Rare sight: Rekha and her five sisters!

Rare sight: Rekha and her five sisters!

The eldest among the six sisters is Dr Revathi Swaminathan, a radiation oncologist practising in Illinois, USA. Dr Kamala Selvaraj, Gemini Ganesan's second daughter, runs the G G Hospital in Chennai. Narayani Ganesan is a journalist with The Times Of India in Delhi. The youngest is Dr Jaya Shreedhar, a health advisor with Inter News Network.

Rekha and Radha are Gemini Ganesan's daughters from actress Pushpavalli, and Vijaya Chamundeswari, daughter of actress Savithri, is a fitness expert working at the G G Hospital.

"The only one missing is Rekha's sister Radha who is in the US," says Dr Jaya Shreedhar. "She is elder to both Viji [Vijaya] and me.

"Though Appa was unwell, we had some good moments when we met in December. People may assume that there are strained relationships because we don't share the same mother but there is nothing like that," she adds.

"We are professional women, and over the years, have learnt to appreciate each sister for what she is. We did not have the pleasure of growing up together. In fact, between my own elder sister Revathi and me, there is a 20 year age difference. Appa was very happy to have all of us together. This was a kind of pleasure he never had when we were young."

Jaya was the only daughter who saw her father at home when she was young. "By the time I was born, he was a senior star and had moved out of those relationships, and was with my mother. It is really strange but the upbringing was in a way that there was never any ill-will. You are born into it," she says.

"Suppose we were brought up in a middle class, rigid culture, I might have found it unusual and emotionally challenging. When we sisters met this time, it was more like six 'wild' cousins meeting and talking non-stop. It was lots of fun!"

From left to right: Dr Revathi Swaminathan, Narayani Ganesan, Dr Kamala Selvaraj, Rekha, Vijaya Chamundeswari and Dr Jaya Shreedhar.

guess they are all her step sisters.her own sister radha is not in the pic.she lives in USA.the one in the middle in green saree looks just like their dad-gemini ganeshan

Originally posted by: minimouse2007

guess they are all her step sisters.her own sister radha is not in the pic.

Radha's son is the handsome lad seen with Rekha these days at every event. He is planning to make Bollywood debut.

they all look the smae-apart from rekha

rekha and her real sis look almost like twins.saw her in one of the award ceremony.she looks exactly like rekha but very very fair....

I have seen Rekha's real sister in the US, she looks very much like Rekha. She goes to the local mandir where I live.

very intresting i always wanted 2 noe abt her personal life so noe i came 2 noe all total they r 7 sisters(including her) thx a lot 4 sharing this article

thanks for the article and pic , minimouse😛

wow ! all the sisters are qualified, professional and doing well for themselves-very impressive 👏

Rekha's dad must have been a very intelligent man!

Rekha is the prettiest out of all them 😛

readable item nice to share.