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Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा, pronounced [ˈpriːtɪ ˈzɪɳʈaː]; born 31 January 1975)[1] is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in Hindi films of Bollywood, as well as Telugu, Punjabi and English language films. After graduating with a degree in criminal psychology, Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se in 1998 followed by a role in Soldier the same year. These performances earned her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, and she was later recognised for her role as a teenage single mother in Kya Kehna (2000). She subsequently played a variety of character types; her film roles along with her screen persona contributed to a change in the concept of a Hindi film heroine.[2]
Zinta received her first Filmfare Best Actress Award in 2003 for her performance in the drama Kal Ho Naa Ho. She went on to play the lead female role in two consecutive annual top-grossing films in India: the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya, her biggest commercial success,[3] and the star-crossed romance Veer-Zaara, which earned her critical acclaim. She was later noted for her portrayal of independent, modern Indian women in Salaam Namaste and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, top-grossing productions in overseas markets.[4] These accomplishments have established her as a leading actress of Hindi cinema.[5][6] Her first international film role was in the Canadian film Heaven on Earth, for which she was awarded the Silver Hugo Award for Best Actress at the 2008 Chicago International Film Festival.[7]Preity Zinta (Hindi: प्रीति ज़िंटा, pronounced [ˈpriːtɪ ˈzɪɳʈaː]; born 31 January 1975)[1] is an Indian film actress. She has appeared in Hindi films of Bollywood, as well as Telugu, Punjabi and English language films. After graduating with a degree in criminal psychology, Zinta made her acting debut in Dil Se in 1998 followed by a role in Soldier the same year. These performances earned her a Filmfare Best Female Debut Award, and she was later recognised for her role as a teenage single mother in Kya Kehna (2000). She subsequently played a variety of character types; her film roles along with her screen persona contributed to a change in the concept of a Hindi film heroine.[2]
In addition to movie acting, Zinta has written a series of columns for BBC News Online South Asia, is a regular stage performer, and along with ex-boyfriend Ness Wadia she is a co-owner of the Indian Premier League cricket team Kings XI Punjab. She is known in the Indian media for publicly speaking her mind and openly expressing her opinions, occasionally sparking controversy.[8][9] These controversies include her being the only witness not to retract in court her earlier statements against the Indian mafia during the 2003 Bharat Shah case, for which she was awarded the Godfrey Phillips National Bravery Award.
Success (2003–07)
Zinta was the female lead in India's three highest-grossing films of 2003: The Hero: Love Story of a Spy, Koi... Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Naa Ho.[35] The Hero, co-starring Sunny Deol and Priyanka Chopra, is a patriotic drama about a spy network involving terrorists and an Indian army officer. Zinta played the part of Reshma, a villager who falls in love with the officer and becomes part of this network. The film, involving stunts never seen before in the cinematic history of Bollywood, became the most expensive Hindi film ever produced at the time.[36][37] Despite being the third highest-grossing film of that year, it failed to recover its production costs at the box office.[35][38] She next starred in Honey Irani's directorial debut, Armaan, alongside Amitabh Bachchan and Anil Kapoor. This drama is set in a hospital and follows the travails of its personnel and its principal, Dr. Akash, who struggles arduously to sustain the institution financially. Zinta played Akash's schizophrenic wife Sonia Kapoor. The film received predominantly positive reviews, and Zinta was particularly praised. The Tribune concluded, "Zinta has outclassed everyone with her convincing performance."[39][40] For her performance, she received nominations for Best Villain at different award ceremonies, including Filmfare.Rakesh Roshan's science-fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya, about a developmentally disabled young man, followed. Co-starring with Rekha and Hrithik Roshan, Zinta played the role of Nisha, a young woman whom Roshan befriends. She received another Best Actress nomination at the Filmfare for the role. The movie was a financial and critical success and became the most popular film of the year, as well as Zinta's highest-grossing movie, with a domestic total of Rs 489 million;[35] it won the Filmfare Best Movie Award, among others.
