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Have you heard? Pankaj Kapur praises Shahid Kapoor for standing on his own feet; Zeenat Aman was not a confident dancer

Updated on: 11 March,2026 07:35 AM IST  |  Mumbai
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Have you heard? Pankaj Kapur has praised his children for carving their own paths in the entertainment industry, especially actor Shahid Kapoor. Zeenat Aman says she was never a confident dancer and did not have formal training

Have you heard? Pankaj Kapur praises Shahid Kapoor for standing on his own feet; Zeenat Aman was not a confident dancer

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A boasting star-father

Veteran actor Pankaj Kapur has praised his children for carving their own paths in the entertainment industry, especially actor Shahid Kapoor. Speaking about Shahid’s journey, Pankaj said his son built his career independently without relying on his father’s name. “They go and audition on their own, and when they get selected it makes them feel good about it. It’s not because of their father’s name or their brother’s name,” he said. Praising Shahid, he added, “He stood on his own feet and made it completely on his own.”


‘Not a confident dancer’



Zeenat Aman; (right) The actor in the song ‘O Deewano Dil Sambhalo’ from ‘The Great Gambler’Zeenat Aman; (right) The actor in the song ‘O Deewano Dil Sambhalo’ from ‘The Great Gambler’

Actor Zeenat Aman says she was never a confident dancer and directors soon realised that it was better to leave her to groove rather than force her to perform complicated choreography. In an Instagram post, Zeenat went down memory lane and shared a video clip of Oh Diwano Dil Samhalo from The Great Gambler (1979) with Amitabh Bachchan. Along with the video, she wrote, “I wasn’t a very confident dancer as I never had formal training unlike most of the actresses of the time. Still, I could ‘groove’ and many a director realised it’s better to leave me to my own swaying device than frustrate themselves trying to coax complicated choreography out of me!”

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