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Zeenat Aman, a veteran actress, recently made her Instagram debut, and since then, she has been gaining popularity online. The actress continues to entertain the audience with amusing anecdotes from her distinguished career. Celebs and internet users alike admire Zeenat's amazing Instagram photos. The renowned actress garnered media attention on Tuesday after sharing a touching message on Dev Anand. She sent him a black-and-white photograph and a lengthy letter detailing how she got the role in Hare Rama Hare Krishna.

 

Zeenat Aman said in her lengthy article that Dev Anand 'persuaded' her and her family to stay in India despite their desire to leave. The late actor was her "starmaker," she continued. Her post read, "When entering an industry like Bollywood, every actor hopes for a starmaker. Someone who sees the glimmer of potential and ambition that has perhaps only been visible to the self thus far. Very few are so lucky as to find this person, but I was. My starmaker was Dev saab. It was 1970, and I think O P Ralhan was feeling quite sorry for me. He had given me a bit part in Hulchul, it had made little impact, and I was already packing my bags to relocate to Malta with my mother and stepfather."

 

She further shared, "Dev Saab and his Navketan team were casting for Hare Rama Hare Krishna at the time. In his largesse, O P Ralhan suggested that they meet me. I vividly remember what I wore that day. A fitted yellow top, a fawn-coloured skirt and glasses with yellow frames. My mother was at the meeting (remember, I was still in my teens). So she held forth, while I spoke when spoken to, and packed tobacco into my pipe. The meeting concluded, and a few days later the landline jangled. I was asked to come for a screen test, and that is how I came to be cast as Jasbir/Janice."

 

The Roti Kapada Aur Makaan actress disclosed how Dev Anand convinced her family to stay in India yet again. He insisted they stay till the movie saw a release. She wrote, "Oh, but the saga doesn’t end here. My family was ready to depart the country, but Dev saab persuaded my mother and I to delay our travels. So instead we flew to Kathmandu, stayed at the famous Soaltee Hotel, and waited long days to be called to set to shoot! I was frothing at the bit by the time it was finally time for my scenes. The first of which was a bus sequence. It makes me laugh to watch it now because I know I’m practically spitting out my lines in my impatience to prove myself! In those days it took much longer to make a film from start to finish. Two or three years even. My mother and I once again prepared to leave Mumbai, and yet again Dev Saab persuaded us to stay. He promised to edit quickly and get the movie into the cinemas. Sure enough, the film released, it became a huge hit, and I became a star. My immigration plans were now indefinitely postponed, and Dev Saab started writing another script with me in mind…"

 

After she posted the post, she received a lot of responses from celebrities and fans. Anurag Kashyap commented, "Love this story .. and thanks to dev saab for a lot of people he brought into this industry, and for you." Tanuja Chandra wrote, "Legend - Dev sab. Such a pretty picture, filled with warmth." Shreya Dhanwanthary wrote, "This is true. Everyone hopes someone else can see the glimmer that we can barely see ourselves."