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Daily Game: Know Rhea Pillai's iconic grandmother?

Think you know everything about Bollywood? Test your filmi gyaan here!

Rhea Pillai has been in the raging eye of controversy, ever since her relationship with Leander Paes crumbled.

Though she's quite active on the filmi circuit, and even done a minor role in Madhur Bhandarkar's Corporate, Rhea is not a part of the film industry.

But not many know that she, in fact, has a very strong filmi connection.

Her grandmother was a legendary actress.

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Daily Game: Know Rhea Pillai's iconic grandmother?

It's Zubeida, the lead actress in India's first talkie film, Alam Ara (1931).

Rhea Pillai's mother, Dhurreshwar Dhanrajgir, is the daughter of Maharaj Narsingir Dhanrajgir Gyan Bahadur of Hyderabad and actress Zubeida.

In the picture: Zubeida with Master Vithal in Alam Ara