To celebrate the birthday of the great Rekha, we watched Utsav (1984), Girish Karnad's adaptation of the ancient Sanskrit play Mrichakatika. In our totally unbiased opinion this is Rekha's film through and through, but really everyone and everything else is great, with one exception that you can probably guess.

This is one of our favorite Rekha performances! What are yours?

Other discussions:

• Is Rekha the best Hindi film actress for sensuality and sexual forthrightness?

• The jewelry!!!

• Isn't it amazing that Shashi Kapoor produced so many fantastic films in such a short window (1979–1984)?

• Does Kulbhushan Kharbanda have BDE?

Our episode with the great Sal on Rekha is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UPgobOdmKHs

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