Trivia

She narrowly escaped death twice in late 2004, once after an explosion at a Temptation concert in Colombo, and later in the Indian Ocean Tsunami.

Graduated in Psychology

Has won over 4 awards for Kya Kehna (2000) and 7 Awards for Kal Ho Naa Ho (2003).

Very close friends with actor Hrithik Roshan and his wife 'Suzanne Khan'.

Is a major fan of the hit TV series The Simpsons (1989).

Won Best Actress at Stardust Awards for Veer-Zaara (2004).

Her good friends in the industry include Shah Rukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan and Saif Ali Khan.

Her father, Durganand Zinta was an officer in the Indian Army. Durganand Zinta died when Preity was thirteen, in a car accident in which her mother, Nilprabha Zinta was also involved. Her mother was bedridden because of this incident.

Has two brothers, Deepanker Zinta and Manish Zinta, a year older and a year younger respectively. One of her brothers is a commissioned officer in the Indian Army.

Has written three columns for BBC South Asia.

She joined a group of top stars (Shah Rukh Khan, Rani Mukerji, Saif Ali Khan, Arjun Rampal and Priyanka Chopra Jonas) in the Temptation 2004 concert, which was a huge international success.

Niece Maya Zinta debuted in Ishkq In Paris.

In May 2006, along with Karan Johar she received an invitation to represent Bollywood at the Cannes Film Festival. They took this opportunity to promote the film Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna (2006).

Critics began to take notice of her after her performance in Kya Kehna (2000).

Model and TV anchor

Turned down the lead in Marigold (2007).

She won the IIFA Style Diva Award (2005).

Appeared in Manish Malhotra fashion show Freedom (2006).

Was involved with T Series owner Kishen Kumar in 1997.

She has never acted in a Tamil film before, though some of her films like her debut film [Dil Se.. (1998)] and her Telugu film [Raja Kumarudu (1999)] were dubbed in Tamil.

She was offered some Tamil films but rejected them because she was not familiar with that language.

Listed #41 by UK magazine Eastern Eye one of "Asia's Sexiest Women" (Sept/ 2006).

After the release of "Prem Aggan" Partho Gosh had signed Fardeen Khan and Preity Zinta for a film titled " Chaiyaan Chaiyaan". He decided to shelve the film a year later.

When not shooting she used to return to her home town Shimla. She recently moved into her own home in Mumbai, which she bought in mid-2005.

Feroz Khan had signed Preity Zinta for the Hindi remake of Tamil film " Kaaka Kaaka". He was going to produce the film with son Fardeen Khan in the lead. After his demise, Fardeen gave the remake rights to Vipul Shah who made the film as " Force".

Starred in Shekhar Kapur's shelved film "Mantra"(2004), directed by Vishal Bhardwaj.Hrithik Roshan was approached for the lead role but declined.