refused to be contained, the author sets out to present the events as they unfolded and to reveal what lay behind the headlines.

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