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Preity Zinta talks to Sreya Basu about the current agendas of her life Films, IPL, sponsoring 34 poor girls ... is that what you call ‘branching out’? I have always lived life the way I wanted to. I like to do things that are different and excite me. And yes, in your words, I am really branching out and I’m loving it.
I have always been choosy about my roles and have become more so now. I have been in Bollywood for more than 10 years and now I don’t want to play a college girl or run and dance around trees anymore because I have done it so many times. Now I look for something more challenging and/or refreshing. Something intense like Deepa Mehta’s Videsh, where for the first time I could feel the pain of domestic violence victims. Or the hot mujra I am doing in Main aur Mrs Khanna starring Salman and Kareena`85I haven’t done a masala film for long, so this one was pretty refreshing. Do you still enjoy the ‘Bubbly’ tag? Honestly speaking, I never enjoyed it when people said — ‘She is so bubbly’. I mean, there was and is more to my character than that. As of now I am passed that age to even listen to such mindless compliments. You are actually talking about ageing? Why not? I have never tried to hide my age like other heroines. What about winning the IPL this time? I am keeping my fingers crossed. I neither borrowed money nor got Kings XI Punjab as a gift ... I wanted to invest my earnings into something extraordinary and now my team is my second family. All of us are stretching ourselves to the maximum. The rest is destiny. This time fellow actor Shilpa Shetty has also joined you and Shah Rukh Khan. Comment. Watch the matches (laughs). Why did you suddenly decide to sponsor 34 girls? It was not suddenly. I
always wanted to do something for poor children, especially girls, and
what can be better than giving them proper education, good food and
clothing. These 34 kids are born power girls. Just wait for some 10-15
years and see how they shape up. — IBNS
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Your
fans are disappointed to see so few Preity Zinta films these days.
Have you become more selective about your films or are you running
short of time with multi-tasking?