Sanjay Khan, Zeenat Aman: What really happened?

Sanjay Khan, Zeenat Aman: What really happened?
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I came across these images recently and was reminded of all of the drama surrounding the Sanjay Khan - Zeenat Aman love affair back in the day. I've only seen snippets from TV interviews, magazine articles and heard from my mom who remembers when all of this went down in the 80's.

Rumor has it that Sanjay Khan, who was married with three children, fell in love (lust?) with Zeenat when they met on the met on the sets of Abdulla in Jaisalmer in 1980. Apparently the two actually got married and starting living together. Obviously it didn't take long for Sanjay's wife Zarine to find out. People say she was furious and wasn't going to silently watch it all happen. Supposedly she confronted Zeenat at the Taj Hotel in Mumbai and beat her up! Some say it was with a chair. To this day, one of Zeenat's eyes looks scarred.

What have you all heard? I'm intrigued to hear more about this!

Sanjay Khan actually explained a little bit of what happened on Simi Garewal's talk show some years back, but of course he and his wife Zarine downplayed the whole thing. It's been removed from YouTube, but if anyone has it please upload!


FYI Sanjay and Zarine's children are Farah Khan Ali, Simone Khan Arora, Sussanne Khan Roshan (married to Hrithik Roshan) and actor Zayed Khan.




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Anonymous's picture

Zeenat ji is all time favrite of mine, there was a time when our great poet use to say poetry on her eyes.But when today we look at her it clicks in our mind that there is a person still alive in this world who should be behind the bar or should sentenced death planty.

Anonymous's picture

Tue, 2013-04-23 12:04 — Anonymous
Anonymous's picture

and people they were all muslims,they thought 4 marriages were allowed.so its cheating asper that religion .
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NO baby ,go read about Islam then come and comment like this,
multiple marriage in Islam is restricted with knowing of the previous wife(ves)
by the meaning of if they agree it is okay you can do it and if they don't agree you have either two choices ;-divorce her(them) or keep on (her)them and forget about the new one and if you read Qura'n ,you will find that The god prefer one wife for each man and this order is obvious and explained in it and the God allow this for men because some men have wives are sick ,have infectious diseases or become handicapped or something and aren't able to do their marriage duties,
instead of divorcing this woman and may be there is no one can spend or take care of her ,so the man can keep on her and get married from another woman give him this and Islam recommend this to protect muslim men from falling for acheat and hurting their wives with lying and cheat on them because Islam respect women and at the same time it know well human needs ,so it treat the problem by practical way and without hurting any one)
And please stop hating on Islam because of people aren't related to it , because you have bad relationship with some muslims , you believe just what you hear , through bad acts of some muslims {Islam didn't recommend this} or because you don't have the enough knowledge about this religion
And as a continiuation;
cheat isn't allowed in Islam or any other religion ,it is a SIN
and this is why it is happening in secret and without knowing of the wife(husband) and who is doing this, he(she) hides it because he(she) knows that this is wrong ,harmful ,hurtful and destructive
OR if this is ok why they are hiding ,they shouldn't hide .....

Anonymous's picture

and people they were all muslims,they thought 4 marriages were allowed.so its cheating asper that religion.

Anonymous's picture

and even after getting beaten up like a dog,she didnt file a complaint,she thought probabaly he would go back to her.I mean come on you are a strong woman,earning more than that douche,why were you so needy?

Anonymous's picture

I read the story somewhere else ,an excerpt from an old newspaper,zeenat was warned by peple around her abuout sajnay,people told her that he was in for her success and name,he wanted ,money and a popular actress,but she said no' its true love!!! like wt* how stupid can you be? also his wife knew of their relationship but then she kept silent becoz she knew her husband needed her.
later on in the hotel she(wife) asked sanay to beat her up also did it herslef and said"kut**a ko iski auqat dekha do"I think he found out that his wife was pregnant ,his film was done too.

Anonymous's picture

Well, I learn that it was Sanjay who beat Zeenat and not Sanjay's wife. I note that the scarry look in the eye of Zeenat is the result of Sanjay Khan's beating in Hotel Taj in Mumbai when she tried to prove that she had married Sajnay Khan.
I really felt sorry for Zeenat recently when she showed up herself in a function somewhere. She looked so poor and woebegone. Reading about the low that she went through after Mazhar's death and her custody and disowning by her own sons and that she had to date some business man for supporting herself, it is shocking.

