Rekha~ Mysterious beauty labeled a man eating witch ~ her anti-aging secrets + crazy transformation 

“Lots of people feel that I am a fake. But I know that my smile and twinkle exist, reflecting the glow of my creator.” -Rekha… Watch Madhuri Dixit NEXT ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8UXoeS7CdVY.html

She deadass said the secret is drink your water and mind your business. Lolz.

Seriously, can we talk about how Bollywood’s makeup game in the 60s, 70s, and 80s were way ahead of its time? I mean...GORGEOUS 😍 And Rekha’s eyebrows are just....*chef’s kiss* 💋

Her being called ugly hurts my heart. She is unbelievably beautiful. Colonialism has caused so much unnecessary harm.

Rekha was aesthetic even before it was a thing . She has that mysterious beauty

The problem of skin colour in Indian film industry is so severe that if sometimes an actress is required to be of a darker complexion for a role, they cast the fairest actress and apply dark makeup on her to make her suitable for the role but they cannot cast an originally darker skinned girl… it’s just pathetic !

Rekha is like the marilyn monroe of India...absolute siren ❤

Sounds like she rejected someone who found her attractive that was high up in the business and they used media to attack her to try and tear down her self esteem.

The way she used fo wear mascara is an art literally

Rekha’s beauty is ethereal

Karine! Thanks for this video. As an Indian, I really appreciate this video. Rekha is somewhat of an enigma, very misunderstood and treated like crap by the Indian media.

Its a shame that our sun kissed skin its unappreciated everywhere, from the Latin Americans, to Asia to the mother land Africa ,to Australia to every corner of the world What a shame

Indian woman are shamed for literally anything from when they're literally children. Skin color, weight, height, even the way you walk, you talk, you sit, you speak. Many woman even don't let their girls play out in the sun so their skin doesn't get dark. There's constant advertisement of skin lightening creams for years and years. Majority women have dark skin but light skin is literally worshipped. Rekha was one of the revolutionary actresses who was naturally dark skin. She isn't considerably over weight in the pictures showed here. But she probably doesn't have any pictures of that. There's so so so many bad things done to her my the entertainment industry. She's really an amazing actor and still thriving!!

Indian cinema has a huge colorism problem. Preferring light skin actors, particularly in women. There have only recently been dark skin famous actors in Bollywood. The one coming to mind for me being Bipasha Basu.

She stays beautiful by drinking water, minding her business, and protecting her peace! I aspire to that 😂

My mom used to say Rekha was one of the most beautiful women of her time when I was a kid. Of course I was brainwashed and didnt see it because I was comparing her to the likes of Aishwarya. But wow, Rekha is truly stunning, I can't believe I never saw it before. Colorism is one hell of a drug smh

"QUEEN OF GLOSSY LIPS" is what my sis and I dubbed her as kids, watching her movies in Nigeria. We wanted to look like her and when mom was at work, we would practice with our mom's lipsticks and use vegetable oil over it LOL!

As a Indian living in america this video made me happy because it feels like nobody ever talk about beautiful Indian woman in western media especially dark skin Indian woman 🥲❤️

Colorism and bleaching are HORRIBLE in India. A lot of the bleaching products sold in my country are Indian products. Watching Bollywood you would never know that there are Indians as dark in a lot cases darker than black people. When watching a musical number in some Bollywood movies pay attention you might catch a glimpse of dark-skinned Indians in the background sometimes. There are tribes in India that literally are descendants of Africans.

Indian beauty is so regal! I’m in love with the jewelry and the patterns in the clothing, I couldn’t ever understand how someone could find anything bad about a person because they’re foreign

honestly convinced all who spoke against her/bullied her were absolutely jealous

Indian women are some of the most beautiful women in the world. When they are pretty, they are really unmatched.

She's incredibly gorgeous. So what if she's dark? Just because one's white skinned doesn't mean that person's 100% beautiful. Look at her facial and bone structure.

I LOVE Rekha. I watched her as a child and I'm now 47. Her timeless beauty and allure has always captivated me ... as has her personality. She is blunt (unusual for Indian women), and her independence & strength has paved the way for many of us who have lived independently without children. She is as beautiful now as she always has been ... she is an icon to me.

She's by far one of the prettiest women I've ever seen😍

Yeah I'm Indian and when I was a kid I was extremely AGGRESSIVELY chubby and while everyone was like oh so cute they kept telling my mother to keep an eye on my food, so I grew up extremely skinny and they, yes aunties and family members kept calling me a bag of bones in ENGLISH AND HINDI. And Kept telling me to put some pounds or else I'd fly way with the wind. Now after years of self acceptance and putting a few pounds and now the same folks tell me I've let myself go and gotten fat. Sigh.

