Zeenat Aman has talked about returning to films from the 1989 film testimony This happened at a time when her marriage to actor-director Mazhar Khan was beginning to fall apart. Sharing a behind-the-scenes clip of the film on Instagram, the 74-year-old actor called herself a “comeback queen” and said that in her mind, the project is associated with a career comeback.

Making the film was not just about returning to work after motherhood, she said. In her words, it was a way to “escape” her personal life and maintain an identity beyond that of a daughter, mother, and wife. Aman said that when the script came to him, the “rosy picture of domestic bliss” he had envisioned was fading, and the work gave him a way to steady himself.

Withdrawal during personal crisis

“Testimony “He was shot in 1988, two years after the birth of my first son, Azaan, and just before the conception of my second, Zahaan,” she wrote, adding that by then cracks had begun to appear in their marriage.

The actor said, “At this point in my life, the rosy picture of domestic bliss that I had envisioned at the peak of my career was beginning to fade. Marriage and motherhood had both arrived, but cracks in the former had begun to appear.”

When the script of the film came, she was living with her mother in South Bombay along with her son Azaan.

Zeenat further told that there was a time when she wanted to move away from her professional life, but at that time she wanted to move away from her personal life. With her “amazing Amma” helping to take care of Azaan, Aman accepted the role of Janhvi Kaul, a woman accused of murder in the courtroom drama.

Why did the film remain with him?

Aman said the film was a low-budget courtroom drama based on Ayn Rand’s play night of 16 january. Producer Vivek Vaswani and debutant director Ananth Balani offered it to him. The film was shot entirely in Mumbai and also stars Shekhar Kapur and Ashutosh Gowarikar.

Looking back he described testimony As a bold and unconventional whodunit. He said Janhvi Kaul was the “second woman” and secretary of businessman Ranjit Chaudhary, whose mysterious death led to the conspiracy.

Referring to the old clip, Aman said, “This interview clip is from the set of the film.” testimonyAnd for me personally, it’s extremely nostalgic. This role marked my return to films after giving birth to a child, and of course it was also hailed as a comeback. Apparently I’ve had one of many since then!”

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“I guess you could call me a comeback queen,” she signed off the post.

What did he say about Mazhar Khan?

In an earlier interview with Simi Garewal, Aman had talked about the tension in his marriage. He said Khan had “stopped helping himself” and was causing further harm to himself. He said he had become addicted to prescription drugs and painkillers, at one point having to take seven a day despite warnings that they could damage his kidneys. She said she and the children asked him to stop, but he did not stop.

Aman said that it took him a long time to leave her because she still cared for him and had fought many battles for him. He described it as an act of “self-preservation”. He also said that Khan’s mother and sister later “wanted to punish” him and did not allow him to have a last glimpse.

The veteran actor married Sanjay Khan in 1978, and the marriage ended in 1979. She married Mazhar Khan in 1985, and had two sons, Azaan and Zahaan. Khan died of kidney failure in 1998.