Zeenat Aman continues to be remembered as probably the most glamourous actresses of Hindi cinema. Other than wooing the viewers together with her beautiful appears, Zeenat additionally broke many stereotypes round actresses at the moment, as a result of her selections in films as she additionally strived for meatier roles. Nonetheless, her private life has seen some tragic moments. One such second was when in 1979, her eye was injured, allegedly throughout an assault involving actor Sanjay Khan. At the moment, Sanjay was married to Zarine Khan and reportedly was concerned romantically with Zeenat throughout their movie ‘Abdullah’. In a current interview, photographer Jayesh Sheth revisited that turbulent interval, recalling how Zeenat later posed for a placing photoshoot regardless of her damage, thus radiating the aura of “a lady with vengeance.”Talking on The Pooja Bhatt Present, Jayesh narrated how he first encountered the 2 on the units of Abdullah, throughout what he described as a “robust affair.” They had been taking pictures the tune ‘Maine Poochha Chand Se’ at RK Studios, the place Sanjay was comfy in entrance of the digital camera however Zeenat “objected.” Jayesh remembered her telling him, “‘Please don’t publish these footage, these are private.’” He tried persuading her, saying, “‘Zeenat ji please, these footage are so fabulous. I request if I can please publish’.” She agreed however solely with circumstances: “‘Publish 1-2 footage however I’ll choose which of them’.” The pictures obtained heat appreciation, marking the start of his friendship together with her.Jayesh then recalled the notorious “incident at Taj”, after which Zeenat’s eye was “broken”. As soon as she recovered sufficient to face the digital camera, they organized one other photoshoot, and this onne he remembers vividly. Describing her depth, he mentioned she appeared “like a tigress,” together with her hair flowing freely as she delivered “pose after pose in vengeance.” The outcomes, he famous, had been “killer photographs.” Even with some make-up to melt the swelling, the damage was nonetheless seen. “And when the images got here, she simply couldn’t consider it as a result of even with the broken eye which was barely touched up with make up, it was nonetheless exhibiting. And everybody beloved the images,” he added.Zeenat had referred to this traumatic episode in a dialog with Simi Garewal years in the past, although she selected to not establish the individual concerned. “For a few years, in my thoughts, it’s been obliterated as a result of I believe that’s what the human thoughts does,” she mentioned. “When there’s something distinctly disagreeable, you simply shut your thoughts to it and faux that it by no means occurred and also you promise your self that it’ll by no means occur once more. And that’s the way you cope.”Sanjay Khan later addressed the controversy whereas selling his memoir The Greatest Errors of My Life. In an interview with Hrishikesh Kannan, he claimed, “I used to be so pained and horrified with the one-sidedness of all the story as a result of no one even requested me what occurred. This was a nicely deliberate PR assault in opposition to me which got here like a blitzkrieg.”
