Zeenat Aman needs no introduction and has been a part of the film industry for decades. Recently the actress took to her Instagram handle to share a post of two pictures. First being a recent click of the actress in theatre, followed by another throwback picture which was taken decades back.
Talking about the same, the actress went on to caption about her love for the films even before entering the industry. She further mentioned how she would go to theatres wearing burkha after stepping into film industry to avoid being recognized.
The caption read, “Oh the magic of cinema!
Sunday was movie day at my boarding school in Panchgani. It was an eagerly anticipated weekly treat. We girls would pile into the gymnasium where the movies were screened, ready to be swept into alternate worlds. I must have been a preteen when I developed my first silver screen crush. It was a dashing Paul Newman in The Silver Chalice, and I wasn’t the only girl to feel my heart flutter when he came on screen.
Years later I entered the film industry by chance more than design. There is of course a thrill to being in front of the camera, but I still wager that being a member of the audience is more fun! In my early years as an actor, I would buy tickets for “my” films and watch them incognito to gauge the audience reaction. Often this involved wearing a burkha to avoid being recognised. When I grew too mature for this trick, I would enter the cinema late, once the film had started, and exit early to avoid being mobbed!
I suspect the sheer glut of content available now has blunted the thrill of movie watching. But my older followers will remember how novel, exciting and entertaining cinema-going used to be.
These two images, taken some 40 years apart, show me as a member of the audience. Demure and a tad self conscious at a theatre in Calcutta sometime in the late 70s; raucous and care free at a screening of “my” Don at Regal Cinema just last year.
So, if you’ve felt the magic of cinema, tell me about your favourite film or film watching experience in the comments…”
On the work front, Zeenat would be next seen in Bun Tikka alongside Shabana Azmi and Abhay Deol.
Source: Instagram
