Zeenat Aman is the name that has its own appealing charm to the audience of Hindi cinema. She is also known as The ‘Dum Maro Dum’ actress. Zeenat gave Hindi cinema a new concept of style, fashion and broken many stereotypes of cinema industry. For her fashion sense, attractive personality and sex appeal, Zeenat Aman is still a topic of discussion. Her moves in ‘Dum Maro Dum’ songs made the nation to go crazy after her. Her back-to-back bold performance and strong personality, made her the poster girl for every modern girls of India. This revolutionary actress of her time is celebrating her 50 years of glorious journey in the industry.
Zeenat is a fearless actress. She performed many unconventional roles that was not every one’s cup of tea. To create her signature style in acting, Zeenat started playing characters that broke taboos of woman in cinema. Roles like- woman got involved in an extramarital relationship in ‘Dhund’, an opportunist who leaves her jobless lover for a millionaire in ‘Roti Kapda aur Makaan’, the girl who falls in love with mother`s ex- lover in ‘Prem Shastra’, a hooker in ‘Manoranjan’ brought her critical claims. Moreover, for such courageous attempts many times this lady faced criticism negatively. She was even quoted as the ‘Original Sex Symbol of Bollywood’. Apart from being the sex symbol, Zeenat was a path-breaking actress to influence the regular genre of films. From songs to story directors started to experiment with her in every possible way. She had also proved herself in all that aspect.
More than films, Aman excelled in modeling. She won Femina Miss India pageant and the Miss Asia Pacific International pageant. Onwards, her modeling career was going high. She was shooting continuously for numerous magazines. Many magazines had her as their cover page model. With the experience of small appearances in films, Zeenat officially debut in a lead role for Hare Rama Hare Krishna in 1971. Her ‘Roti kapda aur Makaan’ was a blockbuster and became the highest-grossing film of that year. This star shared screen with superstars like Dev Anand, Rajesh Khanna, Shashi Kapoor, Ashok Kumar, Shammi Kapoor, Rishi Kapoor, Dharmendra and others.