Zeenat is at the same time a good person. Very charming and sweet, no doubt. She was ready to go any level for getting stardom and she did get what she wanted.

I am saddened by her present status.

Rocky D'Souza in Brahmavar, Udupi, Karnataka State.
rockypeter.dsouza3@gmail.com

Anonymous's picture

The report here above says that Sanjay's legal wife Zarine Khan bashed Zeenat in Taj Hotel in Mumbai over the alleged marriage of Sanjay Khan & Zeenat subsequent to their pairing in Abudlla which flopped miserably. I had heard, read then in Mumbai that Sanjay had slapped Zeenat for which all the women orgnaizations in Mumbai including Dolly Thakore, news reader in DD 1 then were all upto punishing Sanjay Khan over his alleged slapping Zeenat Aman.
Zeenat lived like a western girl (she welcomed old man like Raj Kapoor to have fun with her during the shooting of Do Jasoos and the making of Satyam, Shivam and Sexum). She had Dev with her for long, who promoted her in films. She ditched Dev for role in Satyam Shivam Sundaram. God only knows how many love affairs she had had ! They were legions.
Finally her marriage with some Khan also flopped for whatever reasons. That fellow died or commits suicide not clear.
Today Zeenath is a lonely lady with her children and she is getting married to somebody new as heard in the news.
Let her get married again, what's there !

Anonymous's picture

Ok guys ...They say it's karma ...what so bad Zene do to have such a terrible abusive life ...anyone.

Anonymous's picture

Tart Zeenat had her Just deserts - when u play with fire u get burnt. She dated men old enough to be her grandfather and father and her own age and now her Son's age.

Anonymous's picture

does zeenat had any daughter with sanjay khan..?

Anonymous's picture

does zeenat has any daughter with sanjay khan...???
i heard that but not confirmed is it true..?

Anonymous's picture

good for zarine!! go girl!

Anonymous's picture

The actors live in the moment...thats the reason why their lives are finished all in a few moments...!

Anonymous's picture

you knw what guys these lot drink sharab and all that and party at clubs and i am a full on sunni muslim and i can say that sanjay khans family are muslims for the name of it only they bring shame to our religion islam as they dring and then they state that they hv read the quran. i can say officialy that the prohet peace be upon him said that drinking was prohibited and not allowed. they just thick and pathetic

Anonymous's picture

I am a fan of the Khan family (Feroz Khan, Abbas Khan and their sons Fardeen Khan and Zayed Khan), becuase Feroz was really a brilliant actor and in addition, they are my compatriots (They are originally from Afghanistan). But I still don't know which sect in Islam do they follow, Shiite or Sunni?
If somebody knows about them, please let me know too.
Best wishes
Hafiz from Afghanistan

Anonymous's picture

Sanjay khan got burnt. His first daughter is married to an alcoholic abuser. His son is a failure. God knows how to mete out justice. Whatever more remains for Sanjay Khan, God only knows.
Mazhar khan Zeenat's husband suffered terribly.

Maiyaaa's picture

for everyone who says that zeenat aman was trying to break a marriage ..
guys are you serious ??? you actually think that thats the fault of the woman ? no trust me its the guy's fault !

if he hadnt an affair with zeenat than he would probably have an affair with someone else !
if he wanted to save his family he wouldnt go after a woman no matter what ! dont come up with '' she was seducing him '' come on what was he a 15 year old ???

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@Wed, 2011-12-28 15:10 — Anonymous

Wed, 2011-12-28 08:53 — Anonymous
Anonymous's picture

sombody needs to beat that sanjay khan!
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I agree 100%

SO TRUE.AND HIS ALL FAMILY MEMBERS ,INCLUDING HIS WITCH LOOKING DAUGHTERS (PARTCLRLY SUSSANE,SUCH A IGNORED WOMAN HAS GOT SUCH A HOT NICE HUSBAND.....OH...KILL HER)ALSO NEED TO BE BEATEN.

