Zeenat
Aman
with
Krishna
and
Raj
Kapoor.
Photograph:
Kind
courtesy
Zeenat
Aman/Instagram
On
Tuesday,
Zeenat
Aman
shared
an
anecdote
about
how
she
bagged
one
of
her
most
popular
films, Satyam
Shivam
Sundaram.
But
there’s
more
to
the
story,
and
she
shares
it
here.
‘Ever-reliable
John
delivered
my
message,
and
soon
ushered
me
into
Rajji‘s
view.
‘Oh!
How
amused
was
the
great
director
to
see
me
dressed
as
a
maimed
village
belle!
‘I
later
learnt
that
he
was
very
moved
that
an
actress
of
my
stature
would
go
to
such
lengths
to
prove
herself.
‘When
his
laughter
died
down,
Rajji
excused
himself
to
make
a
telephone
call.
‘Twenty
minutes
later,
his
most
gracious
wife
Krishna
ji
was
at
the
door
with
a
handful
of
gold
guineas
in
her
purse.
‘Rajji
handed
these
to
me
with
great
aplomb
as
my
signing
amount
and
so
it
was
that
I
came
to
be
Rupa.
‘I
held
onto
those
guineas
for
decades,
until
they
were
stolen
from
my
home
a
few
years
ago.
‘Still,
given
a
choice
between
this
memory
and
that
gold,
I
will
always
choose
the
memory.
‘On
another
note,
the
image
in
my
previous
post
depicts
Rajji
fixing
my
scars
on
set.
‘The
glue
used
to
give
me
this
appearance
played
absolute
havoc
on
my
skin
for
weeks!
‘As
for
this
wonderful
picture
of
me
with
the
Kapoors.
I
can’t
for
the
life
of
me
remember
where
it
was
taken!
‘Any
film
buffs
out
there
who
can
give
me
a
clue?’
