Preity Zinta
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Personal details
Born: 31 January 1975 , Simla, India
Height: 5' 4" (1.63 m)
Her love life
Preity Zinta's controversial love life
The Times of India The Times of India, With inputs from PTI
Preity Zinta may well be out of the Bollywood scenario of late. The actress was last seen in her home production - Ishkq in Paris. However it seems that things are now looking up for Preity Zinta. She recently made a revelation that she is involved in a romantic relationship. However Preity Zinta refused to give a name to the mystery man. The actress-turned-entrepreneur was reported to have said, "Tired of personal life being played out in the tabloids."
Ness Wadia
(See below)
Yuvraj Singh Preity Zinta has been infamously linked to Yuvraj Singh. It all began when Preity became the co-owner of Indian Premiere League team - Kings XI Punjab. The first season saw the cricketer as the captain. At that time things were reportedly on the rocks between Preity and Ness Wadia. Reportedly that is when Preity and Yuvraj came together. The actress has been caught several times hugging Yuvraj. According to reports Preity Zinta also went on record to say that Yuvraj Singh is a flirt. Rumours were also rife that Yuvraj had bought a lavish pad close to Preity's suburban home so that the couple could spend more time together. However with no ground for the rumours, things between Preity and Yuvraj fizzled out.
Shekhar Kapur Shekhar Kapur and Preity Zinta's affair is considered one of most outrageous ones. Initially Shekhar was to make a film with Zinta, but things never materialised. While all along Preity was in a relationship with Ness Wadia, but a new blame game made shocking headlines. Reportedly, Shekhar Kapur's ex-wife Suchitra Krishnamoorthy alleged that she parted ways with Shekar because of a brewing affair between Shekhar and Preity. With such mighty claims, Preity was as shocked as the entire industry. According to a DNA report, Preity had stated then, "It is unfortunate that I am bearing the brunt of someone else’s paranoia. She’s clearly unstable and I wish her a speedy recovery.” Interestingly Shekhar Kapur was last seen on the big screen in Preity Zinta's film 'Ishkq in Paris' where he played her father.
Marc Robinson Years back Preity Zinta was reported to be in an intimate relationship with model Marc Robinson. The two were reportedly in a live-in relationship. However after staying together for a couple of years, the duo broke off. Marc Robinson later made several revelations on a reality show he had been a part of. Reports suggested that Marc spoke about his alleged affair with Preity, and they broke off due to their chalk and cheese lifestyles. Rumours were rife that the couple didn’t hit off well because of differences in their daily life.
Ness Wadia
Preity Zinta had been in an elaborate five-year-long relationship with Ness Wadia for a steady five years. The duo had started dating in 2005, and their relationship came to an end in 2009. Ness being a businessman, came up in a partnership with Preity Zinta. The two became co-owners of Kings XI Punjab team. The inseparable couple was reportedly seen avoiding each other. In 2009, the IPL matches had Preity and Ness were reportedly cheering from two different sides of the stadium. Later the duo tried to maintain a ‘friendly’ relationship. The actress had moved on amicably.
For a while.
In 2014 things took an ugly turn when Preity Zinta filed a police complaint against her former boyfriend and businessman Ness Wadia (born 1970), alleging that on May 30 2014 he molested, abused and threatened her inside Wankhede stadium in south Mumbai.
The 39-year-old actress filed the police complaint on Thursday night alleging that she was molested by Wadia (44) inside Wankhede stadium . On that day, an IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings was played at the Wankhede stadium. During the match, when Preity was at the Garware Pavillion, Ness reportedly accosted her and also bad mouthed her in front of many people.
She gave a written complaint following which an FIR was registered against Wadia under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman), police sources added.
"I am shocked and dismayed. The allegations are totally false and baseless," Wadia told The Times of India.
Highlights of the allegations
10 key points about Preity Zinta's molestation complaint against Ness Wadia
The Times of India TNN | Jun 14, 2014
Preity was at Wankhede stadium when Wadia allegedly pulled her hand and abused her in front of many people.
