- By Swati Singh
- Thu, 21 May 2026 11:50 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
Zeenat Aman has continued to charm fans on Instagram with candid stories and nostalgic throwback moments from her life and career. In a recent post, the veteran actress opened up about the struggles in her second marriage with late actor-director Mazhar Khan and also recalled working on her comeback film Gawaahi, which she shot two years after the birth of her first son, Azaan.
In her Instagram post, Zeenat Aman wrote, "How many comebacks can a gal have? When it comes to me, apparently the answer is unlimited! Gawaahi was shot in 1988, two years after the birth of my first son Azaan and just before the conception of my second born Zahaan. At this point in my life, the rosy picture of domestic bliss that I had conjured up while at the peak of my career was beginning to fade. Marriage and motherhood had both arrived, but the former was starting to show cracks."
"I was back living with my own mother (with little Azaan in tow) in her flat in south Bombay when an unexpected script arrived at my doorstep. It was a low budget courtroom drama based on Ayn Rand’s play The Night of January 16th, and it was terrifically pitched to me by producer Vivek Vaswani and debut director Anant Balani," she further added.
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Zeenat Aman shared that with the support of her mother, who helped care for her son Azaan, she returned to films with Gawaahi. In the legal drama, she played Janhvi Kaul alongside Shekhar Kapur and Ashutosh Gowariker.
"Having once wanted to escape my professional life, I now wanted to escape my personal life and remember my identity as something outside of daughter, mother and wife! My amazing Amma stepped in to help out with Azaan and that allowed me to accept the role of murder-accused Janhvi Kaul in Gawaahi. We shot entirely in Mumbai, and the cast included the highly decorated Shekhar Kapur and the talented Ashutosh Gowarikar. I rewatched the film last night, and was reminded that it’s quite a bold and unconventional whodunnit! Kaul is the “other woman" and secretary to business tycoon Ranjeet Chaudhary, whose mysterious death is the pivot on which the plot turns. If slow burn legal dramas, with a dose of passion and perhaps a plot twist are your thing, this one may be worth a watch," she further added.
She explained that the interview clip was from the film set of Gawaahi. She further added, "The role marked my return to films after giving birth, and so of course it was also hailed as a comeback. One of many I’ve apparently had since! I guess you can call me a comeback queen."