text: Following her marriage to actor Mazhar Khan in 1985, Aman began appearing less frequently in films and took a hiatus in 1989, her last film for that period being Gawaahi (1989). In 1999, Aman made her comeback with the film Bhopal Express. Afterwards, she did not resume acting until 2003, when she appeared in the film Boom. She has since had roles in various independent films, including Ugly Aur Pagli (2008), Dunno Y... Na Jaane Kyon (2010), Chaurahen (2012), Strings of Passion (2014), Dunno Y2... Life Is a Moment (2015), Dil Toh Deewana Hai (2016), and Sallu Ki Shaadi (2017).
  Aside from acting, Aman made her theatre debut in 2004, appearing in the play The Graduate in Mumbai. In 2020, it was announced she would appear in a play about Kasturba Gandhi. She also had a lead role in the 2017 web series Love Life & Screw Ups. Her personal life and experiences with domestic abuse have received extensive media coverage.
  Early life
  Zeenat Aman was born as Zeenat Khan in Bombay on 19 November 1951, to a Muslim father, Amanullah Khan, and a Maharashtrian Hindu mother, Vardhini Scharwachter. Aman is the cousin of actor Raza Murad and the niece of actor Murad.
  Amanullah Khan was a screenwriter for movies such as Mughal-e-Azam (1960) and  (1972), often writing under the nom de plume "Aman", which she later adopted as her screen name. Amanullah's mother Akhtar Jahan Begum was a first cousin to Hamidullah Khan, the last Nawab of Bhopal.
  Aman's parents divorced when she was young. When she was 13, her father died. She completed her schooling in Panchgani and attended University of Southern California in Los Angeles on student aid, but could not complete her graduation.
  Career
  1970–1973: Modelling and acting breakthrough