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The alluring, mesmerizing, glittering and evergreen Bollywood actress Rekha turns 56 today. She started her career when she was just 12 and even after 42 years of performing in the Indian Cinema, she still has the power and charisma to attract millions of viewers and has an immense fan following. She made her debut on the silver screen with the Telugu film Rangula Ratnam in 1966 as a child artist. She made her debut as a heroine three years later in a Kannada film opposite Dr Rajkumar. In 1970, she followed it with the Hindi film Sawan Bhadon. It was a hit and she became a star overnight. In 1981 came Muzaffar Ali's Umrao Jaan, she won the National Award for Best Actress for this film. But her hits opposite Amitabh Bachchan in a number of films made her a house hold name. She is writing her autobiography presently.
