For the first time in Umrao Jaan, people saw a different style of Rekha. The line that appeared on the screen in that film was like a mystery.

Rekha As Umrao Jaan: Hindi cinema's beautiful actress Rekha was seen in the 1981 film Umrao Jaan. At the time of this film, she had been in Hindi films for more than a decade. She played the character of a courtesan in Umrao Jaan. Even before this, she had played a similar character twice in the films Saja and Muqaddar Ka Sikandar. Along with Umrao Jaan, Rekha has done several classic Hindi period films. Rekha had given many hit films. Everyone was crazy about Rekha at that time. For the first time in Umrao Jaan, people saw a different style of Rekha. The line that appeared on the screen in that film was like a mystery.

There were many fans of Rekha's beauty. At that time it was difficult to take one's eyes off Rekha. There was something in her characters that everyone could connect with. Umrao Jaan is said to be the first film of Rekha's cult. This mysterious aura went on connecting with Rekha after Umrao Jaan. It was for this film that Rekha got the Best Actress Award for the first time. Rekha played the role of Ameeran in the 1840 film. Which is sold at a brothel in Lucknow. It is from here that Amiran gets a new name, Umrao Jaan. Every look, expression, and dialogue of Rekha in the role of Ameeran won everyone's heart.

Rekha Amitabh's incomplete love story

Talking about Rekha - The Untold Story, Umrao Jaan director Muzaffar Ali said that Rekha's best quality was what she got from her past. Her eyes had the art of shining for every moment. Somewhere in the background of Rekha becoming Umrao Jaan, there was also her unfinished love story with Amitabh Bachchan. Ali has also told in the same book that she had become a living corpse. The mistake was entirely by Amitabh Bachchan. He used to come and sit on our sets during the Delhi shoot of Umrao Jaan.

Royal families helped

In the film Umrao Jaan, to give Rekha an 1840 look, Muzaffar Ali used such a dress and jewelry, which reminded the royal people of this era. There used to be a princely state in Kotwar of Awadh. When he started making this film, the royal families there helped him a lot. Apart from dresses and jewelry, the director had received things more than a hundred years old from these families. To keep the budget under control, Ali adopted that as much help as possible was taken from the people. The jewelry Rekha wore in the film included jewelry from the royal families as well as her jewelry.