Dimple Queen of India, Preity Zinta looked amazingly glamorous actress in bollywood cinema industry. She has appeared in Hindi films of Bollywood, as well as Telugu and English-language movies. 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. She subsequently played a variety of character types, and in doing so has been credited with changing the image of a Hindi film heroine.
Zinta was born into a Hindu Rajput family from Rohru in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh. Her father, Durganand Zinta, was an officer in the Indian Army. He died in a car accident when she was 13 years old; the accident also involved her mother, Nilprabha, who was severely injured and consequently remained bedridden for two years. Zinta has stated that the tragic accident and her father's death was a significant turning point in her life, which forced her to mature rapidly. She has two brothers; Deepankar and Manish, a year older and a year younger respectively. Deepankar is a commissioned officer in the Indian Army, while Manish lives in California.
Zinta began her career as a model, television anchor, and commercial ad films. she was seen in lyril soap ad film. Before breaking into cinema in 1998 with her role in Dil Se, for which she won the Filmfare Sensational Debut Award.
In 2003, Zinta had two smash hits films, Koi... Mil Gaya and Kal Ho Naa Ho. She is the most successful actresses in Bollywood, having made it without any relation to the industry. In the year of 2003, she won many awards for her role as "Naina" in the film, Kal Ho Naa Ho. She also won herself another Filmfare Award but this time in the popular award category. Since then she has appeared in two other box office hits Veer zara and Salaam Namaste.
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."
In 2005 she appearred Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna with an ensemble cast including Amitabh Bachchan, Shahrukh Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Rani Mukerji and Kirron Kher. The film became one of the biggest box office hits.
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. She was criticised for her performance; The Times of India wrote that "she is too plastic as the Paki-Brit girl".
Later in 2007, Zinta began working with art film directors, and turned towards neo-realistic movies, known in India as parallel cinema. She acted in her first English film, Rituparno Ghosh's The Last Lear, as a struggling theatre actress opposite Amitabh Bachchan. The film premiered at the 2007 Toronto International Film Festival, and was received well.
In April 2008, Zinta has completed shooting for Jahnu Barua's drama Har Pall, as well as Deepa Mehta's Canadian movie Heaven on Earth, a Punjabi language drama based on the true story of a non-resident Indian battered wife.
Awards:
1999 - Filmfare Best Female Debut for 'Dil Se & Soldier'
2004 - Filmfare Best Actress for Kal Ho Naa Ho
1999 - Star Screen Most Promising Newcomer - Female for Soldier
2005 - Star Screen Jodi No. 1(along with Shahrukh Khan) for Veer-Zaara
2008 - Silver Hugo - Best Actress for Heaven on Earth
2004 - International Indian Film Academy Award - Best Actress for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005 - Style Diva of the Year
2006 - Glamorous Star Award
2004 - Star of the Year - Female for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005 - Star of the Year - Female for Veer-Zaara
2001 - Sansui Best Actress Award for Kya Kehna
2004 - Sansui Best Actress Award for Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005 - Most Stylish Actress Female for Veer-Zaara
2006 - Most Stylish Actor Female for Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Other Awards:
2002 - Walt Disney Children's Awards - Best Actress for Dil Chahta Hai
2004 - Star's Sabsey Favorite Kaun Awards - Favourite Heroine Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004 - MTV Immies - Best Actress - Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004 - MTV Immies - Best Actress - Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004 - Pogo Awards - "Most Amazing Actress" - Kal Ho Naa Ho
2004 - Chhoton Ka Funda Award - Best Actress - Koi... Mil Gaya
2004 - Asian Guild Awards - Best Actress - Koi... Mil Gaya
2004 - FICCI Hall of FRAMES Awards - Best Actress - Kal Ho Naa Ho
2005 - BBC Film Caf? Awards - Best Actress - Veer-Zaara
2006 - Sports World Awards - "Jodi of the Year" (along with Saif Ali Khan) Salaam Namaste
2007 - AIFA Awards - Best Supporting Actress - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
2007 - Planet Bollywood People's Choice - Best Supporting Actress - Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
Name : Preity Zinta
Birth Name : Preeti Zinta
Nickname : Preetam Singh
Date of Birth : January 31, 1975
Birth of place : Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, India
Height : 5'5"
Father : Durganand Zinta
Mother : Nilaprabha Zinta
Brothers : Deepankar and Manish
School Days : Jesus and Mary boarding school in Shimla
College Days : St Bede's College in Bombay University
Profession : Actress
Debut Film : Dil Se (Hindi)
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