Veteran actor Zeenat Aman has reignited an important cultural conversation by sharing a clip from her 1980 blockbuster Dostana, using it as an entry point to examine the deeply patriarchal attitudes that shaped Hindi cinema in the 70s and 80s. Taking to Instagram, she posted the scene along with a long, incisive caption that dissects how women were judged, controlled, and dismissed in both storytelling and society — and how those norms have shifted with time.

The Clip That Sparked the Reflection

In the scene from Dostana, Zeenat’s character Sheetal strolls along a beach in swimwear when a man begins to harass her. Refusing to be intimidated, she grabs him by the collar and drags him to the police station. There, Inspector Vijay, played by Amitabh Bachchan, arrests the man — but then turn

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