Preity Zinta filmography

Preity Zinta filmography

Zinta at a promotional event for Bhaiaji Superhit (2018)

Preity G Zinta is an Indian actress known for her work in Hindi films. She made her debut in 1998 with a supporting role in the drama Dil Se... Later that year, she starred in the commercially successful thriller Soldier. For the films, she won a Filmfare Award in the Best Female Debut category. In 1999, Zinta played the role of a CBI officer in the psychological thriller Sangharsh. She followed this with the role of a teenage single mother in the Kundan Shah-directed drama Kya Kehna (2000), a sleeper hit. That same year, she starred in the romance Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega, and the crime drama Mission Kashmir, the third highest grossing Bollywood film of the year.

In 2001, Zinta featured in the dramedy Dil Chahta Hai, which is cited in the media as a defining film of Hindi cinema. Later that year, she portrayed a prostitute-turned-surrogate in the romantic drama Chori Chori Chupke Chupke. Her only screen appearance of 2002 was in the box-office flop Dil Hai Tumhaara. Zinta featured in four films in 2003. Her first role of the year was opposite Sunny Deol in Anil Sharma's drama The Hero—the most expensive Bollywood film to that point. She played a negative role in the romantic drama Armaan, which saw her portray a rich, schizophrenic woman. Following this, she starred in two blockbusters—the science fiction film Koi... Mil Gaya and the drama Kal Ho Naa Ho. For the latter, she won the Filmfare Award for Best Actress.

Zinta played a journalist in the 2004 war drama Lakshya, which performed poorly at the box-office. Also in 2004, she played the titular female role in Yash Chopra's star-crossed romance Veer-Zaara opposite Shah Rukh Khan. The film emerged as the year's highest grossing Bollywood film. She then appeared in the 2005 romantic comedy Salaam Namaste and the 2006 romantic drama Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna, both of which performed well outside India. While she played a radio jockey in Salaam Namaste, Zinta was seen as an unhappily married woman in the latter. She followed it with roles in the commercial failures Jaan-E-Mann (2006) and Jhoom Barabar Jhoom (2007). Zinta appeared in the Canadian film Heaven on Earth (2008), her first international production.

In 2011, Zinta hosted the reality show Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega and the chat show Up Close & Personal with PZ. That same year, she also launched her production company, PZNZ Media, under which she produced and starred in the 2013 romantic comedy Ishkq in Paris, which performed poorly at the box-office.

Films

Preity Zinta filmography

<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Title</th><th>Role</th><th>Director(s)</th><th>Notes</th><th>Ref(s)</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1998</td><td>Dil Se..</td><td>Preeti Nair</td><td>Mani Ratnam</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Premante Idera</td><td>Shailu</td><td>Jayanth C. Paranjee</td><td>Telugu film</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Soldier</td><td>Preity</td><td>Abbas–Mustan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1999</td><td>Raja Kumarudu</td><td>Rani</td><td>K. Raghavendra Rao</td><td>Telugu film</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Sangharsh</td><td>Reet Oberoi</td><td>Tanuja Chandra</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dillagi</td><td>Rani</td><td>Sunny Deol</td><td>Guest appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2000</td><td>Kya Kehna</td><td>Priya Bakshi</td><td>Kundan Shah</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Har Dil Jo Pyar Karega</td><td>Jahnvi</td><td>Raj Kanwar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Mission Kashmir</td><td>Sufiya Parvez/Sufiya Altaf Khan</td><td>Vidhu Vinod Chopra</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2001</td><td>Farz</td><td>Kajal Singh</td><td>Raj Kanwar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Chori Chori Chupke Chupke</td><td>Madhubala</td><td>Abbas–Mustan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dil Chahta Hai</td><td>Shalini</td><td>Farhan Akhtar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Yeh Raaste Hain Pyaar Ke</td><td>Sakshi</td><td>Deepak Shivdasani</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2002</td><td>Dil Hai Tumhaara</td><td>Shalu</td><td>Kundan Shah</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2003</td><td>The Hero: Love Story of a Spy</td><td>Reshma (Ruksar)</td><td>Anil Sharma</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Armaan</td><td>Sonia Kapoor</td><td>Honey Irani</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Koi... Mil Gaya</td><td>Nisha Malhotra</td><td>Rakesh Roshan</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kal Ho Naa Ho</td><td>Naina Catherine Kapur</td><td>Nikhil Advani</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2004</td><td>Lakshya</td><td>Romila Dutta</td><td>Farhan Akhtar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Dil Ne Jise Apna Kahaa</td><td>Dr. Parineeta</td><td>Atul Agnihotri</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Veer-Zaara</td><td>Zaara Hayaat Khan</td><td>Yash Chopra</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2005</td><td>Khullam Khulla Pyaar Karen</td><td>Priti Damani</td><td>Harmesh Malhotra</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Salaam Namaste</td><td>Ambar 'Amby' Malhotra</td><td>Siddharth Anand</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2006</td><td>Alag</td><td>—</td><td>Jim Mulligan Ashu Trikha</td><td>Special appearance in song "Sabse Alag"</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Krrish</td><td>Nisha Malhotra</td><td>Rakesh Roshan</td><td>Mentioned</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna</td><td>Rhea Saran</td><td>Karan Johar</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Jaan-E-Mann</td><td>Piya Goyal</td><td>Shrish Kunder</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2007</td><td>Jhoom Barabar Jhoom</td><td>Alvira Khan</td><td>Shaad Ali</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>The Last Lear</td><td>Shabnam</td><td>Rituparno Ghosh</td><td>English language film</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Om Shanti Om</td><td>Herself</td><td>Farah Khan</td><td>Special appearance in song "Deewangi Deewangi"</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2008</td><td>Heaven on Earth</td><td>Chand Kaur Dhillon</td><td>Deepa Mehta</td><td>Canadian film</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Heroes</td><td>Kuljeet Kaur</td><td>Samir Karnik</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi</td><td>—</td><td>Aditya Chopra</td><td>Special appearance in song "Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte"</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2009</td><td>Main Aurr Mrs Khanna</td><td>Haseena Jagmagia</td><td>Prem Soni</td><td>Special appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2013</td><td>Ishkq in Paris</td><td>Ishkq</td><td>Prem Raj</td><td>Also producer and writer</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2014</td><td>Happy Ending</td><td>Divya Chhillar</td><td>Raj & DK</td><td>Cameo appearance</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2018</td><td>Welcome to New York</td><td>Herself</td><td>Chakri Toleti</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>Bhaiaji Superhit</td><td>Sapna Dubey</td><td>Neeraj Pathak</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2026</td><td>Lahore 1947 †</td><td>Hamida Mirza</td><td>Rajkumar Santoshi</td><td></td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>

Television

Preity Zinta filmography

<table><thead><tr><th>Preity Zinta in TV series</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>Year</td><td>Title</td><td>Role</td><td>Notes</td><td>Ref(s)</td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Guinness World Records – Ab India Todega</td><td>Host</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2011</td><td>Up Close & Personal with PZ</td><td>Host</td><td></td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2015</td><td>Nach Baliye</td><td>Judge</td><td>Season 7</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2020</td><td>Fresh Off the Boat</td><td>Meena</td><td>Episode "The Magic Motor Inn"</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>2023</td><td>The Night Manager</td><td>—N/a</td><td>Executive producer</td><td></td></tr></tbody></table>