Rekha

About Rekha

By the ULTIMATE Mumbai Editorial Team

Regional Editor, South Asia: Tara de la Motte

Rekha is Chandni in Yash Chopra’s Silsila (14 August 1981) and Maya in his Faasle (1985), and, two decades later, Sonia, the mother of Hrithik Roshan’s Rohit, in Koi… Mil Gaya (2003); she returns in its sequel, Krrish (Yash Raj Films).

On screen

She starred in Shyam Benegal’s Zubeidaa (2001), the story of a young man piecing together the life of the mother he never knew, and in Umesh Mehra’s Jaal (1986) and Qila (1998), both now in the Red Chillies catalogue.

Our advice: watch Silsila for one of Yash Chopra’s great love stories.

Silsila’s soundtrack is by Shiv–Hari.

Selected films

Silsila (14 August 1981), directed by Yash Chopra

Faasle (27 September 1985), directed by Yash Chopra

Jaal (14 February 1986), directed by Umesh Mehra

Qila (10 April 1998), directed by Umesh Mehra

Zubeidaa (19 January 2001), directed by Shyam Benegal

Koi Mil Gaya (8 August 2003), directed by Rakesh Roshan

Krrish (23 June 2006), directed by Rakesh Roshan

Release dates and directors are from the films’ pages on the Yash Raj Films and Red Chillies Entertainment websites.

Release dates and directors come from the studios’ own websites, and the National Film Awards from the Government of India’s Press Information Bureau.