Rekha, a Bollywood actor, received the Red Sea Honouree Award. She earned the award at the Red Sea International Film Festival in Jeddah during a showing of Muzaffar Ali's restored version of Umrao Jaan, a 1981 classic. Channeling Umrao Jaan, Rekha even participated in some shayari (poetry) while discussing movies.

While on stage at the Red Sea Festival, Rekha quoted the famous song Dil Cheez Kya Hai from Umrao Jaan, saying,  “Is anjuman mein aapko aana hai baar baar ... deewar-o-dar ko gaur se pehchaan lijiye (You have to come here over and over, get familiar with these walls and doors). And I mean that.”