Years after Dev Anand’s autobiography Romancing with Life stirred controversy over his account of falling in love with Zeenat Aman, considered one of his closest associates, Mohan Churiwala, has reopened the dialog. Mohan questioned why Zeenat selected to refute Dev Anand’s claims solely years after his dying and never when he was alive.Talking to Vickey Lalwani, Mohan firmly defended Dev Anand and stated, “Dev Anand didn’t lie about anybody. He didn’t say something flawed about anybody. I feel it’s proper what he wrote about Zeenat within the e book. Zeenat even got here for the e book’s launch in 2007. Dev Anand was alive 4 years after the e book was launch, so why didn’t she confront him when he was alive?”
‘Every thing was clear within the e book’
Reiterating his perception in Dev Anand’s account, Mohan recalled the incident described within the autobiography. “Dev sahab has written every thing clearly within the e book. And from his writing, it’s clear that once they went to the social gathering and Zeenat Aman tried to the touch Raj Kapoor’s toes, she regarded again at Dev Anand, feeling awkward about whether or not what she’s doing is true,” he stated.He additional added, “Additionally, the truth that Raj Kapoor instructed her that she made a promise to him solely to put on white garments. At that time, Dev sahab understood that the rumours are right.”
Why Dev Anand left the social gathering heartbroken
Mohan defined that Dev Anand had already deliberate a dinner with Zeenat Aman after the social gathering. “Dev sahab‘s dinner with Zeenat Aman was already mounted on the Taj after the social gathering. Zeenat and Dev Sahab each had determined that they’ll go, present their faces on the social gathering, after which go to Taj collectively for dinner,” he shared.Nonetheless, issues modified when Dev Anand sensed the closeness between Zeenat and Raj Kapoor. “When he sensed that Zeenat and Raj Kapoor’s interplay had been very deep, he felt uncomfortable. He felt unhealthy as a result of he wasn’t stored in confidence by Zeenat and he shared a great friendship with Raj Kapoor,” Mohan stated.He added that Dev Anand felt deeply damage. “Dev sahab felt that Zeenat a minimum of ought to have hinted him about Raj Kapoor. He felt that he was considering critically about Zeenat, and she or he stored every thing hidden, and now on the social gathering, when Raj Kapoor got here in, by chance every thing was revealed.”
‘Raj Kapoor appeared responsible’
Mohan additionally recalled Dev Anand sensing guilt in Raj Kapoor’s behaviour that night. “Dev sahab then excused himself and stated I’ve to go someplace however Zeenat stopped him, saying that they’ve dinner deliberate. Even Raj Kapoor held his hand tightly and refused to let him go. Dev sahab felt that Raj Kapoor have to be feeling responsible however he left the social gathering anyway,” he stated.When requested if Dev Anand believed Zeenat Aman and Raj Kapoor had been in a relationship, Mohan replied with out hesitation, “100%.”He clarified, “Relationship within the sense that she met Raj Kapoor for Satyam Shivam Sundaram with out telling Dev Anand about it. Additionally, the dialog between Zeenat and Raj Kapoor about her carrying white garments, so all this stuff had been revealed on the social gathering.”
Zeenat Aman had strongly denied Dev Anand’s claims
In 2023, Zeenat Aman addressed the controversy by a strongly worded Instagram publish, reacting to Dev Anand’s autobiography. She wrote, “In 2007, ‘Romancing with Life’, Dev Saab’s autobiography hit the stands. In it he professed that he was in love with me, and insinuated that Raj ji and I had greater than a director-actor equation which broke his coronary heart. To be sincere, I used to be furious.”She added, “I felt humiliated, damage and disconcerted that Dev saab, my a lot older mentor, an individual I liked and admired platonically, wouldn’t solely imagine such a narrative devoid of a shred of fact, however would then go on to publish it for the world to learn.” Zeenat additionally revealed how the e book affected her personally. “For weeks my telephone rang incessantly as associates inquired about ‘what actually occurred’ and shared excerpts from the e book. I by no means did learn it although, and in my anger I consigned the copy I used to be despatched to storage within the basement!”