Before Alia Bhatt and Deepika Padukone stole our hearts with their dimples, it was Preity Zinta who had us all swooning. The queen of bubbly charm and timeless beauty, Preity is a Bollywood favorite, known for hits like Veer Zaara and Kal Ho Na Ho. After tying the knot and embracing motherhood, Preity stepped away from the limelight. But guess what? She’s back and ready to dazzle us once again. Recently, she wowed everyone at the 77th Cannes Film Festival and opened up about her hiatus.
Preity Zinta on Why She Took a Break
In a candid chat with DD India, Preity Zinta got real about why she hit pause on her acting career for six long years. She said, “I didn’t want to do a film. I was focusing on business and personal life. People forget that for women, as actors, your craft is important, you want a body of work, but you have a biological clock.” Preity’s been doing her own thing, steering clear of industry romances and focusing on building a family.
She added, “It’s great to play various lives, but you shouldn’t forget to live your life. I wanted to have children. Business was also very exciting since it was something new. But mostly, I wanted to focus on my personal life. I really don’t want to be an accomplished actor and a lonely person.”
The Reality of Balancing Work and Family
Preity also spilled some truth tea about the struggles working women face. “It’s for every woman who works out there. Everybody tells you that I want equality, I want to work as hard as a man. But the world, they don’t give you equality. You have a biological clock. Nature isn’t equal to you so you have to leave what you’re doing and focus on that. My kids are two-and-a-half and I’m back at work. I’m loving work, but there’s so much guilt every day that I’m missing out. My daughter Gia and my son Jai look at me and say, ‘Mumma, please stay with us,’ and I start crying.”
Preity Zinta’s Grand Comeback
Now, the wait is almost over! Preity is set to make her grand return to the silver screen with Rajkumar Santoshi’s Lahore 1947, starring alongside Sunny Deol. Get ready for some epic performances and a whole lot of nostalgia because our favorite dimpled diva is back to reclaim her throne in Bollywood!
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