Preity Zinta To Start her chat showon Channel UTV Stars

Preity Zinta To Start her chat showon Channel UTV Stars

After giving up on cricketers for the chat show, the bubbly actress Preity Zinta has now decided to go ahead with her chat show that will have an array of Bollywood stars. The show titled 'Up Close & Personal With PZ' is to be aired on the to-be-launched channel 'UTV Stars'.

And featuring as the show's first guest is none other than Preity's good friend Akshay Kumar, who despite having a choc-a-bloc schedule, made time to be on the show. Reports have it that Preity asked him some personal questions too on the show. Needless to say, Akki was a complete sport when it came to answering those. "Just finished the first day of shooting 4 my show! It was so nice 2 chat with Akki! Full marks 2 him 4 being so amazing & humble," tweeted Preity.

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Neha Dhupia: IPL like a chick flick

Preity Zinta and Shilpa Shetty may be watching the IPL matches live, but Neha Dhupia too is following them fervently back home.

Neha says, “I have always been a big sports fan and have been to several cricket matches, but IPL is so much fun. There are cricketers, filmstars and cheerleaders adding so much glamour to the game. It’s like an entertaining chick flick.When the matches are on, I am glued to the TV screen. Infact if I get a call, I lie and tell them that I am busy in a meeting.” Other Bollywood beauties better watch out, Neha might step into the glam arena and give them tough competition.

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Preity and Neil to feature in a timepiece ad

It is not only films where young actors are being paired opposite older actresses. After working in films with Rimii Sen and Bipasha Basu, Neil is now teaming up with an actress older than him for an ad film.

He is endorsing an Italian luxury watch with Preity Zinta. The actress shot for the ad two days before leaving for the IPL in South Africa.

Says a source from the brand, "Neil was the only option for this ad because of his international looks.

His stubble gives him a rugged look, which is what the client was looking for. And Priety was selected for her strong presence in the international market and for her sophistication."

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Genelia outsmarts Rani and Preity

Rani Mukherjee and Preity Zinta are getting old. Unlike smart cookie Aishwarya who’s still getting the best of films, these two have restricted themselves to different roles (of course because of a lack of offers).

It’s worse for ‘once upon a time queen of hearts’ Rani Mukherjee who made the major mistake of confining herself to the Yash Raj camp and has hardly any good role to talk about. Except of course about her dear Aditya Chopra's films.

She is losing endorsements to younger actresses left, right and centre and so is Preity. Their loss has turned out to be somebody else’s gain. After the success of Jaane Tu Ya Jaane Na, Genelia D’ Souza has found her feet back in Bollywood.

Genelia had moved to South when she failed to make a mark in Bollywood with her first film Tujhe Meri Kasam with rumoured boyfriend Riteish Deshmukh. Masti did nothing to her either. But now things have changed. Apart from big offers, movies with John Abraham and good filmmakers, she has become a hot favourite in the ad world as well.

The cute and petite Genelia has ad makers fighting it out for her. She is endorsing products that our ‘A-league’ Bollywood actresses once used to endorse. This includes Rani and Preity. Genelia is now the face of brands like Vatika hair oil and Fair and Lovely. After replacing Rani in the Fanta commercial, Genelia has now replaced Bollywood’s bubbly Zinta in the Cadbury Perk commercial.

Genie baby is clearly a young face and is great in-demand. Rani and Preity and the ilk have a lot to worry about.

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Preity Zinta looks beyond Commercial Success

Commercial success is always welcome. But Preity Zinta has now reached a point in her acting career where she longs for more than that.In an industry where growth is equated with box office success, Preity has set a new parameter for herself. She is looking out for roles that help her in personal growth and she claims her role in Deepa Mehta’s film Videsh was one such.

“I had reached the stage in my career where I felt I was stagnating. Of course, the commercial hits were raining and it was great but somewhere inside me I felt 'where is my growth'?" the actress is quoted by a news agency.

Having had her share of commercial hits in the early part of her career, Preity is now aiming at films that would remain etched in people’s memory.

“Today with commercial hits people remember you for a year or two but when I am old or dead what are the films that I will be known for? I want to have a body of work that inspires the actor inside me and helps me grow in my craft,” the actress added.

Preity has already worked in offbeat films like The Last Lear , ‘Videsh’ or Heaven on Earth and Har Pall .

Directed by Deepa Mehta , ‘Videsh’ has Preity playing a Punjabi housewife who overcomes the trauma of an abusive marriage through her spirituality and imagination.

The film hits the theatres this Friday.

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Deepa rains praises on Preity Zinta

Deepa Mehta is Ready with her new outing Heaven On Earth, which has been dubbed in Hindi for the Indian audiences. The Hindi version is called Videsh. A lot many people are under the impression that the film is filmed in English and dubbed in Hindi and Punjabi languages for the Indian market.

"It's filmed in Punjabi, not English. I let the subject material decide the language of that film. Videsh is about a Punjabi family living in Canada and I couldn't think of making it in any other language," Deepa clarifies.