In 2004 she starred as TV journalist Romila Dutta in Farhan Akhtar's war drama Lakshya, co-starring with Hrithik Roshan. The film was based on the historical events of the 1999 Kargil Conflict; Zinta's character was modeled after TV journalist Barkha Dutt, the only female reporter assigned to the story. The film was a critical success, yet her performance received mixed reviews; Rediff.com noted, "Zinta has quite a good role and a good deal of footage in the film, and she does a fairly decent job of it without ever being spectacular."[43]
Later that year, Yash Chopra cast her opposite Shahrukh Khan as the female lead in the love saga Veer-Zaara, the top-grossing Bollywood film of that year in both India and abroad, earning over Rs 750 million worldwide.[4] The film, which relates the love story of an Indian officer, Veer Pratap Singh, and a Pakistani woman, Zaara Haayat Khan, had a strong international release, including a screening at the Berlin Film Festival, and won several Best Movie awards in major Indian award ceremonies.[44] For her portrayal of Zaara, a smart Pakistani girl, Zinta received her fourth Filmfare Best Actress nomination. Variety hailed her as "the most interesting young actress of her generation," writing that she "is her usual lively self as the willful Zaara."[45] Veer-Zaara was Zinta's second highest-grossing film and third major success in two consecutive years. It marked the beginning of her work with Yash Raj Films, one of the largest production houses in Bollywood.[46]
In 2005, Zinta appeared in two movies. Her first release was the folk comedy Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen, co-starring Govinda, a production that had been delayed since 2002. The film garnered negative reviews and poor box office returns. Zinta's role was small, and was not well received.[47] Her next release was Siddharth Anand's comedy-drama Salaam Namaste, co-starring Saif Ali Khan. Produced by Yash Raj Films, it was the first Indian movie to be filmed entirely in Australia and went on to become the year's highest-grossing Bollywood production overseas, with revenues of Rs 430 million internationally.[4] The film tells the story of a contemporary cohabiting Indian couple. Zinta played the female protagonist Ambar Malhotra, a single modern young woman who leaves India to make her own life in Australia. The film was well received by critics, and Zinta's performance earned her nominations for Best Actress at a number of award ceremonies. Taran Adarsh wrote, "After Kya Kehna, Preity Zinta accepts the challenge of portraying an unwed mother yet again in Salaam Namaste. The actor is terrific, delivering her most accomplished performance to date. Her lip locks with Saif Ali Khan will catch a lot of people unaware, but that's the sign of a thorough professional."[48] The New York Times noted, "She is cheerleader-homecoming queen-fraternity sweetheart pretty, so even when her characters are being unkind it's hard not to like her."[49]
She then starred in Shirish Kunder's romantic musical Jaan-E-Mann, a story set in the United States about two men, played by Salman Khan and Akshay Kumar, who love the same woman. The film received positive reviews from critics, yet performed poorly at the box office.[51] Zinta played the role of Piya, the cynosure of two men. She was mostly criticised for taking a role of minimal importance, though her performance was generally well-received.[52] Raja Sen described her role as "ornament throughout," but further stated that she "comes vividly alive in the film's last scene, a moment that makes you lament why filmmakers today don't let the babyfaced actress have more fun instead of forcing her to sob copiously. She doesn't have much to do in Jaan-E-Mann, but looks appropriately attractive."[53] Zinta said that the film was a great relief after the more emotionally intense Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, as Jaan-E-Mann was "easy, happy and much more simple".[54]
In 2007 Zinta portrayed a British Pakistani woman, Alvira Khan, in her third project with Yash Raj Films, Shaad Ali's comedy Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, alongside Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol and Lara Dutta. The film was a critical and commercial failure in India.[55][56] She was criticised for her performance; The Times of India described her as "too plastic" and Rediff.com concluded, "From accent to emotion, Preity is plain and simple insufferable in this film."
