Calling her mother an “extraordinary woman”, Zeenat mentioned how she was her “safe harbour” and a “woman ahead of the curve”. She revealed how after separating from her husband, Zeenat’s father, her mother started working, and even made sacrifices for Zeenat’s acting career. “When I made up my mind to pursue a career in acting, she gave up her own work to be my manager. She negotiated my contracts, invested my earnings, packed my tiffins, ran my lines, inspired my style, and bolstered my confidence to the nth degree. All this while maintaining her own exciting social life within the expat community in Mumbai,” she wrote.