Zeenat Aman
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Zeenat Aman ( Urdu زینت اَمن; Hindi ज़ीनत अमान Zīnat Amān ; Born November 19, 1951 ) is an Indian model and film actress .
Life
Zeenat Aman started her career as an advertising model. She came second in the Miss India contest and won Miss Asia Quest in 1970 . The following year she made her film debut in Hulchul and her first major role in Dev Anand's Haré Rama Haré Krishna , where she played the emancipated hippie woman Janice. The film won her a Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress and defined her image as a western, free woman. She worked with Anand several times in the 1970s.
In her role in Yaadon Ki Baraat (1973) she embodied modernity by breaking moral codes that were fixed in earlier love stories in film melodramas as "controlled female sexuality". The film also introduced western disco music to Hindi film with the “Americanized” role of Zeenat Aman . This new image of women was also adapted by other actresses, but received a negative connotation and a. by Parveen Babi representation of a Gangsterbraut in Deewar (1975). In 1978, Raj Kapoor used Aman's image and sex appeal in his film Satyam Shivam Sundaram , which stigmatizes the corruption of religious symbols in contemporary life.
In the late 1970s and early 1980s, Zeenat Aman appeared at the side of the main heroes in the commercially very successful films Dharam Veer (1977), Don (1978), Abdullah (1980), Insaaf Ka Tarazu (1980), Qurbani (1980) and Lawaris (1981). She also had a leading role in the Soviet-Indian coproduction Ali Baba and the 40 Robbers (1980).
In 1989 her film work ended. Since 1999, after the death of her husband, Zeenat Aman has appeared again sporadically in films.
Filmography (selection)
- 1971: Hulchul
- 1971: Haré Rama Haré Krishna
- 1971: Hangama
- 1973: Dhund
- 1973: Heera Panna
- 1973: Yaadon Ki Baraat
- 1974: Ajnabi
- 1974: Ishq Ishq Ishq
- 1974: Manoranjan
- 1974: Prem Shastra
- 1974: Roti Kapda Aur Makaan
- 1975: Chori Mera Kaam
- 1975: Warrant
- 1976: Deewangee
- 1977: Ashiq Hoon Baharon Ka
- 1977: Chhaila Babu
- 1977: Darling Darling
- 1977: Dharam Veer
- 1977: Hum Kisi Se Kum Nahin
- 1977: Kalabaaz
- 1977: Paapi
- 1978: Ke Ghar Choir
- 1978: Heeralal Pannalal
- 1978: Shalimaar
- 1978: Don
- 1978: Satyam Shivam Sundaram
- 1979: The Great Gambler
- 1980: Abdullah
- 1980: Bombay 405 Miles
- 1980: Chalis Choir
- 1980: Ram Balram
- 1980: Takkar
- 1980: Insaaf Ka Tarazu
- 1980: Dostana
- 1980: Qurbani
- 1980: Ali Baba and the 40 thieves (Alibaba Aur Chalis Chor)
- 1981: Qatilon Ke Qatil
- 1981: Krodhi
- 1981: Lawaris
- 1981: Professor Pyarelal
- 1981: Gopichand Jasoos
- 1981: Vakil Babu
- 1981: Daulat
- 1982: Ashanti
- 1982: Jaanwar
- 1982: Pyaas
- 1982: Samrat
- 1982: Teesri Aankh
- 1983: Humse Hai Zamana
- 1983: Mahaan
- 1983: Pukar
- 1983: Taqdeer
- 1983: Bandhan Kachche Dhaagon Ka
- 1983: Namumkin
- 1984: Jagir
- 1984: Meri Adalat
- 1984: Pakhandi
- 1984: Sohni Mahiwal
- 1984: Yeh Desh
- 1985: Amir Admi Ghareeb Admi
- 1985: Bhawani Junction
- 1985: Yaadon Ki Kasam
- 1985: Yaar Kasam
- 1985: Haathon Ki Lakeeren
- 1986: Aurat
- 1986: Baat Ban Jaye
- 1987: Daku Hasina
- 1989: Gawahi
- 1989: Tujhe Nahin Chhodunga
- 1999: Bhopal Express
- 2003: boom
- 2006: Jaana: Lets Fall in Love
- 2007: Sirf Romance: Love by Chance
Web links
- Zeenat Aman in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Bollywood501 Profile (with photos) ( Memento from October 4, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aman, Zeenat |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | زینت اَمن (Urdu); ज़ीनत अमान (Hindi); Zīnat Amān |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Indian model and film actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1951 |