Zeenat Aman is well-known for her roles in a number of highly praised films, including Hare Rama Hare Krishna, Yaadon Ki Baraat, Don, Satyam Shivam Sundaram, and others. Fans have been eagerly anticipating the 71-year-old actress’ musings on various subjects ever since she made her Instagram debut a few months ago. Zeenat Aman has been honest about many areas of her job, but in her most recent post, she shared a touching surprise she received during a trip to Oslo in 2016.
She posted a picture on Instagram and wrote, “In 2016, while attending a film festival in Oslo, I received a wonderful surprise on stage. I was being felicitated for my contribution to Indian cinema, when Norway’s Postal Department issued a special stamp in my honour. I was also presented with a giant replica of it and 60 stamps for my own use.”
She continued, “I was thrilled by this novel gesture of appreciation, but wasn’t sure whether the stamps would actually work. So the very next morning, I bought a ream of postcards, wrote out messages to my friends, slapped a ‘Zeenat Aman’ stamp onto each, crossed my fingers, and dropped the cards into a postbox.
Some weeks later, when I was back in Bombay, I began to receive texts and calls from my friends. All of whom were exclaiming with delight, having received my postcards in the mail!”
The stamps were only printed in small quantities, and Zeenat meticulously preserved the few sheets that were left. She penned,“I suppose a limited number of these stamps were released and that they are out of print now. I’ve kept my few remaining sheets carefully though, since I really did feel honoured by this gesture.”