Preity Zinta, who was initially found by director Shekhar Kapur, made her debut in Mani Ratnam’s Dil Se in 1998. Starring alongside Shah Rukh Khan and Manisha Koirala within the drama, the actor received the discover of followers and filmmakers even in a supporting position. Along together with her main position in Soldier (1998) reverse Bobby Deol, she received the Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut for each movies. Soon, she made her mark as one of many high feminine actors within the 2000s. (Also learn: Preity Zinta takes followers on tour of her ‘ghar ki kheti’ in LA, exhibits recent apples: ‘Reminds me of my dwelling’)
The actor, who turns 48 on January 31, had quite a few hits with robust roles in movies like Kya Kehna (2000), Chori Chori Chupke Chupke (2001), Dil Chahta Hai (2001), Dil Hai Tumhaara (2002) and Armaan (2003). Starring as soon as once more with Shah Rukh in Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003), she picked up Filmfare Award for Best Actress for her efficiency as Naina within the Karan Johar movie. Other hits that decade included Koi… Mil Gaya (2003), Veer-Zaara (2004), Salaam Namaste (2005) and Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006).
But within the years after that Preity took on much less work and appeared in fewer movies. She then moved on to concentrate on her new position, as co-owner of the Punjab Kings within the Indian Premier League (IPL). Preity additionally owns the Stellenbosch Kings which is a part of the Mzansi Super League in South Africa in addition to the Saint Lucia Kings group within the Caribbean Premier League (CPL).
In a 2012 interview with India Today, the actor spoke about her choice to show group proprietor within the IPL. She shared, “When you reach a place of stagnation, you move to another zone. I had worked with the best of filmmakers, producers weren’t giving me earthy or rural roles. And I did not want to be limited to NRI, bubble-gum-babe roles. So I thought, now what?”
She added, “That’s when the idea of a cricket club came to me. At the time, it meant an investment of five million dollars which I thought I could do. Once I bought the team, I went to Harvard Business School. I did everything I could to learn this business and then I got obsessed with IPL!”
She was final seen within the long-delayed motion comedy Bhaiaji Superhit (2018) together with Sunny Deol, Arshad Warsi and Ameesha Patel. The actor married businessman Gene Goodenough on February 29, 2016 and now resides primarily in Los Angeles. They welcomed twins, son Jai and daughter Gia, by surrogacy in 2021.
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