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| Birth Name(s) : Preity Zinta |
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Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा. Pronunciation: /priːt̪ɪ zɪɳʈaː/ born January 31, 1975) is an award-winning Indian film actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is among the most popular actresses in the Indian film industry.
Technically, her first film was Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna, but its release was delayed until 2000. The delay of another film, Soldier meant that she made her acting debut with Dil Se (1998), opposite Shahrukh Khan and Manisha Koirala. By Indian standarts, the film was a rather unusual launch for a newcomer, as she had a supporting role of twenty minutes long. However, eventually it was unusual particularly in the light of the forthright character she played, and her portrayal of a middle class Delhi girl was appreciated, earning her a Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award nomination. She then played her first leading role in the action drama Soldier, which became one of the year's biggest hits. Dil Se and Soldier were considered as her breakthrough roles and she won the Filmfare Best Female Debut Award for her performances in both of the films.
In 2001, she starred alongside Aamir Khan in Farhan Akhtar's National Film Award-winning Dil Chahta Hai, a realistic romance which depicted the routine life of Indian youth nowadays, with Zinta playing a young sensitive girl, Shalini. The film entered into the top five highest grossing films of the year, yet its box office reception was only average. M. Ali Ikram from Planet Bollywood noted, "Preity is Preity, lovable and extremely pretty all the time. Plus, you know what this woman is always thinking thanks to that great emotive visage."
Later, Yash Chopra chose her for the lead female role of Zaara in the love legend Veer-Zaara opposite Shahrukh Khan, which was the biggest hit of that year in both India and abroad, earning over Rs 750 million worldwide. The film, which tells the love story of an Indian officer and a Pakistani woman, received a remarkable reception from all over the world, and Zinta's portrayal of a Pakistani girl, was praised. She received her fourth nomination for Best Actress at the Filmfare among others, and won her second Stardust Star of the Year Award for the second consecutive year. One critic wrote, "Preity looks good like all Yash Raj heroines and her acting is commendable. Whether she plays the carefree teenage girl or a girl madly in love, whether she is the responsible daughter or a girl torn between love and responsibilities, she is believable in every shade her character goes through." Veer-Zaara was Zinta's second highest grossing film and third major hit in two consecutive years, and marked her entry into Yash Raj Films, one of the biggest production houses in Bollywood. All these achievements promoted her as one of the biggest stars in the industry.
She had two releases in 2005. Her first release was the folk comedy Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen, co-starring alongside Govinda, which was a delayed project since 2002. The film received negative reviews and poor collections at the box office. Zinta's role was small, and thus was fairly received, with one critic writing "Preity Zinta has got little scope and hence she could not make any impact."
She then starred in Shirish Kunder's romantic musical Jaan-E-Mann, a typical Indian story of two guys in the US loving the same girl, co-starring alongside Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar. The film received positive reviews from critics, yet performed poorly at the box office. Zinta played the role of Piya, the cynosure of two men. Although she had a small role and an underdeveloped character, she was generally praised for her performance. Naresh Kumar Deoshi noted, "Preity Zinta is a natural performer. She brings a wide range of emotional variety to her character. At times she is bubbly, at times sombre, at times assuring and at times inhibited and unsure."
During her years in the Indian film industry, Zinta has been the subject of numerous controversies and media speculations, which put her among the most controversial celebrities in Bollywood.
Unlike several of her colleagues in the film industry, Zinta stuck by her earliest statement in the court. She told the court that she had received threatening phone calls from the mafia, trying to extort money from her while shooting the film Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, and told her that she would have to bear the consequences if she did not pay up. Zinta informed the court that she had confided Nazim Rizvi about the threatening incident, "He told me not to worry and that everything would be alright. He gave me his cell phone number and told me to call him if I have any further problems." After that, she was given police protection and was forced to stay out of the public eye for two months.
She even challenged the press and offered Rs 1 million to whoever could find an injured woman. The press came up with no findings, and this rumour was considered to be false. |
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