Bollywoods evergreen diva Rekha is admired endlessly for not only her cinematic presence but also for her timeless beauty. Along with all of these things she has also been remembered with shared whispered romances with legends like Amitabh Bachchan and Vinod Mehra but did you know her deepest desire? And its not about Big B! According to several media reports she claimed that she wanted to marry Raj Babbar. Yes you read it right! A man who was not only already married twice but had just lost his second wife Smita Patil. How did their love story begin? Their chemistry sparked on the sets of Agar Tum Na Hote. Two troubled souls both freshly scarred by loss Rekha and Raj leaned on each other. Their bond grew from companionship into something deeper and soon they were inseparable between shoots batting away any shadow of doubt. So why didn’t they marry? Though Raj confessed to being in love he drew a line. He couldn’t abandon his first wife Nadira’s memory or Rekha’s heart. His refusal shattered her world. What followed was a dramatic fallout: Rekha reportedly stormed Mumbai streets barefoot in anguish. And in a turn that shook the tabloids she filed a domestic abuse complaint against Raj only to see it dismissed. Raj later admitted: “We were in love. But the time wasnt right. Later Rekha moved on stronger still unbreakable. Raj did too. But the story of their almost remains etched in gossip lore a rare glimpse beneath Rekha’s guarded mystique: that even gods of glamour can carry unspoken wounds.