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defy convention ...says designer Saloni Lodha of the 1973 Bollywood hit Yaadon Ki Baaraat, directed by Nasir Hussain ‘I love classic Bollywood movies – the sets, songs and sensuality of that bygone era. This is known as the first quintessentially Bollywood film and was so influential and ahead of its time. Zeenat Aman challenged the conventional way actresses dressed, she had a certain boldness to her and an unusual sensuality for that time. She oozed glamour. I can’t get the image of her in a white jumpsuit, strumming a guitar, out of my head. She’d have been a perfect Bond girl.’