1. In her complaint, Preity Zinta said that she was molested by Ness Wadia inside Wankhede stadium on May 30.
2. Preity was at Wankhede stadium when Wadia allegedly pulled her hand and abused her in front of many people. She also claimed that after their break-up, Wadia used to often harass her.
3. On May 30, an IPL match between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings was played at the Wankhede stadium.
4. The FIR was registered against Wadia under IPC sections 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 504 (intentional insult with intent to provoke breach of the peace), 506 (punishment for criminal intimidation) and 509 (word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman).
5. Zinta gave an application to the police on Thursday, which was converted into an FIR on Friday. Her full statements could not be recorded as she had to take a flight out of the city. "The actor claimed that she had to go out of the city and hence she could not approach the police earlier. As soon as she returned, she lodged a complaint," a police officer said.
6. Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia had broken their five-year long relationship sometime back.
7. Reacting to Preity's complaint, Ness Wadia said that he was "shocked" and "dismayed". "The allegations are totally false and baseless," Wadia told TOI. "It is disgusting that she would stoop to this level."
8. Preity Zinta was "upset as Wadia was seeing someone", sources told TOI. Sources close to Zinta and Wadia said he started seeing someone two months ago and they got close when the IPL was being played in the UAE.
9. "Zinta could not digest the fact that her former boyfriend, who is still her business partner, was involved in another relationship," said sources close to the Wadia camp.
10. Ness Wadia's mother had to undergo serious discomfort when attending a Kings XI Punjab match resulting in an argument between the two. Zinta has been trying to garner publicity out of whatever is left of her relationship with Wadia, sources said.
E-mail A Mid-Day report says that the police also want [Zinta to give them a copy of] the e-mail that Preity had sent to Wadia warning him about his behavior. The police feel that could be important evidence. The report adds that the actress has said in her previous statement that she had already warned Wadia against his behaviour in that e-mail.
The low points of her life
Preity Zinta: 5 low points of her life
Molestation charges- Believe it or not but Preity Zinta has pressed molestation charges against her former boyfriend Ness Wadia. According to news reports floating in the media currently, Preity has lodged a written complaint against Wadia with the Marine Drive police station late on June 13, 2014. Preity has alleged that Ness touched her inappropriately in full public view and hurled abuses at her during the play-off between Punjab and Chennai in Mumbai on May 30, 2014. Earlier, TV channels quoted Wadia as denying the allegations against him as "totally false and baseless". The police may contemplate any action against Wadia only after questioning witnesses and examining video clips of the IPL match in Mumbai when the alleged incident of molestation took place. Preity's former love Ness Wadia has expressed shock and shown his disgust towards the entire incident.
According to a Mumbai Mirror news report, the incident occurred in the Garware Pavilion at Wankhede stadium during the play-off between Kings XI Punjab and Chennai Super Kings on May 30. According to Preity's complaint, Ness, who was her business partner and a co-owner of Kings XI Punjab before a fallout between the two in 2009, turned aggressive when he tried to speak to her and was cold shouldered. "Ness held me by my arm and tried to pull me towards him. When I resisted, he began abusing me," the actress has said in the complaint. Some of Preity's friends and team officials intervened, Ness abused them too. "Even when he was dragged away, he kept screaming and threatening me," she has said. Preity and Ness were one of business-Bollywood's most-talked-about couples for nearly five years.
Financial problems- Before she pressed molestation charges against Ness Wadia, Preity Zinta was in the news for another reason. The actress is rumoured to be going through a financial crisis. While Preity has brushed those rumours aside, off and on news reports alleging Preity's monetary problems have been making headlines. Preity produced the debacle 'Ishkq In Paris' and reports of her alleged money problems have come to the forefront ever since. During interviews at that time, Preity confessed that Salman Khan offered to help her financially. The reports have resurfaced after Preity put her apartment where she had been living for many years up for rent. Preity's track record apparently has been fanning the gossip stories even more as writer-director Abbas Tyrewala who wrote 'Ishkq In Paris' slapped a case against the actress for non-payment of dues.
