‘Insecure’ Rekha had bestie Aruna Irani removed from Mangalsutra as she didn’t want to look like a vamp: ‘I read it in newspapers’ | Bollywood News
3 min readNew DelhiFeb 13, 2026 08:36 PM IST It was 1981 when Rekha and Aruna Irani — who had worked together in several films and shared a close bond — signed Mangalsutra. However, what followed left Aruna shocked. Aruna recalled that after signing the film, she kept waiting for the director to approach her with shooting dates. But, it never happened. Speaking with SHOWSHA, Aruna shared: “Rekha and I were initially cast in Mangalsutra. But strangely, they never contacted me again. I read in the newspapers that the shoot had begun, yet I had no information. Eventually, I read that I had been replaced. No one even told me,” she said. It was only after the film’s release that she confronted the director, Vijay. “I asked him, ‘Why did you replace me? You never came to me with dates. I was completely free.’ I fought with him. That’s when he told me, ‘Actually, the problem was that Rekha didn’t want you in the film.’ I was shocked. I dismissed it immediately. I said, ‘Don’t …
