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ROLE OF A LIFETIME
HOW ZEENAT AMAN GOT
Zeenat Aman recently appeared on Koffee With Karan and revealed the true story of how she got one of her biggest roles
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Zeenat played the role of disfigured village belle Rupa in Raj Kapoor's 1978 film Satyam Shivam Sundaram
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Satyam Shivam Sundaram was controversial for its sensual content and many actresses had rejected the role
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Zeenat said she didn't think Raj Kapoor would visualize her in the role of Rupa, a village priest's daughter
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So she dressed in a ghagra-choli, with her hair in a plait, tissue paper stuck on her face and went to RK Studios
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She told Raj Kapoor's assistant John, “Please tell sir that Rupa has come.” Raj Kapoor said, “Who's Rupa?”
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“He called me inside and I went. Then he was really gobsmacked,” Zeenat Aman revealed on Koffee With Karan
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Later Raj Kapoor told his wife Krishna, “This girl is a huge star. She doesn't need to do this.” He cast Zeenat for her “passion”
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Raj Kapoor then shot a reel of Zeenat as Rupa set to an old Nargis song to convince the distributors
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