Preity Zinta has worked with the biggest stars, and chosen to play some of the most distinct characters onscreen. She stole our hearts with films like Mission Kashmir, Kal Ho Naa Ho, Veer Zaara, and became Bollywood’s most favourite ‘bubbly’ heroine. The actor dared to pick up roles that were ahead of her time, and which did not fit into the description of a ‘good girl’, with films like Salaam Namaste, Kya Kehna, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke and more.
As Preity Zinta turns a year older, we celebrate some of her most memorable songs with this jukebox:
Preity Zinta marked her acting debut on the big screen with Shah Rukh Khan starrer Dil Se in 1998, and went on to work with Bobby Deol in Soldier in the same year.
On 29 February 2016, Zinta married her long-time American partner Gene Goodenough.
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