Enacting the bold characters in Hindi cinema effortlessly, Zeenat Aman embodies unconventionality in its true sense. In her acting career of almost twenty long years, Zeenat has got the opportunity to act opposite to most of the famous actors of Hindi cinema. She is the daughter of the script writer Amanullah Khan (Mughal-E-Azam and Pakeezah) and Scinda and was born in Germany. It was in India and Los Angeles that Zeenat completed her academic pursuits.
In the beginning of her career, she was a writer for the magazine Femina. Within some time she shifted her focus to modeling and soon was a well-known model. That's when she won of Asia Pacific Pageant which made way to movies in 1970.
Zeenat Aman has not won many awards in her acting career but she could certainly change the on-screen image of Indian actresses at that time. Entering Hindi film industry in the early '70s, she could effectively manage to divert the attention of public and critics through unconventional portrayal of women. She reflected the rebellious youth of the '70s through Hare Rama Hare Krishna and also gave some of the popular songs through that movie. Dum Maro Dum and Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka, the 2 evergreen songs, feature the rebellious and lovable side of her character, convincingly portrayed, in the movie. The film is regarded as a classic in film industry.
She brought in the new image of young woman who would put on trendy garments and would showoff her sensuality openly. Yaadon Ki Baaraat saw the popularity of Zeenat Aman reaching new heights and her image carrying a Guitar was accepted by the masses. The chartbuster of that period, Chura Liya Hai Tumne is a romantic number from this film and is being listened to even today. Several youth magazines featured her as the cover girl because of the sensation she created in young minds.
Her image as a sex symbol became well known with the release of the movie Satyam Shivam Sundaram in 1978. The message expressed in the movie was 'soul is superior to one's body'. She went on to stunning performances in Amitabh Bachchan starrer Don. She took up movies, which offered an opportunity to portray both the conventional and the self-reliant woman.
Young stars look up to Zeenat Aman for her style as she was the true diva of those times. She together with Parveen Babi has performed completely dissimilar roles when compared to other fellow actresses. Along with Parveen Babi, she is considered as one of the most seductive actresses of film industry and has acted in peppy and romantic songs like Hum Dono Do Premi, Aap Jaisa Koi, Panna Ki Tamanna, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Haey Haey Ye Majboori and Do Labzon Ki Hain.
In the beginning of her career, she was a writer for the magazine Femina. Within some time she shifted her focus to modeling and soon was a well-known model. That's when she won of Asia Pacific Pageant which made way to movies in 1970.
Zeenat Aman has not won many awards in her acting career but she could certainly change the on-screen image of Indian actresses at that time. Entering Hindi film industry in the early '70s, she could effectively manage to divert the attention of public and critics through unconventional portrayal of women. She reflected the rebellious youth of the '70s through Hare Rama Hare Krishna and also gave some of the popular songs through that movie. Dum Maro Dum and Phoolon Ka Taaron Ka, the 2 evergreen songs, feature the rebellious and lovable side of her character, convincingly portrayed, in the movie. The film is regarded as a classic in film industry.
She brought in the new image of young woman who would put on trendy garments and would showoff her sensuality openly. Yaadon Ki Baaraat saw the popularity of Zeenat Aman reaching new heights and her image carrying a Guitar was accepted by the masses. The chartbuster of that period, Chura Liya Hai Tumne is a romantic number from this film and is being listened to even today. Several youth magazines featured her as the cover girl because of the sensation she created in young minds.
Her image as a sex symbol became well known with the release of the movie Satyam Shivam Sundaram in 1978. The message expressed in the movie was 'soul is superior to one's body'. She went on to stunning performances in Amitabh Bachchan starrer Don. She took up movies, which offered an opportunity to portray both the conventional and the self-reliant woman.
Young stars look up to Zeenat Aman for her style as she was the true diva of those times. She together with Parveen Babi has performed completely dissimilar roles when compared to other fellow actresses. Along with Parveen Babi, she is considered as one of the most seductive actresses of film industry and has acted in peppy and romantic songs like Hum Dono Do Premi, Aap Jaisa Koi, Panna Ki Tamanna, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, Haey Haey Ye Majboori and Do Labzon Ki Hain.
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