Veteran actor Zeenat Aman has for the first time opened up about a misunderstanding with co-star Dev Anand. Zeenat recalled the time when Dev Anand's autobiography was published which mentioned him falling in love with her and later being hurt as relationship rumours of Zeenat and Raj Kapoor were out.
Zeenat took to Instagram and shared a monochrome picture of herself with Dev Anand from the older times. ‘When I embarked on my cinematic career, It was the age of the Golden Trio. The genius of Dev saab, Dilip Kumar and Raj Kapoor was widely acknowledged, and any actor worth their salt recognised that these three giants had shaped and were shaping Hindi cinema.’
The veteran actor told that she was looking for more projects after a successful launch in the industry. She talked about how she knew Raj Kapoor ‘socially too.’ She also talked about how she landed 1978 film Satyam Shivam Sundaram.
Talking about how Dev Anand took the situation, Zeenat said, ‘I was giddy to have been cast for Raj ji's unconventional project, and put heart and soul into it. I was completely unaware that Dev saab was simultaneously misreading the situation. Years later, in 2007, ‘Romancing with Life’, Dev Saab’s autobiography hit the stands. In it he professed that he was in love with me, and insinuated that Raj ji and I had more than a director-actor equation which broke his heart.’
She revealed how humiliated and hurt she was with the incident. She confessed that she didn’t talk about this embarrassing episode to anyone for years but now she decided to open up about it.
Several celebrities including Anurag Kashyap, Anil Kapoor, Ekta Kapoor and Gul Panag have sent their love to the veteran actor in the comment section.