Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan's roaring affair still remains as one of the biggest Bollywood scandals ever. While Big B never admitted to it, several reports in dailies, glossies confirmed their love relationship.
Rekha was unabashed, brazen and extremely honest. Far ahead of her times. She never hid her personal life from the prying eyes of the media. Rather, she was one of those few who dared to bare it all in front of everyone.
In an old interview with Filmfare in November, 1984, Rekha had finally confessed about her relationship with Big B. She broke her silence and explained why she is even fine with Amitabh's denial of their affair.
She told the glossy, "Why should he have not done it? He did it to protect his image, to protect his family, his children. I think it is beautiful. I don't care what the public thinks of it. Why should the public know of my love for him or his love for me? I love him. He loves me - that's it. I don't care what anybody thinks. If he'd reacted that way towards me in private, I would have been very disappointed. But has he ever done that? I ask you. So why should I care about what he's said in public?"
It didn't just end there. She continued, "I know people must be saying bechari Rekha, pagal hai us par, phir bhi dekho. Maybe, I deserve that pity. Not that he has 10 rollicking affairs! Mr Bachchan is still old fashioned. He doesn't want to hurt anybody, so why hurt his wife? Mr Bachchan is important to me, not to anybody else."
