Tag: Priety Zinta

  • When Rani Mukherji replaced Nadia Jamil in Yash Chopra’s ‘Veer Zaara’

    When Rani Mukherji replaced Nadia Jamil in Yash Chopra’s ‘Veer Zaara’

    Actor Nadia Jamil recently made headlines for successfully battling cancer. The Damsa star is amongst the finest actors of her generation and her talent caught legendary Bollywood director, Yash Chopra’s attention.

    The Chandni director offered Rani Mukherji’s role in Veer Zaara to Nadia initially.

    He envisioned the project initially with Aishwarya Rai as Zaara, Nadia Jamil as Saamiya and Shah Rukh Khan as Veer.

    Nadia revealed on Samina Peerzada’s show  that she was in talks for the film with Yash Chopra but couldn’t do the film as she had to take care of her child. The talks even went on till her son became 2 months of age.

    The Behadd star said that she still stands by her decision of not doing the film despite the role being very pivotal and strong in the narrative. The role was that of a Pakistani lawyer who helps the protagonist with his case.  Although, she lost out on the film but made lifelong friendship with Yash Chopra and his family. She holds them very dear to herself.

    She also mentioned that she couldn’t work as much as she would have wanted as an artist in her career because of her health issues since she was battling multiple diseases.

    The film released on Diwali 2004 with a stellar star-cast of Shah Rukh, Preity Zinta and Rani Mukherjee and was a record success.

  • Is Mahnoor Baloch working with Preity Zinta on an upcoming American sitcom?

    Is Mahnoor Baloch working with Preity Zinta on an upcoming American sitcom?

    Bollywood actor Priety Zinta, in a social media post, shared with her fans a picture from the first day of her new upcoming project: an American sitcom titled Fresh Off The Boat.

    The picture she posted along with the update was of her and another lady who upon the first look looks a lot like Pakistani actor Mahnoor Baloch.

    Initially, we thought that we’re the only ones who noticed the familiarity and couldn’t help but wonder if the two are actually working on a project together.

    However, it appears that some other users thought the same and even commented to ask whether that was actually Mahnoor or not. Priety clarified that the woman with her in the picture was actually the head of the makeup department and that her name is Cindy.

    So the matter is settled.

    Fresh Off The Boat is an American sitcom that revolves around the Huang family. The Taiwanese-American family constitute of Louis and Jessica, their children Eddie, Emery, and Evan, and Louis’s mother Jenny. According to reports, Preity along with comedian Vir Das will play an Indian couple, whose daughter attends school with Eddie. Priety will be making a guest appearance in some of the episodes.