{"id":97673,"date":"2025-08-26T17:51:08","date_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:51:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97673\/"},"modified":"2025-08-26T17:51:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-26T17:51:08","slug":"when-rekha-was-in-tears-as-biswajeet-forcibly-kissed-her-in-a-scene-in-anjana-safar-when-she-was-15-the-actress-who-was-unaware-about-it-said-nothing-can-wipe-off-what-i-felt","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/97673\/","title":{"rendered":"When Rekha was in tears as Biswajeet forcibly kissed her in a scene in ‘Anjana Safar’ when she was 15, the actress who was unaware about it, said, ‘Nothing can wipe off what I felt |"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"When Rekha<\/a> is considered a legend, not just for her on-screen performances and the most memorable movies, the actress is also known for her style off-screen and candid confessions. While she\u2019s now known for her looks, she\u2019s had a rough start within the industry and wasn\u2019t even considered conventionally beautiful. But her life and journey has been filled with ups, downs, struggles and some really interesting facets as mentioned in her biography. A book on her life, titled, \u2018Rekha: The Untold Story\u2019 by Yasser Usman also takes us through some of her movie experiences. In this book, there\u2019s also a mention of a controversial kiss between the actress and Biswajeet. The incident occurred when Rekha was not even 15 years old, and it left her emotionally scarred. The moment took place at Bombay\u2019s Mehboob Studios during the filming of ;Anjana Safar;, directed by Raja Nawathe. The film featured a romantic sequence between the young Rekha and Biswajeet. However, unbeknownst to her, a plan had already been laid out by the director, producer Kuljeet Pal, and Biswajeet himself. As the book describes, \u201cEvery last detail of the strategy had been decided before the shoot, and the camera was set to record each moment.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rekha Reveals The Only Compliment Amitabh Bachchan Ever Gave Her | Silsila Memories Resurface<\/p>\n

When the director called \u2018action\u2019, Biswajeet suddenly pulled Rekha in and kissed her. What unfolded next shocked the entire unit, except, of course, those in on the plan. \u201cThis kiss had never been mentioned to her. The camera kept rolling; neither was the director ordering \u2018cut\u2019 nor was Biswajeet letting go of her. For all of five minutes, Biswajeet kept kissing Rekha. Unit members were whistling and cheering. Those voices were said to have echoed in Rekha\u2019s conscience till much later. Her eyes were tightly shut but they were full of tears,” the biography recounts. Years later, Rekha reflected on the traumatic experience, saying, \u201cI didn\u2019t do it. I was taken by surprise. Nothing could\u2019ve compensated, nothing can wipe off what I felt. Not even the coverage it got in Life magazine.\u201d Biswajeet would later defend his actions by placing the blame squarely on the director. \u201cIt was not for my enjoyment, but important for the film,\u201d he claimed, acknowledging that Rekha had felt \u201cbetrayed and furious\u201d in the aftermath. But the story took another twist when producer Kuljeet Pal offered his own version of events in a later interview. He insisted that Rekha was in on the scene all along. According to him, \u201cshe was advised to later deny her consent to create a stronger impact,\u201d especially since \u201cHindi film heroines\u201d typically did not participate in such bold scenes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Rekha is considered a legend, not just for her on-screen performances and the most memorable movies, the actress…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":97674,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[71629,64,63,71628,4057,447,71630,134,71631,71627,71633,71632],"class_list":["post-97673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-celebrities","tag-anjana-safar","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-biswajeet","tag-bollywood","tag-celebrities","tag-controversial-kiss","tag-entertainment","tag-film-industry-controversies","tag-rekha","tag-rekha-kissed","tag-yasser-usman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97673","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=97673"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97673\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/97674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=97673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=97673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=97673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}