Ishkq In Paris

Dear Preity, Hindi cinema has changed since you left it

New Delhi: "Are you a virgin?" asked the new actress in Mani Ratnam's 'Dil Se' to Shah Rukh Khan. And just like SRK had almost choked on his food at that question in the film, the viewers were forced to get up and take notice of a young zesty Preity Zinta.

Back in 1998, Preity's debut performance in 'Dil Se' came as a breath of fresh air. The girl, who was a known face on TV thanks to her appearances in various ads, looked real. And even though she stuck to basic commercial cinema and did films like 'Soldier', 'Har Dil Jo Pyaar Karega' and the likes, Preity's image as a bubbly girl next door made her one of the popular heroines of the early 2000s. Even in the conventional roles, there was something about her that all of us could relate to. She wasn't the usual Hindi film heroine.

She spoke her mind, stood up against the mighty underworld by testifying during the Bharat Shah case and even admitted that she had received threat calls from the underworld, something that most of her colleagues in the film industry were scared to admit. Hailed as the only 'Man in the film industry', Preity's honest approach to most things murky made her stand out from the herd. Few films with the industry's big daddy's - Karan Johar and Yash Chopra, some blockbuster hits like 'Kal Ho Naa Ho', 'Koi Mil Gayaa' and 'Veer Zara' and it seemed there 

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