PREITY ZINTA in Mahesh Manjrekar's Next

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Posted: 14 years ago

Not so 'Preity'

Preity Zinta will return to cinema and this time instead of portraying the usual bubbly character she will play a more nuanced role in Mahesh Manjrekar's hard-hitting drama, White

Subhash K Jha

Posted On Saturday, February 19, 2011 at 06:47:10 AM

" I can't be doing the bubbly dimpled babe all my life," said Preity Zinta on making her long-awaited comeback to the silver screen and this time she is venturing out of her comfort zone.

The actress is all geared up to star in Mahesh Manjrekar's film, White, which is a hard-hitting drama about a woman, who goes through several shades of dark and light experiences, right from her 20s to her 60s.

Apparently when Preity read the script she was ecstatic. She teased Manjrekar and asked, "Why me? Why not Tabu who is your favourite actress?"

Reportedly, Manjrekar, who cast Tabu in Astitva (2000), believes the role in White would be too easy for her and so, he is setting himself a challenge casting an actress with a bubbly, rom-com image in an edgy, dramatic role.

Zinta refrained from commenting on Manjrekar's offer and simply said, "At this stage of my career I need new challenges. Luckily, directors can see beyond my chirpy I'm-so-happy image."

The last we saw Zinta in a not-so bubbly role was in 2008, when she played a battered wife, in Deepa Mehta's Heaven on Earth.

Manjrekar, who had not directed a Hindi film for five years, made a comeback last year with the gritty City Of Gold. He is currently shooting for Anees Bazmi's Ready in Bangkok. When asked about his project with Zinta, he tells us, "I'll finalize the project when I return to Mumbai

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Posted: 14 years ago

I can't recall of any work done by this guy ..

I honestly thought she was done with the industry even though she kept telling us she be backk ..The film sounds sorta exciting .. something PZ hasn't done before .. lets hope her 'comeback' works for her!

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Salma2

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Posted: 14 years ago

Great!!!

she was fabulous in her final movies.Looking forward to it👍🏼

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Posted: 14 years ago

^ Swati: Mahesh Manjrekar made some good films like Astitva, Viruddh, Vaastav and acted in many films. Later he had some problems with his best buddy Sanjay Dutt and slowly lost his coterie.

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Posted: 14 years ago

^^ ohh .. I think I've seen Viruddh .. the one with John and Amitabh right?

Edit: just IMDBed him .. I've seen Viruddh and Astitva - just read a plot summary and I remember watching it .. I liked that moviee.

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Posted: 14 years ago

Looking forward to seeing Preity in films again, I've missed her

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Posted: 14 years ago

Oh good! And if she's playing an adult character even better. Maybe this will be the beginning of good roles for adult women in Bollywood. Go Preity, Go!

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Posted: 14 years ago

👎🏼 I don't think this is a good comeback for Preity. I want her to do a big commercial film, didn't she already experiment enough with Last Lear and Heaven on Earth?