The first model to make it big in Bollywood, she went on to make her name as an actress ready for unconventional and ‘bold’ (for the time) roles, usually playing independent-minded, “Westernised” women and rarely sporting saris or other Indian dresses onscreen. Unfazed at the overt “sexualisation” of her onscreen persona, Zeenat Aman went on to score a string of successes in many Bollywood classics.
But Zeenar Aman, who turns 71 on Saturday (November 19), does not need to be only remembered for playing the rebellious, tuned-out Jasbir Jaiswal/Janice in “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, or guitar-strumming “lal kapde wali memsahab” Sunita in “Yaadon ki Baraat” (1973), or Sheela, or rather, ‘Laila’, of “Qurbani” (1980), or Sheetal of “Dostana” (1980).
The petite yet buxom actress with her exotic and sensual looks was as effective as playing the hapless, abused Rani Ranjit Singh in “Dhund” (1973), the gold-digger Sheetal in “Roti Kapada Aur Makaan” (1974), prostitute-going-straight Nisha in...
But Zeenar Aman, who turns 71 on Saturday (November 19), does not need to be only remembered for playing the rebellious, tuned-out Jasbir Jaiswal/Janice in “Hare Rama Hare Krishna”, or guitar-strumming “lal kapde wali memsahab” Sunita in “Yaadon ki Baraat” (1973), or Sheela, or rather, ‘Laila’, of “Qurbani” (1980), or Sheetal of “Dostana” (1980).
The petite yet buxom actress with her exotic and sensual looks was as effective as playing the hapless, abused Rani Ranjit Singh in “Dhund” (1973), the gold-digger Sheetal in “Roti Kapada Aur Makaan” (1974), prostitute-going-straight Nisha in...
- 11/19/2022
- by Glamsham Bureau
- GlamSham
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