Zeenat Aman walked down the memory lane on Monday, September 23, and shared an anecdote from the 1971 film Hare Rama Hare Krishna. She shared that how she got 'high as a kite' after taking the 'hippy offerings', and how the crew members had to take her to a 'beautiful vantage point' till the time she got sober. Recalling the memories, the actress shared a picture from the song and wrote, "We were in Kathmandu shooting Hare Rama Hare Krishna, and Dev Saab had rounded up a gaggle of hippies from the streets to be featured in the song.
Which song? The picture is a dead giveaway - Dum Maro Dum of course! The hippy extras were delighted with their good fortune. They were not only getting to pack their chillums with hashish in beautiful Nepal, they were also getting free food, going to feature in a Bollywood movie and were being paid to boot." "Now Dev Saab wanted authenticity in this sequence.
My character, the drug addled Janice, had to really look stoned. And the easiest way to achieve this was to partake in the hippy offerings! So there I was, still in my teens, gamely taking long pulls from their chillum for take after take. By the time we wrapped the day’s work I was high as a kite! I was in no state to return to the hotel in that happy, dizzy and slightly gormless haze.
So some of the team members packed me into a car and took me on a drive to a beautiful vantage point. There in the cold mountain air, I contemplated the Himalayas and slowly, peacefully came down from my hi.