Wishing Preity Zinta a very happy Birthday
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The bubbly Bollywood actress Preity Zinta turns 37 today. Zinta was born on 31 January 1975 into a Hindu Rajput family from Rohru in Shimla district, Himachal Pradesh. Her father, Durganand Zinta, was an officer in the Indian Army. He died in a car accident when she was 13 years old; the accident also involved her mother, Nilprabha, who was severely injured and consequently remained bedridden for two years.
She is not from film background but forayed into Bollywood through Dil Se in 1998 after graduating in Criminal Psychology. There was no stopping for this bubbly actress after tasting the Bollywood waters.
Having made her debut with Mani Ratnam's Dil Se, Preity Zinta shook the entire cinegoer crowd with her on-screen question rendition of 'Are you a virgin?' to none other than the 'Baadshah' of Bollywood...Shahrukh Khan, no less! What followed after Dil Se were films that were no less than hits, super hits and smash hits! A few examples of the same read as Soldier, Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega, Mission Kashmir, Dil Chahta Hai, Koi Mil Gaya, Kal Ho Na Ho, Kabhi Alvida Na Kehna, Heroes etc.
Preity would be seen on celluloid after almost a gap of two years with her maiden home production ‘Ishkq in Paris’.
Apart from the films and IPL, Preity has been involved with a lot of charitable and social work like AIDS awareness campaigns and campaigns against female infanticide in India. She has also written some columns for BBC News Online, highlighting the problems faced by women in India.
We wish Preity a warmest Happy Birthday, and wish that her dream to win the IPL comes true this Year. We also wish her that she has a great year ahead.