Time and time again; the key to youthfulness and longevity: healthy diet, daily exercise, low stress, proper sleep, hydration hydration hydration

Rekha is drop dead gorgeous

You have no reason to apologize for your "accent"! You speak beautifully and honestly, you speak better English than most of the American RU-vid gamers that I watch! I love your videos!

There are darker Indians than her I can’t imagine how hard it is to be dark in that country that woman is beautiful it’s just weird how obsessed people are with skin color something no one can control

I don't even think she's dark by Indian standards. Most Indians I've seen are fairly brown. Not that there's anything wrong with being dark, but she's honestly gorgeous imo.

It's heartbreaking to hear the things she went through. She's breathtakingly beautiful & angelic.

She was EXOTIC and so BEAUTIFUL 😍 Her skin color is like medium golden color.. just gorgeous 😍 ❤️

I think she is stunning and even more with the darker complexion. Strangely enough though, regardless of the criticism, it looks like she was always in the leading roles. So somewhere subconsciously, they knew she was special.

Bollywood should become a national treasure in Nigeria😂💖. We're obssesed with zee world and B4u( if you know you know).

As an indian...I'm so honored and blessed and touched by ur tribute to our Indian actress. It brings me so much joy. Rekha is the style and an acting icon. Sad that our society let go of great actress when they reach a certain age

She is in her 60s now, I saw her recently in a dance tv show, she's still as enchanting ❤️

What a beauty. As an introvert, I found her captivating. It’s troubling how she was treated but she handled it like a true lady. People are cruel.

Her eyes are so magnetic. Especially those long lashes. She is so beautiful

She looks even more beautiful with her deeper complexion 🥰

This woman is drop dead gorgeous!I hope she knows it. I've been mesmerized with her ever since young age, dunno why people have such an agenda against her. Loved the video

I think they considered her dark since the majority of hindi cinema actors and actresses at that timr where from north indian ethnicities like punjabi who are statistically lighter than central and south indians. Bollywood seems also to have a very high treshhold for what is dark, anything besides the pure white without brown undertones could be considered 'dark', which includes the majority of indians.

It seems that women are the MOST scrutinized, but they’re the ones that work the hardest and are the most remembered. Look at Marilyn Monroe and Audrey Hepburn. People STILL have photos of them hanging up on their walls...no one (or an extreme few) have Gregory Peck or Marlon Brando hanging around. Women manage to dominate despite the criticisms

I love how you don’t just talk about American women but all kinds of women from different countries 🤞🏽💙

I’m Egyptian and I would love to see some deep dives of the Egyptian music and film stars of the 1900’s until now- there’s incredible amounts colonial and governmental influence in all of it as well and I’ve never seen anyone talk about them! And maybe continuing that through the rest of Africa, it’s fascinating you would love it

Wow never heard of her before but she is gorgeous... wow

She probably avoids parties as much as possible because she doesn’t want to get involved with all of the celebrity bs behind the scenes.

Indians with darker or "dusky" skin tones are absolutely stunning! Plus their silky black hair. Stunning

This was so detailed and articulate. While you are venturing into bollywood, you should look into the case of parveen babi. I personally find an eerie similarity between parveen babi and marilyn monroe. Both of them died the same mysterious death, were both extremely beautiful, and had an extremely sad personal life. It's really tragic. Sending loads of love your way.

Colorism is such a mess because most countries have curvy bodies, brown skin, and other diversities.

Omg. As an African-American, I lived in a Hindi household as part of my childhood. I loved Bollywood movies.i love watching Rekha. I hope you do one on the late great Sridevi.

I'm not Indian, but I'm South Asian. And we have more or less the same beauty standards as India, so I think I can explain the whole thing about being 'dusky' and 'dark'. Here is the thing, South Asia has people whose skin is as white as some the people in Europe, and also people as dark as black people. And every shade in between. But things like colonialism has made the lighter skin the standard. So there are lots of whitening products being promoted through the South Asia, some of them even contain things like bleach and people still use it bc they want to fit into these Eurocentric beauty standards. This is why most of the Asians portrayed in popular media are lightskinned. And bc of this, lots of foreigners expect all of us to be that way too. My cousin who lives in UK always gets asked if she's black and when she says she's not, people are like ' you're lying" bc the beauty standards have normalized light skin so much. I was born a light skin Asian and so was my first brother. But my second brother happened to be a dark skinned Asian. Bc of this extended family gatherings were hell for him, where relatives make comments about him, comparing his to our lightskin and my grandparents even favored the two us over him just bc we were lightskin. So yeah.... That's the situation.

I'd never heard of Rekha. All these clips show a very talented actress and dancer, I can't take my eyes off her. She takes the attention, even when there is a really handsome guy on screen. The emotion she portrays is contagious, and her dancing is skilled and hypnotic (though Indian dancing is supposed to be that way, she's good at it). One of those clips where she was rehearsing in a black t-shirt and miming being choked was really funny.

