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2006-09-17 18:39:04 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Entertainment & Music ➔ Celebrities
Preity Zinta
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Born:January 31, 1974
Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Occupation:Actor
Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा, Urdu: پریتی زینتا , Pronunciation: /priːti ziɳʈaː/) (born Preetam Singh Zinta) born 31 January 1974 is an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is currently among the most successful actresses in Bollywood.Contents
Early life
Born in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, she studied at the Convent of Jesus and Mary School, Shimla. Her real name is Preetam Singh Zinta. At first she was going to do a English honours but decided to pursue psychology. 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 was bedridden because of this incident. Zinta has two brothers, Deepanker Zinta and Manish Zinta, a year older and a year younger respectively. One of her brothers is a commissioned officer in the Indian Army.
Career
She was meant to make her acting debut with Shekhar Kapur's Tara Rum Pum Pum opposite Hrithik Roshan but the film never took off. Her first movie to be released was supposed to be Soldier but due to delay Dil Se (1998) was released first. The film was her breakthrough role and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance. Since then her career has been that of a typical Bollywood star: not many hits but not many flops either.
In 2003, Zinta was the female lead in two of the year's highest grossing films, Koi... Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Naa Ho. She won many awards for her role as "Naina" in Kal Ho Naa Ho. Her performance got her the Filmfare Best Actress Award. Since then she has appeared in the averagely received Lakshya (2004) and the box office hit Veer-Zaara (2004) and the semi-hit Salaam Namaste (2005). Salaam Namaste turned out to be the biggest hit overseas.
She joined a group of top stars (Shahrukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal, and Priyanka Chopra) in the Temptation 2004 concert, which was a huge international success.
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 Karan Johar's latest film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna which Preity also stars in.
Personal life
She has been linked with a few of her co-stars such as Salman Khan, Abhishek Bachchan and Aamir Khan but has always dismissed them as rumours. She is currently dating Ness Wadia, the heir to the Bombay Dyeing company.
Previously, when she was not shooting she used to return to Shimla. Zinta recently moved into her own home in Mumbai, which she bought in mid-2005.
Preity is a very close friend of Hrithik Roshan and his wife Suzanne Khan. She is also friends with Abhishek Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan.
Awards and nominations
IIFA Awards
2001: Best Actress nomination for Kya Kehna
2002: Best Actress nomination for Dil Chahta Hai
2003: Best Actress win for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004: Best Actress nomination for Veer Zaara and Style Diva of the Year win.
2005: Best Actress nomination for Salaam Namaste and Special Award under the category IIFA Idea Glamorous Star Award win
Filmfare Awards
1998: Best Debut win for Dil Se and Best Supporting Actress nomination for Dil Se
2001: Best Actress nomination for Kya Kehna
2002: Best Supporting Actress nomination for Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
2003: Best Actress win for Kal Ho Naa Ho, Best Actress nomination for Koi... Mil Gaya and Best Villain nomination for Armaan
2004: Best Actress nomination for Veer Zaara
2005: Best Actress nomination for Salaam Namaste
Star Screen Awards
1998: Most Promising Newcomer - Female win for Soldier
2001: Best Actress nomination for Kya Kehna
2002: Best Actress nomination for Dil Hai Tumhaara
2003: Best Actress nomination for Kal Ho Naa Ho and Best Villain nomination for Armaan
2004: Best Actress nomination for Veer Zaara and Special Award under the category Jodi No. 1 win along with Shahrukh Khan for Veer Zaara
2005: Best Actress nomination for Salaam Namaste and Special Award under the category Jodi No. 1 nomination along with Saif Ali Khan for Salaam Namaste
Zee Cine Awards
1998: Best Female Debut win for Soldier
2003: Superstar of the Year- Female win, Queen of Hearts win and Best Actress nomination for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004: Best Actress nomination for Veer Zaara
2005: Best Actress nomination for Salaam Namaste
Stardust Awards
2003: Star of the Year win for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004: Star of the Year win for Veer Zaara
2005: Star of the Year nomination for Salaam Namaste
Other awards
2001, Sansui Award, Best Actress, "Kya Kehna"
2003, Asian Guild Award, Best Actress, Koi... Mil Gaya
2003, Pogo Awards "Most Amazing Actress", Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003, Chhoton Ka Funda Award, Koi... Mil Gaya
2003, Sansui Award, Best Actress, Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003, MTV Immies, Best Actress, Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004, BBC Film Café, Best Actress, Veer-Zaara
She has received five nominations for best actress at the Filmfare awards, and has won once. In 2003 she received three nominations, two in the best actress category and one in the best villain category.
Filmography
Films
Preity Zinta in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006)YearFilmRoleOther notes
2007The MahabharataSubhadraAnnounced
2007Jhoom Barabar JhoomFilming
2006Jaan-E-MannPiya GoyalPost-production
2006Kabhi Alvida Naa KehnaRhea Saran
2006KrrishNishaSpecial Appearance
2006AlagSpecial Appearance in song Sabse Alag
2005Salaam NamasteAmbar MalhotraNomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2005Khullam Khulla Pyaar KarenPriti
2004Veer-ZaaraZaara Hayat KhanNomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2004Dil Ne Jise Apna KahaaDr. Parineeta (Pari)
2004LakshyaRomila Dutta
2003Kal Ho Naa HoNaina Catherine KapurWinner, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2003Koi... Mil GayaNishaNomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award
2003ArmaanSonia KapoorNomination, Filmfare Best Villain Award
2003The Hero: Love Story of a SpyReshma/Ruksar
2002Dil Hai TumhaaraShalu
2001Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar KeSakshi
2001Dil Chahta HaiShalini
2001Chori Chori Chupke ChupkeMadhubala (Madhu)Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
2001FarzKajal Singh
2000Mission KashmirSufiya Parvez
2000Har Dil Jo Pyar KaregaJahnvi
1999Kya KehnaPriya BaxiNomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award
1999DillagiRaniGuest Appearance
1999SangharshCBI Officer Reet Oberoi
1999Raja KumaruduRaniTelugu
1998Premante IderaSailajaTelugu
1998SoldierPreeti Singh
1998Dil SePreeti NairWinner, Filmfare Best Debut Award
Television appearances
Jeena Isi Ka Naam Hai (appeared 2002)
Tinseltown TV (interviewed 21 February 2004)
Koffee with Karan (2004-2005) (appeared December 3, 2004 and March 11, 2005 in Episode #1.3 and Episode #1.15)
Asian Talk On CNN (2005) (interviewed August 4, 2005)
Kaun Banega Crorepati? (appeared August 19, 2005 in the Raksha Bandhan Special)
BBC World (interviewed April 23, 2006 on Peschardt's People)
Trivia
Her trademark is her dimple.
Critics began to take notice of her after her performance in Kya Kehna.
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.
She appeared in Manish Malhotra's fashion show Freedom (2006).
2006-09-17 19:21:57 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-18 16:33:12 · answer #2 · answered by .. 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-17 19:04:17 · answer #3 · answered by umesh 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-17 18:48:47 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-17 20:36:05 · answer #5 · answered by Heista 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-17 19:03:02 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2006-09-18 00:53:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
preity is pretty
2006-09-17 19:35:43 · answer #8 · answered by live_let.live 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sexy girl in bollywood i dont like
2006-09-17 18:42:06 · answer #9 · answered by Charli 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ha ji aap jo bhi ho apna question to pura karo public ko fool think kya.
2006-09-17 18:51:28 · answer #10 · answered by karan p 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Zinda?
I think its Zinta
She's cute
2006-09-17 18:47:00 · answer #11 · answered by amandeep s 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