Zeenat Aman recently shared interesting behind-the-scene facts from the iconic song, 'Samundar Mein Naha Ke' with Amitabh Bachchan, which was also his big comeback after the fatal 'Coolie' accident.
Zeenat Aman is back with another golden anecdote from her acting career, this time taking us back to the early '80s in Goa. The veteran actress keeps fans hooked to her social media handle with candid revelations. In her latest post, Zeenat shared behind-the-scenes facts from the iconic song, Samundar Mein Naha Ke, from the 1983 film, Pukar, co-starring Amitabh Bachchan.
Zeenat recently took to her Instagram handle to share some fun facts behind her iconic number with Amitabh Bachchan, Samundar Mein Naha Ke. It was a tropical fantasy song drenched in sizzling romance, featuring Zeenat in a ‘titillating white outfit’ with a bit of midriff on display and Bachchan in a white outfit with a blue and yellow striped shirt over it. Zeenat wrote:
"Uff.. I’ll be candid. This is a bit of a gratuitous post brought on by the summer. It’s just so damn hot! The weather, I mean. Though I won’t be too coy to say that Mr Bachchan and I romancing to those salty lyrics are quite sizzling too. Director-producer Ramesh Behl’s Pukar was a blast to shoot. Its anti-colonial underpinning, excellent cast and catchy songs were what drew me to the script… So there I was in a titillating white outfit, with a bit of midriff on display, rolling around in the surf, while Mr Bachchan pranced around me like an ardent bird of paradise."
While Zeenat looked effortlessly swaying on the sea waves, the actress revealed that she wasn’t exactly comfortable in water, confessing that she couldn’t swim and the shoot had covered her with ‘sand in uncomfortable places’. The actress penned:
"My otherwise seamless performance was hindered by one small fact - I can’t swim! I had to swallow a fair amount of nerves (and seawater) for those shots of me writhing in the swash! Despite taking a few tumbles in the waves and being left with sand in uncomfortable places, I thought I did a convincing job of being a jal pari (mermaid). Whether romantic or platonic, send this post to the person who owes you a beachside getaway this summer!"
Samundar Mein Naha Ke soon became a fan favourite, and fans loved the chemistry between Zeenat and Bachchan. However, the Pukar actress revealed that the shoot was more special for Big B as it was his grand comeback after the near-fatal accident on the sets of Coolie.
For those unaware, the megastar had suffered severe abdominal injury during the shoot of a fight scene in Coolie, which led to an emergency surgery, and the doctors had even declared him 'clinically dead'. After months of recovery, Bachchan’s return to work with Pukar was a moment of celebration for the entire film industry. Zeenat wrote:
“This was Mr.Bachchan’s first shoot after the life-threatening accident he suffered on the sets of Coolie in 1982. Bachchan mania was well-established in the country by then, and the nation practically held its breath till he was in the clear. So, as you can imagine, the atmosphere on set was particularly buoyant during the making of this film.”
See the post here.
Well, hearing Amitabh Bachchan prancing around like a bird of paradise is surely something that will stay with us for a while! What do you think about Zeenat Aman’s revelations?
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