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<div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1977November%2Fthe-actors%2520(1)_041515043631.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>Rekha-a bag of tricks<p>It was Jaya Bhaduri on everything: from journalism (trash), Rekha (waster), to Lambuji (that's Amitabh for you). There is little that seems to trump this girl and she confidently comes up with an interesting mixture of profundity and little girl charm. "Everyone thinks I put on airs and am very condescending in my attitude to the press. But can I help it? My father was a journalist and I know what good journalism is all about. I get terribly irritated and fed up to my teeth with the trash that passes for writing these days. I don't mind being interviewed, in fact there are times when I feel I definitely have something to say. But I don't care to say it, or rather I am scared of doing so because I know I am going to be quoted out of context, that words will be bandied about. This kind of publicity always brings more headache than happiness."<br><br>Jaya is plain, informal and brutally frank. After a long spell of inactivity - "temporary retirement for baby" as she calls it, she is back on the sets of Dagdar Baboo, Eyes flashing, mouth very mobile, Jaya was in devastating form and belaboured her co-stars with equal vigour: "That Rekha. I don't know why she is bent on wasting herself. She is talented, you know-she can sing and dance extremely well and could easily become the kind of singing-dancing star that we need. Zeenat is an entirely different cup of tea. I admire that girl for her professionalism. She is terribly ambitious and that's what will get her to the top. I don't think she has much talent or anything.<br><br>"For myself - I'm going to take things easy. It depends what you're after. I don't want to be a star. I want to mature as an actress. I have reached a stage where I don't have to grab every role that comes along, so I plan to be choosy and restrict the number of films I act in. With Lambuji its quite a different thing altogether. He's in a much more difficult situation than I am or ever was. He is on top of the heap right now, and when you're at the top you can't afford to be choosy. You want to remain the 'most in demand' actor. But I know that Lambuji is not the type of person who will go on putting up with this kind of rubbish. I used to feel very sad when I thought of his future. I feel slightly more hopeful now."<br><br><br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1977November%2Fthe-actors%2520(3)_041515043633.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>Jaya-more hopeful now</div></p><p>"I'm a really bindaas person yaar" said  Rekha with a gurgle "I don't care about anyone else and I can't stand people who do too much nakhra especially all those pseudos who think they are intellectuals." Her speech is interspersed with "typical Bombay filmy terms" and Rekha herself seems slightly unreal- a continuation of her celluloid personality - fake eyelashes, beauty spot et al.<br><br>"I am proud of what I have achieved. After all I am number 2, whatever Zeenat Aman might say. I get the maximum amount of fan mail ever, and what I feel most thrilled about is that every actress wants to steal my make up tricks. Of course I'm not telling!"<br><br>In fact Rekha in the six or seven years she has been in films, has been one our most talked about leading ladies. Her affair with Vinod Mehra which culminated in what many claim was a "publicity stunt suicide attempt" brought her much press coverage and many roles. "I just ate a stale 'upma' and got sick," was Rekha's tame explanation.<br><br>"I accept the fact that as a public person I can have no private life, so I don't ever get mad when people start rumours or say nasty things about me. The pseudos don't even have a sense of humour. They get all uptight and mad. No wonder they don't have fun in life." Rekha airily waved a bejewelled hand.<br><br>"Sharmila, Jaya, Shabana are always saying things about me. They do too much nakhra. But I'm three times as much in demand as all of them put together. The public want me. And then who cares what the film is all about. None of them can claim to be a Vivian Leigh or Katherine Hepburn so whats all the khitpit about? Life is beautiful. Take it easy. That's what I always say."<br><br><br>One starlet who loves romantic link-ups with her leading men is Rekha. One of her current co-stars is Amitabh Bachchan. Amit is being absolutely professional though. Naturally, once bitten, twice shy he is still not over the cartload of gossip which gathered around his casual friendship with Zeenat. The piqued Rekha has been going around town displaying the saris and jewellery "that Amit bought me".<br><br>When asked about it, the poor man sighed. "I know, I know, I haven't bought Jaya a sari for months. I haven't had time. As for my leading ladies - you must be kidding!"<br><br><br>"You are now on the sets of<i>Patthar Ki Muskan </i>and the director of this film is the great lmtiaz Khan, elder brother of the greatest actor Amjad Khan," I was told Anju Mahendru was there too. Poor Anju it's been a slip and a slide for her. What with Gary Sobers and Rajesh Khanna slipping through her fingers like quicksilver.<br><br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><amp-img src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1977November%2Fthe-actors%2520(2)_041515043632.jpg" alt="" height="425" width="650" class="" layout="responsive"></amp-img>Anju and Imtiaz-arrived at last</div></p><p>She seems to have taken it with stoic-resignation, though-put on enough weight to look married and matronly, and is helping husband lmtiaz direct his first movie. "We've been shooting day and night for the last 20 days now." The chaotic way in which things are being handled, it wouldn't be surprising if shooting went on uninterrupted for another couple of months! And the rushes which were screened till 11 o'clock that back breaking night were horrifying, horrible, horrendous . . . there are just no more words left. lmtiaz has this thing about celebrating his birthday. "Something horrible always happens whenever I celebrate my birthday," he said. So when friends got together to sing a birthday song for him, the inevitable "something horrible" did happen. An urgent phone call from Goa informed him of younger brother Amjad's car smash. Amjad is still not out of danger and has suffered several smashed ribs, a fractured leg and a punctured lung.<br><br>Shooting of his films has of course been put off, and several producers-directors and other industry some body's have their minds and hearts set on Amjad's recovery. Understandable? He has after all, over 60 films in hand.<br></p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Apr 11, 2015</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

