Movies News | Updated Oct 10, 2006 at 03:11pm IST

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New Delhi: Bollywood diva Rekha turns 51 on Tuesday. She is considered one of the most enigmatic actors in the country.

Born to Tamil actor Gemini Ganesan and Telegu actor Pushpavali, Rekha first starred in the film Sawan Bandhon when she was only 15 years old.

Rekha transformed herself in the early 1980s from a plump, geeky girl to a sexy dusky damsel and over the decades, has proved that age only adds to her grace.

This sketch of Rekha has been sent by Citizen Journalist Vilas Jamindar from Ahmedabad.
She reigned the top spot in Bollywood for almost a decade, acting in over 20 films with the Amitabh Bachchan, with whom her alleged off-screen romance culminated in Yash Chopra's classic Silsila.

Her other memorable films include Khoobsurat, Ghar, Mr Natwarlal, Muqaddar Ka Sikandar, Khoon Bhari Maang, Aastha and Khiladiyon Ka Khiladi.

Despite the years, Rekha continues to look ravishing, lending her oomph factor in films like Parineeta and Bachke Rehna Re Baba with Mallika Sherawat.

She was most recently seen on-screen playing mother to Hrithik Roshan in Krrish.

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