Preity Zinta , born 31 January 1975, is an award-winning Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies. She is among the most successful actresses in the industry, and is regarded as one of the biggest names in India.
Making her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998), Zinta had her first commercial success with Soldier from the same year, and was widely recognized with Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna (2000). She went to enact different and diverse roles during her career, keeping versatility as an actress.
Balancing commercial successes with critically acclaimed performances, she has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of Hindi cinema. Zinta is placed on the top in the list of the biggest actresses of this generation.
Career
Zinta met Shekhar Kapur when she accompanied her friend to an audition and was requested to be auditioned too. Coincidentally, after Kapur saw her audition he insisted on her to become an actress. Zinta was meant to make her acting debut with Kapur's Tara Rum Pum Pum opposite Hrithik Roshan but the film never took off. Later, Kapur recommended her for Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.
Technically her first film was Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna but it got delayed till 2000. The delay of another film Soldier meant that she made her acting debut with Dil Se (1998). The film was her breakthrough role and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance,which was only twenty minutes long. This was followed by the hit Soldier and the acclaimed Sangharsh, which did not do well at the Box Office, but gained her recognition as an actress.Zinta also starred in two Telugu films.
BreakthroughHer first release in 2000 was the hit Kya Kehna. Critics began to take notice of her after her performance in this film. Her role as a teenage single mother was well acclaimed and she received various nominations in the Best Actress category.
She was known for enacting diverse roles. Roles like the mentioned CBI officer in Sangharsh, the teenage single mother in Kya Kehna and the prostitute in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke were different from typical roles made by actresses in that point of time, and won her critical acclaim.
Later, she was part of various successful films like Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Mission Kashmir (2000) which was the third highest grossing film of the year, and Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai (2001) which entered into the top five highest grossing films of the year.
In 2002, she was the main protagonist in Kundan Shah's Dil Hai Tumhaara. The film marked an important milestone in her career. Although the film did not do well at the box office, her role as an adopted daughter was much appreciated and her performance was well acclaimed. Consequently, she became sought-after by some of the biggest filmmakers in the following years.
[edit] SuccessThe year 2003 proved to be a very good one for Zinta, as she was the female lead in three of the year's highest grossing films: The Hero: Love Story of a Spy which is considered to be the most expensive Hindi film ever made, Koi... Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Naa Ho.While Koi... Mil Gaya was the biggest hit of the year, Kal Ho Naa Ho was a wide international success.Her role as the insecure and angry Indian-American girl in the latter was much appreciated and she won many awards for her performance, including the Filmfare Best Actress Award.
This was followed in 2004 by the moderately successful film Lakshya which was the fourth highest grossing film of the year, and for which she received mixed reviews. Later, Yash Chopra signed her for the role of Zaara in the love legend Veer-Zaara, which was the biggest hit of the year. Veer-Zaara was her second highest grossing film in a row, and marked her entry into Yash Raj Films, which is considered to be 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: Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen and Salaam Namaste. The former received poor reviews at the box office, while the latter did fairly well in India and was the year's biggest hit overseas.She also received various nominations for Best Actress in different award ceremonies for her performance in the latter, where she played the role of a single modern young woman who leaves India to make her own life in Australia.
Zinta was welcomed with similar success the following year in 2006. Her first release, Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna released in August. The film became one of the biggest box office hits in India, and turned out to be the biggest Bollywood hit in the overseas market ever.She played a stylish and modern fashion magazine editor in the film, which was also well received.Her second release, Shirish Kunder's Jaan-E-Mann performed poorly at the box office.
In 2007, Zinta was offered the lead role in the foreign film Marigold, but turned it down. Zinta's first release of 2007 was Shaad Ali's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, which did not do well in India. The film did better overseas, especially in the U.K. She received mixed reviews for her performance in the film.
