Zeenat Aman reveals Dimple Kapadia 'stood by her' during difficult phase, Twinkle Khanna responds

In her latest post on Instagram, Bollywood's legendary actress Zeenat Aman shared a rare photo of her and actress Dimple Kapadia along with filmmaker Joy Mukherjee. The photo has Zeenat smoking while Dimple and Joy look on. In her post, the actress showered praises on Dimple. Hours later, Dimple's daughter, actress and author Twinkle Khanna responded to the nostalgic post. 

‘Mom says thank you for your gracious words’

Taking to Instagram Stories on Tuesday, Twinkle reposted Zeenat's post and wrote, "What a lovely picture and mom says thank you for your gracious words (red heart emoji)." 

In her original post, Zeenat tagged Twinkle and wrote, “I don’t believe she (Dimple Kapadia) is on Instagram, but perhaps @twinklerkhanna will pass on my love to her. Truly, a wave of appreciation washed over me when I found this picture some days ago.”

How Dimple Kapadia 'stood' by Zeenat Aman

In her original post, Zeenat Aman began by writing, “I can’t recollect where this picture was taken, but it quite certainly had something to do with the film Chhailla Babu. Perhaps it’s a BTS shot from set. I say this because while the chairs scream 'production', I’m in my own clothes not a costume. With me are the director of the film Joy Mukherjee and the effervescent Dimple Kapadia, who must have been visiting set as she was married to the lead actor (Rajesh Khanna).”

Zeenat added, "This isn’t a post about Dimple’s talent though she has that in spades, it’s about the little I saw of her character. During a very difficult phase in my life she was one of a mere handful of people who publicly stood by me. This despite the criticism and scrutiny of her own life that the decision invited! In those trying times she revealed to me a strength of character that I admire to date..."