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Zeenat Aman Was Never Just a Glamour Girl The Bollywood actor, with her radical honesty and insight, is the zenith of celebrity Instagram. Those who are surprised are simply late to the party. In a scene from the film Hare Rama Hare Krishna (1971), a 20-year-old Zeenat Aman dons bright orange garb and shares a clay bong with a group of hippies, complete with a John Lennon lookalike. She, or rather, Asha Bhosle, croons, “Dum maaro dummmmm” as a disapproving Dev Anand, who plays her brother in the movie, looks on. From the get-go, Jasbir aka Janice Jaiswal, Aman’s character, the daughter of wealthy Canadian Indians, symbolizes euphoric revelry, temptation, a textbook “bad girl.” During her acting career, Aman continued to be cast in similar roles, as glamazons with big aspirations and shaky moral compasses. These days, Aman, now 71, prefers a quieter life, playing with her dog Lily, or reciting Derek Walcott poems. We know this because after decades out of the spotlight, Aman joined I