Overview

• Pooja Samant recounts that Jaya Bachchan once invited Rekha to the Bachchan home and, on seeing her off, made clear she would remain ‘Mrs Bachchan.’
• She says, citing an unnamed senior actress from that era, that Rekha adopted a vegetarian diet to impress Amitabh Bachchan.
• Samant revisits the oft-told claim that Rekha appeared at Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Singh’s wedding wearing sindoor, drawing attention away from the couple.
• She notes that Amitabh Bachchan routinely avoided questions about Rekha and that Jaya Bachchan rarely gave interviews, while Rekha has been the only principal to speak publicly about the episode.
• The coverage points to Silsila as their final on-screen pairing and explains how News18 and dianIndian Express highlighted Samant’s recent Hindi Rush interview to reintroduce these stories.