Some unknown facts about Preity Zinta

New Delhi, Jan 31: Pretty woman with a beautiful dimple on her cheek, actress Preity Zinta has turned 38 today. Model-actress and now a proud co-owner of IPL franchise Kings XI Punjab, Preity right from her debut flick ‘Dil Se' till her yet to release ‘Ishq in Paris' has portrayed versatile shades to prove her iron in Tinsel Town. But apart from her acting vocation, there are some unknown verities which only a Zinta fan might be aware of.Today on her 38th Birthday we would like to reveal those facts which would interest you.Besides her acting, Preity Zinta has also written a series of columns for BBC News Online of South Asia.Before ‘Dil Se', Kya Kehna was supposed to be Zinta's debut flick as she signed this project earlier. But the shooting of the flick got delayed and so Mani Ratnam's ‘Dil Se' hit the screens earlier.Her good friends in the industry include Shahrukh Khan and his wife Gauri Khan, Abhishek Bachchan, Bobby Deol, Aishwarya Rai and Saif Ali Khan but Hrithik Roshan and his wife Suzzane Khan are amongst his very close pals.Among her favorite TV series, Preity is a big fan of ‘The Simpson”.Very few know that Zinta narrowly escaped death twice. Once in late 2004, after an explosion at a Temptation concert in Colombo, while the other was the Indian Ocean Tsunami.Priety always wanted to bring a change and do something new and different in her profession. She wants to be known as a performer and not a star.The actress wants to be like Sridevi & wanted to do both glamorous and non-glamorous roles like Manisha Koirala. She hates to be called just a pretty bimbo.With “Ishq in Paris” yet to hit the screens, we wish Preity Zinta a very Happy Birthday.