Zeenat Aman says directors wanted to shoot her drenched in rain, survived on all-male sets
3 min readNew DelhiJun 30, 2026 01:30 PM IST In the 1970s, Zeenat Aman was known as the ‘bold’ actor who took up ‘scandalous’ roles. She was known as the ‘sex symbol’ of the era, and even though she performed different kinds of roles during that era, this image stuck with her. In a new interview, Zeenat opened up about all the tags that were attached to her name and shared that when people met her in real life, they were always shocked by how she was unlike her on-screen persona. She also shared that even though she wanted to contribute to the creative process, filmmakers were only interested in what she had to offer in terms of her looks, ‘The sex symbol tag stayed with me’ She shared with Shubra Aiyappa’s YouTube channel, “I always found that there was such disparity between what was projected about me, and the person that I truly was. The sex symbol tag stayed with me for a very long time. When people would meet me, they would realise …
