Oh, this week's blind item in Open Magazine made me sad:
No One Wants to Act Opposite Her
She was a popular leading lady not so long ago, even if her acting skills weren’t much to speak of. She had films opposite every top Khan; she worked regularly with the Chopras and Johars, and the media loved her. Until it all suddenly went south. Practically overnight, the offers stopped coming. She became yesterday’s news.
Didn’t help that she took off to the US to pursue everything from short-term business courses to new boyfriends, while her career was folding up back home. On her return, she found that nobody wanted to hire her anymore. Younger, better actresses had shown up, and her place in the sun was gone.
Now it appears that with great difficulty the actress has succeeded in finding a financier who’s agreed to bankroll a new film that she is set to produce with herself in the lead. Since no A-list director will work with her, she’s roped in a talentless hack whose first film was a box-office disaster. It appears that the romantic comedy will be filmed in Europe, and while pre-production is complete, the actress and her director friend are now struggling to cast a male lead.
Turns out the younger lot has no interest in being cast opposite ‘an older’ actress, and the Khans she once did successful films with have moved on to working with younger heroines. Nobody will say ‘yes.’ As the start date on filming draws scarily close, the actress is still reportedly scrambling for a half-popular star to take the lead opposite her. Industry insiders are whispering that it’s going to be hard for her to make any sort of impactful comeback, given that her looks have begun to betray her too. All that Botox has made it hard to tell if she’s genuinely excited about something, or those arched eyebrows are just frozen permanently.
Preity Zinta...its really sad for her...she was such a huge star and now with all the botox she doesnt look cute anymore....
ReplyDeleteOmg so sad Preity , I loved her so much.. She was amazing, such a good actress..so sad that khans are not supporting her.. Amaing how this industry, nobody is anybody's friend. Everyone is your friend in good times, so sad.. SRk, hritik, salman, Karan, abhishek, all were her best friends.. So mean that now no one wants to help her.. I really wish she comes back with a bang.. And yes mr. Masand, pretty is not talentless.. Mind you , she was one of the awesome actresses, remember, veerzara, kal ho na ho, salaam namste , and many more.. All my best wishes are with her..love her..
ReplyDeleteso obvious it's preity...but that's bollywood, it's no place for women in their 30s unless they are attached to a famous man ( ash rai with amitabh) or if they come from the most famous film family ( kareena Kapoor granddaughter of Raj Kapoor, without that family heritage, she would be nothing)
ReplyDeletethe biggest mistake of her was to have a relationship withe Ness Wadia, Preity would be happier today and wouldn't lose contact to the industry ... it was also very sad how the jerk Tushar kapoor made fun of her looks in coffee with karan .... i was never a big fan of her but i hope she manages a good come back
ReplyDeleteIts def preity zinta, and its so unfair, she's much more beautiful and talented then those so called "youngsters" that can't act to save their lives. Now I hate all the khans for doin this to her.
ReplyDeletefirst paragraph sounds like rani mukherjee
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