Dev Anand's Heartbreak Over Zeenat Aman

“Dev Anand did not lie about anyone. He didn’t say anything wrong about anyone. I think it is right what he wrote about Zeenat in the book. Zeenat even came for the book’s launch in 2007. Dev Anand was alive four years after the book was launch, so why didn’t she confront him when he was alive?”

“Dev sahab has written everything clearly in the book. And from his writing, it is clear that when they went to the party and Zeenat Aman tried to touch Raj Kapoor’s feet, she looked back at Dev Anand, feeling awkward about whether what she’s doing is right. Also, the fact that Raj Kapoor told her that she made a promise to him only to wear white clothes. At that point, Dev sahab understood that the rumours are correct.”

“In 2007, ‘Romancing with Life’, Dev Saab’s autobiography hit the stands. In it he professed that he was in love with me, and insinuated that Raj ji and I had more than a director-actor equation which broke his heart. To be honest, I was livid. I felt humiliated, hurt and disconcerted that Dev saab, my much older mentor, a person I loved and admired platonically, would not only believe such a story devoid of a shred of truth, but would then go on to publish it for the world to read. For weeks my phone rang incessantly as friends inquired about “what really happened” and shared excerpts from the book. I never did read it though, and in my anger I consigned the copy I was sent to storage in the basement!”