Full Name: Preity ZintaProfession: Actress
Education: Graduated in Psychology
Star Sign: Aquarius
DOB: January 31st
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 52 kgs.
Status: Single
Known For: Her Gorgeous Smile
Debut Film: Dil Se
First Hit Film: Soldier with Bobby Deol
Most Serious Role(s): In Sangharsh where she takes Askhay's support to fight Ashutosh Rana.
Awards & Achievements: Best Debut Award for Soldier
Education: Graduated in Psychology
Star Sign: Aquarius
DOB: January 31st
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 52 kgs.
Status: Single
Known For: Her Gorgeous Smile
Debut Film: Dil Se
First Hit Film: Soldier with Bobby Deol
Most Serious Role(s): In Sangharsh where she takes Askhay's support to fight Ashutosh Rana.
Awards & Achievements: Best Debut Award for Soldier
Birthday : January 31st
Sun sign : Aquarius
Ambition : "I want to bring a change and do something new and different in my profession, but in the beginning I’ll have to toe line, I want to be known as a performer not a star."
Plus point : "I am easy to work with and get along well with almost everybody."
Minus point : "My Hindi direction is screwed up, I blink too much and I have no technical knowledge of film making."
Colour which definese : "Electric blue - it’s so energising."
Favourite cuss word : "Shit."
Most often used word : "I am versatile. I don’t repeat myself."
As an actress : "I want to be like Sridevi & I want to do both glamorous and non-glamorous roles like Manisha Koirala, I don’t want to called just a pretty bimbo."
Love life : "I am single and desperately looking for a good man in my life. I did have major crushes when I was younger but no serious relationship."
Idols : "Guru Dutt, Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman and Sridevi.’
I came on earth as : " A love child."
I get turned on by : Raw emotion
I dig : Ice-creams.
I confess : I’m not perfect.
I want to possess : A Villa in the South of France.
I maintain myself by : Do you think I’m maintained?
I weigh : 52 kgs.
I’m the biggest fan of : Al Pacino.
I refuse to share : my personal life.
What fascinates me : Nature.
My relationship with God : He’s on my team.
Favourite perfume : Envy, Gucci for Men.
Favourite commercial : Lee Cooper Jeans.
Favourite outfit : String pyjamas.
School was : A beautiful memory.
My craziest fan : I don’t know yet.
Favourite holiday spot : Greece, New Zealand, Vienna.
Best place to eat : My mum’s kitchen.
Last words before sleep : Good night.
My complete man should be : A Raymond Man.
I’d like to wake up : In the Afternoon.
ON SCHOOL...
"I studied at the Jesus and Mary Simla Convent School, and then I went to St Bedes College. I was always involved in elocutions, dramatics, debates, basketball, which I loved. I had so much fun. We did the craziest things.
ON WHAT SHE WANTED TO GROW INTO...
Whenever I came across something that influenced me, I wanted to be that. So it varied from an astronaut, airhostess, army girl, to truck driver. Once, I wanted to be a nun - my mother wanted me to change schools after that...
ON STARDOM OVER TALENT...
Being a star is fabulous, but if you're a good actress and a star, it's a different thing altogether. It's good acting that will stand out, rather than just star appeal. I want to be both - a good actress and a star.
ON HER FIRST ENCOUNTERS WITH BOLLYWOOD...
Shekhar Kapur's Tara Rum Pam Pam was the first film I signed. I met him and he asked me to audition. At that point, I wasn't sure, so I said I didn't really want to audition. But I did, and two weeks later, he called me and asked me to do the movie.
ON HOW THINGS TOOK OFF FROM THERE...
Then came Kya Kehna, actually I did a screen test for that with Akshaye Khanna. Then came Dil Se and Farz; Sangharsh came somewhere in the middle. What I am looking forward to now is Dil Hai Tumhara directed by Kundan Shah, produced by Tips, where I'm starring along with Rekha, Arjun Ramphal, Mahima and Jimmy Shergill. Then there's Koi Milgaya, produced by Rakesh Roshan, starring Hrithik.
