Preity Zinta filmography

Preity Zinta at a promotional event for Jaan-E-Mann (2006)

Preity Zinta is an Indian actress known for her work in Bollywood films. She made her debut in 1998 with a supporting role in the drama Dil Se.. and 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]

In 2001, Zinta featured in the dramedy Dil Chahta Hai, which is cited in the media as a defining film of Hindi cinema.^[7] Later that year, she portrayed a prostitute-turned-surrogate in the romantic drama Chori Chori Chupke Chupke.^[8] Her only screen appearance of 2002 was in the box-office flop Dil Hai Tumhaara.^[5][9] 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.^[10] She played a negative role in the romantic drama Armaan, which saw her portray a rich, schizophrenic woman.^[11] Following this, she starred in two blockbusters—the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya and the drama Kal Ho Naa Ho.^[12] For the latter, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.^[13]

Zinta played a journalist in the 2004 war drama Lakshya, which performed poorly at the box-office.^[14] Also in 2004, she played the titular female role in Yash Chopra's star-crossed romance Veer-Zaara opposite Shah Rukh Khan.^[15] The film emerged as the year's highest grossing Bollywood film.^[16] She then appeared in the 2005 romantic comedy Salaam Namaste and the 2006 ensemble drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, both of which performed well outside India.^[17][18] While she played a radio jockey in Salaam Namaste,^[19] Zinta was seen as an unhappily married woman in the latter.^[3][20] She followed it with roles in the commercial failures Jaan-E-Mann (2006) and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007).^[21][22] 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,^[23] under which she produced and starred in the 2013 romantic comedy Ishkq in Paris, which performed poorly at the box-office.^[24]

Film

Title	Year	Role	Director(s)	Notes	Ref.
Dil Se..	1998	Preeti Nair	Mani Ratnam	Filmfare Award for Best Female Debut (also for Soldier) Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	[25] [26] [27]
Soldier	1998	Preity	Abbas-Mustan		[1] [28]
Premante Idera	1998	Shailu	Jayanth C. Paranjee	Telugu film Dubbed into Hindi as Dulhan Dilwale Ki	[29]
Raja Kumarudu	1999	Rani	K. Raghavendra Rao	Telugu film Dubbed into Hindi as Prince No. 1	[29]
Sangharsh	1999	Reet Oberoi	Tanuja Chandra		[30]
Dillagi	1999	Rani	Sunny Deol	Guest appearance	[31]
Kya Kehna	2000	Priya Bakshi	Kundan Shah	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[32] [33]
Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega	2000	Jahnvi	Raj Kanwar		[34]
Mission Kashmir	2000	Sufiya Parvez	Vidhu Vinod Chopra		[35]
Farz	2001	Kajal Singh	Raj Kanwar		[36]
Chori Chori Chupke Chupke	2001	Madhubala	Abbas-Mustan	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	[37] [38]
Dil Chahta Hai	2001	Shalini	Farhan Akhtar		[39]
Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke	2001	Sakshi	Deepak Shivdasani		[40]
Dil Hai Tumhaara	2002	Shalu	Kundan Shah		[41]
Hero: Love Story of a Spy, TheThe Hero: Love Story of a Spy	2003	Reshma (Ruksar)	Anil Sharma		[42]
Armaan	2003	Sonia Kapoor	Honey Irani	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Performance in a Negative Role	[11] [43]
Koi... Mil Gaya	2003	Nisha	Rakesh Roshan	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[44] [45]
Kal Ho Naa Ho	2003	Naina Catherine Kapur	Nikhil Advani	Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[1] [46]
Lakshya	2004	Romila Dutta	Farhan Akhtar		[47]
Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa	2004	Dr. Parineeta	Atul Agnihotri		[48]
Veer-Zaara	2004	Zaara Haayat Khan	Yash Chopra	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[49] [50]
Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen	2005	Priti Damani	Harmesh Malhotra		[51]
Salaam Namaste	2005	Ambar 'Amby' Malhotra	Siddharth Anand	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Actress	[52] [53]
Alag	2006	—	Jim Mulligan Ashu Trikha	Special appearance in song "Sabse Alag"	[54]
Krrish	2006	Nisha	Rakesh Roshan	Special appearance	[55]
Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna	2006	Rhea Saran	Karan Johar	Nominated—Filmfare Award for Best Supporting Actress	[56] [57]
Jaan-E-Mann	2006	Piya Goyal	Shrish Kunder		[58]
Jhoom Barabar Jhoom	2007	Alvira Khan	Shaad Ali		[59]
Last Lear, TheThe Last Lear	2007	Shabnam	Rituparno Ghosh	English language film	[60] [61]
Om Shanti Om	2007	Herself	Farah Khan	Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi"	[62]
Har Pal	2008	Runa	Jahnu Barua	Unreleased	[63]
Heaven on Earth	2008	Chand	Deepa Mehta	Punjabi language Canadian film Dubbed into Hindi as Videsh	[64] [65]
Heroes	2008	Kuljeet Kaur	Samir Karnik		[66]
Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi	2008	—	Aditya Chopra	Special appearance in song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte"	[67]
Kamaal Kayeel Raja	2009	Jaanu	Unknown	Bhojpuri film	[68] [69]
Main Aurr Mrs Khanna	2009	Haseena Jagmagia	Prem Soni	Special appearance	[70]
Ishkq in Paris	2013	Ishkq	Prem Raj	Also producer and writer	[71]
Happy Ending	2014	Divya	Raj & DK	Cameo	[72]
Bhaiyyaji Superhitt	TBA	TBA	Neeraj Pathak	Filming, as of 2014	[73]

Television

Title	Year	Role	Channel	Notes	Ref.
Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega	2011	Host	Colors	Co-hosted with Shabbir Ahluwalia	[74]
Up Close & Personal with PZ	2011	Host	UTV Stars		[75]
Nach Baliye	2015	Judge	Star Plus	Season 7	[76]

See also

• List of awards and nominations received by Preity Zinta

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External links

• Preity Zinta at the Internet Movie Database