When Preity Zinta met Jinnah’s daughter

Preity Zinta

Maureen Wadia, Ness Wadia’s mother, may have once said reportedly about her son’s choice of partner, “I don’t care if Ness marries Preity or a zebra,” but PZ has no worry when it comes to Ness’ grandmother, Dina Wadia. Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s daughter Dina has been in Mumbai for a while now. Among the lucky few who can get to meet her is Preity.


Preity says that every time she meets Dina Wadia, she comes away floored. Says Preity, “The first time I met her, I stared at her open mouthed. My goodness, she carries so much history within her! Since then we’ve met over dinner and at other social occasions several times. Each time I’m struck by her gentle demeanour, her classic elegance, and yes, her fragility.”

Preity Zinta's preoccupation with IPL earlier and now the 'Unforgettables' world concert does
not mean that she has put her film career on the backburner. She has four back to back
releases this year in her kitty. 25 Jun, 2008

While speaking about one of her favourite women, Preity’s voice lights up. She continues, “I was also struck by her unmistakable facial resemblance to her illustrious father (Jinnah). I’ve never seen two people who resemble each other so closely.”

Preity says she has met Dina Wadia both in Mumbai and abroad. “She lives in New York. But she visits Mumbai where she has close family. She carries an aura of unmistakable strength. Every time I meet her, there’s so much to imbibe from her. There are some people in this world who just carry an aura about them.

She’s one of them.” The last time when they met, Dina wanted to know about Preity’s IPL matches. “She takes a lot of interest in my life. The last time we met, she wanted to know all about the IPL matches. She’s so important to our times as a woman and a figure in history and yet conveys so much joie de vivre in her attitude. I just want to sit with her and listen to her.”

We have heard that the rumours bubbly girl Preity Zinta and her industrialist boyfriend Ness Wadia trouble in their Relationship and has it got to do fondness for a certain Yuvraj Shingh. after IPL Priety now busy with Bachchan’s Unforgettable tour. did not mean that she has put her film career on the backburner.

“I have four back-to-back releases this year starting with Jahanu Barua’s ‘Har Pal’ with Dharmendra and Shiney Ahuja, ‘Heroes’ with Salman Khan, Sunny Deol, Bobby Deol, ‘The Last Lear’ with Amitabh Bachchan, Arjun Rampal and Shefali Shah and Deepa Mehta’s ‘Heaven on Earth’,” bubbly girl said.

When asked about the rumors she said “what rumors are you talking about? which couple doesn’t have its ups and downs? Ness and I are no exception. You don’t go ahead and break-up just because you fight.” The talented actress is not want to talking about her marriage and she said ” Even my family is not concerned about my marriage. It’s not happening in the near future.”