Preity Zinta has won the best actress award for He

Preity Zinta has won the best actress award for Heaven On Earth at the Chicago International Film Festival

Posted On Sunday, October 26, 2008


Subhash K Jha

A still from Heaven On Earth

Preity Zinta is ecstatic; she has won the best actress award at the Chicago International Film Festival for her performance as the battered Punjabi wife grappling with domestic violence in Deepa Mehta's Heaven On Earth.

She says, "I am so happy and excited. I'm going to have a blissfully debauched celebration this evening. It was my director Deepa Mehta who informed me on Saturday afternoon that I had won. Neither Deepa nor I could go to Chicago, I'm thrilled that I've done it without any lobbying."

She adds, "I'm walking on sunshine. Do you know everyone discouraged me from doing Heaven On Earth and Heroes? But I wanted a change."

Preity is thankful she attended Anupam Kher's acting school. She says, "I attended Anupam's acting school to get my Punjabi right for both the roles."

Preity is happy that this international award will help sell Heaven On Earth to a global audience. "It is a film in Punjabi and I felt the language would limit the appeal.

But trust Deepa to break the cultural barriers." Adds Deepa Mehta, "It's amazing, isn' it? I'm so happy for Preity. She's luminous in Heaven On Earth. Incidentally, Shabana is the other actress to win the best actress award for Fire at the Chicago Film Festival. I don't think any other Indian actress has won this award."

Amidst all this excitement, we suggest marriage. Preity retorts, "Oh ho, not now. I don't feel the time is right. I'd want to get married only when I want to have children.

Right now let me enjoy this moment. Everyone who thought those dimples needed to shut down now (yup, that's what one critic wrote)… this one is for you, guys." The 44th Chicago International Film Festival is currently on up to October 29.

from:mumbai mirrior

i am so happy for her now this and she is getting amazing reviews for her role in heores!!

wow !! tht's great news...i'm eagerly waiting for this film...

yayy.. !! i m so soo excited for this film.. from the promo it looks like na amzing film.. cant wait to watch it

http://2008.chicagofilmfestival.org/FilmsEvents/schedule1.php


^ list of all the films

wow dats awesome..but i think by doing more n more real movies shez losing her position as a commercial movies heroine but who cares she surely is a gr8 actress..but yes she shuld now consider doing sum gud commercial films after many serious n art movies like last lear...heaven on earth...harpal..

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Am glad shes won for that film its a really different role and loved her comment on marriage lol

thats fantastic many congratulations to pz, im lookign forward to the movie as im sure pz will perform really well in the movie and im hoping that she gets all the best actress awards for her role since if kareena can get it for a not so different/ serious role of geet surely pz should get all the awards for more serious acting.