Bollywood actor Zeenat Aman is quite active on social media and often shares lesser-known anecdotes from her films. In a recent post, the actor recalled playing Roma in Don and shared a scene with Amitabh Bachchan that took all of her strength.
Zeenat took to Instagram and shared the iconic scene from Don in which she helps an unconscious Amitabh Bachchan escape from the police from a hospital. Sharing the vintage clip, she also posted a BTS memory and wrote, “Yes, this is THAT scene from (the original 1978) Don — Roma, ever enterprising and daring, dupes the police and escapes with an unconscious Don from a hospital room.”
She recalled that she had already worked with many of the cast and crew on previous productions and was therefore completely at ease throughout the making of the film. She added, “I also relished Roma’s character. She was smart, daring, and smooth. Who wouldn’t want to embody such a woman!”
Zeenat then recalled the scene that took most of her strength and said, “Unfortunately, being smooth on set that day wasn’t easy! Why, you ask? Because that relic of a wheelchair, with Mr Bachchan’s dead weight to boot, was awfully difficult to manoeuvre. I had to keep my poker face for the part, while actually pushing with all my might!”
Fans grew nostalgic, with many saying Don could never be remade. One fan commented, “Nothing to beat the original DON.” Another wrote, “Roma was amazing! This movie was a class apart, and I remember skipping classes in college to watch this film! Everything about this film is iconic.”
About DonWritten by Salim-Javed and directed by Chandra Barot, the film featured Amitabh Bachchan in a dual role, alongside Zeenat Aman, Pran, Iftekhar, Om Shivpuri and Satyen Kappu in supporting roles. Released in 1978, the action thriller emerged as a major box office success. The film went on to spawn the Don franchise. Javed Akhtar’s son Farhan Akhtar later created the remake Don: The Chase Begins Again (2006) and its sequel Don 2 (2011), both starring Shah Rukh Khan, while Priyanka Chopra played Roma.
