Zeenat Aman Reveals The Real Reason She Tied The Knot With Mazhar Khan – Shocking Details Inside

Veteran actor Zeenat Aman, in an interview with Simi Garewal in 1999, had opened up about her marriage with actor Mazhar Khan and how she wanted to embrace motherhood at the peak of her career.

On her 70th birthday on Friday, here’s a throwback of what Zeenat Aman had told Simi Garewal in the interview. When asked about the timing of her marriage, she said that at that time, she was ready for motherhood, more than anything. She felt her biological clock was ticking and she pop wanted to have children. And truly that was the chief reason why she got married because she genuinely believe that the only reason to be married is to have a family. And she felt ready for that at that time. And so she did.

Zeenat Aman married Mazhar Khan in 1985 and they had two sons, Azaan Khan and Zahaan Khan. Zeenat was married to Mazhar Khan till his death in 1998.

When asked about the reason behind marrying Mazhar Khan, who was less successful as an actor while Zeenat was a star in the 80s, she said that it’s difficult to say now. She thinks in their lives sometimes, you may be ready for certain things. You may be ready for certain changes. And then the person who happens to be there at that point of time in your life, you are trying to fit into what your needs are. She thinks that’s the best way she can explain it at this point.

Talking about her ‘compatibility’ with Mazhar Khan, Zeenat said oh dear, difficult to say now.

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Zeenat Aman also revisited the time when she was expected to spend time with her kids instead of focusing on her career at that time, she wasn’t into analysis when she was in the marriage. But when I started looking back, she realized that yes… there were never things that were said consciously but there was always an element of wanting to disconnect the person from the outside world. To try and keep me home with the kids, you know, more than encouraging me to go out and be my person. She thinks in a partnership, people have to nurture and cherish each other and allow each other to grow and be what they want to be but she never got that. She was never allowed to grow and to fulfill her destiny.