Personal life
Zinta used to visit her native town Shimla when not busy in shooting. In 2006, she moved into her own home in Mumbai.[92] She does not identify with any particular religion. In an interview with The Times of India, she comments, "I believe in good deeds, in karma, I don't believe in going to temples. For me, religion is very personal. It's all about having faith ... We have heard and read that all religions are equal. Now I am increasingly believing in this."[93] She narrowly escaped death twice in late 2004: first after an explosion at a Temptation concert in Colombo, Sri Lanka; and second during the Indian Ocean earthquake.[71]Zinta has been the subject of several controversies.[94] In 2003, as a witness in the Bharat Shah case, she testified against the Indian mafia. Bharat Shah, the financer of one of her movies, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke, was arrested in 2000 for having connections with Chhota Shakeel, a Mumbai underworld boss.[95] Unlike several of her colleagues, Zinta repeated in court her earlier statement that she had received extortion threats from the mafia during the shooting of the film.[96] After her testimony, she was given witness protection and was forced to stay out of the public eye for two months.[30] Thirteen other witnesses before her, including celebrities Salman Khan and Shahrukh Khan, were witnesses in the case but later retracted their earlier statements.[97] Zinta was the only witness who did not become hostile to the prosecution;[97] the nation responded positively to her actions.[98] Consequently, she was the first recipient of Godfrey's Mind of Steel Award at the annual Red and White Bravery Awards, given to her for the "Courageous Act" of standing against the Mumbai Underworld.[98] On receiving the award, she said: "To be brave is not to be fearless. It is when you fear and you get over it, then you can be called brave. I am human. It is not that I fear nothing. But getting over a fear is a continuous process and I have been successful so far."[99] Since 2006, Zinta has been the brand ambassador for the Godfrey Phillips Bravery awards.[83]
In March 2007, Zinta was involved in a scandal when actress and singer Suchitra Krishnamurthy cited her as the cause of her divorce from Shekhar Kapur, alleging that Zinta was having an affair with him.[106] Although initially silent on the issue,[106] after another accusation by Krishnamurthy, Zinta retorted, "It is unfortunate that I am bearing the brunt of someone else's paranoia. She's clearly unstable and I wish her a speedy recovery."[106] She issued a statement that she had met Kapur only five times in ten years and publicly demanded that he step forward and clear her of the accusation.[107] Thereafter, the controversy came to an end
Filmography
See also: List of awards and nominations received by Preity Zinta
| Year | Film | Role | Other notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Dil Se | Preeti Nair | Winner, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award (Newface of the year)[125] Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award |
| Soldier | Preeti Singh | Winner, Filmfare Best Female Debut Award (Newface of the year) | |
| Premante Idera | Shailu | Telugu film Dubbed into Hindi as Dulhan Dilwale Ki | |
| 1999 | Raja Kumarudu | Rani | Telugu film Dubbed into Hindi as Prince No. 1 |
| Sangharsh | CBI Officer Reet Oberoi | ||
| Dillagi | Rani | Guest appearance | |
| 2000 | Kya Kehna | Priya Bakshi | Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award |
| Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega | Jahnvi | ||
| Mission Kashmir | Sufiya Parvez | ||
| 2001 | Farz | Kajal Singh | |
| Chori Chori Chupke Chupke | Madhubala (Madhu) | Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award | |
| Dil Chahta Hai | Shalini | ||
| Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke | Sakshi | ||
| 2002 | Dil Hai Tumhaara | Shalu | |
| 2003 | The Hero: Love Story of a Spy | Reshma/Ruksar | |
| Armaan | Sonia Kapoor | Nomination, Filmfare Best Villain Award. | |
| Koi... Mil Gaya | Nisha | Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award | |
| Kal Ho Naa Ho | Naina Catherine Kapur | Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award | |
| 2004 | Lakshya | Romila Dutta | |
| Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa | Dr. Parineeta (Pari) | ||
| Veer-Zaara | Zaara Haayat Khan | Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award | |
| 2005 | Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen | Priti Damani | |
| Salaam Namaste | Ambar 'Amby' Malhotra | Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award | |
| 2006 | Alag | Special appearance in song Sabse Alag | |
| Krrish | Nisha | Special appearance | |
| Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna | Rhea Saran | Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award | |
| Jaan-E-Mann | Piya Goyal | ||
| 2007 | Jhoom Barabar Jhoom | Alvira Khan | |
| The Last Lear | Shabnam | First English-language film | |
| Om Shanti Om | Herself | Special appearance in song Deewangi Deewangi | |
| 2008 | Heaven on Earth | Chand | |
| Heroes | Kuljeet Kaur | ||
| Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi | Special appearance in song Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte | ||
| 2009 | Main Aurr Mrs Khanna | Haseena Jagmagia | Cameo |
| 2010 | Har Pal | Runa | Post-production |
See also
- List of Indian film actresses
- List of military brats
- List of people from Himachal Pradesh
- List of Rajputs
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