Her last release, Dil Hai Tumhara, directed by Kundan Shah, failed to set the box office on fire. But the lead actress of the film, Preity Zinta, has no regrets about doing it. She believes that it was one of her `better films` and says, `I will stand by it, always.`

The outspoken actress has now shocked everyone by turning down an offer to play the second lead in the Hollywood flick, Marigold, which stars Salman Khan. The grapevine suggests that she didn`t want to work with Khan, who, these days, has more controversies to his name, than roles.

Asked about it, Preity scoffs, `What rubbish! Why should I have anything against Salman? I turned down the role, because it was not artistically challenging enough. I don`t want to do roles that don`t stretch me as an actress.` Her next release is the Rakesh Roshan film, Koi Mil Gaya, starring Roshan Junior, Hrithik.