Rekha is absolutely gorgeous and she has maintained herself so well. Being in the public eye for so long and yet she has her mystery and no one really knows her. I don't know why people have such an aversion to dark skin. It's just as beautiful as lighter skin. She looked so adorable when she was young yet she was called an ugly duckling. People who say this others are the one who own up to the name of ugly duckling. One more thing about Rekha, her house helps are all females. No males are allowed inside her house. Great video!! And your pronunciations were just fine. I don't know why people are so dead set on making sure that everyone is same. I would love a video on Kama sutra. It would be interesting, I am sure. Love you Karine 👑💖💖💖💖

She probably was very curvy and turned heads and females was jealous I just feel all jealousy towards her everybody has an opinion literally people go crazy following others opinions if we just embrace ourselves happily people will just accept it and we live with joy cause we don’t care what people have to say only if it’s criticism that will change us for the better not worse and Karine you’re accent is fine and unique

Rekha is an incredible woman and an inspiration to all women. As a young girl who supported her entire family she really struggled in an industry that's filled with filth and utter disrespect for women She has transformed herself into a stunning beauty with brains. And through all those hardships and challenges she remained a tenacious person with sheer grit and developed her strength and personality. I truly admire this woman for having gone through a lifetime of sadness and ups and downs and emerging as a woman of substance and character. She is a living legend.

Rekah truly turned her pain into everlasting beauty. So inspirational ❤️❤️

You know what upsets me Alloude, the fact that as an outsider non indian, I am also into bollywood films and their beauty. But I have noticed when "dark" girls like Rekha don't know hindi they are mocked and hated but the indian film industry literally has several white women legitmately british women acting as indians in film as the main characters so sad they they want this whitest women situation, such actors inlude Amy Jackson and many others include backup dancers who are fully white American women.

any indian woman named with a bad connotation i would take that with a grain of salt knowing how misogynistic the indian culture can be

Atleast us black women appreciate other women of other ethnicity would be nice if other ethnicities showed us the same love we show. Love all ❤️

She is gorgeous, her eyebrows are amazing!

She is the definition of drop dead gorgeous! We need more dark skin South East Asian representation. I hate that society doesn’t celebrate them enough

You 100% fine darling whomever it is who doesn't like your voice should stop listening to u

She gets better and better with age, she's one of those women. She's gorgeous, just absolutely gorgeous. I'd say she wasn't even half as beautiful in her young age as she is now. Love her. the best of her is in zubeidaa, the role she played in it is the role that is really really was made for her, she did that role with so much grace and subtle but powerful emotions.

This actually helped uplift me. As an Indian girl,i can guarantee there is still colour discrimination in India. There are still fairness creams in the market who claim to morph you into a "white beauty". And forget about matching foundation colours. There are like 4 shades of Ivory. If you want foundation as a darker person. You will have to buy the high end brands. And in marraiges, you will definitely hear people gossiping about how the bride is dark 🙄, like what's that supposed to do with you?

Her eyelashes and eye liner look amazing!!!

Never heard of her before. She is a whole mood. Excellent choice. I can understand the labels in many ways she faced, I'm facing them now. I don't understand why us dark chocolate girls are considered ugly around the world. I've been told you'd be so pretty if you were light or the backhanded comment of you're cute for dark black girl. It's insane. I cut food off at 6pm too. It is good for me. 💗🥰🌷

I LOVE Kama Sutra so much. She was “exquisitely composed“ and I think that’s a perfect description for her character portrayal. Every time I watch that movie again, I spend the week playing in the background. I have tried my hardest to find all the information that we can find in today’s movies like the costume information, The origin of the traditional songs, clay bathing methods, information about Rekha, just anything I can get my hands on and it is surprisingly very difficult. I don’t know why I wasn’t thinking of it as controversial at any point until now, but as a sensual person and as a healer, she comes off as such a Wise woman and portrays her part as I would imagine it myself. An inspiration.

I love Rekha! There is no one that matches her style and grace, as well as her acting ability and dance skills.

Weight thing is absurd in India. Like they want curvy or thick thin. Like people would criticise if you are thin and chubby. So it's weird.

October 10th!! Rekha and I have the same birthday 🥰🥰🥰

OMFG this woman is gorgeous and I couldn't hear the videos of her but her facial expressions are mesmerizing.

She looks like an angel. So beautiful.

I felt dark my entire life, I’m about her complexion but being Mexican I was dark and ugly in their standards. She’s beautiful.

She was perfect as is.

Damn thank you for covering her... She is a ICONNNN!!! This means a lot. AND yess an actress go through a lot. Even though the surface looks good in recent times, the standards of such still stands the same! The culture is too rigid in those believes here!

She was and still is a great personality. Her discipline, especially about exercise and health can be an example to whoever that cherish good health and longevity.

