Zeenat Aman recalls childhood memories, reveals pet names given by Dev Anand

After sharing a cute picture of her pet dog veteran actress Zeenat Aman penned a note revealing the interesting story behind the name of her pet and also revealed what names Dev Saab Dev Anand used to call herZeenat on Wednesday took to Instagram and shared a picture of herself in an allwhite outfit along with a long noteThe note read Childhood pet names can be sticky things As a little girl I was the apple of my fathers eye and he used to lovingly call me Babusha A name that emerged as a gobetween Babushka and Babugosha He had quite the sense of humour because Babushka which refers to an old Russian lady and Babugosha which refers to a pear are hardly apt monikers for ones daughterMy childhood friends many of whose parents would socialise with my own were quick to pick up on this nickname In their mouths Babusha evolved into Babs which is how my earliest friends still know me the actor continuedShe also revealed what late actor Dev Anand used to call her Zeenat added Later of course Dev Saab started to refer to me as Zeenie and then the media concocted Zeenie baby Both of which stuck Now that Im too old for younger people on set to refer to me as either of those Im also called ZA or Zee Home names are such a wonderful sign of love and intimacy I took a leaf out of my fathers book and both my boys received pet names soon after their birth The older is Azaanchu and the younger Zanuski If you have an odd or funny or unique pet name Id love to hear the story behind it in the commentsView this post on InstagramA post shared by Zeenat Aman thezeenatamanAs soon as she uploaded the post the actresss fans and industry friends chimed in the comment sectionKajol dropped red heart emojisOne of the users wrote You will always be Zeenie Baby to many of us who watched your films in awe A child in the 70s and a teen in the 80s for me you epitomized glamor And now youre gloriousAnother commented Thanks for sharing this beautiful trivia My dog is named Chiku and his picture will do justice to his nameZeenat Aman made her Instagram debut in February She keeps on sharing reflective thoughts on topics ranging from parenthood the privacy of celebs dyeing of hair and many more thingsThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever