MUMBAI: Zeenat Aman, one of the most popular actresses of the 1980s, starred in the movie Daku Hasina during a period when the arrival of VCRs and the threat of music and film piracy caused disruption and various changes in Hindi cinema. Zeenat Aman was pregnant during the time of this 1987 film.
The actress discussed filming risky moments while pregnant in her most recent Instagram post. She also discussed how her film, even if it was a box office failure, captured the actual spirit of the era. An era when India was being overtaken by the feminist movement.
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The actress posted a series of photos to her Instagram account on Friday. In one of them, the actress was seen holding a gun, and in the other two, vibrant film posters with Rajinikanth, Rakesh Roshan, and Zeenat Aman were shown. One of Zeenat's last parts before an extended absence from acting was in this movie.
Zeenat shared the old photos and wrote, “This was one of the last films I did before my extended hiatus. I became pregnant early on in the shoot, and by the end of filming was well into my third trimester! My svelte figure had naturally ballooned, so to hide my belly the crew came up with various creative shots.”
She added, “Some of these involved me riding a horse, which brought its own concerns. I had had a scare on horseback during a previous shoot, when the poor animal had bolted because of the artificial rain and blaring speakers on set. I wasn’t nervous about my own safety, but the safety of the child in my womb was of utmost importance. Luckily, we were able to shoot these scenes without any incident.”
In the post, the actress also revealed how her husband Mazhar was also part of the film. She wrote, “One’s memory is such a slippery thing. While looking up clips from the film, I found that Mazhar, the father of my children, also had a special appearance in it. He’s there in the qawwali number, which I had clean forgotten!”
The veteran actor claimed that Daku Hasina captured the spirit of the time in 1987 well.
She wrote, “Legal reforms and social awareness on gender were the talk of town, thanks to the exceptional women activists of the time. There was a certain air of liberation, not to mention indignation at the horrors of the patriarchy, and it felt oh so good to play an ass-kicking role!”
The movie was helmed by Ashok Rao and produced by Rajiv Kaul, which failed to impress the audience, regardless of the budget or earnings from the box office.
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Credit- The Indian Express
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