In 2007, Zinta also turned her career professionally, as she started to work more with Art Film directors and serious films, rather than mainly working on commercial cinema. She completed her first English film, Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear, opposite Amitabh Bachchan. She is also set to star in Jahnu Barua's forthcoming film Har Pall.
Personal life
FamilyBorn in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, she hails from a Rajput family of Rohru in Shimla District.
Zinta initially planned to do an English honours but later decided to pursue psychology. Zinta also attended Bombay University. After earning a degree in criminal psychology at the St. Bedes College, Zinta began her career as a model and appeared in several commercials.
Her father, Durganand Zinta was an officer in the Indian Army. Durganand Zinta died when Preity was 13, in a car accident which also involved her mother, Nilprabha Zinta. Her mother broke many bones in the accident, including her spine. Her mother was bedridden for two years because of this incident. Zinta has two brothers, Deepankar Zinta and Manish Zinta, a year older and a year younger, respectively. Deepankar is a commissioned officer in the Indian Army, while Manish is settled in Los Angeles.
Filmography
Making her acting debut in Mani Ratnam's Dil Se (1998), Zinta had her first commercial success with Soldier from the same year, and was widely recognized with Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna (2000). She went to enact different and diverse roles during her career, keeping versatility as an actress.
Balancing commercial successes with critically acclaimed performances, she has established herself as one of the most prominent leading actresses of Hindi cinema. Zinta is placed on the top in the list of the biggest actresses of this generation.
Career
Zinta met Shekhar Kapur when she accompanied her friend to an audition and was requested to be auditioned too. Coincidentally, after Kapur saw her audition he insisted on her to become an actress. Zinta was meant to make her acting debut with Kapur's Tara Rum Pum Pum opposite Hrithik Roshan but the film never took off. Later, Kapur recommended her for Mani Ratnam's Dil Se.
Technically her first film was Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna but it got delayed till 2000. The delay of another film Soldier meant that she made her acting debut with Dil Se (1998). The film was her breakthrough role and she won the Filmfare Best Debut Award for her performance,which was only twenty minutes long. This was followed by the hit Soldier and the acclaimed Sangharsh, which did not do well at the Box Office, but gained her recognition as an actress.Zinta also starred in two Telugu films.
BreakthroughHer first release in 2000 was the hit Kya Kehna. Critics began to take notice of her after her performance in this film. Her role as a teenage single mother was well acclaimed and she received various nominations in the Best Actress category.
She was known for enacting diverse roles. Roles like the mentioned CBI officer in Sangharsh, the teenage single mother in Kya Kehna and the prostitute in Chori Chori Chupke Chupke were different from typical roles made by actresses in that point of time, and won her critical acclaim.
Later, she was part of various successful films like Vidhu Vinod Chopra's Mission Kashmir (2000) which was the third highest grossing film of the year, and Farhan Akhtar's Dil Chahta Hai (2001) which entered into the top five highest grossing films of the year.
In 2002, she was the main protagonist in Kundan Shah's Dil Hai Tumhaara. The film marked an important milestone in her career. Although the film did not do well at the box office, her role as an adopted daughter was much appreciated and her performance was well acclaimed. Consequently, she became sought-after by some of the biggest filmmakers in the following years.
[edit] SuccessThe year 2003 proved to be a very good one for Zinta, as she was the female lead in three of the year's highest grossing films: The Hero: Love Story of a Spy which is considered to be the most expensive Hindi film ever made, Koi... Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Naa Ho.While Koi... Mil Gaya was the biggest hit of the year, Kal Ho Naa Ho was a wide international success.Her role as the insecure and angry Indian-American girl in the latter was much appreciated and she won many awards for her performance, including the Filmfare Best Actress Award.
