Preity Zinta

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Preity Zinta

Born January 31, 1975 (age 32)
Flag of India Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Years active 1998 - present
Spouse(s) None
Official site PreityZinta.Com
Filmfare Awards
Best Debut: Dil Se & Soldier (1999)
Best Actress: Kal Ho Naa Ho (2004)

Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा, Urdu: پریتی زینتا. Pronunciation: /priːti ziɳʈaː/ born 31 January 1975)[1] is an Indian actress who appears in popular Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in the industry,[2] and is regarded as one of the biggest names in India.[3] Zinta has primarily acted in mainstream cinema but has done some critically acclaimed films.[4] Zinta has also worked in the Tollywood industry.[5]

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Born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh . She comes from a Hindu Rajput family of Rohru in Shimla District. At first she was going to do an English honours but decided to pursue psychology.[6] She also attended Bombay University. After getting a degree in criminal psychology at the St. Bedes College, Zinta began her career as a model and commercial (ad films) actress (she was seen in Lyril's soap ad film).

Her father, Durganand Zinta was an officer in the Indian Army. Durganand Zinta died when Preity was thirteen, in a car accident in which her mother, Nilprabha Zinta was also involved. Her mother broke many bones in the accident, including her spine. Her mother was bedridden for two years because of this incident. Zinta has two brothers, Deepankar Zinta and Manish Zinta, a year older and a year younger, respectively. Deepankar is a commissioned officer in the Indian Army, while Manish is settled in Los Angeles.

Zinta was meant to make her acting debut with Shekhar Kapur's Tara Rum Pum Pum opposite Hrithik Roshan but the film never took off.[7]

Technically her first film was Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna but it got delayed till 2000. The delay of another film Soldier meant that she made her acting debut with Dil Se (1998).[8] The film was her breakthrough role and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance,[9] which was only twenty minutes long.[10] This was followed by the success of Soldier[11] and Kya Kehna.[12] Her role as a teenage single mother for the latter was well acclaimed and she received various nominations in the best actress category.[13][14] Later, she had successes with the films Mission Kashmir (2000), Dil Chahta Hai (2001) and Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001) that were average performers at the box office.[15]

In 2003, Zinta had a very special and influential year in her career. She was the female lead in three of year's highest grossing films: The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, Koi... Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Naa Ho.[16] She won many awards for her role as Naina in Kal Ho Naa Ho. Her performance in the film got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award.[17] This was followed in 2004 by the averagely received Lakshya (2004) for which she received mixed reviews[18] and the box office hit Veer-Zaara (2004).[19] Veer-Zaara was her second highest grossing film in a row, and marked her entry into Yash Raj Productions, which is considered to be one of the biggest production houses in the Bollywood industry.[20] All these achievements promoted her as one of the biggest stars in the industry.[21]

She joined a group of top stars (Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, and Priyanka Chopra) in the Temptation 2004 concert, which was a huge international success.[22]

She had two releases in 2005: Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen and Salaam Namaste. The former received poor reviews at the box office,[23] whilst the latter did fairly well in India and was one of the biggest hits overseas.[24]

In May 2006 she, along with Karan Johar, received an invitation to represent Bollywood at the Cannes Film Festival. They took this opportunity to promote Johar's latest film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna which Preity also starred in.[25] She was welcomed with similar success and the film which released in August 2006 became one of the biggest hits at the box office.[26] Her most recent film Jaan-E-Mann performed poorly at the box office.[27]

In 2006 She toured again with stage shows. she participated and performed in the successful Heat 2006 concert around the world, along with Akshay Kumar, Saif Ali Khan, Sushmita Sen and Celina Jaitley.[28]

In 2007, She hosted the Filmfare Awards ceremony, along with Shahrukh Khan, Karan Johar and Juhi Chawla.

Zinta is currently dating the Bombay Dyeing heir, Ness Wadia. They are known to be very much in love, and there is a lot of speculation whether the two will marry soon. There were also rumours circulating that the pair had split up, but Zinta put an end to these rumours when she appeared hand-in-hand with Ness at a recent award function.[29].

Gossip has also linked her with many other Bollywood stars, but Zinta has strongly denied all these rumours.[30]

Previously, when she was not shooting she used to return to her native town Shimla. Zinta recently moved into her own home in Mumbai, which she bought in mid-2005.[31] Her home is situated in Bandra.[32] She has two dogs called Junior and Lola.[33]

In 2003, Zinta was a witness in the Bharat Shah case and his links to the Mumbai mafia. She stuck by her statement that she received a threatening phone call from the mafia whilst she was shooting for the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2000).[34] She was given police protection and was forced to stay out of the public eye for months.[35] Many other celebrities including Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan were witnesses in the case but they soon retracted their statements. Zinta was the only witness not to have turned hostile.[36]

In 2006, Zinta's boyfriend Ness Wadia was reported to have beaten up some construction workers in her building. The rumours also reported that a woman was critically injured and a child was hurt. Zinta was very angry at hearing these rumours, and had repeatedly shouted at the media very much about the incident, claiming it wasn't true. Zinta even offered 1 crore to whoever could find an injured woman. The press came up with no findings, and this rumour was considered to be false.[37]

In 2005, along with other Bollywood stars, Preity performed at the HELP! Telethon Concert to help raise money for the victims of the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake.[38]

Zinta donated her winnings, from her 2007 appearance on Kaun Banega Crorepati to the Shimla District Red Cross Society in Himachel Pradesh, along with Rani Mukherjee. She donated Rs 25 lakhs to the society in support of its welfare activities.[39]

She has received five nominations for best actress at the Filmfare awards, and has won once. In 2004 she received three nominations, two in the best actress category and one in the best villain category. She is the first actress who was nominated both for the best actress and best villain trophies in a single year at the Filmfare in 2004.