She's dusky, not dusty! Dark women have always been referred as "Dusky", even in America, especially back in the 70's era.

I grew up with Bollywood ❤ I personally found all the girls so beautiful 😍

I grew up in love with Rekha- I watched Khoon Bhari Maang like some kids watch Moana… thinking back, idk why or how my parents thought that was ok, but that’s besides the point 😂 she’s an icon ❤️‍🔥

She’s respected and iconic, she remained the same inside and outside. She never fully gave herself to anyone or had kids after the sudden passing of her spouse.

I have to give you a lot of respect. I'm a documentary junkie. You have brought movies and people I have been trying to get my family and friends to pay attention to. Now you bringing Bollywood. I'm obsessed with Bollywood. You definitely need to be on youtube. Keep it coming. K-pop is another one of my obsessions.

I’ve seen this woman in a few films……i never knew of her struggles……loved the movie “Kama Sutra!” She is absolutely stunning no matter her skin tone… it’s sad how women are always treated ……we work much harder than most men for what we get. Its awful how people in every race often belittle the darker skinned. I find it strange how when me & and friend would often go to clubs and the men always wanted to buy me drinks….my friend is so much better looking than me with beautiful dark chocolate skin. I always admired her color and often chose darker foundations. I can understand much about her healthy lifestyle.. i am older, but look much younger. Rekha takes great care of herself..its very good for the body…. I love this documentary…! Well done~

Thank you for introducing us to Rekha💗she has that classic, penthouse center fold 80’s beauty about her. It’s not meant to offend. She has that Sophia Loren/Madonna vibe going on. Idk, there’s just something about her. I’m glad she stuck to her guns despite people trying to tear her down💗

I've always had a little crush on her, such a fierce woman, anyone that had to say shit about her was obviously intimidated.

I am black and my family is pretty light skinned. The Darkest people in my family are around this woman's complexion with yellowish undertones. So my question is, what do Indians consider light skinned or dark skinned? It's confusing. Shes not dark. And dark isn't bad at all by the way. Hello. Lupita Nyongo. Probably one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen. And many, many others. Colorism is so horrible.

Sushmita Sen she is ultimate definition of lady-like and is a scorpion♏ , if you haven't done a video on her ,I highly recommend her, you'll enjoy! 😘❤️

There will never be another Rekha. Timeless.

She is a timeless beauty

No disclaimers needed honey, haters will always find something to pick apart. Regardless, they watched so you'll get paid anyway 😌

The disclaimer though 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 people need to grow up

I'm shocked about the fact that you did not talk about Amitabh Bacchan😂 anyways loved the video 😍 got to see her again ❤

Ok but her eyes are absolutely mesmerizing❤

I recognised her from Kama Sutra. She is very appealing in the movie, I wanted to know her story as her charachter spoke about the lack of honour men had for their wives, whom she had connected with. Great video on Rekha. Karine, I have just finished watching An Easy Girl on Netflix. The actress Zahia Dehar is in it, she has an intriguing real life. Maybe a woman you could do a video on?

She was one of the most popular actress around my grandmother's time and people from our generation still watch her movies listening to old Bollywood song is the best feeling ever I love her and love you too Karine would you please also do a feminine breakdown on kajol 🌼❤️🌸❤️

Rekha is literally the fiercest Indian actress imo. Like FIERCE fierce!

rekha is one of the most beautiful and enigmatic actresses we’ve ever had. it’s sad that people remember her mostly for her (alleged) relationship with amitabh bachchan and how he went on to have a decent family, while she’s growing old alone. i’m so glad i found this video because she’s still so misunderstood. hope she lives on in people’s minds as the iconic person she is!

This video was actually really inspiring and motivating to watch, a shy girl, who worked hard to improve her skills, became a respected actress and overcame all the hate. This story fills me with hope that I can become a better person and achieve more. I am not very familiar with Rekha but I'm glad now that I know about her. She seems like a timeless beauty both inside and out.

I love Bollywood films too. I’ve seen her before but I didn’t know her name but I liked that she was darker than most Bollywood actress. She opened the door to me for Priyanka Chopra.

Indian standards are VERY specific for beauty. especially since many are naturally very small and skinny, being “larger” is a huge thing. not only that, but complexion, proportions, facial features (specifically north vs south), hair type, hair length, height, weight, and more are all extremely criticized. i face it too when visiting india, it’s a huge shock from growing up in america also for some reason india is in DENIAL about dark skinned indians existing. we naturally have pale to deep skin, but we call basically brown skinned ppl dark, cuz it’s dark by white standards. A lot of these standards are from india being extremely anti black. being told you look black is like the biggest insult to them… it’s so disturbing. and it’s still so so bad… India is beautiful and has an amazing rich and deep history, but hate and willful ignorance runs rampant