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She is one actress who says it as it is and goes out of her way to make a difference. Of late the lady has been carrying a jute bag that reads ‘Say No to Plastic’ very often, and whenever she is asked to pose for a picture, she ensures that the message on the bag is seen. |
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| Preity Zinta is an upstanding and a very civic citizen and she tries to be an outstanding one. She has opinion on all things cerebral and many things not quite so too, she shares her opinions with anyone who will listen. It might be 20 years before she decides to settle down so the rumor mills on her love life have died down. Of lately she’s doing a lot of
un-Preity like films, the Chopra’s haven’t invited her into their family films for a while. Yet the sun is shining brightly on
Preity. It’s being high time that we caught up with the beautiful, gorgeous and most importantly intelligent actress so here’s is Preity Zinta in new avatar for all |
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When you give close to a year almost for a film like ‘Jhoom Barabar Jhoom’, can you write it off easily? What does that imply for Preity Zinta?
Well, you win some, you lose some. I’ll love ‘Jhoom’ forever, till the day I die, like all my other films. I’ve worked very hard on the film. I loved the fact that it was a very different film, where a couple meets and falls in love in two hours. I had a great working experience on it. Now everything you do can’t become the biggest hit of the year na, or even do great all the time. You can’t have it all.
Do scraps between co-stars like Abhishek’s and Bobby Deol’s ongoing war during the film, affect their co-actors? You’ve had independently good relationships with both the actors. How did it affect you?
That’s all nonsense. These stories come out of every set and I don’t know who brings out these stories. There was no fallout at all between Abhishek and Bobby; they’ve always been very nice to each other. I’d like to say very clearly that I know for a fact that there were no issues between the two of them and it’s ridiculous of people to say that. I was directly involved in that film.
Is the film ‘Har Pal’ your declaration of wanted to do off beat films?
I think it’s a bit of both. It’s definitely a very commercial film. But the director’s sensibilities are very strong in the film. You see the film; it’s too early to talk about it.
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Is his shooting style vastly different to the luxe set-ups you’ve worked in? How much easier or how much more demanding is it?
Every role is demanding and I’m discovering a new way of working with Jahnuda. He is fantastic to work with. I’ve never worked like this before. Every director has his own style and all good directors always make you very comfortable. Jahnuda’s very quick when we’re working because he’s very firm and sure of what he wants. Otherwise he’s very easygoing and relaxed and very nice. And he’s very funny also. He’s got a great sense of humor.
Actors talk about waiting for a particular film in their life. Is this that film for you?
All the roles I’m doing this year are very different from what I’ve done in the past. Since the past two years, I’ve been feeling that I’ve been doing almost similar kind of roles, doing similar things, and I ended up shooting in the same kind of cities. So this year was a nice professional start in the sense I’ve been shooting here. This is my India year, India shining year, ’cause I’ve shot in Punjab, I’m shooting in Mumbai, and then I’ll go to Shillong. So yes, this year is my India year.
Aren’t you afraid that the masala makers might shy away from you? Or is the measure of commercial films you’re being offered dipping in any case?
No, there’s no such thought process that goes into my mind. See, since the past three years, I’ve been doing only one film a year. And this year, I’m doing three films. I think I don’t have to prove anything to anyone anymore. That ‘Oh, I’ve made the league’ and all that. I don’t have to and I don’t want to. Now, I want to do films that I want to do from my heart. Anything that interests me I feel I’ve not done in the past. There is no hard and fast rule. I still have my good commercial filmmakers and films. I’ve managed my carrier brilliantly because my next so-called super commercial film is anyway only starting next year. So I’ve had that gap.
Have you had some kind of fallout with the Chopras? Obviously because of Adi’s newfound relationship with Rani, she’s getting more films with them. Do you feel sidelined or betrayed by the Chopras, considering your long standing rapport and hit films with them?
No, not at all. Just the way they have the right to offer me whichever film they want, I also have the right to say a no or yes to any film they offer me. Don’t ask me details; I don’t even want to go there. I’m very happy with everybody around me and at the end of the day, I have to say I have a great working relationship with Yash Raj. We will work in the future, I’m sure of that and there’s not the slightest sense of being sidelined. I don’t feel betrayed by the Chopras. I mean, come on. Adi especially is very fair and he comes to you when he feels it’s right for you. He also gives you the right to say yes or no and he’s very nice about it either ways. I have no complaints at all about them.
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What was it like working on Rituparno Ghosh’s ‘The Last Lear’? He’s said to be quite a diva.
The film is fully and purely English. It was just fantastic working on the film. And I think Mr Bachchan as always is, well, he’s Mr Bachchan. I just keep looking at him and gaping. The way he used to perform, I used to just stand there and grin like a little lamb and watch him. It’s a very different approach to commercial actors from the way we do films. Thank God, Mr Bachchan is a loss to theatre. That’s why we have him in films.
What happens if a film which your heart is in completely, doesn’t work?
I’d like to put it flat out as it is. This is a highly male dominated industry. A flop kills the actor it merely wounds the actress. But you don’t die because of the wounds. It takes a large number of wounds to die. Yes, it leaves its scars. To me, the working experience is more important. And of course, it matters whether your film is a hit or a flop, I’d be lying if I said it didn’t make a difference.
Does that need to be popular come with an expiry date? Does it ever die out? When do you say enough? Or does waning popularity scare you?
I think in the first two years of your career you don’t know what to do. You’re like bleahhhhah! When you get your first flop is your lowest low. But the first flop that came my way also made me realize that you can’t win every time. If you win every time, then you lose the effort of winning. You don’t to value it anymore. Popularity to me makes a difference with the people I know from my heart. My closest people are people I can count on one hand, and they’ve always been there for me. My family, and what they think of me.At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter to them what the newspapers and magazines write, they know the kind of person I am.
You’re say’s you’re completely honest and don’t wear two faces or any masks. So is Preity Zinta the same person as Priety Zinta the actress?
As Preity Zinta, I was much more honest than I am as an actress. That doesn’t make me dishonest, no. I’ve learnt to be a little more diplomatic as an actor because sometimes, honesty is not always the best policy. Sometimes diplomacy is the best policy because everyone has their own opinion on things but it’s terrible to hurt other people. Especially when you’re not that close to them where they’ll understand what you’re trying to say. So I’ve learnt to be more diplomatic though I would still say that I ’m not completely diplomatic. But Preity Zinta the person is very relaxed and doesn’t interfere in anybody’s life, and as an actor, I’ve managed to do that sometimes.
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