Saturday, May 26, 2007

Preity Zinta












Biography

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.Zinta has primarily acted in mainstream cinema having the biggest hits of the last years, but has also done some critically acclaimed films.Today, she has the highest number of grossing films than any other actress of her generation.

Zinta met Shekhar Kapur when she accompanied her friend to an audition and was 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 Soldierand Sangharsh, which did not do well at the Box Office, but gained her recognition as an actress. Zinta also starred in two Telugu films.

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