Bubbly, chirpy, effervescent, sparkling, vibrant etc. are the terms that everyone uses to describe her. But, we would simply like to call her as an actress; for we feel, that one can find the all the above mentioned adjectives in an actress and not the other way round. That's Preity Zinta for you.

Having landed up in Bollywood via modelling, she paved the way for many a wannabe tinsel townies, with a dimpled smile that launched more than a mere proverbial thousand ships! Having shocked everyone with an impromptu 'Are you a virgin?' in her debut film ‘Dil Se’ itself, this 'heroine' has indeed come a long way from then to ‘Heroes’, a film that is making her look and feel different. We caught up with this 'thinking-actress' and came back with the conviction that she truly deserves her every inch of name and fame that makes the frame called 'Preity Zinta'. Presented here are a few excerpts of this wholesome interview:

Preity, with your next film Heroes coming up. Are you nervous or excited?

Frankly speaking, I am very excited. I was nervous when I was shooting for the film. It was a very difficult role for me, because it was not in my comfort zone as an actor. This role was something that I have not attempted before. For instance, when someone offers me a role of an NRI, I can play that role with ease because it's in my comfort zone. But my role in Heroes has got a very rural flavour to it. It's a role of a simple girl from a village, who speaks Punjabi and is a woman of the soil. She works on a tractor and makes rotis in a village house. In that sense, it's a very different kind of role.

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