Her first movie was a Telugu film Rangula Ratnam in 1966 where she was introduced as Baby Bhanurekha. She went on to do a lead role in Kannada movie Operation Jackpot Nalli C.I.D 999 with Rajkumar ...

Veteran actor Rekha recently graced The Great Indian Kapil Show where she spoke about working with Amitabh Bachchan in the 1979 film Suhaag.