Happy B'Day Preity Zinta: Lesser known facts about Bollywood's dimple girl that can leave you surprised

Preity Zinta is one of the few Bollywood actresses who seem to have ideally managed her career and personal life and achieved stability in both. Apart from being one of the most successful actresses of the 90s and 2000s Preity is also the co-owner of IPL’s -Kings XI Punjab team and has continued actively taking part during auction and attending IPL matches.

Today the much-loved dimple girl of Bollywood celebrates her 50th birthday which can come as a big surprise to her fans as she continues to look young and beautiful even today. But there is more to Preity’s character than just beauty, acting, and cricket.

Academic excellence

Preity Zinta is one of the very few actresses who has completed her graduation in Psychology and English literature. She even completed her postgraduate degree in criminal psychology while she continued to act in Bollywood. That is why she was conferred with the East College of London Arts degree in 2010 for contributing immensely to the field of cinema as well as humanitarian work.

Loves gardening

Preity belongs to Himachal Pradesh and owns apple orchards. But her love for gardening and plantations evolved and blossomed during the pandemic when almost everyone was restricted at home. Now she has a good garden developed by her at her USA home apart from her ‘kheti’ back home in India.

Lost her parents very young

The Veer Zaara actress lost her parents when she was just a teenager. She is an army kid and hence was brought up in a strict and disciplined way. That has helped her become what she is today- a highly successful actress and entrepreneur.

Marriage and kids

Very early in her career Preity Zinta was engaged to businessman Ness Wadia. However, after she had a breakup with Ness, the beautiful actress started dating US businessman Gene Goodenough. She first met Gene at Santa Monica in Los Angeles. The pair dated for 5 years finally tying the knot in 2016.

A couple of years later the two welcomed twin babies through surrogacy.

Favourite food

Preity Zinta continues to love simple desi dishes despite making the US her second home. The actress loves Kadhi Chawal and Konkani fish curry. She loves all types of jalebis from Imarati, paneer jalebi to khowa jalebi. Indian street food like chat and chole bhature are her weak points.