Veteran actor RekhaThe journey in the film industry began in difficult circumstances. Having started working at a young age, he moved to Mumbai with his mother during his teenage years in search of film opportunities. During this period, she crossed paths with the actor Sanjay Khan, although their first meeting did not immediately lead to work.Sanjay Khan’s daughter Farah Khan Ali revealed that Rekha revisited this memory recently while visiting the Khan family after Farah’s mother passed away. Zarine Khan. “My father cast Rekha,” Farah said in an interview with Vickey Lalwani, before recounting what the veteran actor had told her.“Rekha came home recently when my mother died. She said the only reason I’m in cinema is because of your mother,” Farah recalled. He explained that Sanjay Khan was initially reluctant to pose for a photo shoot with Rekha because he did not find her conventionally attractive at the time.Sharing Rekha’s own memory, Farah said, “Rekha said, ‘Because when I first came, I was very fat and not very attractive, and your father didn’t want to do a photo shoot with me. Your mother, Zarine, kept saying, “Look at this girl, look at her beautiful eyes and lovely mouth, please do a photo shoot with her.” So your dad reluctantly agreed to do the photo shoot with me and when the photos came in he said, “Okay, she looks good.” We will make the image’. That’s how I got into the film industry.”During the same conversation, Farah also spoke about the late actor Parveen Babisaying that his father had also introduced him to cinema. He noted that one of Parveen’s first projects was *Trimurti*, which featured Sanjay Khan.When asked if her family stayed in touch with Parveen during her struggles with mental health, Farah replied: “Yes, I was in touch with her, my parents. I met her a few years before she died. We were very close because… She was someone I had childhood memories with and she was very loving and very kind. My father is close. Kabir Bedi also And Pooja Bedi of course is now one of my closest friends.”