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Veteran Bollywood actress Zeenat Aman, who worked with Rajesh Khanna in many iconic films of the 70s, including ‘Ajanabee’, ‘Chhailla Babu’, ‘Jaanwar’ and ‘Aashiq Hoon Baharon Ka’, acknowledged that early in her career she was intimidated by late actor Rajesh Khanna. Zeenat remembered that she would mug up every line to avoid looking foolish in front of the superstar.
During a conversation with Film Companion, Zeenat shared, “I remember when I had just started in the film industry and Rajesh Khanna was the phenomenon.Oh my god, I mugged up all my lines so that I wouldn’t flub a single thing. I was totally intimidated by him but did I show him? Not at all. I went to him and I performed. So when I went back to my makeup room, I was like, ‘Wow. I just gave a shot with a superstar.’ I think that’s the right attitude to have.” During the conversation, Zeenat emphasized the importance of not getting intimidated by superstars while working with them and only focusing on the performance aspect of things.
In an earlier interview with Bollywood Bubble, another veteran actress, Farida Jalal shared her experience about working with Rajesh Khanna in ‘Aradhana’. However, the lead actors in the film were Rajesh and Sharmila Tagore, but Farida also played a substantial role in it. Farida shared that even prior to the movie’s success, Rajesh behaved arrogantly on set, which led to a few spats between the two.
She shared, “He became ‘The Rajesh Khanna’ after Aradhana. But on the set, he was already quite arrogant.” Farida said that she didn’t treat him like a star on the set, which perhaps offended him a little bit. “I didn’t give him as much attention, so he got annoyed with me. I was in my own world. He was a little annoyed with that,” she said. She further added that Rajesh Khanna was actually quite impressive in the film.
On the work front, Zeenat Aman will be seen next in the film ‘Bun Tikki’ alongside Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol. The film is produced by Manish Malhotra.
During a conversation with Film Companion, Zeenat shared, “I remember when I had just started in the film industry and Rajesh Khanna was the phenomenon.Oh my god, I mugged up all my lines so that I wouldn’t flub a single thing. I was totally intimidated by him but did I show him? Not at all. I went to him and I performed. So when I went back to my makeup room, I was like, ‘Wow. I just gave a shot with a superstar.’ I think that’s the right attitude to have.” During the conversation, Zeenat emphasized the importance of not getting intimidated by superstars while working with them and only focusing on the performance aspect of things.
In an earlier interview with Bollywood Bubble, another veteran actress, Farida Jalal shared her experience about working with Rajesh Khanna in ‘Aradhana’. However, the lead actors in the film were Rajesh and Sharmila Tagore, but Farida also played a substantial role in it. Farida shared that even prior to the movie’s success, Rajesh behaved arrogantly on set, which led to a few spats between the two.
She shared, “He became ‘The Rajesh Khanna’ after Aradhana. But on the set, he was already quite arrogant.” Farida said that she didn’t treat him like a star on the set, which perhaps offended him a little bit. “I didn’t give him as much attention, so he got annoyed with me. I was in my own world. He was a little annoyed with that,” she said. She further added that Rajesh Khanna was actually quite impressive in the film.
On the work front, Zeenat Aman will be seen next in the film ‘Bun Tikki’ alongside Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol. The film is produced by Manish Malhotra.
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