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<div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1977November%2Fthe-actors%2520(1)_041515043631.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Rekha-a bag of tricks<p>It was Jaya Bhaduri on everything: from journalism (trash), Rekha (waster), to Lambuji (that's Amitabh for you). There is little that seems to trump this girl and she confidently comes up with an interesting mixture of profundity and little girl charm. "Everyone thinks I put on airs and am very condescending in my attitude to the press. But can I help it? My father was a journalist and I know what good journalism is all about. I get terribly irritated and fed up to my teeth with the trash that passes for writing these days. I don't mind being interviewed, in fact there are times when I feel I definitely have something to say. But I don't care to say it, or rather I am scared of doing so because I know I am going to be quoted out of context, that words will be bandied about. This kind of publicity always brings more headache than happiness."<br><br>Jaya is plain, informal and brutally frank. After a long spell of inactivity - "temporary retirement for baby" as she calls it, she is back on the sets of Dagdar Baboo, Eyes flashing, mouth very mobile, Jaya was in devastating form and belaboured her co-stars with equal vigour: "That Rekha. I don't know why she is bent on wasting herself. She is talented, you know-she can sing and dance extremely well and could easily become the kind of singing-dancing star that we need. Zeenat is an entirely different cup of tea. I admire that girl for her professionalism. She is terribly ambitious and that's what will get her to the top. I don't think she has much talent or anything.<br><br>"For myself - I'm going to take things easy. It depends what you're after. I don't want to be a star. I want to mature as an actress. I have reached a stage where I don't have to grab every role that comes along, so I plan to be choosy and restrict the number of films I act in. With Lambuji its quite a different thing altogether. He's in a much more difficult situation than I am or ever was. He is on top of the heap right now, and when you're at the top you can't afford to be choosy. You want to remain the 'most in demand' actor. But I know that Lambuji is not the type of person who will go on putting up with this kind of rubbish. I used to feel very sad when I thought of his future. I feel slightly more hopeful now."<br><br><br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1977November%2Fthe-actors%2520(3)_041515043633.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Jaya-more hopeful now</div></p><p>"I'm a really bindaas person yaar" said  Rekha with a gurgle "I don't care about anyone else and I can't stand people who do too much nakhra especially all those pseudos who think they are intellectuals." Her speech is interspersed with "typical Bombay filmy terms" and Rekha herself seems slightly unreal- a continuation of her celluloid personality - fake eyelashes, beauty spot et al.<br><br>"I am proud of what I have achieved. After all I am number 2, whatever Zeenat Aman might say. I get the maximum amount of fan mail ever, and what I feel most thrilled about is that every actress wants to steal my make up tricks. Of course I'm not telling!"<br><br>In fact Rekha in the six or seven years she has been in films, has been one our most talked about leading ladies. Her affair with Vinod Mehra which culminated in what many claim was a "publicity stunt suicide attempt" brought her much press coverage and many roles. "I just ate a stale 'upma' and got sick," was Rekha's tame explanation.<br><br>"I accept the fact that as a public person I can have no private life, so I don't ever get mad when people start rumours or say nasty things about me. The pseudos don't even have a sense of humour. They get all uptight and mad. No wonder they don't have fun in life." Rekha airily waved a bejewelled hand.