Throwback: Rekha recalls becoming a star overnight, ‘Yehi tha ki bas zabardasti kheech kar shooting jaati thi’

Rekha, who began as a child actor in the late 1950s, revealed in a 1986 interview that she never wished to act and was coerced into it by her mother. It took her several years to develop a genuine interest in the film industry. “Mujhe toh maar maar ke banaya gaya (I was beaten up to become one),” she said.