Tu itni kaali aur moti hai, apni shakal kabhi aaine mein dekhi hai? - Rekha on facing criticism during heydays!
Enigma, mystery, eternal diva - Rekha is synonymous to all these adjectives! With a career spanning over five decades, the veteran actor who prefers to lead a secluded life, revealed to a popular daily that why she is not keen to have a biopic on her life!
On being asked if she would like a biopic to be made on her life, the Silsila actress said, "Biopics are not for me. I believe that movies should be original, larger than life, entertaining, and thought-provoking, which is why remakes do not impress me. Why settle for something that has already been done?"
Rekha also shared about the people who were instrumental in shaping the actress' career. "Apart from my mentors, Mohan Sehgal (director), Hrishida (Hrishikesh Mukherjee; film-maker), Manmohan Desai (director), Prakash Mehra (director) and T Rama Rao (director), who moulded me and nurtured my acting skills, all the people who doubted my capabilities and tried to crush my morale, by saying, "Oh, you may be a great mimic, but you will never become a great actor." Or "South Indians will never drop their accent and master the diction and intonation of the Hindi language," have helped me in my career. I am grateful to those who smirked and said, "Tu itni kaali aur moti hai, apnishakal kabhi aaine mein dekhi hai (You are dark and fat, have you seen your face in the mirror)?" I owe my life and my growth in my craft to my gurus such as Savitri amma, Meena appa and Amitji (Amitabh Bachchan), who introduced me to the power of dialogue delivery and voice modulation," said the Khoon Bhari Maang star.
Rekha has always been known to support and root for the new talent. When she was asked whose body of work does she admire from the current lot actors, she said, "Today's generation is well prepared and are trained in all aspects of film-making " be it dance or action. Nowadays, there are prerequisites and demands from the film-makers even before actors enter the industry. They better showcase their optimum skills or else one would just end up being a pin-up girl or an Internet sensation. Vidya (Balan), Deepika (Padukone), Ranbir (Kapoor), Ranveer (Singh), Alia (Bhatt), Parineeti (Chopra) and Kangana (Ranaut) are volcanoes of talent who never cease to amaze me. And Priyanka Chopra is the first to pave the way, and represent our country across the world. She has set the standards really high, and it is a tall order for future generations to supersede that."
Timeless...indeed!
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