  • 2006: BBC Film Café, Best Actress, Salaam Namaste
  • 2007: BBC Film Café, Best Actress, KANK

  • 2000: Bravery Award[62]

Year Film Role Other notes
2007 Om Shanti Om[69] Special Appearance. Under Production
2007 The Last Lear[70] Filming[71]
2007 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Releasing June 15, 2007[72]
2006 Jaan-E-Mann Piya Goyal
2006 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Rhea Saran Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award.
Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival and
the Tokyo International Film Festival
2006 Krrish Nisha Special Appearance
2006 Alag Special Appearance in song Sabse Alag
2005 Salaam Namaste Ambar 'Amby' Malhotra Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2005 Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen Priti
2004 Veer-Zaara Zaara Hayat Khan Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award.
Also Screened at the Berlin Film Festival
2004 Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa Dr. Parineeta (Pari)
2004 Lakshya Romila Dutta Screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho Naina Catherine Kapur Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award.
Also screened at the Valenciennes, ERA New Horizons,
Marrakech International & Helsinki Film Festival
2003 Koi... Mil Gaya Nisha Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award.
Screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival
& the Denmark NatFilm Festival
2003 Armaan Sonia Kapoor Nomination, Filmfare Best Villain Award.
First villain role.
Screened at the Cannes Film Festival
2003 The Hero: Love Story of a Spy Reshma/Ruksar
2002 Dil Hai Tumhaara Shalu
2001 Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke Sakshi
2001 Dil Chahta Hai Shalini Screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival
& the Austin Film Festival
2001 Chori Chori Chupke Chupke Madhubala (Madhu) Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2001 Farz Kajal Singh
2000 Mission Kashmir Sufiya Parvez Screened at the Stockholm International Film Festival
2000 Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Jahnvi
2000 Kya Kehna Priya Baxi Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award
1999 Dillagi Rani Guest Appearance
1999 Sangharsh CBI Officer Reet Oberoi
1999 Raja Kumarudu Rani Telugu film (Prince No. 1 is the Hindi version)
1998 Premante Idera Jaanu Telugu film (Dulhan Dilwale Ki is the Hindi version)
1998 Soldier Preeti Singh
1998 Dil Se Preeti Nair Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award.
Also screened at the ERA New Horizons Film Festival
& the Helsinki International Film Festival

Show Date Appeared Year Other Notes
Kaun Banega Crorepati[73] March 1 2007 Holi special. Appeared with Rani Mukherjee
Jai Jawan on NDTV[74] January 26 2007
BBC World[75] April 23 2006 Peschardt's People
Indian Idol 2[76] February 20 2006
Rendezvous with Simi Garewal[77] February 4 2006
Kaun Banega Crorepati[78] August 19 2005 Raksha Bandhan Special
Koffee with Karan (Episode #1.15)[79] March 11 2005 Appeared with Abhishek Bachchan
Asian Talk On CNN[80] December 18 2004
Koffee with Karan (Episode #1.3)[81] December 3 2004 Appeared with Saif Ali Khan
Eye On Asia[82] 2003 Toronto, Canada
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai[83] April 19 2002

  • Her trademark is her dimple.[84]
  • She is known for experimenting with her hair for different roles unlike most Bollywood actresses who prefer the conventional long tresses. She snipped her hair really short to chin length for the movies 'Dil Hai Tumhaara' and 'Koi..Mil Gaya', as well as sported permed hair for 'Dil Chahta Hai'.
  • Critics began to take notice of her after her performance in Kya Kehna.[85]
  • She has worked four times with Shahrukh Khan, Salman Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Amitabh Bachchan and Rani Mukerji.
  • Her good friends in the industry include Yash Chopra,[86] Rekha,[87] Aishwarya Rai,[88] Karan Johar, Abhishek Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and Gauri Khan. Her very close friends are Hrithik Roshan and his wife Suzanne Khan Roshan.[89]
  • She narrowly escaped death twice in late 2004, once after an explosion at a Temptation concert in Colombo, and later in the Indian Ocean Tsunami.[90]
  • Zinta has written three columns for BBC South Asia.[91][92][93]
  • According to boxofficeindia.com, Preity has the biggest success as an actress among the other bollywood actresses, having the highest success ratio of 65%.[2]
  • She was on the cover of the first issue of Marie Claire magazine to be sold in India.[94]
  • On January 9, 2007, she was mentioned on segment "We The MEdiator" of popular T.V. show The Colbert Report. Host Stephen Colbert, mentioned her as an important name in bollywood, while in character, mocked the media coverage of the alleged feud between Amitabh Bachchan and Shah Rukh Khan and stated, "If Preity Zinta is at the party, you better fucking show up!"[95]
  • She was offered a role for the film Marigold, but turned it down

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