ON HAVING DIMPLES AND BEING CONSIDERED A NATURAL FLIRT...
Well, I didn't know all dimpled girls are natural flirts - I think I am a flirt if I like some one. Of course I am a flirt. Flirting is very healthy, for everybody, for your self-boost. It's good for your ego, for the other person's ego… But I also think it's the woman's prerogative to draw the line. So luckily, the ball is in my court, which I'm quite happy about. It's a state of mind, when you're happy you smile more. My whole family has dimples - my father did, my mom has a cleft.
ON SHOPPING...
Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! I've always been a shoe person - I love clothes and bags and belts, but shoes, I'll die for. I love to buy shoes all the time!
ON FITNESS...
I used to be into fitness! In fact, I was really fit, but then during Sangharsh, I broke my leg and was bedridden for six weeks. All I could do was sit with my leg in plaster, and watch movies. Every movie I saw I wrote down on my plaster, so by the end of the six weeks, the plaster was full of movie titles. And I ate like a pig - just ate and ate and ate, watching three movies a day. I put on a lot of weight, after which I was shooting non-stop. Then I saw myself on screen and had a heart attack!
ON A COMING-OF-AGE EXPERIENCE...
I lost my father when I was 13-years-old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved.
Sun sign : Aquarius
Ambition : "I want to bring a change and do something new and different in my profession, but in the beginning I’ll have to toe line, I want to be known as a performer not a star."
Plus point : "I am easy to work with and get along well with almost everybody."
Minus point : "My Hindi direction is screwed up, I blink too much and I have no technical knowledge of film making."
Colour which definese : "Electric blue - it’s so energising."
Favourite cuss word : "Shit."
Most often used word : "I am versatile. I don’t repeat myself."
As an actress : "I want to be like Sridevi & I want to do both glamorous and non-glamorous roles like Manisha Koirala, I don’t want to called just a pretty bimbo."
Love life : "I am single and desperately looking for a good man in my life. I did have major crushes when I was younger but no serious relationship."
Idols : "Guru Dutt, Madhubala, Waheeda Rehman and Sridevi.’
I came on earth as : " A love child."
I get turned on by : Raw emotion
I dig : Ice-creams.
I confess : I’m not perfect.
I want to possess : A Villa in the South of France.
I maintain myself by : Do you think I’m maintained?
I weigh : 52 kgs.
I’m the biggest fan of : Al Pacino.
I refuse to share : my personal life.
What fascinates me : Nature.
My relationship with God : He’s on my team.
Favourite perfume : Envy, Gucci for Men.
Favourite commercial : Lee Cooper Jeans.
Favourite outfit : String pyjamas.
School was : A beautiful memory.
My craziest fan : I don’t know yet.
Favourite holiday spot : Greece, New Zealand, Vienna.
Best place to eat : My mum’s kitchen.
Last words before sleep : Good night.
My complete man should be : A Raymond Man.
I’d like to wake up : In the Afternoon.
ON SCHOOL...
"I studied at the Jesus and Mary Simla Convent School, and then I went to St Bedes College. I was always involved in elocutions, dramatics, debates, basketball, which I loved. I had so much fun. We did the craziest things.
ON WHAT SHE WANTED TO GROW INTO...
Whenever I came across something that influenced me, I wanted to be that. So it varied from an astronaut, airhostess, army girl, to truck driver. Once, I wanted to be a nun - my mother wanted me to change schools after that...
ON STARDOM OVER TALENT...
Being a star is fabulous, but if you're a good actress and a star, it's a different thing altogether. It's good acting that will stand out, rather than just star appeal. I want to be both - a good actress and a star.
ON HER FIRST ENCOUNTERS WITH BOLLYWOOD...
Shekhar Kapur's Tara Rum Pam Pam was the first film I signed. I met him and he asked me to audition. At that point, I wasn't sure, so I said I didn't really want to audition. But I did, and two weeks later, he called me and asked me to do the movie.
ON HOW THINGS TOOK OFF FROM THERE...
