No, Not that Rani herself believes in ettiquette and finesse. She can be as loud as her mother if not more, and as excited. At a film gathering she ran towards Rekha with such outstretched arms and such a loud screech that we found ourselves looking at Rani`s face for Bachchan similarities. Long lost maa-beti or wot! And Ré opened her arms for her and cooed: "My bachcha" with so much love that I wanted to sue my mother for neglect and mal-treatment. When I left they were still clinging to each other. Shrug! Shrug!

Meanwhile, Rekha is losing years and kilos very badly. She`s lost some frightening amount of weight. Really frightening! She probably assumes that to be thin is to look young. Perhaps that`s true up to a certain age. But at 50, to be thin is to look haggard!