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Filmfare best debut award.
The simple Rajput girl had
astrong career planned out
forher. She initially planned
to doher English honors but
Zinta,Preity love for criminal
psychologymade her pursue
the field. Preity Zinta soon
began hercareer after
finishing her psychologycourse
from St.Bedes College in
themodeling industry and
even appearedin several
commercials. But her
lifewasn’t the same as a
child. She losther father at
the age of 13 and her

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Cute, Bubbly, talkative,
nameit and she has it.Preity
zinta wasborn on January
31st, 1975 inHimachal Pradesh.
Destiny hado get her to
Bollywood as Zinta,Preity
love for helping her
friendlanded her into the
entertainmentindustry.
She had assisted a friendfor
an audition and she was
askedto audition along with
her friend.What followed gave
Bollywood oneof its finest
actresses ever. Withher
first ever movie auditionselection,
Zinta, Preity love foracting
had just begun. The movie,
she was meant to debut in,
never took off. Instead her
name wasrecommended to
Mani Ratnam

KAJAL

the love of her life and husband.
Kajoland Ajay fell in love during
the makingof a film and afte
r a five year longcourtship they
tied the knot on the24th of
February 1999. After thebirth
of a beautiful daughter named
Nysa Kajol took a break from
hercareer. Having enjoyed the
bliss ofmotherhood, she made a
power-packed comeback with
Fanaa.This was her first ever
moviewith Aamir Khan where
she playeda blind girl with panache.
The moviewas a superhit.
Kajol is now involvedwith a
few prject but considers the
real-life role of a mother as her
paramountprirotity. Two
of her awaited films include U,
Me, Aur Hum, which also marks
theinception of Ajay Devgan
’s career as adirector, and
Om Shanti Om. Like mostother stars,
Kajol has also obliged the smallscreen
viewers by making appearances
intelevision commercials and
shows such

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Despite being selectiveabout
the roles that sheselects, Kajol
has animpressive career graph.
Kajol’sacting career started in
1992with the film Bekhudi.
Thoughthe film did not leave any
impacton the audience,
it preparedthem to notice the
unconventionalbut extremely
spontaneous actress.1993
brought Kajol the muchdeserved
fame with Bazigaar.It also brought
her ShahrukhKhan! Kajol
and Shakrukhbecame a rage
as an onscreencouple with their
sparkingchemistry in movies
such asKaran Arjun, Dilwale
DulhaniyaLe Jaenge, and Kabhi
KhushiKabhi Gham. Today Kajol
andShahrukh Khan are very
closefriends and the audience
waitsto see them together in
more movies.Apart from Shahrukh
Khan, anotheractor with whom Kajol
loves to workis Ajay Devgan,
who has been her co

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her ofhaving an affair with
herhusbandShekhar Kapur
and thusleadingto their divorce.
She evenlandedup as a
witness in anUnderworldtrial
where shereceived threateningcalls
whileshooting for a movie.
She has beendating Ness
Wadiasince February2005.
Rumors ofher having a tiff
withNess’smother surfaced but
she justbrushed it off.Little
did trouble spareher where
she went, Zinta, Preity lovefor
outbound performances cost
herlot more than she could expect
.Narrowly escaped death twice
.Once with the Indian ocean
Tsunami and the other whenthere
was an explosion at oneof her concerts,

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After her debut moviein 1998she
had her nexthit with soldier. Zinta
,Preity love for experimenting with
roles was seen asshesigned two
telugu filmsalso whichwere
remakesof Hindi movies. She
wasdoing pretty well as ane
wcomerand then came a majorhit
in theform of Kya kehna in2000.
It tookthe audiences bystorm and
she wasappreciatedby the critics
for hercommendableacting talent.
Herbig hits includedMissionKashmir
which was thethirdhighest grossing
film of the yearand Dil Chahta
Hai whichenteredinto the top five
highestgrossingfilms of the year.
Althoughthe filmDil Hai Tumhaara
did notdo well atthe box office, her
role asan adopteddaughter was
appreciatedand shebecame
sought-after by some

ACTERS

ACTERS

The Bollywood filmmaker quicker
off the mark than all other
producers, has signed on the
child stars of the Oscar winning
film for cameo roles in his next film.
It’s called Kal Kisne Dekha and is
meant to be a launch pad for
his son Jacky. The film being
directed by Vivek Sharma has
eight-minute roles for Rubina


and Azharuddin.Late Tuesday
night, they faced the camera
for the first time in an outdoor
shoot at Santacruz Airport. The
scene had them returning to
India after their moment of
triumph and fame at the Oscars
(clever, Vashu Bhagnani!) and
being saved from a bomb blast
by Jacky. The kids were mobbed



by curious onlookers at the shoot
and admitted, while signing
autographs, that they wanted to be
film stars. “Bada hoke main Salman
Khan banna chahta hoon. He is very
cool and my favourite star.
But I will complete my college
first before I become a big film
star,” said Azhar, who secretly
admires Katrina Kaif. The kid’s
not affected a bit by the beating
he got from his father. “When
my dad slapped me, the media
wrote bad things about him.
He cried after that. So what i


f he slapped me? Baat nahin
sunega toh maarenge na,” he
explained. Like Azharuddin,
Rubina too dreams of becoming a “
big filmstar” like Preity Zinta someday.
“I am enjoying every bit of the attention
now,” she said.Meanwhile, their co-star
and hero of Kal Kisne Dekha, Jacky.
is completely in awe of the kids.
“They are examples of ingenuity.
They have proved that you don’t
have to polish and groom yourself
to be a filmstar. You don’t need


wealth and a star father to launch
you. Be yourself and people will
identify and love you,” he said.Like
Danny, Vashu too intends to do
his bit for the kids. “Being a builder
I will speak to some friends in Azhar
’s area and try to get him a free flat
and if that doesn’t happen,
I will ensure that his family
gets a heavy discount.
I will also arrange for the bank
loan because I know if I give
them the money, it will be
spent,” said Vashu who
is also getting roles and
endorsements for Azhar.
As for Rubina, he will work
out a financial deal with her
family and other requirements
if there are any.