<br><br>"Sharmila, Jaya, Shabana are always saying things about me. They do too much nakhra. But I'm three times as much in demand as all of them put together. The public want me. And then who cares what the film is all about. None of them can claim to be a Vivian Leigh or Katherine Hepburn so whats all the khitpit about? Life is beautiful. Take it easy. That's what I always say."<br><br><br>One starlet who loves romantic link-ups with her leading men is Rekha. One of her current co-stars is Amitabh Bachchan. Amit is being absolutely professional though. Naturally, once bitten, twice shy he is still not over the cartload of gossip which gathered around his casual friendship with Zeenat. The piqued Rekha has been going around town displaying the saris and jewellery "that Amit bought me".<br><br>When asked about it, the poor man sighed. "I know, I know, I haven't bought Jaya a sari for months. I haven't had time. As for my leading ladies - you must be kidding!"<br><br><br>"You are now on the sets of<i>Patthar Ki Muskan </i>and the director of this film is the great lmtiaz Khan, elder brother of the greatest actor Amjad Khan," I was told Anju Mahendru was there too. Poor Anju it's been a slip and a slide for her. What with Gary Sobers and Rajesh Khanna slipping through her fingers like quicksilver.<br><br></p><div class="itg-mosimage"><div class="itgimage"><img  title=""  class="" alt="" src="https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.dev?url=https%3A%2F%2Fakm-img-a-in.tosshub.com%2Fsites%2Fmedia2%2Findiatoday%2Fimages%2Fstories%2F1977November%2Fthe-actors%2520(2)_041515043632.jpg" loading="lazy" /></div>Anju and Imtiaz-arrived at last</div></p><p>She seems to have taken it with stoic-resignation, though-put on enough weight to look married and matronly, and is helping husband lmtiaz direct his first movie. "We've been shooting day and night for the last 20 days now." The chaotic way in which things are being handled, it wouldn't be surprising if shooting went on uninterrupted for another couple of months! And the rushes which were screened till 11 o'clock that back breaking night were horrifying, horrible, horrendous . . . there are just no more words left. lmtiaz has this thing about celebrating his birthday. "Something horrible always happens whenever I celebrate my birthday," he said. So when friends got together to sing a birthday song for him, the inevitable "something horrible" did happen. An urgent phone call from Goa informed him of younger brother Amjad's car smash. Amjad is still not out of danger and has suffered several smashed ribs, a fractured leg and a punctured lung.<br><br>Shooting of his films has of course been put off, and several producers-directors and other industry some body's have their minds and hearts set on Amjad's recovery. Understandable? He has after all, over 60 films in hand.<br></p><div id="tab-link-wrapper-plugin"><div class="authors__container"><div class="authors__by"><div class="authlable">Published By: </div><div class="authdetaisl">AtMigration </div></div><div class="published__on"><div class="authlable">Published On: </div><div class="authdetaisl">Apr 11, 2015</div></div></div><div class="sendros">--- ENDS ---</div></div></div>

It was Jaya Bhaduri on everything: from journalism (trash), Rekha (waster), to Lambuji (that's Amitabh for you). There is little that seems to trump this girl and she confidently comes up with an interesting mixture of profundity and little girl charm.

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Rekha: I'm really a bindaas person yaar

It was Jaya Bhaduri on everything: from journalism (trash), Rekha (waster), to Lambuji (that's Amitabh for you). There is little that seems to trump this girl and she confidently comes up with an interesting mixture of profundity and little girl charm.

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