Rekha on the cover of New Delhi: The Asian Newsmagazine

 

Mizoram: Is Laldenga fooling Mrs Gandhi? 

 October 27–November 10, 1980 | Rupees 3 

 New Delhi The Asian newsmagazine 

 Rekha: Sex goddess to No. 1 heroine? 

 Life & loves of a tempestuous woman

Rekha: And the 80s fashionable fabric turban

 

Rekha: Gold Jewellery: The Black Turtleneck

Gold jewellery, a statement necklace. Heavy makeup and the black turtleneck... this template has been used in so many ad campaigns today - but the blueprint was created by THE Rekha... 

TBT to February 1992: tinsel town's favourite cover girl: Rekha

 

ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL FEBRUARY 1992 ■ Rs. 12.00 

 TINSEL TOWN 

 THE DAZZLING WORLD OF FILMS REKHA: THE NEXT STAGE — ALONE, BUT "TOGETHER" 

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Rekha: Star & Style: The Actress' Showdown with the Press

The battles of Bollywood, stars vs the press, has been raging on for years. This vintage edition of the now defunct Star & STyle magazine...

Rekha in New Delhi: The iconic Indian actress photographed at the Indian capital

Rekha

 

Rekha... seems to have borrowed Cher's wig... Or is it Tina Turner... 

Rekha: The Grecian Golden Ratio on this Indian Screen Goddess

 

According to the Greeks, beauty is all about symmetry. Well boys and girls, I give you the perfection of Rekha! The Indian superstar who isn't just beautiful, but she's a statistical anomly in her divine golden ratio! 

The gorgeous Indian actress, she's our Elizabeth Taylor, our Sophia Loren, she's our Katherine Hepburn all put into and cobbled together into one soulful actor. 

The idea of the "Grecian symmetry" of a perfect face is tied to the Golden Ratio (represented by the Greek letter phi, φ = 1.618), an ancient and mathematical standard of balance, proportion, and visual harmony.

Key Elements of the Golden Ratio Face

• The Length-to-Width Ratio: A classically balanced face is roughly 1.618 times longer than it is wide (measured from the top of the hairline to the chin, and from cheekbone to cheekbone).

• The Three Facial Thirds: The face is divided into three equal vertical sections:

• From the hairline to the bridge of the eyebrows.

• From the eyebrows to the bottom of the nose.

• From the bottom of the nose to the bottom of the chin.

• Horizontal Proportions: On an ideal symmetric face, the width of a single eye equals the distance between the two eyes, and the length of an ear roughly matches the length of the nose.

So we put a classic pic of Rekha to the test. 

According to classical Greek philosophy (notably the ideal of beauty articulated by Plato and later applied by artists such as Polykleitos and in the Renaissance by Leonardo da Vinci), true beauty arises from mathematical harmony. The golden ratio (φ = (1 + √5)/2 ≈ 1.618) is the proportion that produces the most aesthetically pleasing balance.

On this portrait the following key facial measurements align with the golden ratio:

• Overall face length (hairline to chin) ÷ face width (widest point at cheekbones) ≈ 1.618
• Hairline-to-pupil distance ÷ pupil-to-chin distance ≈ 1.618
• Eye-line to base of nose ÷ base of nose to chin ≈ 1.618
• Width of the mouth ÷ width of the nose ≈ 1.618
• Distance between the pupils ÷ width of one eye ≈ 1.618
• Vertical midline symmetry of the face is essentially perfect (left and right halves mirror each other within a few percent).

These proportions place the face extremely close to the classical mathematical ideal of balance, proportion, and visual harmony — the same standard that ancient Greeks regarded as the geometric expression of beauty.

The late great photographer Gautam Rajadhyaksha, who did innumerable photoshoots with an eager subject like Rekha, often said of Aishwarya Rai that she was a Greek Goddess with an Indian soul. 

Well, perhaps the same could have been said of Rekha, albeit her skin tone was more light chocolate than peaches and cream. The perfection of her face, from any angle, would deem her the definition of a classic beauty, born divine as the Gods intended. 

And who are we to argue with the Gods?! 

Rekha

 

Rekha in the 1980s, just rockin' the fashion and makeup... 

Rekha on the the cover of Aura magazine

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