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Zeenat Aman regularly shares fascinating, lesser-known anecdotes from her film career on Instagram. The veteran actor recently reflected on Yaadon ki Baaraat song “Chura Liya Hai”, saying it has become her “theme song”. Zeenat also revealed that she wore her now-iconic white outfit in the song after a fight with filmmaker Nasir Hussain.
Sharing how “Chura Liya Hai” has now become her “theme song”, Zeenat wrote, “The clinking of the wine glasses, the sensuous lyrics, the ivory culottes, and black choker… Chura Liya inadvertently became something of my theme song. Any event I’ve ever attended anywhere in the world has leaned on it for a gimmick or two. The song’s familiar riff has been played upon my entrance, or I’ve had a guitar thrust into my hands to mime my moves from the video, or found two empty wine glasses waiting on the table to be knocked together… you get my drift.”
Zeenat Aman also revealed that she wore her now-iconic white outfit in “Chura Liya Hai” after a fight with the film’s director Nasir Hussain. She added, “An early “masala” film Yaadon ki Baaraat featured an ensemble cast (that included Dharmendra, Neetu Singh, and Vijay Arora who played my love interest), was written by the formidable duo of Salim-Javed, and directed by the wonderful Nasir Hussain. Those of you who actually saw the film, may have noticed that in the scene preceding the song, I’m wearing a tight pink salwar kameez before magically appearing in the white number that set such a trend. I’m quite happy to take credit for that outfit change because I had to fight Nasir Saab for it! He had wanted to present me in the likes of the heroines of the 60s whose churidar-kurta look with winged eyeliner and bouffant had captivated fashionistas at the time. I personally felt gawky in the original outfit and was keen on wearing something more true to my own style. Fortunately my director was agreeable , and so it was that the ivory culottes and centre parting were allowed.”
She concluded her post, “Once the film released, the song took on a life of its own and I think I can safely say it’s cemented a place on the list of most loved Hindi film songs of all time. It shouldn’t be too much of a surprise though. After all, the music director of the film was the great RD Burman, Chura Liya was written by lyricist Majrooh Sultani, and sung by none other than Asha Bhosle and Mohammad Rafi. I believe Asha ji herself chose it as one of her favourites!”
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