Rekha And Amitabh Were Not On Good Terms, Later Became Friends, She Had Tantrums, Reveals Producer

A veteran producer revealed that Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan were not on good terms and later became friends. The producer shared how her tantrums made him take back the signing amount from her.

By Priyanka Dutta Last Updated: Mar 18, 2025 | 19:54:19 IST

Rekha is one of the most talented actresses in the Hindi film industry, whose acting skills never skip to leave her fans in awe. Rekha has been winning hearts with her acting skills for a long time. Throughout her acting career, Rekha has acted in more than 180 movies. Recently, a veteran producer shared that he had to ask Rekha to back his signing amount, and how her tantrums made him take the decision.

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Producer, Ranjeet reveals how Rekha would keep the producers waiting

Recently, veteran actor, Ranjeet sat for an interview with Vickey Lalwani and talked about Rekha. Ranjeet stated that back then, he didn't sign for a decade, and he would get frustrated with the same. Ranjeet revealed that when he started making films, despite his bond with several actors, he always asked them to demand money according to their wishes. Ranjeet stated that although the actors would get a bit hesitant to take money from him, he would always pay them. Well, it was Rekha, whom Ranjeet said the same thing. Rekha asked for an amount, but Ranjeet later realised that the actress had asked for less money from someone else than what she had quoted him. Ranjeet can be quoted as saying:

"Similarly, I told Rekha too, that you are my friend and everything but if I am signing you for a film, I want you to quote me an amount and I will pay you and she did. Later, I realised that someone else who also signed her for one of their films were paying her Rs 5 lakh less than what she had quoted to me.”

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Going further in the interview, Ranjeet mentioned that Rekha would keep the producers lined up outside her house, and when he would narrate her stories, his team members would have to wait outside. When Ranjeet tried to discuss the same with Rekha, she said that the members should stay outside. In the same interview, Ranjeet remarked that Rekha also had issues to work in the evening shift, and that's when he had decided to ask her back the signing amount. Stating that it all happened in a friendly way, Ranjeet shared:

"She was doing a film at this time so she told me we will do day for night shoot. I brutally told her, I am making this film for me and not you. I realised that she would soon treat me like the other producers. So, before she could get to that point, I politely asked her to return my signing amount. I said, ‘Rekha, please return me my money, I can’t make this picture with you.’ It all happened on a friendly note.”

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Ranjeet reveals that Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan were not on the good terms

Ranjeet, in the same interview, mentioned that Rekha and Amitabh Bachchan weren't on good terms, and they later became friends. Ranjeet stated that Rekha wanted to stay back in Mumbai, while the song's shoot was on the farm in Bombay. Well, Rekha wanted to reach back to her home by evening after a day shift, but the producer wanted the shoot to take place in the evening only. Rekha also had some issues with the choreographer. Sharing that Rekha had a lot of tantrums, Ranjeet mentioned:

"The reason was that she was not on good terms with Amitabh Bachchan, later they got back to being friends. Then she wanted to stay back in Mumbai. But I wanted to shoot at the farm, which was out of Bombay. She wanted to return home in the evenings, but my songs were scheduled for evenings. She said, ‘let’s shoot this at day, I want to return home at night’. She also had issues with choreographer, she said she was not comfortable with him. We changed that too. She had a lot of tantrums.”

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