Zeenat Aman Reminisces Shooting Pukar’s Samundar Mein Naha Ke In ‘Titillating White Outfit’; Reveals, “Amitabh Bachchan Pranced Around Me Like An…”

Zeenat Aman regularly shares fascinating, lesser-known anecdotes from her film career on Instagram. In a recent post, Zeenat recalled romancing Amitabh Bachchan in the song ‘Samundar Mein Naha Ke’, from the 1983 film Pukar. The veteran actor also mentioned about shooting in a “titillating” white outfit and the buoyant atmosphere on set, as it was Bachchan’s first shoot after surviving the life-threatening injury on Coolie sets.

Zeenat Aman on Pukar song shoot with Amitabh Bachchan

Zeenat’s lengthy post started with, “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.”

She went on to add, “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. Now Goa in the early 80s was quiet, idyllic and unpeopled. Samundar Mein Naha Ke was shot on an empty beach and it was an easy-breezy affair. For me at least! I didn’t have any lip syncing to do, nor much choreography to learn. The brief was as basic as they come – look pretty! 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”.

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Zeenat then shared, “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 convincing job of being a jal pari.”

The actor concluded, “P.S: Here’s another titbit for you. 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.”

Zeenat’s upcoming movies

Workwise, the actress is all set to make her OTT debut with The Royals. The series also stars Bhumi Pednekar, Vihaan Samat, Ishaan Khatter, Dino Morea, Chunky Pandey, Sakshi Tanwar among others. She will also make her silver screen debut with Abhay Deol and Shabana Azmi in Bun Tikki.

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