Zeenat Aman shares anecdote from her first day on sets: recalls asking director about missing glamour

Zeenat Aman has shared an anecdote of her first day of shoot. The actor shared that her director OP Ralhan praised her when she exclaimed the sets were dull.

Zeenat's Instagram post
The veteran actor took to Instagram and shared a throwback picture where she is seen in a bob haircut, wearing a golden glittery shirt with black oversized sleeves and collar. Sharing the picture, the actor wrote, “Poofy hair, an exaggerated collar, and a whole lot of sparkles. This picture just has to be from the 80s. It was one of those test shoots one does for fun, and that snazzy jacket was my prized possession at the time.”

'It was nothing like I had imagined'
She then went on to share how her first day at the shoot was nothing like she had imagined. She wrote, “Let me rewind a little further and share an anecdote. The very first day that I walked onto a set in 1970, I looked around and was taken aback by how dull it all was. Wires snaked across the floor, heavy camera machinery was propped up on rusty trolleys, men ran hither and thither shouting instructions and ferrying supplies. It was nothing like I had imagined.”

Zeenat shared how when she complained about the dull sets, the director praised her beauty. “But where’s the glamour?” I exclaimed. OP Ralhan, my director, just smirked and drawled, “Babusha, YOU are the glamour,” she wrote.

The actor is known for some great films like ‘Don’, ‘Hare Rama Hare Krishna’, ‘Samraat’, ‘Laawaris’ and many more.