Then came Kya Kehna, actually I did a screen test for that with Akshaye Khanna. Then came Dil Se and Farz; Sangharsh came somewhere in the middle. What I am looking forward to now is Dil Hai Tumhara directed by Kundan Shah, produced by Tips, where I'm starring along with Rekha, Arjun Ramphal, Mahima and Jimmy Shergill. Then there's Koi Milgaya, produced by Rakesh Roshan, starring Hrithik.
ON HAVING DIMPLES AND BEING CONSIDERED A NATURAL FLIRT...
Well, I didn't know all dimpled girls are natural flirts - I think I am a flirt if I like some one. Of course I am a flirt. Flirting is very healthy, for everybody, for your self-boost. It's good for your ego, for the other person's ego… But I also think it's the woman's prerogative to draw the line. So luckily, the ball is in my court, which I'm quite happy about. It's a state of mind, when you're happy you smile more. My whole family has dimples - my father did, my mom has a cleft.
ON SHOPPING...
Shoes! Shoes! Shoes! I've always been a shoe person - I love clothes and bags and belts, but shoes, I'll die for. I love to buy shoes all the time!
ON FITNESS...
I used to be into fitness! In fact, I was really fit, but then during Sangharsh, I broke my leg and was bedridden for six weeks. All I could do was sit with my leg in plaster, and watch movies. Every movie I saw I wrote down on my plaster, so by the end of the six weeks, the plaster was full of movie titles. And I ate like a pig - just ate and ate and ate, watching three movies a day. I put on a lot of weight, after which I was shooting non-stop. Then I saw myself on screen and had a heart attack!
ON A COMING-OF-AGE EXPERIENCE...
I lost my father when I was 13-years-old. He was a great man, my father, and very intelligent. I love him very much. I believe it's very important that parents have a personal connection with their children. It helps kids feel more secure, have a feeling of family, makes them feel loved.
Biography
She’s the Liril girl with the dimpled smile. The Zinta with the zing. As fresh as the soap she endorsed and as perky-looking as the Perk she modelled for.
She’s hails from the north but presently has made aamchi Mumbai her home. Her debut film ‘Dil Se’ has hit the big screen already while her next releases are Soldier with Bobby Deol, Kya Yehi Pyar Hai with Chandrachur Singh and an untitled Telugu film with Venkatesh.
She’s also been pencilled in to work in Shekhar Kapur’s Tara Rum Pum Pum. Wanna know more about her? Here she is talking about herself.
I’ve always been a people’s person. Perhaps that’s why before gravitating towards films, I graduated in psychology.
Now I interact daily with so many individuals of different temperaments. It’s fascinating to watch their strengths and weaknesses.
Actually, I flipped a coin to decide whether I should ever think about acting. I had toodled along with some friends to the Taj Mahal Hotel for the audition of Shekhar Kapur’s Tara Rum Pum Pum. Shekhar asked me to react to the camera. Boy! was I intimidated, I didn’t know what had hit me. I mumbled incoherently. But somehow I was okay as soon as the camera was switched on. I was in a world of my own.
God knows when Shekhar Kapur will make Tara Rum Pum Pum. Now I believe, he’s on to his next film on Nelson Mandela. But I live on hope.
The lows have been the unnecessary controversies and link-ups. I mean one paper wrote that I was having an affair with Ajay Jadeja, if you please. Then I was linked with Chandrachur Singh. It’s crazy. I know Ajay and Rocky ever since I can remember. They are like my buddies.
Recently someone asked me if I’m seeing the trainer of the Indian cricket team. I mean, Andy’s a friend. He’ll probably die of embarrassment if he ever finds out that he’s been linked with me.
Okay, I admit I talk too much. I talk out of turn. I let my tongue run away with my mouth. So most people tend to misunderstand me. Bobby Deol, who’s like family, pulls me up whenever he sees me shooting my mouth off.
Quite a few magazinewallahs ask me if I’m wild. What does that mean? Why can’t they just let me be? If I’m having a cool time at a movie hall or a pub, dancing to music or watching soccer, what’s their problem?
