Name - Preity Zinta
Birth Sign - Aquarius
Birth - 31st of January 1974, Simla
Status - Single
Debut Movie - Dil Se
Height - 5'5
Preity Zinta, the dimpled, bubbly beauty belongs to the highlands. From the treacherous serpentine pathways of Sanjauli in Shimla, to make her presence felt in already overcrowded Bollywood, for sure, would have been tough. But that is what Preity loves'to take a challenge.
She was born on January 31st, 1974 at Shimla. Her father being in the Army, Preity did her schooling from various schools, as her late father got posted across the country. Right from her childhood days, Preity was daring, outspoken, besides being beautiful.
She entered the glamour world with a splash�appearing in a Liril soap ad, which instantly caught the eye of those who matter in the glam world. Appearing for Cadburys Perk with mischievous expressions and twinkling eyes, Preity caught Shekhar Kapoor attention, who was looking for fresh faces for his Tara Rum Pum Pum. Obviously, Preity signed on the dotted lines. Although the project never took off, but it paid big dividends to Preity as she shot to fame and bagged some good offers within no time.
'Dil Se..' was her first release along with Manisha Koirala and Shahrukh Khan and the film set the box-officer on fire. Preity played a small but significant role in the film and she impressed everybody with her acting skills, dazzling smile and pleasant disposition.
'Soldier' (1998) and 'Sangharsh' (1999) have merely reiterated the fact and by then she was on a firm ground in the Bollywood. In the former she played an impish, spoilt rich girl with great conviction. In the latter she was equally at ease executing the part of a gritty young CBI trainee in search of a dreaded killer. Also, she made a mark in the industry with her portrayal of a modern day woman, who dared to go against the acceptable social norms. She also acted in a Telugu movie, Premante Idera.
In 1999, she appeared in another Telugu movie Raja Kumarudu and as a CBI officer in Tanuja Chandra’s Sangharsh, which was inspired by Silence of the Lambs. In 2000, she played Priya Bakshi in Kya Kehna, which dealt with pre-marital sex and the ostracization of a single, pregnant woman. This was followed by Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega with Rani Mukherji and Salman Khan and Mission Kashmir in which she played a journalist opposite Hrithik Roshan.
2001 to 2004
She starred once again with Rani Mukherji and Salman Khan in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), which was mired in controversy as it was supposed to have been financed by the underworld. Then there was the groundbreaking Dil
Chahta Hai which cast her as Aamir Khan’s love interest. Dil Hai Tumhaara, her only release in 2002, did not do well at the box office. Armaan, in 2003, saw her in a negative role and she was part of Bollywood’s sci-fi movie, Koi Mil Gaya, with Hrithik Roshan. It was Naina Catherine Kapoor’s role in Karan Johar’s Kal Ho Na Ho that cinched the Filmfare Best Film Actress Award.
In Lakshya, she famously played the role of journalist Barkha Dutt. Veer–Zaara was a love story between a Pakistani woman and an Indian man and won her praise.
Koi Mil Gaya against Hrithik Roshan was another milestone she touched with a bang. So far, so good; the road ahead looks better with plum projects with big names like Yash Chopra, Karan Johar and Farhan Akhtar already in her grasp. Recently seen in movies 'Kal Ho Naa Ho' & 'Lakshya'. However, Preity, a relentless self-improver, doesn't take her success lightly. Or too seriously either, for that matter. Maybe that's why she enjoys it so much.
Salaam Namaste, set in Australia and starring Saif Ali Khan, had her in the role of Amber a radio jockey in a live-in relationship and for the third time onscreen she was pregnant out of wedlock.
Kabhie Alvida Naa Kehna, another multi starrer by Karan Johar, did well in 2006. Jhoom Barabar Jhoom in 2007 didn’t do well in India but did better business overseas.
Rituparno Ghosh’s The Last Lear got mixed reviews. In 2008, she played Kuljeet Kaur, a war-widow in Heroes and Chand in Deepa Mehta’s Heaven on Earth that was about domestic violence.
| Year | Film Name | Cast |
| 2013 | Ishkq In Paris | Preity Zinta, Rhehan Malliek, Isabelle Adjani, Salman Khan, Shekhar Kapur |
| 2009 | Videsh | Preity Zinta, Vansh Bharadwaj, Balinder Johal, Rajinder Singh Cheema, Gourrav Sihan |
| 2008 | Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | Shahrukh Khan, Anushka Sharma, Vinay Pathak, Manmeet Singh, Kajol, Preity Zinta |
| 2008 | Heroes | Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, Dino Morea, Riya Sen, Salman Khan, Preity Zinta |
| 2008 | The Last Lear | Amitabh Bachchan, Preity Zinta, Arjun Rampal, Shefali Shah, Jishu Sengupta |
| 2007 | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Amitabh Bachchan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Preity Zinta, Lara Dutta |
| 2006 | Jaan-e-mann | Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Anupam Kher, Aman Verma |
| 2006 | Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Abhishek Bachchan, Preity Zinta |
| 2006 | Alag | Vinod Khanna, Diya Mirza, Akshay Kapoor, Jayant Kriplani, Sharat Saxena, Preity Zinta |
| 2005 | Salaam Namaste | Saif Ali Khan, Preity Zinta, Arshad Warsi, Tania Zaetta, Jugal Hansraj |
| 2005 | Khullam Khulla Pyar Karen | Govinda, Preity Zinta, Kader Khan, Prem Chopra, Johnny Lever |
| 2004 | Veer-zaara | Shahrukh Khan, Preity Zinta, Rani Mukherjee, Hema Malini, Amitabh Bachchan |
| 2004 | Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa | Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Bhoomika Chawla, Rati Agnihotri, Helen |
| 2003 | Kal Ho Naa Ho | Shahrukh Khan , Preity Zinta, Saif Ali Khan, Jaya Bachchan, Sonali Bendre |
| 2003 | Koi Mil Gaya | Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta, Rekha, Rakesh Roshan, Rajat Bedi |
| 2003 | Armaan | Amitabh Bachchan, Anil Kapoor, Preity Zinta, Gracy Singh, Randhir Kapoor |
| 2003 | The Hero | Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Priyanka Chopra, Amrish Puri, Kabir Bedi |
| 2002 | Dil Hai Tumhaara | Preity Zinta, Mahima Choudhary, Rekha, Arjun Rampal, Jimmy Shergill |
| 2001 | Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke | Ajay Devgan, Madhuri Dixit, Preity Zinta, Shakti Kapoor, Raju Mawani |
| 2001 | Dil Chahta Hai | Aamir Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Saif Ali Khan, Dimple Kapadia, Preity Zinta |
| 2001 | Chori Chori Chupke Chupke | Rani Mukherjee, Salman Khan, Preity Zinta, Amrish Puri, Deepti Bhatnagar |
| 2000 | Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega | Salman Khan, Rani Mukherjee, Preity Zinta, Shahrukh Khan, Paresh Rawal |
| 2000 | Kya Kehna | Preity Zinta, Anupam Kher, Farida Jalal, Chandrachur Singh, Saif Ali Khan |
| 2000 | Farz | Sunny Deol, Jackie Shroff, Preity Zinta |
| 2000 | Tere Ishq Mein Pad Gaya Re | Govinda, Preity Zinta, Satish Kaushik |
| 1999 | Sangharsh | Akshay Kumar, Preity Zinta, Ashutosh Rana, Aman Verma, Madan Jain |
| 1998 | Soldier | Bobby Deol, Preity Zinta, Farida Jalal |
| 1998 | Dil Se | Shahrukh Khan, Manisha Koirala, Preity Zinta, Malaika Arora |
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