Before Zeenat Aman, this veteran singer was offered ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’, a statement by Raj Kapoor had spoiled the game.

Raj Kapoor-Zenat Aman: Raj Kapoor is remembered in Hindi cinema because he thought something different in every film. ‘Satyam Shivam Sundaram’ was also a similar film in which he tried to show beauty not by linking it with face but with voice and emotions. The story of this film was such that the hero falls in love not with the heroine’s face but only with her voice. Due to this thinking, Raj Kapoor wanted this character to be played not by any common actress but by Lata Mangeshkar herself.

This veteran singer had received offers

When the story of the film was narrated to Lata Mangeshkar, she was already ready for it. But then a statement given by Raj Kapoor in an interview came out wrongly. Raj Kapoor said in the interview, ‘You take a stone, if there is any religious mark on it then it becomes God. Just like that, you hear a melodious voice and become crazy but later you come to know that it is the voice of an ugly girl. This comment of Raj Kapoor hurt Lata ji.

When the actress refused the film

The actress felt that she had been insulted. From here things went wrong and he flatly refused to act in the film. However, respecting the relationships, he definitely agreed to lend his voice to the film. After Lata Mangeshkar’s withdrawal, Raj Kapoor talked to many big actresses but things did not work out.

Zeenat Aman played the character

Finally Zeenat Aman came forward for this film and gave her own identity to this character. At the time of the film’s release, there was controversy regarding some scenes but the audience also loved the film a lot. This film, released in the year 1978, proved to be a superhit and became one of the most memorable films of Zeenat Aman’s career. Even today its title track remains in the hearts of people.

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