Zeenat Aman, who was called a fashion icon and bold actress in the eighties and nineties, does not believe in any religion, she has said this in the year 2026. Ranked 74th in age. For the first time, he also gave information about his childhood Hindu name Laliteshwari and Hindu mother. This fact may be new to many people but if we look at the famous film characters played by him, he had proved his cool attitude at the very beginning of his career. Be it Zeenat’s personal life or the film screen, both have broken the conventions. She has been an actress with very modern ideas. There have been many couples who have had inter-religious marriages in the film industry. Reena Roy’s mother was also Hindu, father Muslim.
The first thing is how Zeenat made her new position. Gave a different direction to his career in front of Mumtaz, Rekha, Hema, Parveen etc. In fact zeenat aman She had established herself as a bold actress in her early films. While in the seventies, many actresses were seen making their film debut with the role of a rural girl or a passionate lover, Zeenat spread the magic of her glamor on screen for the first time in the 1970 English film The Evil Within. In this film, veteran actor like Dev Anand was her opposite hero. In many scenes of the film, Zeenat Aman can be seen doing long kiss scenes with Dev Anand. This was Zeenat’s first bold scene.
Zeenat’s childhood remained away from stereotypes
In fact, Zeenat Aman did not come to Mumbai from a small town. Born in the metropolis itself. Therefore, Zeenat did not inherit the conservative stereotypes of the middle class society of small towns. He is also related to the film family. His father Amanullah Khan was a screenwriter. Wrote the script of Mughal-e-Azam. Veteran actor Murad was his uncle, whose son Raza Murad is his cousin. Of course, her Hindu mother was a follower of very religious beliefs, but neither conventions nor religious beliefs had any impact on Zeenat’s personality. Zeenat kept moving towards her destination.
Zeenat There is a special reason for getting an English film first. Along with studies, Zeenat also turned towards modeling and acting. The atmosphere was completely English. Zeenat got exposure from Femina Miss India and Miss Asia Pacific International pageants. This cleared the way for acting in films. Miss Asia Pacific International title and educational environment have played an important role in Zeenat Aman’s personality and bindaas film role. Of course, her father died when she was young or her mother used to pray for hours – but this did not affect Zeenat’s further journey.
Focus on profession more than religion
After school, Zeenat’s further education took place in Los Angeles. Her stepfather was German, after coming in contact with whom Zeenat learned the new worldly thing. The environment of a Hindu mother, first a Muslim father and then a German stepfather freed Zeenat’s mind from the so-called middle-class stereotypes and restrictions. It is possible that this might have been the time when he thought about what religion means to him. Or how important are its obligations in the profession.
After the 1970 English film The Evil Within, Zeenat rose to fame and was called a glamorous icon. If we look at some of the characters she played in those films, the lifestyle and thinking of the actress can be understood very well. Of course, her Hindi films like Hungama or Husla flopped in 1971, but she attracted the attention of many with her glamor and fashion style. One of them was Dev Anand, who had already worked together in an English film. Actually Dev Anand was looking for a heroine for his film Hare Rama Hare Krishna. Coincidentally Zeenat Aman got that role. And then the performance he performed on the song Dum Maaro Dum was recorded in the pages of history.
Surprised by playing a challenging role
How bold an actress Zeenat Aman has been, can also be understood from the fact that she played every challenging role very well in the initial stages, which could have typecasted her in the future or proved to be detrimental to her career. For example Dam maar dam… Be it the role of a singing hippie girl or the role of a carefree Shiva devotee in Raj Kapoor’s film Satyam Shivam Sundaram, she remains in lingerie on screen for most of the time. In Satyam Shivam Sundaram, she was cast opposite handsome actor like Shashi Kapoor. In this film she has become an ugly woman but she is a devotee of Shiva – Al Subah sings – God is truth, truth is Shiva, Shiva is beautiful… Etcetera. The film focused on the theme of external beauty versus internal beauty.
Zeenat in these memorable songs
Apart from these two films, it is important to mention some other films of Zeenat in which she surprised by acting very boldly. For example, Yaadon Ki Baaraat, in which he sang his song while holding a guitar and wearing bell bottoms- What you have stolen… Then he became a fashion symbol. After this, she was seen running on the beach in a bikini-bra in Firoz Khan’s Qurbani, was seen doing cabaret in a club and also played a bold role of an attention-grabbing rape victim in BR Chopra’s Insaaf Ka Tarazu. The rape scene in the film with Raj Babbar was quite long.
While Manoj Kumar’s bread, clothes and house were getting wet in the rain, she was seen singing – Alas, this compulsion… the weather and this distance… These songs and the roles played by Zeenat with Amitabh Bachchan in films like The Great Gambler, Don, Dostana or Pukar will remain memorable forever. Remember the song of The Great Gambler- The story of the heart is of two words… Zeenat’s life is also the story of this free heart.
Also read:The role of Governor is outstanding, but is Manoj Bajpayee now repeating himself?
Leave a Reply