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She is one of the few contemporary Indian filmstars with a legendary status for outstripping her screen roles. The daughter of Tamil-Telegu star Gemini Ganesh, Bhanurekha - Rekha came on screen in late 60s and in 70s a star was born with Mohan Segal's Sawan Bhadon. This black duckling that turned white was overweight and gawky in her initial years but made a spectacular physical change in years that followed.

Her image often as a rural belle, became that of a vulnerable yet sexually driven woman following the role of the prostitute Zohra in Muqaddar Ka Sikandar. In her heyday she also made a bid for acting respectability by appearing in New India Cinema type films: Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan, Benegal's Kalyug and Girish Karnad's Utsav. Her personal life as reflected in media was the subject of Silsila

in which she is said to have played herself. She was married briefly to industrialist Mukesh Aggarwal who committed suicide shortly afterwards, triggering a new wave of public gossip invoking her femme fatale image.