Zeenat Aman took to Instagram to share a memorable anecdote from the capturing of the long-lasting track “Dum Maaro Dum” from the 1971 movie Hare Rama Hare Krishna. The actress revealed that in the course of the shoot in Kathmandu, her co-star Dev Anand insisted on authenticity, main her to partake within the choices of the hippies featured within the sequence.
Zeenat, then nonetheless a teen, shared that she took a number of pulls from a chillum stuffed with cannabis, leading to her being “excessive as a kite” by the tip of the shoot.
She humorously recalled that the crew, realizing her state, determined to take her on a drive to a scenic spot within the mountains, the place she slowly sobered up whereas admiring the Himalayas.
Zeenat additionally talked about that her mom was livid when she realized of the incident and scolded the crew for permitting her daughter to partake in medication, however Zeenat herself managed to flee her mom’s wrath. Reflecting on the expertise, she remarked, “Effectively, what can I say, it was the 70s, and I used to be one thing of a flower little one.”
The track Dum Maaro Dum grew to become a cultural phenomenon in India in the course of the Seventies, composed by RD Burman, written by Anand Bakshi, and sung by Asha Bhosle. Followers will subsequent see Zeenat within the upcoming tasks The Royals and Bun Tikki.
