Preity Zinta is smiling away from the camera.
Preity Zinta at a promotional event for Jaan-E-Mann (2006)

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

Year Title Role Director(s) Notes Ref(s)
1998 Dil Se.. Preeti Nair Mani Ratnam Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (also for Soldier)
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress 		[26]
[27]
[28]
Premante Idera Shailu Jayanth C. Paranjee Telugu film
Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress – Telugu 		[29]
Soldier Preity Abbas–Mustan Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (also for Dil Se..) [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 Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [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 Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress [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 The Hero: Love Story of a Spy Reshma (Ruksar) Anil Sharma [43]
Armaan Sonia Kapoor Honey Irani Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role [12]
[44]
Koi... Mil Gaya Nisha Malhotra Rakesh Roshan Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [45]
[46]
Kal Ho Naa Ho Naina Catherine Kapur Nikhil Advani Filmfare Award for Best Actress [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 Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [50]
[51]
2005 Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen Priti Damani Harmesh Malhotra [52]
Salaam Namaste Ambar 'Amby' Malhotra Siddharth Anand Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress [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 Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress [57]
[58]
Jaan-E-Mann Piya Goyal Shrish Kunder [59]
2007 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom Alvira Khan Shaad Ali [60]
The Last Lear 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 Chakri Toleti Cameo appearance [71]
Bhaiaji Superhit Sapna Dubey Neeraj Pathak [72]

Television

Title Year Role Notes Ref(s)
Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega 2011 Host [73]
Up Close & Personal with PZ 2011 Host [74]
Nach Baliye 2015 Judge Season 7 [75]
Fresh Off the Boat 2020 Meena Episode "The Magic Motor Inn" [76]
The Night Manager 2023 Producer

See also

References

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