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on 2008/2/3 1:10:03
The fascination persists. She has survived fads and fashion swings.. and has preserved her alluring persona by the manner in which she has chosen to dress, behave and lead her everyday life.. early-to-bed-early-to-rise. Thumbing down lucrative endorsement deals and TV shows galore, she is the big screen star actress. Perhaps it’s impossible to know her entirely.
But that doesn’t prevent Khalid Mohamed from donning his interviewing uniformon a Sunday to learn some more about the heart and mind of Rekha
Venue: Sea Bird, a rigidly dusted and polished office room facing the sedate Bandra sea.
How’s your Sunday been?
No different from any day. Every day is an extension of my growth, of every thing I’ve become and want to become. Now you’ll ask me what I want to become.
What do you want to become?
The best of myself.
Why this obsession with ‘myself’?
( Animatedly ) I, me, myself ! Tell me, why not? I’ve always been that way, it has worked for me. Aakhir jaan hai to jahaan hai. I don’t do this intentionally, I am..that’s it.
Isn’t this extremely narcissistic?
It starts that way. May be beauty lies in the eye of the beholder, in one self. So what? I don’t care if it’s said she’s on some sort of spiritual trip, she’s obscure, vague, not normal.. she wants to be different. I’m not so different.. but people don’t want to be common or normal. They have put me on a high pedestal.. or think I’m alien.. or..
You’ve known various generations of stars. Has anyone else thought this way? Tell me of three such persons.
Why just three? I know so many who have achieved a lot in many fields. Why make comparisons? Why talk only of actors? Take my bai, she had eight kids before she was 30. She’s expected to be different by her family, stronger.. the same way my life and experiences have taught me to be different.
Ever compare yourself with Meena Kumari?
Jeeeee? Not in any which way. I don’t have her background, her culture, her body of work. She was truly a legend, truly mysterious. I’ve just been given titles—she’s a mystery, an enigma, beautiful, inaccessible, invincible.. but I’m not any of that.
So how come you never allow me into your house?
The answer’s so simple. By hook or by crook, those who must.. find their way. My privacy’s worked better than any screenplay. Anything connected with my work, the producers meet me here.. no one comes into my house except family.
What’s your bedroom like?
Like me! Basic, simple, real, extremely comforting, unique, warm and aesthetically attractive. Yet it’s common, very normal. It just has a bed, I’m a big girl, quite tall, I need a big bed.
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