Rekha: The Untold Story
2016 Indian biographical book by Yasser Usman / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Rekha: The Untold Story is a 2016 Indian biographical book by Yasser Usman, detailing the life of Indian film actress Rekha. The book chronicles her birth to South Indian actors Gemini Ganesan and Pushpavalli, which generated rumors in the media at the time, her well-publicised marriage to Delhi-based industrialist Mukesh Agarwal, who died by suicide in seventh months of marriage, and her fifty-year-long acting career.
Author | Yasser Usman |
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Country | India |
Language | English |
Subject | Rekha |
Genre | Biography |
Published | 29 August 2016 |
Publisher | Juggernaut Books |
Media type | |
Pages | 231[1] |
ISBN | 978-81-93284-18-6 |
After the success of his first book, Rajesh Khanna: The Untold Story of India's First Superstar (2014), Usman was motivated to write a biography about Rekha. He collected archives of pre-2000s magazines and her interviews at the National Film Archive of India. While writing the book, Usman faced difficulties since mostly Rekha's collaborator forgot or refused to talk about her; it took more than a year for him to finish it. Rekha: The Untold Story was released on 29 August 2016 by Juggernaut Books, and was critically praised.