First marriage broke in 6 years, married – fell in love with father of 4 children, put career at stake, lived a lonely life

New Delhi. Hema Malini, Vyjayanti Mala, Jaya Prada and Sridevi worked in South cinema before entering Bollywood. These actresses of yesteryear came to Hindi films from South and became the heartbeat of Bollywood. Rekha is also one such actress who started her career from South and then she started ruling Bollywood. Rekha is also one of those few actresses who did not choose acting on her own will, but entered films under pressure from her mother.

Rekha’s mother Pushpavalli had sent her daughter to the dazzling world at an early age to fulfill her household responsibilities. Rekha had mentioned in her old interview that actually she never wanted to become an actress. Out of compulsion, he entered the film industry and gradually fell in love with his work. Veteran actress Rekha’s mother Pushpavalli was a well-known actress of South. He had worked in many films of Tamil and Telugu cinema. Pushpavalli got real recognition by playing the character of ‘Sita’ on the silver screen.

Got 300 rupees for the first film
The actress played the role of Sita in the 1936 film ‘Sampoorna Ramayana’, for which she received a fee of Rs 300. With this film, she was successful in making her mark among the audience and after this, she started getting offers for many films. Like Rekha, her mother also made a lot of headlines with her personal life.

First marriage broke in 6 years
Actress Pushpavalli got married in the year 1940, but after some time there was turmoil in her married life. Within 6 years of marriage, the actress divorced her first husband and started focusing on her career.

Gave her heart to Gemini Ganesan
While working in films, Pushpavalli met actor Gemini Ganesan, who was already married twice. While working in films, their closeness started increasing and soon the couple’s on-screen romance started taking off in real life. When he met Pushpavalli, Gemini Ganesan was married to Alamelu and famous actress Savitri. Apart from being already married, actor Gemini Ganesan was also the father of 4 children.

Gemini Ganesan did not give names to his daughters
Due to being married twice before and being the father of 4 children, Gemini Ganesan did not marry Pushpavalli, but their love blossomed. Pushpavalli has two daughters from this relationship, one of whom is Rekha. After the birth of his daughters, Gemini distanced himself from actress Pushpavalli and did not give his name to her daughters. Despite this, the actress spent her entire life as his girlfriend.