Would Be Foolish To Make ''My Biopic Without Actually Involving Me" - Zeenat Aman Taunts Filmmakers

Zeenat Aman has had a wonderful career, and her life too wasn't less than dramatic cinema in itself. Recently, there have been reports about Zeenat Aman's biopic, starring Payal Ghosh in the lead role. The official announcement for the same hasn't been made yet, so we will keep that discussion aside. In the meeting, Zeenat Ji shared a post, saying that her biopic is impossible without her involvement. Read it below.

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You may dismiss this as the ranting of an old lady, but in my opinion, it would be foolish to make a biopic about me without actually involving me.

Quite frankly, nobody knows me like I do - so any research to this end would be incomplete, even flawed, without my input. I’d wager that for every factoid about me that’s available in the public domain, there are a hundred more that are known just to me. There are a trove of milestones, anecdotes and personal revelations that are integral to understanding my journey. Oh, it’s been an interesting life indeed.

I will also make no bones about the fact that I’m wary of my story being told by strangers. Especially men. The “sex symbol” tag is impossible to shake (believe me, it’s been 50 years) and in the hands of the wrong storyteller may well devolve into a work of crass voyeurism and conjecture. I’m only too aware of the stereotyping of “bold women”.

I am neither a seductress, nor a damsel in distress. And I am certainly not a victim. There have been conversations about a potential series or films, and I’m slowly warming to the idea.

Will it happen? Who knows. It would take a sensitive director, a brave writer, an immaculate cast… not to mention, a producer who will - to steal a quote - show me the money!