THE QUEEN OF HEARTS ONE & ONLY REKHA JI

Rekha is arguably the most fascinating figure in Bollywood. In Western film and entertainment terms it would be impossible to name a modern counterpart. One would have to go back to the golden age of motion pictures when there was a mythical stature attached to film stars and look at Garbo, who saw her screen persona as a different entity apart from herself. Rekha is very much the Garbo of Bollywood. Rekha herself sees her film persona in the third person.

* I began [the interview] by asking her about one of her favorite subjects - Rekha, a mythic being she had come to see as larger than herself. "Nobody can take my position, not even myself."... "Not even the human being that I am can ever take Rekha's position. No. That is only for her. She has taken that position for life." Although she viewed herself as a deity, Rekha was warm, friendly and so talkative that it was difficult to guide the conversation to a new topic... (reference cited at bottom of page)