A lot of filmmakers feel that the film loses its original flavour when dubbed in other languages. "I agree," Deepa says, "But if the director is present all through the dubbing session, supervising every bit of it, it doesn't lose the flavour. I was present for every actor's dubbing, when we decided to dub the film in Hindi. The dubbed version is equally amazing."

Everyone's talking of preity zinta and newcomer Vansh Bharadwaj's powerful performances in the film. "Preity has delivered a world class performance. She's electrifying. What I like about her is that she's so well prepared when she walks on the sets. Vansh is equally dynamic. I took the decision of casting him in a split second and when I look back, I am glad I took the right decision. He's an incredible talent," Deepa states.

Deepa and Aamir Khan worked together in Earth, but never got back after this film. "That's because I couldn't find the right subject. Aamir is a great actor and I really enjoyed working with him. I liked him in Ghajini, he was terrific. But there has to be a story that excites both of us," she adds.

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Preity Zinta Nominated for Genie Awards

After her power packed performance in The Last Lear, Preity Zinta, has again proved her mettle by getting nominated for Deepa Mehta's Heaven On Earth yet again.

The actor has been nominated for the internationally acclaimed Genie Awards. She has been nominated under the 'Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role' category; the film has also been nominated for Best Original Screenplay.

The spunky babe will be rubbing shoulders with Hollywood biggies like Susan Sarandon and Ellen Burstyn who have been nominated for Emotional Arithmetic and The Stone Angel respectively. But what makes this news big is the fact that Preity's nomination is the first ever nomination by an Indian in these awards. The nominations were announced by The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) recently.

The awards will be announced on the 4th of April at Ottawa in Canada.

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No Pink Chaddi for Preity Zinta

Preity Zinta has never shied away from speaking her mind, however the feisty lady gets annoyed when her strength is mistaken for lack of sensitivity.

"If I am strong, does not mean I am not sensitive. I am a woman and do voice my concern over injustice done to women but that does not make me a bra burning psychotic chick", said Preity when we asked her if she considers herself as a feminist!

Wonder if Ram Sena chief Mutalik would receive one pink chaddi from PZ, too.

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Preity Zinta’s Loud Party on her Birthday

Mumbai Police played party pooper at Bollywood actress Preity Zinta's birthday bash after slum-dwellers in the neighbourhood complained of loud music early Sunday morning. A police patrol team 'called on' Zinta's flat in Quantum Park building in Bandra and ordered them to turn down the volume of the loudspeakers following complaints from other residents in the area, around 2 a.m., an official of Khar police station told IANS here. The police official said that the actress will be penalised as per the provisions for flouting noise pollution rules. A local resident, Irfan Shaikh, said that very loud music was played in the party which started late Saturday and continued till the early hours Sunday. "Whenever there is music or programmes in the slum areas, these people in big buildings complain against us and we have to shell out large fines. We also get disturbed and so we complained to the police," he told media persons here Sunday morning. Shaikh claimed that initially the police did not respond to their calls for help. It was only after repeated pleas that they intervened, he said, adding that soon after the police left, the volume was again turned full blast. It is understood that other Bollywood bigwigs, including Shahrukh Khan, Farah Khan, Chunky Pandey and others were present at the birthday bash, which wound up this morning.

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Preity's Noisy party irks neighbours

Mumbai Police played party pooper at Bollywood actress Preity Zinta's birthday bash after slum-dwellers in the neighbourhood complained of loud music on Sunday morning.

A police patrol team 'called on' Zinta's flat in Quantum Park building in Bandra and ordered them to turn down the volume of the loudspeakers following complaints from other residents in the area, around 2 a.m., an official of Khar police station told IANS.

The police official said that the actress will be penalised as per the provisions for flouting noise pollution rules. A local resident, Irfan Shaikh, said that very loud music was played in the party, which started late Saturday and continued till the early hours on Sunday.

"Whenever there is music or programmes in the slum areas, these people in big buildings complain against us and we have to shell out large fines. We also get disturbed and so we complained to the police," he told media persons here on Sunday morning.

Shaikh claimed that initially the police did not respond to their calls for help. It was only after repeated pleas that they intervened, he said, adding that soon after the police left, the volume was again turned full blast. It is understood that other Bollywood bigwigs, including Shah Rukh Khan, Farah Khan, Chunky Pandey and others were present at the birthday bash.

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Madhuri, Preity and Sushmita gunning for Size zero?

It's great to see these glam-sham maam's on the big screen. And it was even more pleasurable to bump into them at this filmi do.

Anyway, the three women - Madhuri Dixit, Preity Zinta, Sushmita Sen - were looking as gorgeous as ever. And yes, they all seem to have lost tons of weight, so much so that we think Mads, Zints, and Sush are soon going to be size zero!

From hero-giri, it's the fad of zero-giri that seems to be taking over our filmi duniya. Hai Ram!

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