Zeenat Aman on her love for the movies!
For movie enthusiasts, the experience of watching a film in a theatre is always unique. This sentiment is shared not only by fans, but also by actors, with many Bollywood celebrities expressing their affection for the big screen.
Zeenat Aman reveals wearing a burkha to watch her movies
Zeenat Aman, known for sharing intriguing stories from her life on Instagram, recently posted another tale about her fondness for watching movies in theatres. In her revelation, she shared how she would discreetly conceal her identity to enjoy the experience of going to theatres.
Zeenat exclaimed, "Oh the magic of cinema! Sunday was movie day at my boarding school in Panchgani. It was an eagerly anticipated weekly treat. We girls would pile into the gymnasium where the movies were screened, ready to be swept into alternate worlds. I must have been a preteen when I developed my first silver screen crush. It was a dashing Paul Newman in The Silver Chalice, and I wasn't the only girl to feel my heart flutter when he came on screen."
Zeenat Aman reveals wearing a burkha to catch her movie in the theatre, take a look:
Talking about her foray into Bollywood and her undying love for movies, "Years later I entered the film industry by chance more than design. There is of course a thrill to being in front of the camera, but I still wager that being a member of the audience is more fun! In my early years as an actor, I would buy tickets for "my" films and watch them incognito to gauge the audience's reaction. Often this involved wearing a burkha to avoid being recognised. When I grew too mature for this trick, I would enter the cinema late, once the film had started, and exit early to avoid being mobbed!"
Noting the rise in the amount of content we consume, Zeenat said, "I suspect the sheer glut of content available now has blunted the thrill of movie watching. But my older followers will remember how novel, exciting and entertaining cinema-going used to be."
"These two images, taken some 40 years apart, show me as a member of the audience. Demure and a tad self-conscious at a theatre in Calcutta sometime in the late 70s; raucous and carefree at a screening of "My" Don at Regal Cinema just last year. So, if you've felt the magic of cinema, tell me about your favourite film or film-watching experience in the comments" She concluded.
Zeenat Aman, as usual, managed to capture the magic that is the experience of going to watch a movie accurately using her words. The icon always manages to leave one spellbound!