I have loads of energy, I have a positive attitude. I will not change my life just because women in the industry are expected to behave in a certain manner.
My weakness is that I’m a scatterbrain. Also I hate waking up early in the morning. And I think my worst trait is my temper. When I’m angry, instead of words I use my fists.
I was offered this big film with this actor who has a reputation of being obnoxious. I immediately conveyed my apprehensions to the director. I will not pander to anyone’s ego. I’m here to act, not suck up to heroes. No one messes with me.
Maybe my overbearing attitude intimidates men. Perhaps that’s why I don’t have a boyfriend yet. Relationships are too complicated, man. They’re too demanding.
To act, you must know pain. You must know what it means to be in love, what it means to be rejected.
Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean we have to be larger than life. Worse, I’ve seen actors acting off the sets too.
You know what’s the worst part about being an actress? It’s the pressure to look gorgeous all the time and to behave perfectly. But I’m not perfect, nobody is.
She’s hails from the north but presently has made aamchi Mumbai her home. Her debut film ‘Dil Se’ has hit the big screen already while her next releases are Soldier with Bobby Deol, Kya Yehi Pyar Hai with Chandrachur Singh and an untitled Telugu film with Venkatesh.
She’s also been pencilled in to work in Shekhar Kapur’s Tara Rum Pum Pum. Wanna know more about her? Here she is talking about herself.
I’ve always been a people’s person. Perhaps that’s why before gravitating towards films, I graduated in psychology.
Now I interact daily with so many individuals of different temperaments. It’s fascinating to watch their strengths and weaknesses.
Actually, I flipped a coin to decide whether I should ever think about acting. I had toodled along with some friends to the Taj Mahal Hotel for the audition of Shekhar Kapur’s Tara Rum Pum Pum. Shekhar asked me to react to the camera. Boy! was I intimidated, I didn’t know what had hit me. I mumbled incoherently. But somehow I was okay as soon as the camera was switched on. I was in a world of my own.
God knows when Shekhar Kapur will make Tara Rum Pum Pum. Now I believe, he’s on to his next film on Nelson Mandela. But I live on hope.
The lows have been the unnecessary controversies and link-ups. I mean one paper wrote that I was having an affair with Ajay Jadeja, if you please. Then I was linked with Chandrachur Singh. It’s crazy. I know Ajay and Rocky ever since I can remember. They are like my buddies.
Recently someone asked me if I’m seeing the trainer of the Indian cricket team. I mean, Andy’s a friend. He’ll probably die of embarrassment if he ever finds out that he’s been linked with me.
Okay, I admit I talk too much. I talk out of turn. I let my tongue run away with my mouth. So most people tend to misunderstand me. Bobby Deol, who’s like family, pulls me up whenever he sees me shooting my mouth off.
Quite a few magazinewallahs ask me if I’m wild. What does that mean? Why can’t they just let me be? If I’m having a cool time at a movie hall or a pub, dancing to music or watching soccer, what’s their problem?
I have loads of energy, I have a positive attitude. I will not change my life just because women in the industry are expected to behave in a certain manner.
My weakness is that I’m a scatterbrain. Also I hate waking up early in the morning. And I think my worst trait is my temper. When I’m angry, instead of words I use my fists.
I was offered this big film with this actor who has a reputation of being obnoxious. I immediately conveyed my apprehensions to the director. I will not pander to anyone’s ego. I’m here to act, not suck up to heroes. No one messes with me.
Maybe my overbearing attitude intimidates men. Perhaps that’s why I don’t have a boyfriend yet. Relationships are too complicated, man. They’re too demanding.
To act, you must know pain. You must know what it means to be in love, what it means to be rejected.
Acting can truly take a toll on your nerves. I mean we have to be larger than life. Worse, I’ve seen actors acting off the sets too.
You know what’s the worst part about being an actress? It’s the pressure to look gorgeous all the time and to behave perfectly. But I’m not perfect, nobody is.
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