Zeenat Aman recalls how she dealt with the ‘vicious’ headlines about her in old magazines and gives valuable advice to her fans.
Zeenat Aman is quite active on social media and the actress often shares her point of view on various topics and some incidents from her days in the industry. The actress recently shared how she dealt with the ‘vicious’ headlines about her in old magazines.
On Saturday, Zeenat Aman took to her Instagram and shared a carousel of magazines’ first page photos and penned a long note on how she dealt with the anxiety and grief that came after she was tagged as ‘out of sync’ by the old magazines. The actress said, “If the headlines were to be believed, in 1979 | had cursed me, in 1982 I was being picked on, in 1984 I was out of sync, in 1985 I was marching towards self-destruction, and in 1998 I was shattered!”
She added, “There was a time that I subscribed to glossies and tabloids, but that passed very quickly. I could not relate at all to the person they presented me as. The headlines would be adulatory one day and vicious the very next. There was little by way of fact-checking, and no remorse for errors made. When they got the story right – it was usually a colossal breach of privacy. When they got it wrong – those blatant lies would be taken as the gospel. These “Scandals” took their toll. It was its own form of public humiliation, and I remember the anxiety, outrage, and grief that came with these.”
She further recalled how she stopped taking it personally and said, “At some point, my skin toughened, and the realization
dawned that it was impossible for me to challenge the persona that they wanted to create. The one time I confronted an erstwhile editor about a malicious story, she was full of excuses but not a single apology. I made up my mind not to take it personally. Undignified as it was, their only interest was selling their magazines.”
The actress concluded by giving a strong message to her fans and wrote, “All this is just to say – people will always find a reason to talk, and so it’s probably best not to allow their opinion or perception to define your life. You can do that for yourself.”
Netizens appreciated the actress for speaking up about it and showered love for her in the comment section. One of the comments read, “queen for a reason.” Another fan commented, “you survived it all and came through like a steel blade.” Another commented, “this is so important to speak about. Loved it.” Another person wrote, “Love this life advice. No one has seen all sides
of public scrutiny as you and coming from you, I believe this is the gospel truth. Another bomb of a post by you ma’am.”
Meanwhile, if reports are to be believed, Zeenat Aman is all set to make her comeback with Manish Malhotra’s production titled Bun Tikki along with Shabana Azmi.
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