This was followed in 2004 by the moderately successful film Lakshya which was the fourth highest grossing film of the year, and for which she received mixed reviews. Later, Yash Chopra signed her for the role of Zaara in the love legend Veer-Zaara, which was the biggest hit of the year. Veer-Zaara was her second highest grossing film in a row, and marked her entry into Yash Raj Films, which is considered to be 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: Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen and Salaam Namaste. The former received poor reviews at the box office, while the latter did fairly well in India and was the year's biggest hit overseas.She also received various nominations for Best Actress in different award ceremonies for her performance in the latter, where she played the role of a single modern young woman who leaves India to make her own life in Australia.
Zinta was welcomed with similar success the following year in 2006. Her first release, Karan Johar's Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna released in August. The film became one of the biggest box office hits in India, and turned out to be the biggest Bollywood hit in the overseas market ever.She played a stylish and modern fashion magazine editor in the film, which was also well received.Her second release, Shirish Kunder's Jaan-E-Mann performed poorly at the box office.
In 2007, Zinta was offered the lead role in the foreign film Marigold, but turned it down. Zinta's first release of 2007 was Shaad Ali's Jhoom Barabar Jhoom, which did not do well in India. The film did better overseas, especially in the U.K. She received mixed reviews for her performance in the film.
In 2007, Zinta also turned her career professionally, as she started to work more with Art Film directors and serious films, rather than mainly working on commercial cinema. She completed her first English film, Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear, opposite Amitabh Bachchan. She is also set to star in Jahnu Barua's forthcoming film Har Pall.
Personal life
FamilyBorn in Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, she hails from a Rajput family of Rohru in Shimla District.
Zinta initially planned to do an English honours but later decided to pursue psychology. Zinta also attended Bombay University. After earning a degree in criminal psychology at the St. Bedes College, Zinta began her career as a model and appeared in several commercials.
Her father, Durganand Zinta was an officer in the Indian Army. Durganand Zinta died when Preity was 13, in a car accident which also involved her mother, Nilprabha Zinta. Her mother broke many bones in the accident, including her spine. Her mother was bedridden for two years because of this incident. Zinta has two brothers, Deepankar Zinta and Manish Zinta, a year older and a year younger, respectively. Deepankar is a commissioned officer in the Indian Army, while Manish is settled in Los Angeles.
Filmography
1998 Dil Se Preeti Nair Winner, Filmfare Best Debut Award.Screened at the ERA New Horizons Film Festival& the Helsinki International Film Festival
Soldier Preeti Singh
Premante Idera Jaanu Telugu film (Dulhan Dilwale Ki is the Hindi version)
1999 Raja Kumarudu Rani Telugu film (Prince No. 1 is the Hindi version)
Sangharsh CBI Officer Reet Oberoi
Dillagi Rani Guest Appearance
2000 Kya Kehna Priya Baxi Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award
Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Jahnvi
Mission Kashmir Sufiya Parvez Screened at the Stockholm International Film Festival
2001 Farz Kajal Singh
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke Madhubala (Madhu) Nomination, Filmfare Best Supporting Actress Award
Dil Chahta Hai Shalini Screened at the Palm Springs International Film Festival& the Austin Film Festival
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.First villain role.Screened at the Cannes Film Festival
Koi... Mil Gaya Nisha Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award.Screened at the Jerusalem Film Festival& the Denmark NatFilm Festival
Kal Ho Naa Ho Naina Catherine Kapur Winner, Filmfare Best Actress Award.Screened at the Valenciennes, ERA New Horizons,Marrakech International & Helsinki Film Festival
2004 Lakshya Romila Dutta Screened at the Marrakech International Film Festival
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa Dr. Parineeta (Pari)
Veer-Zaara Zaara Hayat Khan Nomination, Filmfare Best Actress Award.Screened at the Berlin Film Festival 2005 Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen Priti
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.Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival andthe Tokyo International Film Festival
Jaan-E-Mann Piya Goyal
2007 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Alvira Khan Released
The Last Lear Post-productionFirst English film
Om Shanti Om Special appearance
Mera Bharat Mahaan Filming
Har Pall Pre-production S
uryamukhi Suryamukhi Announced
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