Preity Zinta feels that she has some strange karmic connection with Punjab. "I must have been a Punjabi in one of my incarnations, " she laughs.
Interestingly, out of the three forthcoming releases, Heroes, Heaven on Earth and Har Pal, the former two have Preity play a character of a Punjabi woman.
"Heroes have me play a character of a bubbly and
vibrant
village girl from Punjab, while in Heaven on Earth I play a battered Punjabi housewife living in Canada.
Though both characters have me as a Punjabi women, they are as different as chalk and cheese." Preity
says that speaking and acting like a Punjabi wasn't easy.
"I didn't know how to go about enacting my character initially. Pum-Pum (as she lovingly calls Anupam Kher) helped me out. We conducted a three
day workshop where I learnt to act and speak like a Punjabi woman, " Priety says.
Incidentally, all the three films begin with the letter H. Tell her about that and Preity laughs saying, "There's some strange
karmic connection there too."
I must have been a Punjabi in my past life
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 15:39 IST