Zeenat Aman reveals the pet name Dev Anand gave her: ‘Dev saab started to refer to me as…’

In her latest Instagram post, Zeenat Aman shared details about the cute pet names her family, friends and co-stars gave her.

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Zeenat Aman has made quite an impact on Instagram. The veteran actor, who recently joined the platform, has swiftly mastered the art of engaging storytelling, accompanied by her stunning photos. After sharing a picture with her pet dog in her last post, the actor on Wednesday shared a long post on pet names. She shared details about the cute pet names her family, friends and co-stars gave her.

Zeenat wrote, “Childhood pet names can be sticky things. As a little girl I was the apple of my father’s eye, and he used to lovingly call me Babusha. A name that emerged as a go-between Babushka and Babugosha. He had quite the sense of humour because Babushka, which refers to an old Russian lady, and Babugosha, which refers to a pear, are hardly apt monikers for one’s daughter!”

“My childhood friends, many of whose parents would socialise with my own, were quick to pick up on this nickname. In their mouths, Babusha evolved into Babs, which is how my earliest friends still know me.” she added.

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Sharing what late actor Dev Anand used to call her, Zeenat Aman wrote, “Later of course Dev saab started to refer to me as ‘Zeenie’, and then the media concocted ‘Zeenie baby’. Both of which stuck. Now that I’m too old for younger people on set to refer to me as either of those, I’m also called ZA or Zee. ‘Home names’ are such a wonderful sign of love and intimacy. I took a leaf out of my father’s book, and both my boys received pet names soon after their birth. The older is Azaanchu, and the younger Zanuski.”

She ended her post by asking her followers to share their funny pet names.

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