Mumbai: Bollywood evergreen beauty and legendary film actress Rekha turns 61 today. Many Many Happy Returns of the Day and wish you a very Happy Birthday.

Bollywood Diva, ageless beauty and veteran actress Rekha turns 61 today. She has ruled the Bollywood industry with her tremendous roles in many films won the hearts of many people and continuous to do so. She is now sitting MP of Rajya Sabha and as well as she nominated as member of upper house in May 2012.

She not only won numerous awards with her talent but also called as one of the best actors India has ever seen. Rekha started her career in 1966 as a child artist and Bollywood top stars praised her talent. In a career spanning 40 years Rekha has acted in more than 180 films.

Rekha was born in Chennai to popular actor Gemini Ganesan and Telugu actress Pushpavalli. She has often played strong female characters throughout her career and apart from main films; she also acted in arthouse films which is known in India as parallel cinema.

Rekha won three film fare awards, in those two for best actress and one for best supporting actress for her roles in khubsoorat (1980), Khoon bhari Maang (1988) and Khiladiyon ka Khiladi (1996) respectively

The actress married Delhi based industrialist Mukesh Aggarwal and he committed suicide while she was in London. Earlier she was gossiped to have been married to actor Vinod Mehra in 1973. She denied that news later and married to Mukesh.

Government of India has honoured her with Padmashri Award in 2010 regarding her immense talent and great acting skills.