I wasn’t a really assured dancer: Zeenat Aman

New Delhi: Zeenat Aman stated she was by no means a assured dancer and administrators quickly realised that it was higher to depart her to groove slightly than drive her to carry out sophisticated choreography.

In an ‘Instagram’ put up, Aman went down the reminiscence lane and shared a video clip of ‘Oh Diwano Dil Samhalo’ from her 1979 hit ‘The Nice Gambler’ with Amitabh Bachchan.

“As I’ve talked about earlier than, I wasn’t a really assured dancer as I by no means had formal coaching, not like many of the actresses of the time. Nonetheless, I may ‘groove’ and plenty of a director realised it’s higher to depart me to my very own swaying system than frustrate themselves attempting to coax sophisticated choreography out of me! Anyway, take pleasure in this snippet. P S: Are you able to guess who sang this quantity?” she shared in a put up on Monday.

Calling the tune, which was sung by Asha Bhosle, her private favorite, Aman stated it depicted ‘the boldness and sass of a girl who is aware of her desirability’. “One other hit from ‘The Nice Gambler’! ‘Do Lafzon Ki’ was the film’s most cherished tune by common consensus, however this one is my private favorite. None of that drippy romance stuff right here. Simply the boldness and sass of a girl who is aware of her desirability,” she wrote.

She added, “The sequence had three outfit modifications, of which the shimmering gold track-pant set (not featured on this clip, however you will discover it on ‘YouTube’) tickled me probably the most! Not solely was the outfit utterly excessive, however the hair workforce additionally determined to provide me a brief pageboy wig to go along with and the dance grasp determined so as to add in some excessive kicks for good measure.”

The Shakti Samanta-directed movie had R D Burman because the music director. It revolved round Bachchan’s twin function as Jai, an knowledgeable gambler working for an underworld don and Vijay, a CID inspector. Aman performed Shabnam within the film, who falls for Jai. The movie additionally featured Neetu Singh, Prem Chopra, Utpal Dutt, Madan Puri, Helen, Iftekhar and others.