Preity got entangled in another financial dispute and this time with late Shandar Amrohi and his family. According to reports, Preity had given Rs 2 crore to Shandar Amrohi to fight legal battles on assurance it would be returned. But before this could happen, Amrohi passed away. After his death, Preity reminded the Amrohi’s family regarding the refund of the outstanding amount but her requests fell on deaf ears. Following this, the actor has now moved to the Bombay High Court and filed a suit seeking to recover a principal amount of Rs 2 crore and Rs 80 lakh calculated at an annual rate of 18 percent from the day after Amrohi passed away (August 22, 2011). Though Preity is seeking recovery of the money from the Amrohi’s family, Shandar's brother Tajdaar has rubbished her claims, and stated that they will decide their next course of action when the time comes.
Debacle of a comeback- Preity Zinta was more than a pretty face during the prime of her career but the actress' efforts of a comeback failed like no other. Preity made a comeback into films as the leading lady in the film she produced herself 'Ishkq in Paris'. The film bombed at the box-office and Preity's second innings in Bollywood shattered. Once a Yash Chopra heroine who starred in the director's most ambitious 'Veer-Zara', Preity Zinta today finds herself with no work than a few item numbers to her credit. While Preity spent a fortune producing 'Ishkq In Paris', she didn't get the expected returns and there are no more lucrative film offers for her.
Break-up with Ness Wadia- Preity Zinta and Ness Wadia's relationship was the talk of the town and the couple in their five years being together had the limelight on them. Till one day, when Preity Zinta walked out of the relationship and called it quits. Apparently, it is believed that Ness had a roving eye and the rich industrialist boy's match with a bubbly Bollywood star wasn't meant to last. It was common knowledge that Ness' mother Maureen Wadia disapproved of his match with Preity Zinta and even called her a zebra in an interview. Ness being a mama's boy, the relationship had to go kaput!
Threatened by the underworld- Unlike most of her colleagues in the film industry who succumb to the pressure of the underworld, actor Preity Zinta stood out in that respect and headed straight to the courts after she was threatened by the underworld. It all started when Preity received threatening calls from the underworld while she was shooting for the film 'Chori Chori Chupke Chupke; in 2000. Zinta told the sessions court in Mumbai that she received a call from a man who said, "Main bhai ka aadmi Razak bol raha hoon aur mujhe 50 lakh chahiye". The producers of the film Bharat Shah and Nazim Rizvi had been charged under the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA). While the brave Zinta girl was lauded for her guts, Preity surely had to go through a lot and can be easily termed as the biggest low of her life.
Filmography
As an actress
1998 Dil Se..
1998 Premante Idera
1998 Soldier
1999 Dillagi
1999 Raja Kumarudu
1999 Sangharsh
2000 Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega...
2000 Kya Kehna
2000 Mission Kashmir
2001 Chori Chori Chupke Chupke
2001 Dil Chahta Hai
2001 Farz
2001 Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke
2002 Dil Hai Tumhaara
2003 Armaan
2003 Kal Ho Naa Ho
2003 Koi... Mil Gaya
2003 The Hero: Love Story of a Spy
2004 Dil Ne Jise Apna Kaha
2004 Lakshya
2004 Veer-Zaara
2005 Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen
2005 Salaam Namaste
2006 Alag: He Is Different.... He Is Alone...
2006 Jaan-E-Mann: Let's Fall in Love... Again
2006 Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna
2006 Krrish
2007 Jhoom Barabar Jhoom
2007 The Last Lear
2008 Heaven on Earth
2008 Heroes
2008 Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi
2009 Main Aurr Mrs Khanna
2013 Ishkq in Paris
As a writer
2013 Ishkq in Paris
As a producer
2013 Ishkq in Paris
