6 Iconic Roles of Zeenat Aman

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Roma in Don

Sensual, shrewd and beguiling, Aman as Roma stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Amitabh Bachchan’s charisma in Don.

Bharti in Insaaf Ka Tarazu

Aman plays the role of a rape survivor who, disappointed and enraged by the complacent justice system, pumps multiple bullets into her rapist’s chest.

Rupa in Satyam Shivam Sundaram

Aman is her sensual best as the village belle Rupa, both the embodiment of beauty and repulsive due to the scar on her face. The film’s intentions might be dubious but Aman is a sight to behold.

Reshmi in Ajnabee

We love grey shades in a woman. Back in 1974, Aman played a career-driven model, who at the pinnacle of her career, contemplates abortion.

Nisha in Manoranjan

One of the first departures from the usual tropes around prostitution, Manoranjan shows Aman as a sex worker who takes pride in her work and promptly rejects the hero when he attempts to ‘save’ her.

Sheetal in Roti Kapda Aur Makaan

Playing another multifaceted character, Aman’s Sheetal in Roti Kapda Aur Makaan loves her poverty-stricken boyfriend, but chooses to settle down with a rich man, turning the self-sacrificing woman’s trope on its head.

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