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| author = [[Mohan Deep]]
| country = India
| language = English
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| subject = [[Rekha]]
| genre = Biography
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| publisher = Shivani Publications
| published = 17 December 1999
| media_type = Print
| pages = 284
| isbn = 978-81-90107-90-7
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'''''Eurekha!: The Intimate Life Story of Rekha''''' is a 1999 Indian biographical book by [[Mohan Deep]], detailing the life of the Indian film actress [[Rekha]]. The book describes her birth to South Indian actors [[Gemini Ganesan]] and [[Pushpavalli]], her well-publicised marriage to the [[Delhi]]-based industrialist Mukesh Agarwal, who died by suicide in seventh months of marriage, and her career. It was published on 17 December 1999 by Shivani Publications and received negative critical reviews.

== Development and release ==
''Eurekha!: The Intimate Life Story of Rekha'' was written by the columnist-turned-author [[Mohan Deep]]. The word ''eurekha'' from its title was suggested by his friend, the journalist Chaitanya Padukane, who recommended him to combine the subject's name [[Rekha]] and the word ''[[Eureka (word)|eureka]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mohandeep.net/the-five-foolish-virgins/ |title=The Five Foolish Virgins |date=8 February 2013 |website=MohanDeep.net |last=Deep |first=Mohan |author-link=Mohan Deep |access-date=21 April 2021 |archive-date=21 April 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421030857/https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Merriweather%3A400%2C700%2C900%2C400italic%2C700italic%2C900italic%7CMontserrat%3A400%2C700%7CInconsolata%3A400&subset=latin%2Clatin-ext |url-status=live }}</ref> It was published on 17 December 1999 by Shivani Publications in [[English language|English]] and reprinted in [[Hindi]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]], and [[Gujarati language|Gujarati]]; it was later serialized in the [[Bengali language|Bengali]]-language magazine ''[[Anandalok]]''.<ref>{{cite book |title=Eurekha! Hardcover – Large Print, December 17, 1999 |date=17 December 1999 |publisher=Shivani Publications |last=Deep |first=Mohan |isbn=978-81-90107-90-7 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://filmfare.indiatimes.com/thebuzz/09_99_september/09_28_99a.htm |title=Rekha: Sue That Biographer |date=28 September 1999 |work=[[Filmfare]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011106002947/http://filmfare.indiatimes.com/thebuzz/09_99_september/09_28_99a.htm |archive-date=6 October 2001 |access-date=21 April 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> An unathorized biography, the book faced controversy after [[Rekha]] admitted that she was angry at Deep for chronicling her life without her permission.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://filmfare.indiatimes.com/thebuzz/feb2000/02_27_2000a.htm |title=Rekha: Furious! |date=27 February 2000 |work=Filmfare |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020420160646/http://filmfare.indiatimes.com/thebuzz/feb2000/02_27_2000a.htm |archive-date=20 April 2002 |access-date=21 April 2021 |url-status=dead }}</ref> She added that most of the book's information were false.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79276801.html |title=Rekha dismisses biography as false |date=3 March 2000 |work=[[India Abroad]] |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://archive.ph/20130411023155/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-79276801.html |archive-date=11 April 2013 |access-date=21 April 2021 |url-status=dead }}{{subscription required|via=HighBeam Research}}</ref>

Critics gave scathing reviews to the book and questioned about why Deep want to write a biography about a living person, while his two previous book ''The Mystery and Mystique of Madhubala'' (1996) and ''Simply Scandalous: Meena Kumari'' (1999) chronicle the life of dead people. ''[[The Afternoon Despatch & Courier]]'' described ''Eurekha!: The Intimate Life Story of Rekha'' as "an arrogant, crude example of how a woman, who happens to be a film star, can be victimised and exploited even while she lives". The reviewer said that it "deserved to be condemned, banned and burnt". ''[[Mid Day]]'' expressed similar thoughts, writing that Depp failed to neutrally explain Rekha's life and career.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000227/spectrum/main4.htm |title=Tale of two authors, three books |date=27 February 2000 |work=[[The Tribune (Chandigarh)|The Tribune]] |last=Gangadhar |first=V. |access-date=21 April 2021 |archive-date=1 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101011624/http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000227/spectrum/main4.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

== References ==
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[[Category:1999 non-fiction books]]
[[Category:Biographies about actors]]
[[Category:Indian biographies]]
[[Category:Indian non-fiction books]]

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