Preity Zinta filmography
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Preity G Zinta is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi films. She made her debut in 1998 with a supporting role in the drama Dil Se... Later that year, she starred in the commercially successful thriller Soldier.[1][2] For the films, she won a Filmfare Award in the Best Female Debut category.[1] In 1999, Zinta played the role of a CBI officer in the psychological thriller Sangharsh.[3] She followed this with the role of a teenage single mother in the Kundan Shah-directed drama Kya Kehna (2000),[1][3] a sleeper hit.[4][5] That same year, she starred in the romance Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, and the crime drama Mission Kashmir, the third highest grossing Bollywood film of the year.[6][7]

In 2001, Zinta featured in the dramedy Dil Chahta Hai, which is cited in the media as a defining film of Hindi cinema.[8] Later that year, she portrayed a prostitute-turned-surrogate in the romantic drama Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.[9] Her only screen appearance of 2002 was in the box-office flop Dil Hai Tumhaara.[5][10] Zinta featured in four films in 2003. Her first role of the year was opposite Sunny Deol in Anil Sharma's drama The Hero—the most expensive Bollywood film to that point.[11] She played a negative role in the romantic drama Armaan, which saw her portray a rich, schizophrenic woman.[12] Following this, she starred in two blockbusters—the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya and the drama Kal Ho Naa Ho.[13] For the latter, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.[14]

Zinta played a journalist in the 2004 war drama Lakshya, which performed poorly at the box-office.[15] Also in 2004, she played the titular female role in Yash Chopra's star-crossed romance Veer-Zaara opposite Shah Rukh Khan.[16] The film emerged as the year's highest grossing Bollywood film.[17] She then appeared in the 2005 romantic comedy Salaam Namaste and the 2006 romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, both of which performed well outside India.[18][19] While she played a radio jockey in Salaam Namaste,[20] Zinta was seen as an unhappily married woman in the latter.[3][21] She followed it with roles in the commercial failures Jaan-E-Mann (2006) and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007).[22][23] Zinta appeared in the Canadian film Heaven on Earth (2008), her first international production.[1]

In 2011, Zinta hosted the reality show Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega and the chat show Up Close & Personal with PZ. That same year, she also launched her production company, PZNZ Media,[24] under which she produced and starred in the 2013 romantic comedy Ishkq in Paris, which performed poorly at the box-office.[25]

Films[edit]

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes 1998 Dil Se.. Preeti Nair Mani Ratnam [26]

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[28] Premante Idera Shailu Jayanth C. Paranjee Telugu film [29] Soldier Preity Abbas–Mustan [1]

[30] 1999 Raja Kumarudu Rani K. Raghavendra Rao Telugu film [29] Sangharsh Reet Oberoi Tanuja Chandra [31] Dillagi Rani Sunny Deol Guest appearance [32] 2000 Kya Kehna Priya Bakshi Kundan Shah [33]

[34] Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega Jahnvi Raj Kanwar [35] Mission Kashmir Sufiya Parvez/Sufiya Altaf Khan Vidhu Vinod Chopra [36] 2001 Farz Kajal Singh Raj Kanwar [37] Chori Chori Chupke Chupke Madhubala Abbas–Mustan [38]

[39] Dil Chahta Hai Shalini Farhan Akhtar [40] Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke Sakshi Deepak Shivdasani [41] 2002 Dil Hai Tumhaara Shalu Kundan Shah [42] 2003 Reshma (Ruksar) Anil Sharma [43] Armaan Sonia Kapoor Honey Irani [12]

[44] Koi... Mil Gaya Nisha Malhotra Rakesh Roshan [45]

[46] Kal Ho Naa Ho Naina Catherine Kapur Nikhil Advani [1]

[47] 2004 Lakshya Romila Dutta Farhan Akhtar [48] Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa Dr. Parineeta Atul Agnihotri [49] Veer-Zaara Zaara Hayaat Khan Yash Chopra [50]

[51] 2005 Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen Priti Damani Harmesh Malhotra [52] Salaam Namaste Ambar 'Amby' Malhotra Siddharth Anand [53]

[54] 2006 Alag — Jim Mulligan

Ashu Trikha Special appearance in song "Sabse Alag" [55] Krrish Nisha Malhotra Rakesh Roshan Special appearance [56] Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna Rhea Saran Karan Johar [57]

[58] Jaan-E-Mann Piya Goyal Shrish Kunder [59] 2007 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Alvira Khan Shaad Ali [60] Shabnam Rituparno Ghosh English language film [61]

[62] Om Shanti Om Herself Farah Khan Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi" [63] 2008 Heaven on Earth Chand Deepa Mehta English language Canadian film [64]

[65] Heroes Kuljeet Kaur Samir Karnik [66] Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi — Aditya Chopra Special appearance in song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte" [67] 2009 Main Aurr Mrs Khanna Haseena Jagmagia Prem Soni Special appearance [68] 2013 Ishkq in Paris Ishkq Prem Raj Also producer and writer [69] 2014 Happy Ending Divya Raj & DK Cameo appearance [70] 2018 Welcome to New York Herself Cameo appearance [71] Bhaiaji Superhit Sapna Dubey Neeraj Pathak [72] 2024 Lahore 1947 † TBA Rajkumar Santoshi Filming [73]

Television[edit]

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s) Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega 2011 Host [74] Up Close & Personal with PZ 2011 Host [75] Nach Baliye 2015 Judge Season 7 [76] Fresh Off the Boat 2020 Meena Episode "The Magic Motor Inn" [77] The Night Manager 2023 Producer

See also[edit]

List of awards and nominations received by Preity Zinta

References[edit]

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