Khan played the role of Dev Saran, a bitter and cynical former football player, who is insecure of his wife's ( Zinta ) successful career as a fashion magazine editor.

Preity Zinta ( pronounced ; born 31 January 1975 ) is an Indian film actress.

In addition to movie acting, Zinta has written a series of columns for BBC News Online South Asia, is a social activist, a television presenter, and a regular stage performer.

A review in The Hindu said about her performance, " Preity Zinta is her usual cherubic self and lends colour to the otherwise serious proceedings ".

Rediff. com wrote of Zinta that she "... is beautiful and vibrant, wavering between endearingly naive and confused ".

Zinta is featured in the first chapter as Salman Khan's war widow, Kuljeet Kaur, a woman who becomes the sole breadwinner of the family and single-handedly raises her son.

He succeeds — mainly because Preity Zinta brings to a role a gravitas and dignity that is seen on the faces of ordinary women — this may be her coming of age as an actress.

Although initially silent on the issue, after another accusation by Krishnamurthy, Zinta retorted, " It is unfortunate that I am bearing the brunt of someone else's paranoia.

Preity Zinta is all that and more.

In the book Once Upon a Time in Bollywood, it is stated that Zinta " resists patriarchal constraints through her modern lifestyle and the controversial roles she chooses.

Among the other fans he is the idol of lots of idols, In one of the interviews actress Preity Zinta has been quoted as saying that Dharmendra is her favourite actor.

Naina Catherine Kapur ( Preity Zinta ) is an angry young girl living in New York City.

Koi ... Mil Gaya () is a 2003 Indian science fiction film, directed by Rakesh Roshan ( who also has a cameo role ), starring Hrithik Roshan, Rekha and Preity Zinta.

Dil Chahta Hai ( Hindī: द ि ल च ा हत ा ह ै, English: The Heart Desires, but billed as Do Your Thing ) is a 2001 Indian coming of age film starring Aamir Khan, Saif Ali Khan, Akshaye Khanna, Preity Zinta, Sonali Kulkarni, and Dimple Kapadia.

Akash, who is not only a cad in his personal life ( breaking hearts, proposing to a girl named Shalini ( Preity Zinta ) in jest ) but also a mischief-maker in his friends ' lives, craftily engineers a breakup between Sameer and his girlfriend.

Mission Kashmir is a 2000 Bollywood action thriller film directed and produced by Vidhu Vinod Chopra and starring Sanjay Dutt, Hrithik Roshan, Preity Zinta and Jackie Shroff as the main characters.

Altaaf visits his childhood friend and TV personality Sufiya Parvez ( Preity Zinta ) and, though he falls in love with her and helps at her concerts, he still uses her to try and make Hilal's side plans ( which is to blow up the TV tower of Srinagar on Khan's birthday ) successful.

She is the brand ambassador of Scooty Pep +, for which she has replaced Preity Zinta.

He lives in New York with his wife Rhea ( Preity Zinta ) who is a fashion designer.

Preity Zinta, a stake holder in the Kings XI Punjab team, said " Mortaza is a great player, an all-rounder and we wanted him ".

Hence the case is handed over to CBI, who designate trainee Preet Oberoi ( Preity Zinta ) to solve the case.

Jaan-E-Mann ( translation: Sweetheart ) is a 2006 Bollywood musical starring Salman Khan, Akshay Kumar and Preity Zinta in the lead roles.

Farz ( Hindi: फ ़ र ् ज ़, Persian, Urdu: فرض, English: Duty ) is a 2001 Hindi / Urdu movie starring Sunny Deol, Preity Zinta, Om Puri and Jackie Shroff.

The film received predominantly positive reviews, and Zinta was particularly praised.

During her years in the film industry, Zinta has been involved with different charitable organisations and has particularly supported women's causes in India, for instance protesting against female infanticide.

In 2007, following the failure of two of her commercial releases, Zinta began working with art film directors, and turned towards neo-realistic movies, known in India as parallel cinema.

Other Indian actors who are among the most popular movie stars in India and Southern Asia include Rajnikanth, Amitabh Bachchan, Dilip Kumar, Raj Kapoor, Dharmendra, Jeetendra, Aamir Khan, Salman Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Akshay Kumar, Shahid Kapoor and Anil Kapoor in males and Kajol, Sridevi, Aishwarya Rai, Kareena Kapoor, Priyanka Chopra, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukerji, Hema Malini, and Rekha in females.

He then played an Indian Air Force pilot, Squadron Leader Veer Pratap Singh in Yash Chopra's love saga Veer-Zaara alongside Rani Mukerji and Preity Zinta.

Her father, Durganand Zinta, was an officer in the Indian Army.

An Indo-French collaboration, the film will have Zinta portraying a half-Indian half-French Parisian woman and will co-star several Indian and French actors.

In her second column, " Odds stacked against Indian women ", Zinta analysed the eve teasing phenomenon in India, and criticised those who practice it.

Along with Ness Wadia and others, Zinta acquired ownership rights in 2008 for the Mohali-based Twenty20 cricket team of the Indian Premier League ( IPL ).

Following her portrayal of such characters as those in Sangharsh, Kya Kehna, Chori Chori Chupke Chupke and Salaam Namaste, Zinta gained a reputation for playing roles that go against Indian traditional mores and was often recognised for her versatility.

Zinta received a Filmfare Award for Best Actress in 2003 for her performance in the drama Kal Ho Naa Ho.

The director persuaded Zinta to audition for the spot, and she was selected.

Kapur later recommended her for director Mani Ratnam's movie Dil Se ... Zinta often recalls that when she joined the film industry, her friends teased her that she would typically " wear white saris and dance in the rain ", thereby motivating her to play different parts.

Zinta commenced shooting for Kundan Shah's Kya Kehna, whose release was delayed until 2000.

In 2001, Zinta earned positive reviews for her role in Farhan Akhtar's National Film Award-winning Dil Chahta Hai.

She received a second Best Supporting Actress nomination at the Filmfare Awards for her performance, of which reviewer Sukanya Verma wrote, " Preity Zinta, who clearly has the meatiest part of all, makes the best of it.

Zinta played Akash's schizophrenic wife Sonia Kapoor, a role written specially for her and which she liked because it let her " give vent to all frustrations ".

The film was a critical success, yet her performance received mixed reviews ; Namarata Joshi of Outlook likened her to " a teenybopper trying to do a TV newsreading skit for her college fest " and Rediff. com concluded, " Zinta has quite a good role and a good deal of footage in the film, and she does a fairly decent job of it without ever being spectacular.

In preparation for the role, Zinta attended Anupam Kher's acting school, " Actor Prepares ", to learn the dialect and mannerisms of a Punjabi woman.

By April 2008, Zinta had completed shooting for Jahnu Barua's drama Har Pal.

Expressing her desire for " a new kind of acting challenge ", Zinta described Mehta as one director she was longing to work with in order to fulfill it.

" Heaven on Earth was first screened at several film festivals and, upon release, garnered career-best reviews for Zinta.

In 2004, Zinta joined a group of South Asian commentators for BBC News Online.

In August, along with Mumbai-based artist Gurcharan Singh, Zinta painted for the cause of street children for the non-governmental organisation Khushi.

In January 2010, Zinta was appointed the brand ambassador of The Loomba Trust, an organisation that works for the welfare of widows and their children.

Speaking of her appointment, Zinta expressed hope to be " the voice for the voiceless " and bring about a " transformation in the minds of people " through collaborative work.

" Since 2006, Zinta has been the brand ambassador for the Godfrey Phillips Bravery awards.