Preity Zinta denies being in debt.
Rumours have recently been suggesting that Bollywood actress Preity Zinta is having some financial problems, however the actress snubbed the rumours in an interview with Hindustan Times.
The latest rumours claimed that she was leasing out her apartment in Khar, but to prove the critics wrong Preity invited the interviewers to the very same apartment. “I’m doing the interview here, because this is the building reports said I don’t live in anymore,” she said.
When asked if she was disappointed that her first film production didn’t work, she replied, “Yes, but tell me one production house that didn’t have a failure. I’ve done lots of things right, and I’ve had a lot of success, so it was okay to have a failure. I was new to the role of a producer, so I made mistakes, and some wrong choices. Having said that, I’m proud of my first venture.”
In one of the frankest interviews the actress has ever given she also explained her reasons as to why she hasn’t been seen in any recent movies.
“I’m not going to wear small bits of cloth and dance around. I didn’t do it when I started my career; I won’t do it now. Unless I get a role which is powerful, it won’t appeal to me. I’m glad I made business investments, because it gave me the confidence financially to make brave choices. If I hadn’t done that, I’d still have been trying to play 19-year-olds in films. I know there are other avenues for me.”
Your last hit film was in 2006, with Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna; your production didn’t make money. Has it been hard to find funding for your ventures?” the interviewer asked.
To which she responded, “I did films from 1998 to 2007. I made some sensible investments for me to be able to do what I’m doing now. Why are my ventures so difficult to comprehend? At one time, I was among the highest tax-paying Bollywood actresses. After Mr (Amitabh) Bachchan, I had the most number of endorsements. If I had a financier investing on my behalf, would he/she have let me take all the credit at the IPL? There was such a big issue, with the Enforcement Directorate looking into IPL accounts. If it wasn’t my money, wouldn’t they have caught me?”
Preity Zinta may be taking a break from the big screen, but one thing is definitely for sure she’s made her mark in the industry and her fans are eagerly awaiting her big comeback movie!
