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| Preity Zinta |
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"I'd love to be an award-winning, commercial successful actress! I would love push myself to the limits as an actress and experiment with playing really interesting women."
| Date of Birth: January 31, 1974 |
| Birthplace: Simla, India |
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| Model-turned-actress Preity Zinta is one of Bollywood's biggest stars thanks to award-winning performances in films such as Kya Kehna and Kal Ho Naa Ho. "I am proud to be part of today's Bollywood," she says. "I love dancing and lip synching to our songs." |
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| More effervescent than a bottle of soda, Preity's bubbly personality makes her one of the most thoroughly charming actresses in the world. |
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Preity Zinta was born January 31, 1974, in Simla, India. Unlike the girls around her she grew up as a tomboy, shunning dolls and choosing to play with her brothers instead. "I was a complete hell raiser," she admits. Her carefree existence would likely have continued were it not for her father's death in a tragic car crash when she was 13. "My mother was with him at the time," Preity recalls. "She was severely hurt and was bedridden for two years. I think that was the first turning point in my life."
From that point forward everything changed. "I was forced to grow up," Preity says. "My brothers are one year older and one year younger than me and I remember they'd be crying all the time." Thankfully, time heals all wounds and Preity soon returned to a regular life. By the time she was 17 she began partying and dating. A year later she enrolled at Bombay University where she studied criminal psychology.
Although a diligent student, Preity knew from an early age that there was more to life than just academia. And so when her friends encouraged her to model she decided to give it a shot. "I got offers very easily," she recalls. "My first ad was Perk, then came Liril. Both did very well."
In fact, the ads were so popular they even attracted the attention of famed director Shekhar Kapur. Entranced by Preity's presence, Kapur decided to cast her as the lead in his next film, Tara Rum Pum Pum. Although the movie never got made, Kapur's interest in Preity created a buzz throughout the industry and she soon made her acting debut in 1998's Dil Se. Preity's performance was a hit with fans and critics alike and she promptly won a Filmfare Award for Best Debut.
Two additional movies followed in 1998, including Premante Idera and Soldier, for which Preity won a Star Screen Award for Most Promising Newcomer and a Zee Cine Award for Best Female Debut.
Showing no signs of a sophomore slump, Preity starred in three high-profile films in 1999, including Raja Kumarudu, Sangharsh and Dillagi. The films established Preity as one of the nation's most promising young stars, although the best of her was still yet to come.
Preity achieved a major breakthrough in 2000 with the romantic drama Kya Kehna. Her performance as a pregnant college student won her universal acclaim as well as Best Actress nominations from The International Indian Film Academy, the Filmfare Awards and the Star Screen Awards.
She followed that up with 2001's Chori Chori Chupke Chupke for which she received a Best Supporting Actress nomination from the Filmfare Awards. "That put me on the map," she says. "My fan following among the males increased threefold after CCCC I was flooded with letters. Some would send wedding proposals."
Additional accolades (and more than a few proposals) followed in 2003 as Preity starred in two huge blockbuster hits. Her role as an uptight woman in Kal Ho Naa Ho won her a Best Actress award from The International Indian Film Academy, the Filmfare Awards and the Sansui Awards and she was also named Star of the Year by the Stardust Awards and Most Amazing Actress by the Pogo Awards. Her appearance in the sci-fi film Koi Mil Gaya also netted her the Chhoton Ka Funda Award and the Asian Guild Award for Best Actress.
2004 was another huge year thanks to stunning performances in Lakshya, Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha and Veer-Zaara, for which she won a Style Diva of the Year Award from the International Indian Film Academy and a Star of the Year Award form the Stardust Awards. |
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