Actress Zeenat Aman on Thursday said that shooting a wheelchair scene alongside Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan in the 1978 film Don was an “awfully difficult” experience.
“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,” she wrote on Instagram alongside a clip of the scene.
Aman added that her character, Roma, in the Chandra Barot-directed action thriller was “smart, daring, and smooth”.
The 74-year-old actress said she is looking forward to another reboot of the timeless classic.
Don emerged as the third highest-grossing Indian film of the year after its release.
It also inspired actor-filmmaker Farhan Akhtar to make Don films, which were released in 2006 and 2011, respectively. They starred Shah Rukh Khan in the role of Don with Priyanka Chopra Jonas essaying Aman's character, Roma.
Akhtar is working on another Don film. According to reports, actor Ranveer Singh was initially supposed to take on the role previously essayed by Bachchan and Khan. However, reports surfaced earlier this year, stating that the actor has walked out of the film due to creative differences over the script and delays.
Besides Don, Zeenat and Bachchan have worked together on films such as The Great Gambler (1979), Dostana (1980) and Laawaris (1981).