Zeenat Aman On In Laws: Zeenat Aman is a very popular veteran actress of Hindi films. He gave many super-duper hit films in his career. Zeenat Aman is also given the credit for setting fashion trends in Bollywood. As successful as Zeenat was in her professional life, her personal life was equally painful. The actress married Mazhar Khan at the peak of her career. This was his second marriage. She was earlier married to Sanjay Khan but left him due to the actor’s alleged abusive behaviour.
Zeenat and Mazhar got married in 1985, but in less than a year, there was a rift in their marriage. She had decided to leave Mazhar Khan after 12 years of marriage but due to this decision her in-laws turned against her.
Why did Zeenat Aman leave Mazhar Khan?
During a chat show with Simi Garewal, Zeenat Aman talked about her second marriage and also told the reason behind leaving Mazhar Khan. She said that her husband had become addicted to various things and had “stopped helping himself.” The actress said, “Whatever he was doing, he was hurting himself more and more and I couldn’t stand there and watch him do that.”
Describing that situation, he said, “What actually happened was that he became addicted to prescription medicines, pain killer medicines. At one point he was taking it seven times a day, and the doctor said it would damage his kidneys. Zeenat Aman mentioned that she and her children had requested him a lot not to do this, but he was not ready to give up anything.
In-laws wanted to punish Zeenat
The Hare Ram Hare Krishna fame actress further revealed that eventually, her kidneys started failing and that’s when she decided to leave him. The actress had said, “It took me a very long time to do this because even when I was gone, I still cared about him. I had fought a lot of battles for him. Zeenat Aman told Simi Garewal, “It was very difficult for me to leave it, even though it was a question of self-preservation.”
After deciding to part ways with Mazhar Khan, the veteran actress was even ‘punished’ by her in-laws. The actress told that her children had turned against her, and her husband’s family did not allow her to inherit his property after his death. Moreover, she was not even allowed to pay her last respects to her late husband. In the same interview, Zeenat Aman recalled, “They wanted to punish me for leaving Mazhar.” Let us tell you that Mazhar Khan died in September 1998 at the age of 43.
Mazhar Khan had cheated Zeenat Aman
Apart from drug abuse, Mazhar Khan also allegedly cheated on Zeenat Aman within a year of their marriage. At that time, Zeenat Aman was pregnant. The couple welcomed two sons, Zahaan Khan and Azaan Khan. Despite knowing the truth about her husband, the actress chose to stay there for the sake of her children. She also took care of him when he was seriously ill.
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