Anonymous's picture

From links at wiki-

Sanjay Khan-Zeenat Aman:
Zeenat Aman was already married to Sanjay Khan, via an impulsive romance on the sets of ‘Abdullah’. On returning to Bombay, he refused to accept this. So one night, Zeenat Aman in rebellion ended up visiting a party that Sanjay Khan and his wife Zarine had thrown as a ‘couple’ at the Taj. Enraged at this, Sanjay Khan bashed up Zeenat Aman so badly that she permanently damaged her eye; this in view of the who’s who of Bollywood. The incident is so sordid that it even finds mention in Shobhaa De’s celebrated memoir Selective Memory.

Anonymous's picture

My heart is breaking after reading what abuse Zeenat went through at the hands of Sanjay Khan. I hate him with a passion of a thousand suns ! grr

I agree with :

sombody needs to beat that sanjay khan!
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What goes around comes around? God gave it to Sanjay when he was burnt while his movie set was on fire! He was totally burnt! Look what happened to him as he is the one who beat up the beautiful lady Zeenat jee's eye!

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So there IS a God afterall ! Hallelujah!

Anonymous's picture

no doubt
she is indian queen

Anonymous's picture

@ moimeme
Very aptly said about the larger than life bollywood heroes. And ANY MAN who abuses women will surely rot in hell - even the so called "on screen heroes" ! Pathetic!

moimeme's picture

Zeenat looked sooo lovely in this vid: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WealyzFhBW8

There was an interview where Zeenat admitted that she has not made any good choices when it came to the men in her life...she wanted a father figure, but sadly never got one... I like the fact that she's very honest in her interviews and sooo well-mannered...

That incident that happened, a lot of people saw it but no one came forward to help..our Bollywood heroes pretend to be larger than life on the big screen, but off screen they won't lift a finger to protect the dignity of a woman..such cowards...and yes, men who abuse women are bigger cowards and will rot in hell!

Anonymous's picture

Zeenat also went to UCLA in California.

BollyPrincess's picture

Thanks Anon for that excerpt!

Anonymous's picture

this is what shoba de wrote in her book:

Recollecting the ‘Stardust’ days, she narrates her meeting with the
beautiful heroine Zeenat Aman. De comments that Zeenat entered the
film industry with an intention of making money and enjoy success. She
entered the industry as a teenager and for five years her magic spell
bound India. By that time stardust had become number one film
magazine. She preferred to remain on the right side of the publication’s
proprietor. So far as her off-screen performances with various married
men are concerned ‘Stardust’ spared her by soft-peddling.
Sanjay Khan gave her a false sense of respectability and security
by considering her wife number two.’ The most humiliating experience of
Zeenat Aman with the star Sanjay Khan has been fearlessly and candidly
narrated by Shobha De. De comments that their relationship ended in the
lobby of the Taj Mahal Hotel. There battered and bruised Zeenat was
publicly humiliated by Abbas Khan and his socialite friends. De
considers it as one of the most shocking incidents in the history of
Bollywood. Had it happened today, Abbas (Sanjay) Khan would have
been jailed for abuse and assault.

Anonymous's picture

Problem was,still is in Bollywood there is one code of conduct for the 'heros' & another boring one for the 'heroines'. People are blaming Zeenat for the men in her life. I mean,Dev Anand and Raj Kapoor were both old enough to be her grandfather. She married a young Sanjay Khan who attacked her so badly that it ruined her looks. For an actress nothing can be worse than that.I'm sure he'd have been arrested had it happened today.Having a son finally after 3 daughters may have counted,it's mentioned that Sanjay had sent home cooked biryani to the offices of the movie mags of the time. Married actors had affairs & wives were expected to put up with it.
To answer the question below ,Feroz Khan had divorced his wife Sundari because she was simply unable to tolerate his constant infidelity. Sundari had stated that Feroz was shell shocked when she asked for a divorce. He told her that she needs to understand his 'masculine needs' & even worse, that she is a nobody without him. The Khan brothers used to be very pally with Zeenat Aman & Mumtaz. The well read Zeenat Aman may have lived her life like a man. Pity she chose such idiots.

Anonymous's picture

Zeenat comes across as such an intelligent, well read person. how could she make so many bad choices in her life.
just goes to show that heart has a mind of its own. and we tend to listen to emotional heart and not practical brain.

Anonymous's picture

men who beat women are the biggest cowards in this world. God gave it back to him when his face got burnt terribly.

Anonymous's picture

Zeenat was a player. She had soo many married men - Dev Anand, Sanjay, his brother Feroze, Raj Kapoor etc etc. She thought she could do this with no consequences.

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